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Manga & Anime with 2SLGBTQ+ Characters

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  • Chika has never even had a crush on anyone, and has no desire for physical intimacy. Friends tell her she just 'hasn't met the one yet,' but she has doubts... It's only when Chika meets peers like herself at college that she discovers the word for…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC, [2023] — FICTION ISA
  • Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding a dream girl difficult. Even moving for college didn't help, until her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they start dating since they don't have other options.…
    Graphic Novel, 2020San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, 2020 — FICTION TAM
  • It has Hikaru's face, voice, and memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn't Yoshiki's best friend. Whatever it is, it's dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed--as if Hikaru isn't…
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York, NY : Yen Press, 2023. — FICTION MOK
  • Fashionable Aya loves rock music, but no one else seems to ... until the cool, stylish employee at a CD shop. Dressed all in black, he has this air of mystery, and his taste in music is impeccable. Aya falls hard --not knowing "he" is actually her…
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Yen Press, 2024. — FICTION ARA
  • Eito always hated his name, and the jokes about the number 8 that have come with it. One day, he meets a classmate named Hachi--the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk soon becomes something much deeper, and Eito…
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Kodansha USA Publishing, [2024] — FICTION FUR
  • Drawn in the style of diary comics with an upbeat, adorable flair, this is a charming tale about Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and…
    eBook, 2018Los Angeles : Seven Seas Entertainment, 2018.
  • Mieri is an awkward, nerdy college student with no dating experience, and her previous crushes on fellow butch women have all ended in disaster. That all changes when she meets Ash and has her feelings returned for the first time. But when first…
    Graphic Novel, 2023San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2023] — 306.7663 HIR HIR
  • Set in contemporary suburban Japan, aspiring painter Sora wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and confidante Nao knows he is gay but also understands his…
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York : Pantheon Books, [2022] — FICTION TAG
  • Ono has come a long way since the agonizing day in high school when he confessed his love to handsome Tachibana. 14 years later Ono, a world-class pastry chef and outed playboy has it all. No man can resist Ono's charms (or his cooking skills!) but…
    Graphic Novel, 2005Gardena, CA : Digital Manga, 2005. — FICTION YOS
  • The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi and Yoshino are friends who have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further…
    Graphic Novel, 2011Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics ; London : Turnaround [distributor], [2011] — FICTION SHI
  • Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not…
    Graphic Novel, 2017Long Island City, New York : One Peace Books, 2017. — FICTION FUM
  • Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo. A hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan arrives one day and declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and gets…
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York : Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017] — FICTION TAG
  • Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and yearns for the day when someone might send her heart aflutter. Yet when a classmate confesses his feelings to her--she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school, where she sees the…
    Graphic Novel, 2017[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2017] — FICTION NAK
  • When Noshiro transfers to a new school, he meets Sanada, a loner who doesn't seem to have friends-or want any. The other kids whisper that Sanada keeps to himself because he's secretly gay. But rather than scare Noshiro away, the rumor only makes…
    Graphic Novel, 2018San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2018] — FICTION OKU
  • Not only is Tasuku the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he's been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, he meets a woman who leads him to others dealing with problems not so different from his. In this realistic…
    Graphic Novel, 2019[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2019] — FICTION KAM
  • Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day someone sends her heart aflutter, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her, she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to…
    DVD, 2019[United States] : Vstarz Enterprise, [2019] — 791.4572 YAG YAG
  • While dad is away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their lives. But now that Hiroki's in high school, his thoughts are turning to romance and his mom has an inkling he might be gay, but she's going to let him…
    Graphic Novel, 2021[United States] : Square Enix Co, Ltd., [2021] — FICTION OKU