Overcoming time, a hot embracing love ... Mizuo Yanase skipped Tea making class and snuck off to a temple, when he suddenly slipped through time from the present world the Sengoku era. There he meets Lord Takakage. "You came to this time to meet me…" Finally, a sengoku era romance!

Overcoming time, a hot embracing love ... Mizuo Yanase skipped Tea making class and snuck off to a temple, when he suddenly slipped through time from the present world the Sengoku era. There he meets Lord Takakage. "You came to this time to meet me…" Finally, a sengoku era romance! This series has been published in Japan since 2006 which Japanese title name is "Oretachi wa Koko de Koi wo Suru"

Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the “beautiful boy” has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation. In recent decades, “Boys Love” (or simply BL) has emerged as a mainstream genre in manga, anime, and games for girls and young women. This genre was first developed in Japan in the early 1970s by a group of female artists who went on to establish themselves as major figures in Japan’s manga industry. By the late 1970s many amateur women fans were getting involved in the BL phenomenon by creating and self-publishing homoerotic parodies of established male manga characters and popular media figures. The popularity of these fan-made products, sold and circulated at huge conventions, has led to an increase in the number of commercial titles available. Today, a wide range of products produced both by professionals and amateurs are brought together under the general rubric of “boys love,” and are rapidly gaining an audience throughout Asia and globally. This collection provides the first comprehensive overview in English of the BL phenomenon in Japan, its history and various subgenres and introduces translations of some key Japanese scholarship not otherwise available. Some chapters detail the historical and cultural contexts that helped BL emerge as a significant part of girls’ culture in Japan. Others offer important case studies of BL production, consumption, and circulation and explain why BL has become a controversial topic in contemporary Japan.

Overcoming time, a hot embracing love ... Mizuo Yanase skipped Tea making class and snuck off to a temple, when he suddenly slipped through time from the present world the Sengoku era. There he meets Lord Takakage. "You came to this time to meet me…" Finally, a sengoku era romance!

Reckless, flamboyant Keigo is bisexual. Blunt, aloof Masaki is straight. Their conflicting personalities make them unlikely friends, but after some careful maneuvering on Keigo's part and one strawberry-flavored kiss, Masaki gives more of himself to Keigo than he ever thought possible. More than he's willing to share with his girlfriend. But Masaki's fear of commitment threatens to shake their rocky relationship to pieces. Keigo's new feelings for Masaki are confusing enough even before his on-again, off-again lover, Kaname, blows back into town. Kaname is a manipulative beast, demanding Keigo's undying fidelity in return for his cruelty, and Keigo's fragile relationship with Masaki cracks under the weight of his presence. If Keigo really wants to build a life with Masaki, he'll have to discover the strength to free himself of Kaname and convince Masaki to be with him forever.

There is a Japanese saying that goes, "Hana yori dango," or "dumplings over flowers." And no one is more of an advocate of this adage than mangaka Y-naga, a woman whose life revolves around her intense work and equally intense sleep schedule. The only thing that can rouse her out of this infernal cycle of deadlines and being dead to the world? Food. As Y-naga and her friends visit restaurants around Tokyo to satisfy their appetites, their individual approaches to food add an extra dimension to their witty and comical interactions. Friendships are explored and lifestyle choices revealed, all over exquisite culinary creations that prove that variety on an empty and open-minded stomach is, indeed, the spice of life. Acclaimed mangaka and Eisner Award nominee Fumi Yoshinaga (Antique Bakery, Ooku) brings a quirky cast of characters and a delectable assortment of actual Tokyo restaurants to life in this homage to two of the greatest things life has to offer: friendship and food!

"Daiwa Corporation" is one of the leading companies in the food industry. Seiji Nono might look like a delinquent, but he's a master cook who works as the head chef of the company's Chinese cuisine division. He has many fans who show up for his delicious cooking and uncharacteristic looks. One day, Nono meets an elite business man, Kakeru Misato, who was appointed as the new branch manager. Nono tries his best to welcome the new manager by inviting him to the cafeteria, but Misato quickly rejects him by saying, "I don't like Chinese cuisine. It's oily." A tense yet romantic relationship between a cool business man and a delinquent chef.