LGBTQ+ Anime/Manga

magicalmelancholy

Since it's pride month, I thought I'd make a thread where we talk about anime and manga focused around LGBTQ+ stuff! Some manga I like are Bloom Into You (epic shoujo ai), Whisper Me A Love Song (also epic shoujo ai), and Love Me For Who I Am (nonbinary protagonist and some also very queer side characters). On the anime side of things... Well I watched Adachi and Shimamura (shoujo ai) and I thought it was pretty lit. Half of the harem in All Routes Lead To Doom are girls and the main female protagonist is hella teased with Maria (and I hope she ends up with her, though I don't mind whoever she ends up with in the end as long as it's not Geordo).

Marco Polo

ouran high school host club

magicalmelancholy

> ouran high school host club Haruhi would be mega nonbinary if this manga were made today (in fact she pretty much already is).

Marco Polo

> Haruhi would be mega nonbinary if this manga were made today (in fact she pretty much already is). there is not a single heterosexual moment in the 5ish episodes of ouran high school host club that i have watched

weebywitch

Bloom Into You was borderline demisexual as well as shoujo ai. Given, Love Stage, Junjou Romantica, Yuri on Ice, Super Lovers, Maria Holic, Sakura Trick, Netsuzou Trap, Daikaichi, Hitojime My Hero, Orenchi no Furo Jijo... I mean I’ve got a really long list here... I’m going to have to come back to this one once I’ve compiled it, honestly.

magicalmelancholy

> Sakura Trick Man Sakura Trick was dope. Also to add to the list, Boys Run The Riot (trans male protagonist, however scans have been slow to the point where me and a friend are attempting to translate later chapters ourselves)

weebywitch

> Man Sakura Trick was dope. It really was! And I wanna read that basketball one I found. Echoes. There’s: Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai the manga I used to read which has anime movies, OVAs and a chibi dog/cat shorts series but is not for youngsters. Umibe no Etranger is a good movie, Yes No or Maybe is another good movie. Gakuen Heaven, Hourou Musuko (deals with trans and identity issues in puberty along with sexuality and love), Housekishou Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei (subtle bi/pan themes?), Jingai-san no Yome, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Tian Guan Ci Fu (watched but I’ve heard that reading is better), This Boy Suffers From Crystallization, SpiritPact, Dramatical Murder, Devils and Realist. That supernatural series from last season was shoujo ai—Urasekai Picnic that was the name of it. It was a bit like Adachi to Shimamura in the way the story went... not overly mushy? Lots of other stuff going on. Hmm that’s enough babbling for now methinks. Though there’s an anime I’m about to start since it’s Pride month... Sweet Blue Flowers. Hopefully it’s not overly saccharine. I still need to watch Citrus, actually.

magicalmelancholy

> Urasekai Picnic Fell way behind on that lol. > Sweet Blue Flowers I watched the anime, it's not a complete adaptation (might find the manga someday, might not, who knows).

weebywitch

> I watched the anime, it's not a complete adaptation oh that’s unfortunate... I hope it at least ends well. I’m not a fan of crappy endings. *sigh* Kino’s Journey came up under pride month recommendations as well. Oh Sarazanmai is also LGBTQ though it’s a strange one lol. Vlad Love is too. I’m watching that one, albeit slowly. It’s got a very different art and music style as well as lots of cultural references and such. Marco Polo might like it; it’s super artsy.

seiryu

The original (in my mind and probably mainstream too) is Card Captor Sakura. There's a new Clear Card series that I started reading the most recent chapters since the plot has me quite intrigued. I've always wondered if people just weren't paying attention to the blatant inclusion of all sorts of characters. I vaguely remember the airings stopping on Saturday mornings not long after Ruby was introduced (the trans character). So I never got to see the ending until internet downloading happened. So I'm curious if it was similar in other parts of the world.

sweetjacky

I really loved Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica. Also have to mention Sailor Uranus and Neptune, a very noteworthy couple. > ouran high school host club That’s a normal shoujo manga though :

weebywitch

> That’s a normal shoujo manga though It’s really not though... it has hints of much more in terms of gender identity in the way it was written for the main character. It just was before the times when such things were discussed the way they are now.

Marco Polo

> That’s a normal shoujo manga though it is but also it isn’t a girl pretending to be a boy so she can earn money by dating girls. she’s just as popular with the girls as the “real” boys are, but she’s also an object of desire for the boys who know she’s really a girl but let her pretend to be a boy so she can keep earning money. but do the boys like her because she’s a girl? because she’s boyish looking? because she’s good at pretending to be a boy? i don’t know because i haven’t finished the show yet. it’s technically a heterosexual romance show but it is also the least heterosexual anime i have watched

weebywitch

Like I said about MP being more eloquent than I am...I wasn’t trying to go into all of the details right now mostly because I just woke up... also because some people haven’t watched it. But yeah, it begs the questions of gender identity and sexuality. So it’s not, strictly speaking, just a shoujo manga. *shrug*

negatibuhige

Hoshiai no Sora features two transgender characters and acceptance. I wish that anime could have a proper ending :

weebywitch

> Hoshiai no Sora features two transgender characters and acceptance. I wish that anime could have a proper ending : you still need to watch Hourou Musuko

negatibuhige

> you still need to watch Hourou Musuko Are you telling me it's gonna be another painful experience like Hoshiai no Sora???

weebywitch

> Are you telling me it's gonna be another painful experience like Hoshiai no Sora??? it’s finished.

weebywitch

So I remembered another one that I’ve seen and really enjoyed. O Maidens in Your Savage Season is the English name. It’s got more than just the lgbtq relationship in it. In fact that’s just a small part of it. It’s a really good story that follows some high schoolers through some growth and interactions. VRV is including Zombieland saga (probably not because they ship Junko/Ai but more likely for Lily, eh MagicalMelancholy? (Asking cuz you’re a huge fan who I’m pretty sure ships them too) Oh yeah there’s also this Kase-San and Morning Glories recommendation but I haven’t checked to see what that’s all about yet. I’ve seen plenty of new manga from my ramen-bot game that look interesting.

Rohan

I am currently reading Boyfriends. : https://www.voidcentury.club/topic1746 .