A Love Too Captivating Series

A standoffish “bad boy” meets the honor student determined to break down his walls in the debut volume of this pure BL (boys’ love) manga series!

This tender story of high school love is so popular in Japan, it was adapted into an animated short with over half a million views on YouTube! Author Mia Sorahana’s first work to be translated into English!

Tender, heartwarming, and sweet, the debut volume of this eagerly anticipated BL series is perfect for new and dedicated readers of the genre and fans of Sasaki and Miyano, My Summer of You, and My Ultramarine Sky!

Misuzu never goes looking for fights—they just always come to him. But when he sees the local punks trying to start trouble with his classmate, the honor student Kitahara, he can’t help stepping in. Ever since, Kitahara has been following Misuzu all over, trying to get to know this so-called bully who is actually much sweeter than he seems. Misuzu does his best to keep the straitlaced Kitahara away…but soon, something begins to blossom between the two—something that may just prove too captivating to resist.

I never wanted to be “that guy.”

Outcast “bad boy” Misuzu never goes looking for fights—they always just come to him. But when he sees the local lowlifes about to start trouble with his classmate, honor ­student Kitahara, he can’t help but step in. Little did he expect that Kitahara, surprised at the show of kindness, would become insatiably ­curious about Misuzu and start to pursue a deeper connection, danger be damned.

Try as Misuzu may to keep Kitahara away, though, there’s something mysterious about him—something that may just prove too captivating to resist…