Are you a Manga maniac? Want to share your love of Yaoi, Bara, and/ or Yuri? Perhaps you're new to all of this. Why not post a comment here and share your thoughts on the subject. I've started this thread in particular because of the GAY GEEK post this week:

http://www.afterelton.com/gaygeek/5-28-2008?page=0%2C0

Author Lyle Masaki commented afterwords on several titles in particular for suggested reading:

"I'm actually kinda mixed about Gravitation. I didn't care for the manga but rather liked the anime, but it is one of the first titles to make it here. I really, really enjoyed Fake, which had an interesting romance. It has plenty of "so bad its good" aspects -- the police stories are badly done and the presentation of New York is a late 80s, exotified view of the city -- but those problems manage to be pretty charming and silly.

As for titles that are more realistic, The Moon and the Sandals manages to have quite a number of realistic touches while still offering moments of escapist romance... though Fumi Yoshinaga's visual storytelling takes a bit of adjustment. Two other interesting series that are character focused without any kind of outlandish plotting (which you'll find in spades in Gravitation -- it's like some really crazy soap opera) are Close the Last Door and Shout Out Loud. has a bit of realism to it, while managing to still offer escapist romance."

Thanks Lyle for your insights and will post what I find interesting here, too! :)