Pearl Boy - Recommendations

Alt title: Seashell Boy

Pearl Boy

If you're looking for manga similar to Pearl Boy, you might like these titles.

Checkmate

Checkmate

Soohyun doesn’t have a “first love,” but he definitely has a “first hate” - his high school classmate Eunsung. A smooth-mannered all-star, Eunsung snaps up first place in everything, leaving Soohyun always trailing behind in second place. Winning out over Eunsung is the one thing that motivates Soohyun, but after graduation, Soohyun contents himself with a dull, mediocre life. One day, Eunsung appears on the news, knee-deep in scandal and, for once, not perfectly at ease...lighting Soohyun’s inner fires once again. Desperate to see a fallen Eunsung with his own eyes, Soohyun jumps into the fray as a reporter, and gets Eunsung to strike an outrageous deal with him.

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Reasons you might like Checkmate...

Vashiro Vashiro says...

Both are well-written dark stories which feature a couple struggling against a high status, powerful, perverted and obsessive antagonist. The character dynamic in Pearl Boy is romantic and heartwarming, but Checkmate is more complicated. I didn't expect to enjoy Sooyhun nor Doohshik half as much as I did, but the development of both these two was extremely satisfying and enjoyable to read.

Eunsuk & Jung-gu

Eunsuk & Jung-gu

Eunsuk and Jung-gu have a complicated relationship. The easiest way to describe it would be "roomates." Of course, not all roommates have sex. And most of them don't visit bathhouses together. And only a small few of them have sex at bathhouses.

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Reasons you might like Eunsuk & Jung-gu...

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If you enjoy wholesome relationships (and smut) in stories that have themes/dynamics between prostitutes and gangsters, then you may enjoy this pairing. Also, both showcase complex and well-written characters.

Max Mojave Case Files

Max Mojave Case Files

A murderer and a witness, the story of two men! "I thought I really might die when I first saw you." The boy who had to kill and the boy who watched it in silence. Max grew up to be the Mafia's assassin and Chris is following the trail that leads to him. These two meet up as roommates when Max enters a university undercover. Max can't help but be wary of Chris who is inching closer to his family and his true identity. Where will this tension lead them?

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Both of these are gripping stories that feature wholesome relationships between characters, where one person has a hidden, violent or dark side. Both also feature the theme of fighting to overcome tragic circumstances to hold onto love and happiness. Bonus: The writing of Max Mojave does not rely on misunderstandings or lack of communication at all, which I found very refreshing.

Angel's Tears

Angel's Tears

The more brilliant the light, the darker the shadow behind; the more the devil smile, the more sad the angel's tears...

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Okane Ariki no Kankei desu ga

Okane Ariki no Kankei desu ga

Half a year ago, Yanai Makoto, a normal office employee, became his friend’s guarantor for a large loan, but in the end the friend fled and left him with enormous debt of 30 million yen. Yanai became a call boy in order to pay off the debt, until one day he stumbled across a yakuza who claimed "love at first sight" and was willing to pay 5 times his price if Yanai became his personal whore…

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Loved Circus

Loved Circus

An average, run of the mill office worker, Kei racked up a huge amount of debt trying to help his hostess girlfriend move away from her line of work. When his efforts fell short, he tried to end his own life... but found himself rescued from death by the proprietor of Loved Circus, a brothel for gay men. Facing the hard truth that his girlfriend lied to him, he agrees to stay and join the four employees of the circus to work off his life debt, learning about the clients, his fellow sex workers, and the goings on in Tokyo's less known nightlife.

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Deep Love: Reina no Unmei

Deep Love: Reina no Unmei

Reina, a nineteen-year-old single mother, was raped and impregnated while in high school. She chooses to keep the child and lives with her mother, who works to support both of them. Reina falls in love with Akira, a cosmetic artist, but when she tells him that she was raped, he breaks up with her. To make matters worse her mother is hospitalized due to exhaustion and her daughter falls down a flight of stairs resulting in the loss of her sight. Now that all hope seems lost, will Reina be able to survive or will the reality of the cruel world prove to be too much for her?

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Walk on Water

Walk on Water

Ed, a broke bodyguard in search of some fast cash, enters the world of porn by applying to the adult film company McQueen Entertainment under the alias ‘Tommy.’ He originally planned to just perform as a top. But one day when his partner couldn’t make it on time for the shoot, Ed ends up playing bottom to the charismatic owner of the company himself, Glenn McQueen!

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Dangerous Vices of a Gentleman Loan Shark

Dangerous Vices of a Gentleman Loan Shark

"Damn, you're a whiny pup, aren't you...? I haven't cum yet." June, the number one rentboy at his brothel, is requested by a client and goes to the hotel as usual. There, he meets a sexy yet suspicious man named Onda. Onda introduces himself as a "money lender"-- a loan shark ? and suddenly he pressures June to repay the debt his ex-boyfriend left behind!? And after all that, he asks June, "Now, then... Why don't you comfort me for a little bit?" June is made to suck his hot, erect cock, and then he's fucked hard and deep...!!

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Nightmare (Park Min)

Nightmare (Park Min)

An ordinary housewife's life turns to hell after falling into the hands of a vicious loan shark.

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