Delivery Hug Therapy by Toworu Miyata

 

Twenty-nine-year-old Kiichi Sakuraba is totally burnt out.
After his best friend, who he vowed to remain single with, gets married, Kiichi is done with romance in general.
On his way back from his friend’s wedding, he gets blackout drunk at one of his usual haunts.
When he comes to, the handsome twenty-year-old university student Nao Kijima is right there waiting for him!
Thanks to this encounter, Kiichi comes to an agreement with Nao that they will meet once a week for a therapeutic hug session.
Could something more spring from this arrangement…?

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3Ax5KfL)

Number Call by Nagisa Furuya

 

From the creator of My Summer of You comes a new high school romance about the power of numbers, and how the number 8 draws two young men together--the author’s Japanese debut, now available for the first time in English!

High schooler Eito Tachibana has always hated his name, including all of the jokes and puns about the number 8 that have come along with it. One day, he meets a classmate named Tomoya Hatta, aka Hachi--the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk in the hallway soon becomes something much deeper, and Eito realizes that it's more than just a similar nickname that draws him to Hachi. Could the number that Eito resented for so long finally bring him something--or someone--to love?

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/4cDG8Lo)

Tiptoeing Along The Path of Light by Aki Aoi

 

One day, Iwai, an ordinary college student, is suddenly offered a part-time job to work as an assistant for the mycologist, Murota, a seemingly moody and unsociable man.

Though things start off a bit rocky, Iwai soon finds that he not only enjoys spending time with Murota and learning about a world previously unknown to him, but he also likes taking care of the man when he neglects to take care of himself.

However, joy is gradually replaced by unrest, as Iwai becomes increasingly aware that his feeling towards the man may be deeper than he originally thought.

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/46QYpn6)

After We Gazed at the Starry Sky by Bisco Kida

 

Tougo Amase is a well-known photographer who focuses on night scenery―and the man Subaru Miyazawa not-so-secretly idolizes from afar. Subaru always assumed Tougo would be distant, just like the stars in his art, so he can’t quite believe his luck when they meet at a trial screening of a new planetarium show. While Subaru is a totally awestruck mess of nerves, Tougo takes it all in stride. Not only that, but he’s hopelessly sweet, carrying Subaru down the steps where he and his wheelchair could never go alone―just so he can watch the exhibit from the front row. Subaru can’t help but think… “…I hope we meet again…”

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3WTGc3P)