Honda Hiyori is a closet fujoshi who fantasizes about her two schoolmates, the cool and stoic Yamaguchi Rui and the bright and cheerful Niwa Ibuki,... more>> having a romantic relationship with each other. Day in and day out, she watches the two and posts her fantasies about them as BL manga on social media. However, the more she spends time with her bias, Rui, the more she finds herself slowly falling for him... <<less

Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great... more>> lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points. <<less

A comedy about two ordinary high school boys.

Serinuma Kae is a chubby second-year high schooler and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi-kun and Nanashima-kun. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, her snarky kouhai Shinomiya-kun, and her senpai Mutsumi-senpai. How is she going to deal with them...with her constant BL-filled, fujoshi mind?!... more>>

Won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo in 2016.

Note: some extra chapters included in <<less

College freshman and ACG lover Kanji Sasahara settled down his extracurricular activity in Genshiken (The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture) in order... more>> to become a true and thorough otaku. Meanwhile, Saki Kasukabe, the girlfriend of another freshman Genshiken member (also a bishounen) Makoto Kohsaka, was dragged into Genshiken's otaku-ish activities reluctantly, yet her resentful attitude towards otakus is changing without her notice. <<less

Because of a plane crash … starting today, we're spending the springtime of our lives on a desert island!! There's nothing here, so we have... more>> to make everything!! And eat everything!! (Ugh!) Check out our high-school-girl survival story of courage and knowledge. We're actually doing pretty well! Volume 1 includes: how to eat cicadas, how to build traps, a simple allergy test, how to eat hermit crabs, etc. <<less

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. ... more>>

He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it’s a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?

Note: Won the 31st Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2007 (shared with ). <<less

A "trouble comedy" about a fujoshi girl who meets a yuri otaku boy.

A 75-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl find common ground in their enthusiasm for Boys' Love manga.... more>>

In this heartwarming and critically acclaimed manga, an elderly woman and a high school girl develop a beautiful friendship through their shared passion for Boys’ Love.

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy’s Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.

“…a refreshing intergenerational friendship tale in which one’s gender isn’t a restriction when it comes to being a fan of media about romantic relationships between men… Reminiscent of Princess Jellyfish, this female-centric view of a subgenre usually known for its steamier aspects offers an unusual and endearing twist to manga’s expected pairings.” – Publishers Weekly <<less

Hekiyou Private Academy's student council members are decided through what basically is a popularity contest. Since good looking girls are admired by both sexes, unlike... more>> boys, the student council room became known as paradise. As the pillar of the student council, Sugisaki Ken seeks to create his own bishoujo harem due to his love of girls. <<less

Nanri Ryusuke has transferred schools three times this year because of his parents’ divorce and he is determined to make a good impression at this new school because it appears that he's staying for good this time. However, his seat is in front of the weird girl in the class, Fujimori Miya, who claims she is a witch and who everyone in the school avoids. Miya, for some odd reason, takes a creepy interest in Ryusuke and makes him the subject of all her crazy experiments and spells.... more>>

The series is on hiatus since late 2012 due to the author's health issues. <<less

Hayashi Shoutaro is an otaku and a student who sucks at studying, the results showing on every test. And if that wasn't bad enough, he also calls out things like, the one who scores the lowest has to clean the classroom by themselves. In his class, there is a girl he likes, Kanda Yayoi, who always gets top scores and is popular among the whole class.... more>>

When he arrives home after cleaning the classroom, he's met by his perverted, otaku sister who has him cross-play (cross-dressing cosplay) to go to an anime merchandise display. There he meets Yayoi, who it turns out is also an otaku, and she falls in love with his cosplay persona...? <<less

A romantic comedy between an Otaku and a Yankee that seems to be interested in reading manga?

Ryouga finally thought he was gonna get a place where he will be free of dirty messes. But as soon as he walked through the door, he found another guy named Keigo already living there and within one day the place was filthy. There was a slight mistake when it came to the rooms and until a new spot opens up, Ryouga will have to live with this messy guy. However, Ryouga has some rules in which they will follow - he will clean and Keigo will do the cooking because he's good at it. Daily life ensues between these two good looking guys.... more>>

This also includes two oneshots:

* Goin' Goin' Crazy

* Sayaka-Kun No Shizuku

Note: The two above oneshots have not been scanlated. Therefore, this volume as a whole is NOT completely scanlated <<less

An unexpected reunion with her ex-boyfriend... Who turns out to be a fudanshi?!!!

In Clear Waters High School, the cheerful and humorous Justin used to be good friends with diligent Class President Ian. However, because of an unexpected note, they became gay partners in other's eyes. In their wonderful, yet unordinary 18 years old, will their "friendship" be able to take another step further?... more>>

Original Webcomic is published on the .

English Webcomic on <<less

She's beautiful but she doesn't have a lover. Aizawa is a total loser fujoshi OL (Office Lady) One day the artist she worshipped as a... more>> god, Misumi— announced she was going to a doujinshi event, so she headed to the venue. But sitting in the artist's booth was a cute high-school girl! (Ref. Amazon) <<less

Jun Andou is a high school boy who spends his days hiding that he's homosexual.... more>>

One day, Jun witnesses his classmate, Miura Sae, buying a BL book at a bookstore. That encounter forces their relationship towards a new direction―

I want to like the opposite sex, even have my own child. I want to have my very own family. I desire to have that "ordinary" happiness.

―The problem is, I can't get it up to women. <<less

Nijiko Momoyama is the the newly appointed school nurse. But beneath her gorgeous façade lies an unmistakable love for all things geeky!

Milliana, the daughter of a duke in some remote region, used to enjoy a fujoshi lifestyle in her previous life in modern Japan. However, living in another world is pretty inconvenient., and on top of that, there are no BL books! Aiming for moe and pleasant life - including iron manufacture, communication, papermaking, and printing techniques - she begins a period of technological reformation! However, the Black Demon General Matisa busts in to her life as the groom. With a bride who can freely use contemporary technology and a groom who unfolds her otherworldly cheat-like ability, here is the long-awaited unique reincarnation fantasy manga adaptation!... more>>

Note: The author of the source novel passed away in a traffic accident in August 2017, leaving the source material for the manga incomplete. Vol 8 of the light novel was the last release, in June 2017. Vol 8's synopsis suggests the story was still meant to continue. <<less

All penniless college student Taiga Mutou wants is a cool job and a cute older woman as a girlfriend. So when he spies a Help... more>> Wanted sign outside an office and a hot girl inside, he applies for the job, no questions asked. After a few bumps at the beginning, things start going Taiga's way, prompting him to steel his courage and ask out Yuiko, that hot girl he spied through the window, on a date. And when she later asks him if it's okay that she's a fujoshi (a very, shall we say, distinct kind of comics/animation geek), he tells her it's fine out of sheer excitement. But poor Taiga has no idea how much trouble he's just gotten himself into! <<less

Lucky Star's story portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone.... more>>

The setting is based on the town Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture. The female lead is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and has low grades. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games and lack of interest in anything else. In other words: she's an otaku.

The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year. <<less

Sakaguchi Ryou has a dark secret: he's a "fudanshi" -- a straight guy obsessed with BL. While he has trouble understanding why other guys don't find the same bliss he does in this unusual hobby, he'll be the first to admit how awkward and embarrassing it is to buy manga from the girls' section of the bookshop, or explain the world of boys' love, shipping wars and doujinshi circles to his "normal" best friend Nakamura. ... more>>

Will Ryou find other fans to share his hobby with, or is he forever doomed to sit alone on his throne of BL romance? <<less

Genshiken follows the lives of a group of college students drawn together by their shared hobbies, and the trials and adventures associated with being otaku.... more>>

Genshiken Nidaime ("Second Generation") is a continuation of the previous series, with chapter numbering starting at 56. In the Japanese edition, the first volume of Nidaime is numbered Volume 10, to continue from the end of the 9-volume Genshiken series. The US edition renumbers the volumes so that the "Second Season" starts with Volume 1. <<less

Miyano Amata, known as the "Perfect Prince" for his intelligence, looks, and cool personality, is asked to substitute for his sister as an attendant at a doujinshi convention disguised as a loligothic girl. There he meets a girl from his class and they become friends, but he must crossdress in order to be with the girl while learning about the fujoshi fandom.... more>>

Notes:

? Fudanshi = BL fanboys: Some may be gay, some may be straight. More info can be found .

? Fujoshi = (Literally) Rotten girl: A pejorative Japanese term for female fans of manga and novels that feature romantic relationships between men, often with the implication of yaoi concept. <<less