Sasaki and Miyano
佐々木と宮野 (Sasaki to Miyano)
Shou Harusono
A BL-loving underclassman lends his manga to a delinquent senior, and the senior falls for him.
- Format
- manga
- Volumes
- 10 listed plus anthology in English
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Track record Winner of Pixiv Comic's 10th anniversary web manga election in 2023. A TV anime aired in 2022 and a film, Graduation, followed in 2023. Source: Wikipedia
Our take
A scrappy upperclassman borrows a BL manga from a shy junior and gets hooked on both. About as gentle as the genre gets, and a safe first BL for anyone.
Synopsis
Miyano reads boys' love and keeps it quiet. Sasaki, an older student with a bad-boy look, steps in when Miyano gets into a scrape, borrows one of his books and keeps asking for more. Miyano takes a long time to notice that his own life is starting to look like his favorite genre.
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- Also adapted: Anime series and film.
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English publisher: Yen Press.
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