Recommendations based on "Love is a Stupid Thing"

Shuji, a divorced single dad running a modest corner shop, has an easygoing attitude and an eye out for anything to break the boredom of his days. So when Saji, the serious, reserved pediatrician who’s been coming into his store, suddenly declares that he’s gay and wants to take Shuji home, Shuji goes along with it out of simple curiosity. He thought they’d just mess around, have some fun, and that would be that. But he gets a lot more than he bargained for in this story of opposites in love!

After all the studying he did for his exams, sacrificing time with his boyfriend Yuichi, Wataru gets a measly C-average on his summer prep test. Yuichi's college classmate Asaka offers to tutor him, and he eagerly accepts. Wataru finds Asaka's cool beauty and attitude strikingly similar to that of Yuichi's, and subconsciously becomes vulnerable to his advances. For the first time in their relationship, Yuichi becomes enraged. Will they be able to overcome this new obstacle?!

Love Mode (the series) itself is a compilation of several stories (most often short) involving various degrees of gay couples. Every one of these couples is linked to an establishment known as the Blue Boy. The Blue Boy is a gay host club where anyone wielding enough money can hire out a very attractive man either to pretty up a party or for sex. Most of the couples consist of either hosts/ex-hosts, clients/ex-clients, or both. Though all of the couples get a considerable amount of spotlight, without a doubt, the main focus of the story is the once dysfunctional Aoe family and their lovers. Aoe Reiji himself owns the Blue Boy and is the only main character to appear in all eleven volumes. In volume 3 Izumi, Blue Boy's number one hasn't been doing too well lately. But with his health improving, it may be time for him to find a love all his own. His chance may come when a young man named Arashi moves in next door. Will Izumi be able to find true love and bury the pain in his heart? The passion is flaming hot in this next volume of Love Mode.

"'Family' should be a place where you and I can feel at ease." Finally settled under one roof, the gentle-hearted Alpha Haruto and his Omega mate Miyabi are living a sweet and peaceful life side by side. Haruto, smitten with his live-in lover, contemplates their future together, and one word comes to mind: marriage. However, the once-wounded Miyabi--who was abandoned by his family--wonders if that's the right way to go. Perhaps it's time to finally put Miyabi's fears to rest so they can build the happy family they both deserve...

The four hottest boys in Japan have just one goal: Turn the goth-girl Sunako into a true lady. And suddenly they're making progress First, Sunako ventures out on a shopping trip to one of Tokyo's trendiest neighborhoods (very un-Sunako). Then she gets super-excited about Valentine's Day (even more un-Sunako). Finally, when the landlady invites Sunako to a ball to meet a real prince, our gothic heroine goes on a crash diet (extremely un-Sunako). Is Sunako finally shedding her dark disposition?

Just when it seemed things couldn't become more complicated between Hasumi, Sumire, & Momo, they do! First, Sumire & Hasumi have their first physical fight. Afterwards they feel closer, but Sumire is upset because she has her ring. Then Sumire & Momo play a game of role reversal in which Sumire is Momo's pet!

When Hasumi heads back to Japan to visit his ailing father, Fukushima follows him to the airport to see him off. But Momo is there too - and he's shocked when he sees the two of them together. Momo may be an expert at keeping secrets, but can he stand to keep this one?

A shy boy gets a chance at love.Satoru Tono is too shy to speak to classmate Keigo Tamiya. Instead he fills his sketchbook with drawings of the boy he likes. But perhaps Keigo has noticed him too...?Yuji Sagara has enough worries already trying to find a part-time job to pay for college while his mother is in the hospital, so he’s not happy that Takahito Kagami is adding to his troubles. Kagami is an incorrigible flirt, and all the girls on campus are after him, so why would he steal a kiss from Yuji...?

A shy boy gets a chance at love.Satoru Tono is too shy to speak to classmate Keigo Tamiya. Instead he fills his sketchbook with drawings of the boy he likes. But perhaps Keigo has noticed him too...?Keigo surprises Satoru with a three-day trip to Karuizawa, but when the couple returns home, Satoru’s mother sees them kissing goodbye. Now that his parents know about their relationship, what will happen to Keigo and Satoru’s romance?

Izumi, the sales ace with excellent grades, good looks and great communication skills, has someone he absolutely cannot lose to. His name is Sendo, the most unlikable man who took the top spot from Izumi. After a fateful app encounter, Izumi and Sendo fell hard for each other—now they’re next-door neighbors, savoring the honeymoon phase from opposite sides of a shared wall! But when Izumi is tasked with mentoring an ambitious new hire, the newcomer’s rapid rise triggers his competitive streak—and his anxiety. As Izumi pushes himself harder and harder to reclaim the #1 spot, he starts to buckle under the pressure… just as his enigmatic older brother, Hayato, unexpectedly returns to Japan. So why isn’t Izumi happy to see him? And how did he wind up working himself to the point of collapse? Determined to help, Sendo seeks out Hayato in hopes of understanding the "baggage" Izumi has been carrying. Whatever the weight of his burden, Izumi doesn’t have to bear it alone—if he’ll let Sendo in. NOTE: This book contains mature content and is intended for readers 18 years of age and over.