Red-Light District / Sex Work / Prostitution

These works take place primarily in the red-light district or feature a red-light district as a consistent setting. These works may also include areas where prostitution is commonplace, but not exclusively in a red-light district.

Manga Review | Bad Boys, Happy Home by SHOOWA

Title: Bad Boys, Happy Home

Author(s): SHOOWA

Artist(s): Hiromasa Okujima

Tags: BL / Boys' Love / Boy x Boy / MM / MLM | Black and White / Sepia / Single Color | Cohabitation | Comedy | Criminals / Gangsters | Delinquents | Drama | Hardcore / Explicit / Mature | Male Protagonist | Manga | Organized Crime / Underworld / Mafia / Gang | Red-Light District / Sex Work / Prostitution | Romance | Series / Long-Form / Long-Running | Sexual Content / Ecchi | Smut | Yaoi
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Akamatsu is a bit of a wild child. Chocking it all up to puberty, he finds himself pent-up with rage and frustrations over life. One day, he passes by the park and sees another young delinquent hanging out there. The guy looks tough, and Akamatsu, brimming with energy, feels compelled to fight the stranger. So, he calls the guy out and starts a brawl, which leads to Akamatsu being knocked out. Satisfied with this new outlet, Akamatsu returns day after day to fight this mysterious man, and he is only happy to oblige.

Akamatsu is pretty happy with this setup until the day his sparring partner is forced to leave the park because his sleeping place, some large pipes, has been taken away. Faced with the reality that he won’t be able to let out all of his pent-up energy on the man anymore, Akamatsu does the only thing he knows to do: offer the man to stay with him. The man ends up agreeing, and finally, after all this time, he introduces himself as Seven. So begins Seven and Akamatsu’s awkward life together. As Seven and Akamatsu grow closer, their pasts start to haunt them, but even so, it only seems to bring them closer and closer together. Can these young men overcome their complicated pasts and forge a new future together?

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Manhwa Review | The King and the Paladin by IRINBI

Title: The King and the Paladin

Author(s): IRINBI

Artist(s): Park JiEun

Tags: BDSM | Childhood Friends | Children / Offspring | Epilogue / Side Stories / Bonus Stories and Episodes | Fantasy | Full Color | Heterosexual Relationships | Manhwa | Marriage / Married Life | Paladins | Pregnancy | Red-Light District / Sex Work / Prostitution | Romance | Royal x Peasant / Noble x Peasant / Royal x Subject / Noble x Subject | Series / Long-Form / Long-Running | Sex Workers / Prostitutes | Sexual Content / Ecchi | Social Gap | Softcore
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Ezekiel is a noble paladin. For years now, he has been steadily building up his reputation, wealth, and standing in society in hopes of one day reuniting with his long-lost love Calli, and finally establishing a life with her. However, before finding her, he is appointed as the heir to a dukedom as the illegitimate son. Ezekiel accepts his role, and as the heir, he meets with the newly appointed queen of the kingdom. To his surprise, though, the bloody queen Calliope is none other than his long-lost love Calli. Before he can even express his joy, Calli captures him and forces him into a marriage ceremony right then and there.

Calliope has suffered for years under the power of her father’s concubine and her children. Her only reprieve from the suffering was the company of a mysterious man named Ezekiel, who was being kept and trained by the church. The two shared many sweet and intimate moments. After discovering the corrupt and salacious nature of the church, Calliope’s goal is to help rescue Ezekiel and take over her rightful place on the throne as its only direct descendent. However, upon making this decision for herself, she discovers Ezekiel has disappeared, and all she has to go on is the rumors that he has left to become a noblewoman’s concubine. Betrayed by her only love, Calliope goes on the warpath, ascends the throne, and with Ezekiel back under her thumb, she is determined to keep him by her side, even if it means destroying him in the process.

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Manga Review | Pink Heart Jam by Shikke

Title: Pink Heart Jam

Author(s): Shikke

Artist(s): Shikke

Tags: Adult Couple | BL / Boys' Love / Boy x Boy / MM / MLM | Black and White / Sepia / Single Color | Cashiers | College | Eve's Faves | Hardcore / Explicit / Mature | Male Protagonist | Manga | Musicians / Singers | Red-Light District / Sex Work / Prostitution | Romance | Senpai x Kouhai / Sunbae x Hoobae / Qianbei x Houbei | Sex Worker/Prostitute x Customer | Sex Workers / Prostitutes | Sexual Content / Ecchi | Single Volume / Short Series / One-Shot | Smut | Yaoi
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Haiga is experiencing many firsts. It is his first time in , it is his first time living in the city away from his rural home, and it is his first time faced with his sexuality. While touring his campus for the first time, Haiga sees Kanae, a beautiful man and Haiga’s upperclassman. Haiga is immediately attracted to him, but he isn’t sure if he simply admires Kanae or if he really is attracted to him as a man. Without any real reason to find out, Haiga is left on his own to wonder.

That is until his peers give him money to visit a box spa after a night of drinking. However, this particular box spa is located in the gay district, which Haiga uses to his advantage to help answer the question: does he like men or not? Of course, Haiga doesn’t expect that the person servicing him is none other than Kanae. So, this is a chance for Haiga to discover his sexuality and determine if his feelings for Kanae are more than simple admiration for his upperclassman. While he is figuring that out, another question lingers in the back of Haiga’s mind: how does Kanae feel about him?

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