こいものがたり [Koimonogatari] #1

Two young men pause on a sun-dappled city street — one in a warm brown jacket with a messenger bag, the other in a crisp white shirt and dark tie carrying a tote — their quiet, sidelong glances hinting at the tender emotional territory ahead. Tagura Tohru's art, published under Gentosha's BL imprint Rutile Collection, brings an understated, slice-of-life warmth to this opening volume of Love Stories. If you're drawn to boys'-love manga that favors atmosphere and genuine feeling over melodrama, this first volume makes a quietly compelling case for itself.