Ganota Utsuki leads a normal life, working for a big company in Tokyo. She has just one big secret: she's a giant Gundam otaku and... more>> she doesn't want anybody to know! And the fact that her number one love interest despises all things Gundam doesn't help any either. <<less

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The manga follows the adventures of an office lady, Todoroki (30), who is also a fujoshi. With the arrival of two new colleagues: Hongou (32),... more>> a mature man whose face doesn't show a lot of emotion, and Daichi (25), a bright young man full of life; it's hard for her not to imagine these two in torrid situations... <<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

A genius student that is ignorant to the ways of Boys Love. ... more>>

A sister with aspirations of becoming a BL mangaka that wants to use her younger brother’s writing and make her characters come to life.

Wait; there was actually a dreamy prince-like boy that resembles the lead character in real life?! <<less

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

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

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

Oogaki Mebae’s love of manga has led her to her dream job of working with comics in a bookstore. As an absurdly hard worker (and... more>> ninja-clan descendant?), she is doing her best to learn all she can about the comic sales world from Serizawa-san, her mysterious and talented superior who always ends up teasing her. She may just end up with her own manga-like love story… <<less

Continuation of the adventures of Nankyoku Sakura, who is also known as penguin by her friends. She is obsessed with anime and manga, for example... more>> she goes to school wearing a school swimsuit, cat ears, and a maid tiara and calls it her “casual clothes”! She’s also insanely rich. <<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

Yamamoto and Wada are two childhood friends attending different high schools who convene every afternoon at the food court at their local mall to engage... more>> in blissfully mundane conversations. <<less

There is an invisible wall that separates otaku like Mitane from the rest of her class. When the class decides to go with a western... more>> maid style for their cafe, however, she gets the chance to use her cosplay skills to make outfits. After getting paired up with the serious but cute Kana, she can't help but dress her up in the cutest outfits. It isn't long before Mitane gets carried away and reveals her cosplay habits to Kana. Kana's reaction is very different than what Mitane expected, however... <<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

Girls are creatures that are full of mysteries. In a dilapidated dormitory for girls, Yachiko who has run away from home, meets Giko, the crevice... more>> ghost. Peeping on and observing girls, that is Giko's goal, all to unravel the mysteries that is a girl and to note them in his "Girls Dictionary?!" <<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

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

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

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

An unhealthy obsession with boys' hands, voices, and other things. Protagonist Mizuhara Hiyori has a difficult-to-explain fetish. In order to live a peaceful life, she... more>> hides her fetish away from the world and entered Blue Star Academy. There, she meets Narita Naohisa, a beautiful boy who discovers her fetish one day at school. How? Because he possesses all of the lovely qualities that Hiyori fetishizes! However, Narita-kun turns out to be a rather troublesome teenager... <<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

A love comedy between a fujoshi and a fudanshi!! Natsume Makoto, a college student, started dating a person while hiding her love for yaoi. She eventually mustered the courage to come out of the closest, but it turned out her boyfriend, Sudou Kojirou, also loves yaoi. Moreover, he's the complete opposite of Makoto...... more>>

Their relationship is still developing, but their lives as otaku does not slow down. Also around them, unique "yaoi otaku" friends are gathering together...!? <<less

The long-awaited comic book version of a slapstick heart-throbbing love story between a gay hottie and an otaku girl is here! Uzuki Shinomura has a... more>> gay online friend, Maki, who she can confide in with anything. Imagine Uzuki's disbelief when she discovers the wonderful friend she talks to every day is actually the hot manager at her office! This is a love story that follows a hot guy and a girl who fears hot guys—but loves gay romance stories. <<less

My hobby Yaoi was disclosed!? I could get close to my secret classmate, but don't realize my true personality...!... more>>

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