Hi everyone! I didn't find a thread for it in the sticky post.

A lot of yaoi has this art style that can be called realistic--big guys, wide shoulders, big feet and hands, square chins, noticeable noses, you know what I mean? I'd like to read some yaoi which has an art style almost close to shoujo, all pretty and sweet and bug-eyed. ^__^ The stories themselves don't have to be sweet at all. Extra cookies if the uke is a crafty trickster.

Zaou Taishi's works and also her collaborations with and Eiki Eiki are awesome. They draw shoujo as well.

Mishima Kazuhiko has really cute art. Her stories are really heartwarming. The art of Sawatte, Tokashite is kinda sketchy but also cute.

I think Canvas ni Kuchizuke o fits. I haven't read it in a while.

The famous Watase Yuu has a yaoi manga called Sakura-Gari. It is SUPERB.

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CJ Michalski is probably the most shoujo-ish art style I know, if we are talking about big eyes, blushing etc.
If we are talking about a cute art style in general, with pretty and sweet panels, mostly thin and tall characters, I recommend those:
Junketsu Drop by Kisaragi Manami
Furueru Yoru no Himitsugoto by Ogura Muku
Café Latte Rhapsody by Kawai Touko
Rutta to Kodama by Fujitani Youko
Rin! by Honami Yukine
Sannin Gurashi by Hirakita Yuya
Terebi-kun no Kimochi by Okachimachi Hato
Sawatte, Tokashite by Kobato Mebaru
Bukiyou na Silent by Takanaga Hinako
Me wo Tojite 3-byou by Aniya Yuiji
Hana wa Saku ka by Hidaka Shoko
Honto Yajuu by Yamamoto Kotetsuko
Usagi Otoko Tora Otoko by Honma Akira
Katekyo! by Moegi Yuu
Dame BL by various mangakas, but specially Kumota Haruko and Rotta Ikumi
Kimi to Parade by Kojima Lalako
Kiraboshi Dial by Natsume Isaku
Hana no Mizo Shiru by Takarai Rihito
Kurayami ni Strobe by Hayakawa Nojiko
Negative-kun to Positive-kun by Hideyoshico
Koutetsu no Baby Leaf by Sunae Hata
Slow Starter by Ichikawa Kei
Kuchizuke wa Niji no Ue de by Kakine
Bara to Yaban by Konjiki Runa
Uwasa no Oujisama by Mio Junta

And I must say you read a lot of old yaoi mangas or something like that, because "wide shoulders, big feet and hands, square chins, noticeable noses" is a rare art style I come across when I read yaoi... Mostly old or unknown yaoi has this art, but there's a lot of good art out there (maybe I just avoid the weird ones).

Thank you!


Maybe it's just the way I described it that seems extreme? Because, for example, this famous manga Finder looks like that to me. The seme has strong features and a heavy, muscular body--not at all like a typical shoujo bishounen. This manga, too: Innaikansen I haven't read this manga, but the cover is exactly what I mean by "too masculine and realistic" style. Junai Fetizm
For some reason, a lot of reverse style slice of life manga is like that, too.

Sakuraga Mei
definitely KANDA Neko
maybe ITSUKI Kaname



Last edited by nezushi at 10:20 am, May 24 2013

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MARUYA Kae's works all have shoujoish art. And they're mostly cute

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