one-sided gay crush on main character in non-shounen-ai manga
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Black Cat, with Creed on Train.
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In Lovely Complex, a crossdressing boy crushes on Otani, Risa's love interest, and gets a fair amount of air time, becoming one of the group of friends after the first appearance.
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I'm pretty sure Family Compo has this, at some point. There's this mafioso that first falls for the male lead during a cross-dressing episode, but continues to pursue him even after finding out that he's male. Not a 'main' character but major enough to appear several times, I guess? May not be what you're looking for...
And DEFINITELY Ichi the Killer. There are two male leads, and one of them's a sadomasochistic gay guy (again, a mafioso) with a massive crush on his boss and a weird, twisted obsession with the other male lead. At least, it seems so to me. Especially since there's on-screen sexual arousal involved. 😀
Adekan hints at this, too, as do Toxic and Ilegenes, to varying degrees - all involving major characters and the male leads. However, nothing is 'explicitly' stated (except maybe in Toxic?) so that'll be up to your interpretation.
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This happens a lot in Saver.
They say it's the thought that counts, but then they tell you, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions......"
Will no one scanlate Takahashi Miyuki?! T_T
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Yamada Tarou Monogatari; one of the guys starts seeing the main character as a rival in getting the girls' attention but ends up having a crush on him instead.
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Oh, and Jewels. If you don't mind that the male lead is physiologically female some of the time. 😛 (But the gay crush is on his male personality, so it still counts, right?)
Himitsu counts in some ways - depends on your definition of 'crush' (as in, does it include deadly obsessions and a necrophiliac's desire to literally dismember their crush?). There are some gay characters, at least one of whom is definitely, canonically pining after Maki, the incongruously pretty male detective with a death wish. Whee! 😀
Edit: And Bara no Tameni! How could I forget? This is the PENULTIMATE example of what you're looking for. 😃
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Kuroshitsuji
1/2 Prince same deal as Jewels
Oh! And definitely Billion Princess! There are two guys she ends up staying with and
one has a crush on her and the other has a crush on the guy who likes her
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Rockin Heaven
but you don't find out till waaayy later
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Try Shiroi Mado no Mukougawa. The bisexual best friend of the male love interest has a secret crush on him.
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in what way does DNAngel fit into this?
ok ive only read up to volume 10...but so for no homosexual as far as the eye can seedoes this happen later on?
It's subtle, IMO Hiwatari has feelings for Daisuke.
And for this topic, I find this tag: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?category=False+Shounen-ai
From the list, I recommend:
NG Life, although it's the main character who has this feelings.
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D-ASH fits
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Miki in Beelzebub. P':
Oh, and Akise from Mirai Nikki.
There are a lot, but even though they're non-BL, they're pretty gay. Like... CLAMP gay.
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Naah, Yami no Matsui is probably way too gay to count. It's like, gayer than Illegenes.
And Kuroshitsuji... Are you referring to Grell? I hope so, because the main couple is canon, despite the relationship not being of romantic nature.
Oh, and I forgot two more.
In Beyond the Beyond, Virid is totally smitten with the main character. It's quite hilarious, too.
I believe it was in B.O.D.Y. (blah shoujo manga)(I'm not sure it's that one, though) that there was some cliche "bad guy" with impure motives that was after the heroine, despite acting really nice (something you see all the time in shoujo manga). He got the girl stuck in a situation where she had to change out of her clothes or something, and the hero showed up to save the day with a "I told you so", but
it turned out he was actually after the hero, and was genuinely a nice guy. He and the heroine later became friends. I had a good laugh. It was time well wasted.
