Manga

The genre known as “boys’ love (BL)” or “yaoi” is deep and expansive, covering all manner of settings, scenarios, and characters. Collecting LGBT+ manga titles is a priority for us, and so we are thrilled to acquire these books through a recent gift in kind from several donors! Here are some highlights that are now available for check-out in our circulating collections:

First on the list is Ten Count, an award-winning series by Rihito Takarai. Ten Count follows Tadaomi Shirotani, a salaryman plagued with obsessive-compulsive disorder that manifests in his intense germophobia. In order to improve his condition, Shirotani is instructed by a therapist, Riku Kurose, to write a list of ten actions he is unable to do, and then he is to work toward completing each one as a form of exposure therapy. However, things get complicated when Kurose falls in love with Shirotani. What secrets will come out as their relationship intensifies?

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