#The Two Lions

[hiranospiercing]

shounen ai mangas that should be a part of your reading list if you enjoy reading healthy and plot-driven romances- part 2.

this is a continuation to the first part of this list i made earlier this month, part 1

6. Until i meet my husband.

the reason why i want this manga to be a part of your reading list is simply because it changed my perspective on gay relationships as a person, there were so many things that i was never able to inculcate myself or things that where actually alienated to me, this manga is actually inspired by a memoir written by ryousuke nanazaki, who happens to be an activist and the manga revolves around his life growing up as somebody who identifies as a gay man and his life till he finally met his husband, i encourage you to give this manga a read and try to understand how gay relationships actually are and not the female gaze that always markets in the shounen ai industry.

7) Koimonogatari.

koimonogatari is alot more than a shounen ai manga, it's about self acceptance, friendship and internalized homophobia, there were multiple instances in the story where i had to sit back and cry and actually introspect for a minute by putting myself in the main character's shoes, if you actually want to experience an actual expression of accepting your identity, please give this manga a read.

8. Restart after come back home.

this story often makes me think about how home is actually a person, i honestly get so overwhelmed with the comfort this manga brings while reading it out, whether it is the art style or honestly the way the characters are written or perhaps it's the grumpy sunshine protector x sunshine trope all over again, please read this out to experience how a story can feel like a literal hug.

9. The two lions.

i have and always will love furuya sensei's work, whether it's the iconic the summer of you series or the two lions in itself, the way she developes her characters and the progression of the stories, it is impeccable, the two lions is such a refreshing read that you would not even realize when you developed such a strong connection towards both the characters.

10. Happy Birthday.

i hold a special bias toward author ymz's works perhaps because i have been heavily inspired by most of her works and learned a lot of things about my own writing style, whether it's sayonara heron or happy birthday, the way she writes her characters and the melancholy, everything is so heart warming and wrenching at the same time, happy birthday again is a lot more about friendship with differentiating factors and points where they intersect together in an utterly chaotic yet in an articulate way, the art style has my heart and you should probably experience this story once.

[spirit-of-anime]

Futari no Lion

[mojinchiimanga]

[animangabwedit]

Futari no Lion by Furuya Nagisa

[choujinx]

FUTARI NO LION (2017-2019) by furuya nagisa

[archivemind]

[loafkingdom]

ふたりのライオン/The Two Lions by Nagisa Furuya

Shishido Junpei x Onizuka Leo

Leo moved to a far away place for college because he want to start a brand new chapter for himself. He didn't make any friends during high school because people spreader rumors about him being a delinquent. His hair is naturally light due to the fact that his grandfather is only half Japanese. So he started dying his hair black once he graduated high school.

With limited or basically no social experience, Leo struggles to make friends at his new school. That's not the worst part. The worst part is that he found out Junpei, someone who attended the same high school as he did, is also a student at his current college.

No matter how hard he tried to avoid direct contact with Junpei, Leo got busted at the library. But Junpei is not at all what Leo assumed. He is a gentle giant. (that's what I called him.) Junpei became Leo's first friend, and insisted on helping Leo make more friends in this school.

Of course later one of them falls in love~

Nagisa Furuya sensei is also the creator of "My Summer of You". Sensei specializes in soft school romance that's very age appropriate. So if you don't like stories with any seggs scenes then maybe try Nagisa sensei's work. The stories all have very smooth emotional development, and reading along the text will make you feel like you are the character that's currently experiencing this scene. OwO

[illuminatedpopcorn]

I'm REALLY proud of this one, I love how it turned out <3

[cardboardfeet]

onizuka y shishido <3

[queerographies]

[The two lions][Nagisa Furuya]

Non perdetevi la nuova emozionante opera dell’autrice di All About Ocean Blue e You are in the Blue Summer: The two lions di Nagisa Furuya

Junpei Shishido è un ragazzo estroverso, amichevole e solare. Un giorno, incontra all’università qualcuno che sembra essere il suo esatto opposto: Leo. Quest’ultimo è infatti scontroso, taciturno e molto poco propenso alla socialità. Junpei non si lascia scoraggiare per così poco e, parlandogli, scopre che si tratta di un suo ex-compagno delle superiori che all’epoca godeva di pessima fama… Cosa…

[spirit-of-anime]

Futari no Lion

[mojinchiimanga]

[animangabwedit]

Futari no Lion by Furuya Nagisa

[choujinx]

FUTARI NO LION (2017-2019) by furuya nagisa

[archivemind]

obligatory apology bc who knows when ill post. i don't tag spoilers so yknow. read at ur own risk

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queued:

- kaiju no. 8 [ongoing]

- tensei kizoku, kantei skill de nariagaru [ongoing]

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dropped/on-hold:

- akira

- record of ragnarok / shuumatsu no valkyrie [ongoing]

- jujutsu kaisen [ongoing]

- sousou no frieren [ongoing]

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caught up/finished:

- shokuryou jinrui re: starving re:velation [complete?]

- chainsaw man [ongoing]

- kimi ni koisuru satsujinki / killer in love [complete]

- kimi ni aisarete itakatta / you loved me so much it hurt [hiatus]

- i was wrong [one-shot]

- happy sugar life [complete]

- the two lions [complete]

- zenbu kowashite jigoku de aishite / destroy it all and love me in hell [ongoing]

- dungeon meshi [complete]

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[imsosleepyofyourbull]

I firmly believe that Kabru is autistic but masks so hard that he’s convinced himself and (almost) everyone around him that he’s neurotypical.

That man’s special interest is people and how they work, but he just thinks it’s him Being So Good At Socializing — like he doesn’t spend 95% of his time people watching and adjusting his personality in response to the traits he witnesses and obsessing over the intricacies of human interaction while mapping an ever growing relationship chart in his head. For fun. He even admits it in the manga!

Like, look at him!!!

It’s such a shame that — because he’s the narrative foil to Laios and his interest is generally considered more “socially acceptable” in both their world and our own — more people don’t realize this about him. He’s constantly misinterpreted as a horribly manipulative person who only acts the way he does to use the people around him, when that’s explicitly shown to not be the case at all. Kabru is naturally empathetic and is almost always thinking about other people, regardless of whether or not they’re right there with him or a thousand miles away.

I mean, his most defining motivation is his desire to do everything he can to avoid another tragedy like the one at Utaya. Someone who doesn’t care wouldn’t have a goal like that, and they most certainly wouldn’t go about it the way he does. He’s constantly working to help people who can help everyone else and tries so hard to make sure that anyone who seems like a threat is actually someone he needs to worry about before doing anything about it. His supposed aversion to Laios is only because of the ridiculous trolley problem he’s set up in his own head.

Outside of that, he (rather justifiably) hates monsters but is desperate to understand Laios’ love for them and his apparently most selfish goal in getting close to the guy was literally just to become friends with him.

When he’s interacting with the canaries and they imply that they’re going to take him and all of his friends to the West, his first thought is of Rin and how much she’d hate to be stuck in the place that gave her so many bad memories.

He helps Kuro learn Common when Mickbell is asleep and firmly looks forward to the day that the half-foot and Kuro can communicate properly so that their relationship can get properly started without any miscommunication.

And he understands Mithrun with only a handful of weeks AT BEST interacting with him, getting enraged when the elf seems to give up and immediately trying to help him find a new motivation for life.

I’m excited just thinking about the day that Kabru starts unmasking more and more around his friends — both new and old — because if being with my current friend group has taught me anything, it’s that hanging out with anyone so unabashedly themselves is bound to make you more comfortable with yourself too. It’s part of the reason why I like Labru so much! There’s something nice about imagining them hanging out in the throne room or laying in the grass outside and talking for hours on end about their special interests. They might not strictly understand what the other finds so fascinating about monsters or people, but they can grasp that shared feeling of love.

They probably influence each other in really good ways too, with Kabru helping Laios figure out what people are thinking even when it doesn’t make sense or Laios helping Kabru understand that not everyone and everything needs to be analyzed a thousand times over. They both get to learn that there are people like them and people who will love them without them ever having to change a thing about themselves. They deserve to know that they’re fine the way they are.