Reddit mentions: The best lgbt manga

You've already got a ton of great books on that list (including some pretty dark/intense stuff!) but I'll try to suggest a few things that might fit your criteria.

My Brother's Husband is a really good manga. It's written for younger audiences and acts as a sort of intro to LGBT topics, but it's well-written, earnest, and has an interesting slice-of-life style.

It's about a (straight) single father and his young daughter in rural Japan. His estranged twin brother has recently died and his brother's American husband unexpectedly shows up for a visit. He was never fully comfortable with his brother's sexuality, and the American man doesn't know much about Japan, which leads to some awkwardness and lots of discussions about cultural differences and the virtue of open-mindedness. It's heartfelt and often hilarious. This is the most LGBT-centric thing I've read recently.

Lumberjanes is a very popular American comic. It features an almost exclusively female cast (almost no men in this comic) and has a lot of LGBT representation. The main cast features lesbians, a trans woman, and (eventually) a non-binary AMAB character. The supporting cast is also very diverse.

The comic never really focuses on LGBT issues directly, it just has a ton of LGBT characters. It's a young-adult adventure comic about an all-girls summer camp in a magical forest. The girls show up expecting a normal summer, and end up dealing with dinosaurs and Greek gods and angsty punk rock mermaids.

It's a very silly, self-aware, fun comic with a lovable ensemble cast. Great stuff, and maybe my favorite ongoing comic these days. It's still being published as a monthly comic and the back-issues are available in several trade paperback collections.

On to TV...

Steven Universe is easily the safest bet. It's an all-ages cartoon about a young kid growing up with his three magical moms. He's trying to learn how to save the world, and they're learning what it means to be human. It's a little slow to start but once it grabs you, you're hooked.

The show features a rich and diverse cast, a complex backstory full of intrigue and mystery, an interstellar war, characters who actually grow and develop over time (rare in kid's shows) and a lot of very catchy songs. Despite the cute exterior, the show deals with some very heavy themes in a nuanced and honest way. I'm constantly impressed that it's able to do all of those things while still being, at it's heart, a slice-of-life show about a kid, his family, and his friends.

This show is extremely popular, especially among LGBT people, so a lot of the young folks will probably be fans of the show already.

It's available on Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, and anywhere else Cartoon Network shows are available. Unfortunately CN is infamous for being extremely slow to release their shows on blu-ray/DVD, so streaming (or piracy) is the only way to watch most of the episodes.

For videogames, I'd stick with the classic party games. The Mario Kart titles are always a safe bet, as are Rock Band and the older Guitar Hero games if you don't mind buying lots of plastic instruments. I've been playing a lot of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime lately, and it's a fantastic party game for 2-4 people.

I edited this comic, but the story and art is all by my friend: https://twitter.com/touji_17

Thought the cover made a cool wallpaper! We've had some good print runs of the comic for local cons, but we're still sorting out the best way to get physical copies online to order. In the meantime, for Black Friday (Nov28 + 29 PST) we decided to make our Kindle version free! You can grab a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YDSBTRG

I'm sure my friend would love it if you bugged him on Twitter or left feedback on Amazon to let him know what you think, but we're just happy if more people read it, or just enjoy the cover art. Thanks guys. :3

This chapter more than made up for the last two chapters utilizing the two-page spreads for non-kiss related activities!

The way the chapter examined Torayama's point of view towards Tatsumi was so fun. All the introspection revealing her jealousy and attachment made the payoff at the end so satisfying.

I also really enjoyed Shiramine's veiled comment about her relationship with Kurosawa. That it sparked Torayama's own assurance that she wants to stay with Tatsumi was a nice nod to the rivalry that began both of their respective romances with the ones that they love.

The entire sequence of Torayama requesting to stay with Tatsumi was amazing. Tatsumi's mutual agreement in front of Torayama's mother made me think it couldn't get any better, so I was floored when they ran into a hug hug and fell to a tumbling kiss. This arc will be a pure joy to read again. I hope these two will be back a lot more to see their relationship grow even more.

A Kiss and a White Lily Volume 8 is out ext month, as well as the English translation of Volume 5. Be sure to support this series if you can!

Thanks MiamMiam-Team!

Hey, I know you posted this forever ago and probably won't see any replies now, but I just wanted to say I totally get what you mean and it turned me off yoai/BL/shounen-ai for a LONG time!

It wasn't until I started reading more and researching more that I found stories that were to my taste, e.g. full character development and stories. I can't really recommend to many titles since we seem to have pretty different tastes (I'm into slice of life, comedy stories more than darker titles like Vassalord) but I'll put my hat in the ring anyway:

• "The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window" by Yamashita Tomoko. Very dark series (almost horror) that is very light on the actual BL but heavy on sexual subtext.
  
• "Stranger" and "Sword and Mist" by Hayate Kuku. Both these titles focus on the relationship between the characters as it affects their larger life. With the latter being set in ancient asia and the former being set in the Wild West, there is plenty of adventure.
  
• "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga. This series is technically classified as seinen, but it includes multiple gay male relationships. It's a retelling of the Edo period of isolation in Japan, but all the genders are reversed. Therefor the shogun is a woman and her harem (Ooku) is full of men. This title was nominated for the first Manga Taisho and it won the Tezuka Culture Prize, so it's a very prestigious title.
  
• "Kinou Nani Tabeta?" by Fumi Yoshinaga. This title was also nominated for the first Manga Taisho and it is also classified as a seinen. However, it follows the life of a middle aged gay couple living together in Tokyo. It's a relaxed, casual series about everyday problems that both average people and gay men in particular face. It also has some nice recipes.
  
• Escape Journey by Ogeretsu Tanaka. This is a straight slice of life romance title. But it has several aspects that make it stand out from your standard BL. The main characters are queer and not just "straight guys who want to fuck each other." The story develops at a somewhat reasonable pace, developing the relationship and earning it's PDA without ignoring the way real humans would act. Neither of the guys are particularly effeminate, so there's no "obvious uke." And even after the relationship is solidified, the story still deals with all the problems that come after (e.g. moving in together, coming out, etc.)
  
  Hope you see this and like at least one of these titles!

In alphabetical order:

• Girl Friends (school-setting)
  
• I Married my Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up (senpai-kouhai)
  
• Kase-san and ... (senpai-kouhai)
  
• Kindred Spirits on the Roof (girls school, multiple pairs/stories)
  
• Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl (girls school, multiple pairs/stories)
  
• Whenever Our Eyes Meet (anthology)
  
• Yuri is my Job (tsundere maid-cafe workplace romance)
  
  Also, if you liked Nio Nakatani's Bloom Into You (a notion I wholeheartedly share), she also wrote a short story (and created the cover art) in the Éclair anthology, which I can also recommend in addition to the list above.
  
  Also also, as a bonus, here's a sweet little doujinshi Nakatani-san made years ago for Kantai Collection: Imaginary Anata!

LGBT

• Queer: A Graphic History, as the name announces, is pretty much exactly what your looking for in in the LGBT history deptartment.
  
  
• Love is Love isn't historical yet. But's is a response and testament to the Pulse massacre in Orlando, a historical event in LGBT history.
  
  Music
  
  
• The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song is a fantastic biography of the First Family of Country Music. It won an Eisner award, if you put stock in those sorts of things. In addition to the music history it touches on the the Great Depression and on the sociology of the rural South.
  
  
• Definitely going to second /u/DobbyDude on The Fifth Beatle. Interesting narrative structure and some of the most beautiful art I've seen in a comic.
  

I am several years into transition and being full time and I still struggle with it.

For me a lot has to do with reframing my experience as that of a young woman, not a young man. Yes I was living as a boy but I was at heart the same person. There is no "boy me" and "girl me" there is just me.

Additionally, I am exploring a lot of fiction. I asked my gf (who is cis) for some of her favorite books from her teenage years that have female main characters. I also started reading Wandering Son which is a manga about a young boy who wants to be a girl who is best friends with a girl who wants to be a boy. Just being able to see those struggles I went through as a kid presented sincerely and thoroughly really has helped me. Plus the books are just such nice quality. I never have liked manga before and dont really plan on checking anything else out of the form but this particular series is really touching and uplifting.

this author's stuff is pretty cute.

Do you read webcomics? There are probably plenty that fit your criteria. (as a shameless plug, I draw Seiyuu CRUSH!, a character-driven BL slice-of-life with plenty of comedy & cuteness. As there's making out and such eventually, it doesn't quite fit the G-rated category, however winks)

Also an epic list of queer webcomics is (here)[http://theslashpile.tumblr.com/lgbtqwebcomics], if you wanted to wade through them all.

I was concerning the manga. But yes I was very disappointed in Takatsuki in the manga. VERY.

Hopefully good, it looks like there are some new manga series coming out this year, The Bride Was a Boy and Claudine seem very promising :\>

[My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame] (https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Husband-Pantheon-Graphic-Novels/dp/1101871512). Really cool book (manga) that I'd never heard of til Sunday. Great artwork, sweet story, and a nice insight into contemporary Japanese views of homosexuality.

> The closest was Girlfriends, which, honestly, you should read anyway because girl-love aside, it's a fantastic love story.

Highly suggest buying it.

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. It's not superheroes, but it's good.

Sunstone is done by an amazing artist with an alright sense of humor, but it's a bit on the erotic side. It started out as a webcoming. It's by a superhero artist, but there are no superheroes in this.

The superhero stuff is generally not great. Decent, but that's about it.

• Manga - June Manga had just recently relaunched their site so I'll look into Hey, Class President vol 1, Apple And Honey, and Don't Rush Love. If June doesn't have them in stock Amazon and SuBLime might and I know Mercari has some Yaoi manga for good prices. Also take a look into Kiss Him, Not Me, Fujoshi Trapped in a Seme's Perfect Body, (though it's not in English, she might still like it) Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu, and Always Raining Here
  
  
• Games - Defiantly look into Monstrous Lovers on Steam. It's not 100% out yet, it's currently being Greenlit and will soon be on Steam. Hopefully, it'll be out in time for her birthday.
  
  
• Others - Has another person as said, RedBubble is an ok site. I don't like shopping there bc prices can be high and there's a lot of stolen art. I'm not sure what is and isn't stolen unless I follow that person on Tumblr or is subbed to them on YouTube and they link their RB store so I just stay away. Check out Akadot Retail, Yaoi Club, Etsy, and Storyenvy to see if they might have shirts and stuff

Wandering Son is a very, very good meditation on transexuality, gender identity, and (additionally) the beginning of puberty, athough its real focus is on being transexual. I recommend the manga/book version, simply because even reading the first volume is satisfying enough (although, reading all of the series would be best).

The fan translator for this didn't finish the series, so if anyone wants to see how it ends (it's lovely, and there are only about ten more chapters), there are official English translations released as two hardback volumes or as Kindle downloads (1, 2)... as well as a live action series...

Not knowing your location, I would recommend Amazon. That's for Citrus Volume 1 (English), of course.

Hope that helps.

My list of good trans manga:

Poor Poor Lips is primarily yuri, but there's a legit trans male towards the end that's treated surprisingly realistically for a comedy.

Boku Girl is actually a gender bender with the god of mischief Loki swapping the protagonist's gender at will. It explores embracing feminine traits we keep hidden for social reasons amongst other trans things. Not my personal favourite.

Bokura no Hentai is about the story of two cross-dressers and one actual trans girl that eventually medically transitions. This one is a little gritty with sexual assault, and it deconstructs the genre of traps or otokonokos by exploring real characters that would typically just be glossed over as "traps".

Hourou Musuko is primarily focused on two much younger trans characters with one trans female mentor figure. It's not my favorite if only because it deals more with gender identity and coming of age than the actual transition. There is also an anime adaptation that has a nice water color aesthetic although I haven't watched it personally.

Kyou Kara Yonshimai has characters that feel real in the sense that they sometimes say and do hurtful things they know are wrong for somewhat selfish reasons (no one is completely selfless imo). One of the sisters is transgender and somehow mostly passes without medical treatment although her wanting to get medical treatment is a substantial plot point.

This short is a really sweet transgender yuri story which isn't super common. There's another 4 panel version that has been posted on this sub a few times

The Bride was a Boy is an officially licensed manga autobiography of a trans girl in Japan. It's somewhat educational about the current status of transgender rights in Japan, and has a cute chibi art-style. If you're a well educated trans otaku then it's unlikely to be super eye-opening, but it's still important if only cause it's the first to be officially licensed and released in English (to my knowledge).

The Rule of Standing on Tiptoe

Not sexual, but probably the cutest I've seen. Full disclosure - I lettered it.

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness 1 Volume | Amazon

The Gods Lie 1 Volume | Amazon

A Girl on the Shore 2 in 1 Omnibus | Amazon

Solanin 2 in 1 Omnibus | Amazon

not simple 1 Volume | Amazon

All You Need is Kill 2 in 1 Omnibus | Amazon

Complete stories in 1 or 2 volumes.

Just so people know, there is an official English release of Citrus here on Amazon. That is if you want to support your authors or want to see more media like this.

Yep, it was s Japanese webcomic that the author made into a graphic novel, and that's what just came out in English last year. It's excellent! I found out about it from a queer book club at my local store

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626926034/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_-6DJAbA58N7G9

> with all proceeds from sales of the comic going to EQUALITY FLORIDA

You can buy it on Amazon (paperback comes out in January) or read it now on comiXology

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There are 4 scanlator groups who have worked on this. You could try to check each of their websites to see if they have any of the missing chapters: /u/Scanlations, 4s, Awesome Sauce, Estherlea

According to Dynasty Scans, some of the scanlators have pulled chapters that got officially licensed so you may be out of luck there...

Try and see if any of these stores can sell the manga to you:

http://www.b2c.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/%C3%89clair/9781975326166/?yen

I don't think there should be any problems shipping worldwide from Amazon US, so maybe try that?

https://www.amazon.com/%C3%89clair-Girls-Anthology-Resonates-Heart/dp/1975326164/

If none of these are an option for you, then I'm afraid there isn't much left to do.

Well, if you live in United States, it's on amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/Citrus-Vol-1-English-Version/dp/1626921407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523436747&sr=8-1&keywords=citrus

If you enjoy the manga it's being released in English and it's available for preorder now! https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Was-Boy-Chii/dp/1626928886

Also, the official English localization just came out today, so you can buy it if you want to support the author!

I actually really like the slow burn, so that's nice. Is this the one? Deciding whether to just get the kindle or plotz down the munny for the set in paperback.

So I went to check the reviews and found under "customers who bought this also bought".... "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness"

Fess up, who here did that? That's hilarious.

I believe the scanlation groups respectfully dropped the scanlation project years ago the moment it got licensed for English so the last few chapters aren't posted anywhere. Can you believe it? The official release is already up on amazon

Wait, second set of two, I feel like I recognize. Is that from this? https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Was-Boy-Chii/dp/1626928886

English Manga question!

What's the logic between some titles having only a physical version even though it's from a publisher that usually does both physical and digital?

For example, the Kase-San books are only physical (not on Comixology either), even though they date from early 2017. Bloom into You on the other hand has all their volumes both physical and digital even though they are from the same time frames, and both are from Seven Seas.

Considering I prefer digital (but legal) volumes, it's quite an annoyance. I have about 20 volumes that interests me but only have a physical version; I've been waiting for years for some of them to get a digital version. I've seen a few that eventually did get a digital version, but the amount is pretty low and I'm starting to think that I'll have to either get the physical books or forget about them...

The manga is getting a gorgeous hard cover release as well. The anime was good but the end of it especially was a let down. I don't know if they actually had anyone one with trans experience on the staff.

Psyren 1 and Kiss Him, Not Me 1 both price-matched on Amazon.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Experience-Loneliness-Nagata-Kabi/dp/1626926034

For the moment we only have the physical version of the manga.
I give you the link to buy it If you want:

https://www.amazon.com/Citrus-Vol-1-English-Version/dp/1626921407/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9DF195KBA1ADCE13X76S

These two right? How's the quality? I've been wanting to buy em.

Mari and Akiko from Girl Friends

Shuuichi and Anna from Hourou Musuko

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To those that don't know this is getting an English release by Seven Seas later this year. Release date for volume 1 is December 16 2014.

Amazon Preorder of Volume 1

https://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Experience-Loneliness-Nagata-Kabi/dp/1626926034/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523030810&sr=8-1&keywords=my+lesbian+experience+with+loneliness

It's out in English published by Seven Seas, btw!

https://www.amazon.com/Lesbian-Experience-Loneliness-Kabi-Nagata/dp/1626926034/

Amazon'd!

It's also available on Amazon!

the manga is available on Amazon

Nah its not a dumb question so dont worry.

Generally for all manga that get licensed and translated like this it seems like amazon has them all, obviously untranslated probably wont be but.

Link for the lazy (The entire girlfriends series was divided into 2 big manga)