Does anybody know of manga (movies, novels) that touches upon this topic? Relationships between older-younger samurai, stories about male prostitutes, anything like that. I read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_Japan and I'm fascinated! ><

What I've read/seen so far: Vagabond, Blade of the Immortal (there is a hint of that sort of relationship between Shira and Renzo, and then there's the former male prostitute in the mugai-ryu), Gohatto

And I'd prefer not to read yaoi, (not looking for the explicit side of these relationships, just more info and good fiction written about it) but if it has a great storyline bring it on!

are you asking for a yaoi or no?

@Hespia Klarerin: i think the answer would be "not really" accept if there is a lot less emphasise on the sex part than usually is in BL stories, or if there is a lot to the story.

But going by tags, there really isn't much that is yaoi and has samurai in it, or ninja.
Besides what is on the two lists i know there is one more yaoi title that is sort of mix of jidaigeki and futuristic setting but can't really remember the title.
I know there is quite few titles that don't go into BL genre that are dealing with this topic, but it's been so long since i last read them that i can't remember the titles any more D:

I filtered with Shounen-ai and samurai, and got:
Hana Sakasemashou
Tsuki wa Yamiyo ni Kakuru ga Gotoku

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My suggestion is to do a search on this site- filtering out yaoi and picking 'historical' and 'shounen ai' for 'genre' and choosing 'samurai' under 'categories'. I usually read explicit yaoi, so I can't really help in recommending any particular non-explicit shounen-ai titles! Good luck!

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but Oooku fits I think.

I think you talk about Marginal?
Whwn I saw this topic, I immediately remember this title, but it's not set on ancient Japanese era >.<

Yama Fu-Tang is pretty much exactly what you're looking for. It's by the same author as Basilisk.

if it's yaoi it might be Sakoku Renai

Thanks very much for the suggestions everyone! Yeah I did do a filter for yaoi, shounen-ai, historical, drama etc. I found a lot of titles which were set in a fantasy ancient japan.. not what I'm looking for unfortunately.

I love samurai manga that are based on actual figures in history. There are some examples of real-life couplings mentioned in this blog: http://yaoi-manga.blogspot.com/2007/02/samurai-gay-story.html.

If anyone other than me is interested, they mention some actual couples in history in Honoo no Mirage.

This, definitely -- Hi izuru tokoro no tenshi. Unfortunately, it hasn't been scanlated and most likely never will be

Mede Shireru Yoru no Junjou might work, but I haven't read it.

Last edited by calstine at 3:05 pm, Jul 6 2015

It's been a while but whatever.

Ouchou Haru no Yoi no Romance is pretty close to what you're looking for if my memory serves me correctly, though it's kinda shota imo.

Oretachi wa Kokode Koi o Suru is about a high school student travelling back in time into ancient Japan. Recommended!