Izaki was always confident in school who had to work at being the best. It's very much a you get what you put in scenario. He's more than capable of rising to the task whether it's club or tennis. He also enjoys being contrary to others and seeing through their bullshit and bluster which is so refreshing. He doesn't even do it to show off, just because people's shallowness annoy him.
Hakamada is the quiet one. Still waters run deep asiding from the fact he always seems to look vapid. He's the prodigy insomuch as things just come easily to him. He doesn't have to work or study and just manages to come out on top which is frustrating for Izaki who realizes he'll never reach that level no matter how hard he tries.
Aisaretaino has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 愛されたいの, Aisaretai no
Genres: Yaoi
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2. Junjou Romantica
The series Junjou Romantica series actually contain 3 main stories within them, which are loosely interconnected, with different couples as the main characters.
Junjou Romantica:
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.
Junjou Egoist: Kamijou Hiroki is a broken man, consumed by unrequited love for his childhood friend, Usami Akihiko (the writer character in Junjou Romantica). Along comes Kusama Nowaki, whose name "Nowaki" means "typhoon", an orphan working his way through life since middle school. Like the typhoon he is named for, he whirls into Hiroki's life and heart, blowing all resistance away before him.
Junjou Terrorist: As fate would have it, Professor Miyagi Yoh (whom Hiroki is working with as assistant professor), and Takatsuki Shinobu, a high school student, cross paths. Miyagi, when in high school, loved (and still cannot forget) a female teacher who had a terminal illness, is now faced with Shinobu, who just says whatever is on his mind. The wheel of destiny is beginning to turn once again...
Has another short story called Junjou Minimum in vol. 4, which in turn has a separate volume of its own.
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Pure Romance; Junjo Romantica is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 純情ロマンチカ, Pure Romance, Junjou Egoist, Junjou Terrorist
1. Ashita wa Joutenki
Yaoi comedy about a student, Ikumi Amanume whose part-time job is to cook and do housekeeping chores for his next-door neighbor, Yuuji Touno, a notable scenario writer. Life seems pretty good except for a little problem that Touno-san tends to get too involved in his work and actually lives out the different characters that he creates! So Ikumi's head is kept spinning by the parade of extreme personalities that he encounters, especially when he starts falling in love with the real Touno who, it seems, never hangs around long enough to do anything about his own feelings for Ikumi...
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Ashita wa Joutenki has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: あしたは上天気, Ashita wa Joutenki