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Teen's Love (TL), a genre often featured in josei/redikomi (ladies' comics) of 🔞 sexually explicit romances, has been around in Japan for a long time before being noticed and picked up by manga publishers in the West only recently. Because of this, it may be hard to find what titles have been licensed to give a try—hopefully this stack helps BookTok find their spice in the world of manga!

This stack will primarily focus on manga that have gotten physical English releases—Seven Seas Entertainment's recently established Steamship imprint is your friend!! But it's inevitable that most that may apply are still locked in digital hell, whether it's the underlicensing of shoujo and josei manga, the spice content, or Kodansha USA's slow print announcements.
Tried my best not to rely on titles licensed on coolmic or Bisou Bisou Comics or Renta! or MangaPlaza, as most of those are digital only...

There are also admittedly a few titles in here not listed as teens' love, but is at least marketed towards women and as "spicy" or has a mature 18+ rating due to smut/sex scenes. And also, teens love tends to be all heterosexual male-female romances... though I managed to find ONE queer romance for this stack (Auto Aiming). Keep all of that in mind.

Also, obligatory content warnings for assault, dubcon (dubious consent), and potential taboo as many of the former are apparently common criticisms of Teen's Love manga.



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Series not on MAL:
Dekiai Moto Kare wa Saikai H de Torotoro ni Aishi Tsukushitai - Amayakashi Jouzu na Nikushoku Gokujou Teku ni Oborete ("EX-Rank Lover - My Doting Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Make Love to Me Again and Again!" by Pyoko Asahina, TokyoPop)
Sadou-ka Danshi no Noukou Ecchi na Otemae (The Tea Ceremony Master’s Rich and Steamy Service: Spoiled by His Skillful Hands by Nyakehiko, Seven Seas)
Akujo (to Gokaisareru Watashi) ga Haraguro Outaishi You no Aisare Kisaki ni Nari sou desu! (The Scheming Crown Prince’s Wicked Consort by Seikan and Subaru Kayano, Seven Seas)


This stack has several titles from Luv Luv Press, an imprint from Aurora Publishing that is defunct and therefore has their titles OUT OF PRINT. To find OOP books like Pretty Poison, I recommend the following sites:
https://www.abebooks.com/
https://www.alibris.com/
https://www.biblio.com/

BookFinder is also a huge help with searching for listings with bargain prices! To get the best results, look up the ISBN for English prints of series and copy-paste them into the search.
https://www.bookfinder.com/