Toukkeron BLU-kokoelma
BLU on Tokyopopin alajaosto, joka oli erikoistunut julkaisemaan yaoita ja shounen-aita. Koska sekä Tokyopop että sen mukana BLU on lakkauttanut toimintansa, ovat nämä manganimekkeet käyneet harvinaisiksi ja lähes kaikkialta ne on myyty loppuun. Omaan makuuni moni BLU:n nimeke on osunut aivan nappiin ja hyllyssäkin ne näyttävät kivalta, joten päätin pelastaa kokoelmaani kaikki ne, joista erityisetsi pidin - ennen kuin niitä ei enää saa mistään. BLU:lta ei ole vuosien mittaan kovin montaa sarjaa edes tullut, joten kerääminen ei ole mitenkään mahdotonta. Rakastamaani salapoliisityötä siinä kyllä on tarvittu, samoin kuin hyvää tuuria. Osa nimekkeistä on ihan sattumalta löytynyt jonkun toisen keräilijän myyntilistalta tai pölyisen divaarin peränurkista.
Ylpeänä kokoelmastani, päätin tehdä BLU-yaoilleni tämän oman sivun. Samalla toivon tästä olevan apua kaikille niille, jotka pähkäilevät BLU:n eri nimekkeiden kanssa. Kokonaista listaa kun on ollut ihan mahdotonta löytää!
Toki tästäkin listasta saattaa joku superharvinainen nimeke puuttua, joten jos huomaat vajaavaisuuksia, ilmoitathan minulle vaikka kommentilla tähän alle!
Olen liittänyt listaan yhdestä kolmeen kansikuvaa jokaisesta esittelyssä olevasta yaoista. Yli kolmiosaisten sarjojen kansista esillä on ensimmäinen. BLU:n yaoit on helppo tunnistaa sinisestä merkistä, joka on painettu niiden kansiin ja selkämykseen.
BLU SARJAT:
Osia: 4
Black Knight, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a knight in the kingdom of Aran. Sieg O’Brian may have his eyes on the title of Black Knight but he’s also after another prize, the young prince, Chris. Black Knight is a sweeping romantic fantasy epic about the relationship between the prince of a medieval kingdom and his loyal guardsman. Our story begins when Chris and Sieg meet in military school and embark on a life-long relationship fraught with danger, treachery, and above all, love.
Osia: 5
Angels are among us. They are scattered across the globe, living in our neighborhoods, observing humanity--the Earthian--in crisis...Chihaya and Kagetsuya have known each other since their days at school. They are friends...and possibly more. These two angels roam the world, compiling lists of the positive and negative traits of humanity. In the process they become involved in the lives of various humans, full of despair: An astronaut about to venture on a dangerous mission, a sorceress running from the mafia, and a mysterious artificially created human are just a few of those beings who Chihaya puts himself at risk to help, much to Kagetsuya's dismay. But after a meeting of angels, it is discovered that a dreaded disease is plaguing a growing legion of angels. Salvation possibly lies in the fallen angel Lord Seraphim--and as Chihaya and Kagetsuya search to find him, he turns up in the most unlikely of places...
Osia: 4
Keita Itou--a boy with no special qualities other than superb luck--suddenly receives an acceptance letter from the prestegious all-boys Bell Liberty Academy. There to welcome him are the two most powerful students on campus, the King and Queen of of BL Academy, Niwa and Saionji.Keita works to discover the reasons behind his invitation to such a remarkable school, struggles to find his niche among such brilliant and beautiful young men, and attempts to win the school-wide contest that will grant him his greatest wish! With all the obstacles in his way, including his own self-doubt, will Keita be able to win the competition--and the king's heart?
Gerard & Jacques (Fumi Yoshinaga)
Osia: 2
Gerard frees Jacques from a high-class brothel, only to end up hiring him to be his footman. But when Jacques discovers that Gerard really does want a footman, not a live-in lover, a friendship--and possibly something more--begins to form between the two.
Osia: 4
Welcome to turn-of-the-century Paris! Ball gowns swirl, champagne corks pop, and precious jewels sparkle all around the city--and in the amethyst eyes of one particular young man...Meet Florian, the only son of an impoverished noble family. When his family's 120-carat Flame of Mughal goes missing, Florian teams up with the stunning, mysterious Ray Balzac Courland to track down the dazzling gem. But the trail of clues leads the duo to an abandoned castle--and a deadly secret! A boys' love action-romance set on magnificent streets of gay Paree, Gorgeous Carat follows the swashbuckling adventures of Ray and Florian as they battle crime lords, backstabbing family members, and a possible attraction to each other.
Innocent bird (Hirotaka Kisaragi)
Osia: 3
Part of the angelic bureaucracy, Karasu is sent to earth to retrieve a demon living among humans. However, he's surprised to discover that Shirasagi only wants to throw away his heritage and his powers, and live as a human, and a holy human at that.
Arvostelu (Osa 1)
Arvostelu (Osat 2 ja 3)
Takumi-Kun Series (Shinobu Goto, Kazumi Ohya)
Nimet: June Pride, Barefoot Waltz & Tales out of season
Osia: 3
Scarred since childhood, Takumi Hayama was afraid to get close to anyone. An outcast in his own school, Takumi comes across the charismatic and wealthy student Gui, the only person who doesn't see Takumi as odd. But how will the two cope when Gui confesses his love for Takumi? And will Gui discover the secret trauma that closed Takumi's heart?
Osia: 14
Misaki, struggling to pass his college entrance exams, is in need of a tutor to help pump up his failing grades. Unfortunately, his only option is the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Usami happens to be a famous boys' love novelist, which doesn't exactly float Misaki's boat, especially since his main characters are "Akihiko" and "Takahiro," the name of Misaki's older brother and Usami's childhood friend. Understandably, Misaki is pretty disgusted by the thought of someone using his older brother as his personal fantasy-material, but then after some tender loving from Usami, Misaki is also pretty confused. He may even be developing feelings for the older man...And when Takahiro introduces them to his lovely (female) fiancée, so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple, filled with comedy and pure romance.
Loudest whisper: Uwasa No Futari (Temari Matsumoto)
Osia: 2
The first volume in a new series, "The Loudest Whisper" offers a romantic boys' love story about two high school students becoming much more than just friends.
Osia: 11
Sakashita Izumi, your typical straight high school student, gets into a sticky situation with a gay translator, Takamiya Katsura, when he gets mistaken for an escort (coincidentally also named "Izumi") from a gay dating club, B&B (Blue Boy)! The two go on a date, Izumi goes all the way, and now the older man's in love with our young hero and possibly converting this initial homophobe into that which he fears. Though Izumi tries desperately to deny the feelings of desire and trust he's starting to have for Takamiya, it's quite a struggle...
Osia: 7
People are starting to act very odd around Norio. This average boy is suddenly getting a lot of unwanted romantic attention--and he just can't figure out why! A fall down the stairs into the arms of a handsome stranger sets off the beginnings of an explanation, and it is one Norio never could have possibly imagined. Soon a whole new world opens up for Norio, revealing a secret society of special people evolved from animals other than monkeys. This society has a complex structure and its members are ranked by rarity and desirability, and it turns out that Norio is a particularly rare breed and his DNA is in much demand! How will he survive in this modern jungle where he's suddenly the prey?!
Lovers in the Night & Truly Kindly (Fumi Yoshinaga)
Osia: 2
Lovers in the Night: Hired as a servant by an Aristocrat family, Claude works hard to care for the family that took him in. But when the master of the house and his wife eventually pass away, Claude must keep spoiled son Antoine in line and teach him to be a proper gentleman. As the two become closer, a forbidden love develops between them...
Truly Kindly: A collection of romantic, dramatic boys' love stories from famed manga-ka Fumi Yoshinaga!From modern-day tales of romance in Seattle, to eerie stories from historical Japan, to Yoshinaga-sensei's depiction of the class conflicts that fueled the French Revolution... In these unforgettable tales, there's a little something for every BLU fan! And perhaps best of all, the characters Claude and Antoine--a young aristocrat and his butler--are introduced in this volume. Catch up to their later adventures in Fumi Yoshinaga’s Lovers in the Night!
Madness (Kairi Shimotsuki)
Osia: 2
In 3000 AD, mankind is in chaos after a series of natural disasters. And it's up to the Catholic priest Izaya and his mass-murderer companion Kyou to save the day.
Menkui! (Suzuki Tanaka)
Osia: 3
High school is difficult enough, especially when you live in the shadow of your stunningly attractive older brother...Kotori is often teased for being superficial, and with a gorgeous brother like Kujaku, you can't really blame him for thinking that looks are everything. However, once Akaiwa steps into the picture, Kotori's life is heading for a lesson in deep trust, self-confidence, and abiding love. Suzuki Tanaka has created a funny, life-affirming story about complexities of young love on a long and winding road that leads to the heart.
Osia: 5
Nakaya, a high school sophomore and ice hockey player, has just lost his mother and ends up moving in with Shino, his long-lost father. Shino's anime voice acting job recently ended, so he finds work on boys' love radio dramas to make ends meet. He gets paired up with the ever-cool Tenryuu and the two bond while another co-worker hits on Shino. Meanwhile, Nakaya finds out his girlfriend might be pregnant and is forced to consider dropping out of school, but pressure to get serious about ice-hockey is building up!
Arvostelu (Osa 1)
Osia: 4
Clumsy Tokumaru Madoka can't seem to go even five minutes without breaking something. When he ends up breaking his sister Nagomi's mirror, she's had the last straw! She forces him to join the Tea Ceremony Club to help out with the Culture Festival in spite of the hesitations of the club president Hasune Kazume. Composed and graceful, he is the exact opposite of the brash Madoka - will the two of them be able to bridge their differences and get along with each other?
Arvostelu (Osa 1)
Arvostelu (Osat 2-4)
Voice or noice (Enjin Yamimaru)
Osia: 3
College professor Narusawa can speak to animals and Shin-chan, for the sake of his beloved dog Frappy, yearns to learn as well. But will that knowledge bring Narusawa and Shin-chan closer together, or will it tear them apart?
You will fall in love & You will drown in love (Hinako Takanaga)
Osia: 2
Painful memories surface for Mochizuki Haru when he agrees to substitute as teacher for the archery club. More unexpected than the return of those memories is the young man, and the love, that helps him deal with them.
Arvostelu (Osa 1)
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BLU ONE SHOTIT:
Shusuke, a young man who works at a liquor store, is stunned when his high school crush Atsushi returns home after several years of studying aboard. Why is he back, when he had sworn to stay away forewer? And after all this time, do these two still have feelinghs for each other? It'll take more than missed opportunities and a kinky match-up party to keep these two from finding the alley of their true love!
Arvostelu
Ogata is a shortstop for the baseball team, the Tokyo Elephants. A new rookie pitcher named Uno is popular among the team. But for some reason, Uno is cold only to Ogata. Ogata is worried that it's his sexual orientation that is keeping Uno away. So one day Ogata decides to confront Uno. But what he finds out from Uno is completely different from what he expected!
Yuki Akabane is a very popular nurse at a blood donation clinic and a vampire's descendant! He enjoys drinking the blood of the pretty women who come to his clinic, but when he tastes the blood of donation-obsessed patient Osamu Mayuzumi, will he ever be able to drink another's blood again?
Kazuaki's life is so ordinary and dull, he just can't tell the difference between one day and another. But one night, by total accident, he witnesses a rather embarrassing situation, which unexpectedly turns his life upside down...
Shingo has always liked guys who are exceptional. His best friend, Koji, is the smartest, fastest, and hottest guy in school. But what Shingo doesn't know is that Koji has worked hard to be so exceptional - and he's doing it to impress Shingo! Why? He's in love with Shingo of course! But all is about to be revealed, because when Shingo's just-as-impressive cousin comes into town, Koji realizes he'll have to confess everything or risk losing his one true love forever...
After gathering up all of his courage, Tohru was finally able to ask out his teacher, the handsome Minazuki. But now that they are seeing each other, there's a problem. Tohru loves how attractive Minazuki looks in his glasses, but his teacher always takes them off when they kiss! Does he not want to see Tohru up close? And why is he kissing a girl with his glasses on? This title also features the continuing adventures of Hiiragi and Asagi, the ninja duo from Shinobu Kokoro
Kazuma, a yakuza, is shot and saved by the heir of a tea ceremony family, Shibata Yukihiro. Yukihiro,the illegitimate son, never allowed himself to ask for anything. Kazuma is the only one that Yukihiro wants to protect even though the burden that Kazuma carries is too dangerous. What should they do?
Arvostelu
Nagi has been noticing the stare of a particular student at his part-time job modeling at an art school. Kaji seems friendly enough, but Nagi is afraid to let him know his biggest secret - Nagi is a fledgling drag queen who is saving up for some big changes! Will Kaji accept Nagi for who he is or will Nagi be snubbed once again?
Akiyoshi Tohru is the picture of an ideal student. Not only does he have perfect attendance and top grades, but he's the student council president of his all-boys school. But the school 'princess', Naruse Futa, takes a shining to Akiyoshi and a princess always gets what he wants. Will Akiyoshi be able to escape Naruse's sadistic clutches?
Features a collection of stories in which an angel who loses his place in Eden finds a mysterious and dangerous patron, and a poor painter finishes a woman's portrait without a subject and reveals his forgotten past.
Aki works as a doshin, a detective, for the city of Edo and is currently investigating a series of murders. One day he meets Kuga, a mysterious man from Dejima, who looks exactly like a man who saved him from being kidnapped as a child. As Aki becomes more and more involved with Kuga, will he find love or something he never wanted to hear?
After his school's divination adviser gives him a "purifying" kiss, Asahi's luck, and love life, begin to change.
Yaichi falls onto a trash heap dead drunk, but is rescued by a mysterious man. In the process, Yaichi breaks the man's valuable video camera. Yaichi wants to repay the man, but he is pretty useless. How can Yaichi really really help out? Perhaps with a little thing called love...?
Hilarity and chaos fill this delectable boys' love collection!...A respected teacher stumbles upon the corpse of his ex-lover whose handsome young friend suspects him of foul play...Two estranged childhood friends find each other in Tokyo.
Arvostelu
Tomoya's got good looks and a violent streak to match, but he has one regret: having turned down the feelings of his best friend from junior high with the lame excuse, "I don't like guys who are shorter than me!" However, he's in for a big surprise when a tall man he doesn't recognize meets him outside his home...with a big hug!
When Ukyo rescues a stray dog and names it Kuro, he soon learns that he may have found a rare breed--his new dog can talk and magically transform into a hunky human! With his dog now taking the form of a hot man and licking him in various places, what is Ukyo to do?!
Arvostelu
College student Akio is dating Ryo who appears to have childlike innocence with gorgeous features but is actually a helpless, philandering boy unable to withstand the slightest loneliness. Every time a girl approaches Ryo, he's unable to decline! What's Akio to do with his philandering boyfriend?
In this titillating, single-volume boys' love story, Tanemura and Tanizaki are the main focus in their company. Being the internal and external secretaries to their boss, these two hot guys are rumored to be rivals, but secretly, they have been lovers for eight years! With their childish boss, the life of these secretaries is always filled with love and humor.
The Ninja: A stealth fighter expertly trained in ancient Japanese martial arts. With his fiery combination of sheer force, considerable guile and devastating proficiency, no man can resist his skill! Follow the sizzling sessions with a young, innocent ninja-in-training as his master teaches him the secret methods of the clan...with a little hands-on instruction! Meanwhile, two experienced shinobi take their relationship to new heights when a tragic separation leaves one of them caught between a rock and hard place. Filled with over-the-top "action," boys in tight uniforms, and one very lascivious snow spirit, this romantic fantasy collection is one part passion, one part affection, and all heart.
Kaoru is frustrated - he's just been dumped by his boyfriend again! And it's all because he could never express his true feelings properly. What's wrong with him? Feeling lonely and miserable, he takes a stroll through a gay park and meets a straight guy named Youhei. Although he seems to be an unassuming, gentle soul, something inside Youhei has caused Kaoru's heart to swell. Will Kaoru step out and express his feelings to Youhei?
Arvostelu
Meet Emba and Yuuen, two very different heirs to two very different warring clans. When they meet, it's love at first sight...and a wild romantic odyssey is about to unfold. But the odds are stacked against this primitive Romeo and Romeo! With their resentful clans providing no support for their budding relationship, can these star-crossed lovers get behind each other to stop the long-standing family feud? BLU hits boys' love fans with a hot, new manga Wild Rock, set in a fabulously fantastic prehistoric backdrop!
Arvostelu
Iku and Keita have been buddies since childhood, and have played sports together their whole lives...until their final year in middle school, when Keita's baseball career abruptly ended as a result of the severe injuries he sustained when saving Iku from being hit by a truck. Ever since that accident, Iku has distanced himself from both the game and his friend, presumably out of guilt. Can these two friends patch up their differences, and become something more...?
Arvostelu
