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[b]From Eroica With Love[/b] is not quite your average BL manga--for one thing, it's from the 70s, so it has pretty dated artwork. Additionally, it's ultimately about unrequited love, not an actual relationship. But the characters and story are just so delightful that I absolutely have to recommend it. You don't need to worry about graphic content for this one--there's some kissing and suggestive language, but that's about it. The male lead, Dorian Red Gloria, is a flamboyant British aristocrat who moonlights as the infamous art thief Eroica. The plot mainly focuses on how he crosses paths with "Iron Klaus," an incredibly uptight and repressed NATO major who couldn't be more unlike him. The first volume is a little shaky, but the story settles in after that. It's a pure joy to read.

I assume you've probably read [b]Gravitation[/b]. [b]Only The Ring Finger Knows[/b] is a nice, fairly innocent one-shot. And they won't come out till this fall, but two upcoming titles to look out for are [b]La Esperanca[/b] and [b]Our Kingdom[/b]. All of these are more or less age-appropriate (Gravitation has a lot of strong language, though). Another manga you might enjoy is [b]Hands Off[/b], which is not strictly BL (the main character [spoiler]gets a girlfriend[/spoiler] pretty early on), but does focus on emotionally charged male/male relationships.

~Dagger~
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[QUOTE=Dagger][b]From Eroica With Love[/b] is not quite your average BL manga--for one thing, it's from the 70s, so it has pretty dated artwork. Additionally, it's ultimately about unrequited love, not an actual relationship. But the characters and story are just so delightful that I absolutely have to recommend it. You don't need to worry about graphic content for this one--there's some kissing and suggestive language, but that's about it. The male lead, Dorian Red Gloria, is a flamboyant British aristocrat who moonlights as the infamous art thief Eroica. The plot mainly focuses on how he crosses paths with "Iron Klaus," an incredibly uptight and repressed NATO major who couldn't be more unlike him. The first volume is a little shaky, but the story settles in after that. It's a pure joy to read.

I assume you've probably read [b]Gravitation[/b]. [b]Only The Ring Finger Knows[/b] is a nice, fairly innocent one-shot. And they won't come out till this fall, but two upcoming titles to look out for are [b]La Esperanca[/b] and [b]Our Kingdom[/b]. All of these are more or less age-appropriate (Gravitation has a lot of strong language, though). Another manga you might enjoy is [b]Hands Off[/b], which is not strictly BL (the main character [spoiler]gets a girlfriend[/spoiler] pretty early on), but does focus on emotionally charged male/male relationships.

~Dagger~[/QUOTE]
Thanks. I haven't read Gravitation yet...or any yaoi, but thanks for your help. The only problem is that I live in Australia and none of these has come out yet. I'll have to go to the city and search a lot, or go on eBay.
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