Shonen-ai with a girl involved

8 years ago
Posts: 112
I'm looking for a shonen-ai manga/manhua/manhwa in which a girl is involved. In particular I'd like to see two male friends who have feelings for each other but never really admit it or confess. Then a girl appears and she is interested in one of the two boys. That boy tries to date her but his friend becomes jealous and can't stand it so he confesses and the two boys end up together.
I know that this plot is really detailed and it is difficult to find something exactly like this, but I hope there is ><
I've tried to search by myself, but I haven't found much. I've read That Summer (Kim Hyun)'s summary, but I don't know if it is what I am looking for. Has someone read it?

8 years ago
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Well, there's C.O.Y., but in that it's the girl and the guy who know each other first, and they become rivals over the other boy, prompting a bit of behavioural change on their parts (they were both players before).
The guy "wins," and the girl gets together with her ex-BF. It's a good story, though not exactly meeting your requirements.
Boku wa Sakana is another one, but it's more realistic than your average BL and the involvement of the girl actually makes things worse, leading to a bad/ambiguous ending where it's unlikely that the guys will confess to each other for the longest time, if at all. It fits your request more than C.O.Y., but without the happy resolution.
I'm rec'cing these because I don't know of an exact fit. This type of premise is probably a bit more common in yaoi, but you didn't ask for that, and I can't even remember any where it isn't just a cheap prelude to smut, anyway.
I haven't read That Summer, but I advice you to hold off until it's completely scanlated. It's a shoujo manga, after all, so it's highly unlikely that the two guys will end up with each other: I suspect that one or both of them will fall for the female MC. I can't guarantee that, of course, it's just the most likely route, especially in a manhwa.

8 years ago
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Thank you for taking the time for answering and thank you for the suggestions 🙂

8 years ago
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Quote from ForeignerChan
I've tried to search by myself, but I haven't found much. I've read That Summer (Kim Hyun)'s summary, but I don't know if it is what I am looking for. Has someone read it?
Not really. So far, the girl is acting more like an intermediary between the two. She doesn't really seem interested in them as love interests.
And I'm not really interested in love triangles, so I don't really have much that fits your request, and none of the ones I know of fit what you're looking for. (Thirsty for Love has a girl in love triangle/polygon, but it's more like a bunch of guys are in love with one girl and end up comforting each other when she's gone. And Tourou no Ori has one of the protagonists marry a woman but still carry on an affair with his butler. But, yeah, nothing like what you're asking for.)