Mature Romance Manga (Erotica)

What Is Mature Romance Manga?

The love manga (erotica) available on Renta! is what is originally known in Japan as TL (teen's love). Put simply it's like shojo manga, but with more adult themes and scenes of a sexual nature. Whereas shojo manga will cut to a new scene just as the characters are about to get down and dirty, love manga does no such thing.

So What Was That About Adult Themes?

Although there are stories that wouldn't be out of place in a shojo manga (if you took away the sex scenes of course), some of them are very much non-shojo, for example the story below is about a woman that does product testing for dildos.

How Is It Any Different from Seinen Manga for Guys?

Well, although the stories in love manga may be rather limited in some cases, it's generally more developed than that in a seinen manga; the ratio of sex to story is much lower. In addition the sex scenes are less graphic; the guys say more romantic things and they kiss a lot more. They also generally have women as their main characters, as opposed to seinen manga, which feature men as their main characters.

Are There Any Tropes or Common Themes?

Just like any genre, mature romance manga has its fair share of tropes. Here are a few:

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