Teens' love (Japanese: ティーンズラブ), also known as TL, is a genre of erotica fiction in Japan created by and marketed towards women.[1] Teens' love is present in a variety of media, including anime,[2] manga,[3] and light novels. Teens' love content has a core demographic of women in their older teens to adults.

Themes

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Teens' love is characterized by a romance depicting love and sex as synonymous.[4] The story usually focuses on a female protagonist. It differs from the ladies' comics genre in that ladies' comics tend to be dramatic and include dark story elements such as rape, incest, and enjo kōsai (relationships based on transactional sex); while earlier teens' love works consisted of similar elements, modern stories usually avoid those topics.[5] Teens' love content is also marketed towards a younger audience.[6] In 2007, several manga magazines with teens' love content were declared "harmful to youth" by the Osaka Prefectural Government and were restricted from being sold to people under 18 years old.[7]

Media

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Currently publishing Media

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Magazines in Print

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Publisher Label Year Began Citation
Ohzora Shuppan Renai Hakusho Pastel1 1998 [8]
Kasakura Shuppan Zettai Renai Sweet 2000 [9]
Bunkasha Muteki Renai S*girl 2004 [10]
Akita Shoten Renai LoveMAX1 2006 [11]
Renai Cherry Pink 2006 [12]
Daitosha/Shusuisha mini SUGAR 2009 [13]
Renai Sengen PINKY 2010 [14]
mini Berry 2011 [15]
petit Rose 2012 [16]

Digital Magazines

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Publisher Magazine Release Year Citation
Bunkasha Muteki Renai S*girl Anette 2016 [17]
Love Kiss! more1 2019 [18]
Kindan Lovers 2011 [19]
Mitsukoi Tiara 2015 [20]
Mitsukoi Tiara Mania 2016 [21]
CLAP Comix Pinkcherie 2017 [22]
Cyzo Woomcomi Kiss!4 2022 [23]
forcs Renai Chocolat 2015 [24]
Intelfin AmarE 2018 [25]
Julian Publishing Pur Comics 2018 [26]
KATTS Gokujou Honey Love 2014 [27]
Kasakura Shuppan Love Chucola 2019 [28]
Libre Shuppan Choco Love 2017 [29]
Otomitsu Mangosteen 2013 [30]
Overlap LoveParfait 2018 [31]
Printemps Shuppan Opa x Comi 2021 [32]
Shusuisha ORIGINAL Mobile Renai Sengen 2014 [33]
Taiseisha Love Coffre 2015 [34]
Takeshobo Renai Tengoku2 2004 [35]

Digital Labels

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Publisher Label Year Began
Kaikan ★ Kurabu Kaikan ★ Club 2011
Daitosha/Shusuisha Renai Sengen 2012
Futurecomics Otometic 2012
Mobile Media Research Love Kyun Comic 2012
Taiyo Tosho Hime Love 2012
Ohzora Shuppan YLC 2012
YLC DX 2013
Solmare Henshuushitsu Suki Shite? Momoiro Nikki 2012
Real x Romance 2015
WWWave Corporation TL Screamo1 2012
Zettai Ryouiki R! 2012
Bevy Binkan Kyun GIRLS 2013
Creative Entertainment Renai Drops 2013
Matsubunkan Girls Pop Collection 2013
IProduction Kurohime Comic 2014
STD Publishing S Puri3 2014
AlphaPolis Eternity 2016
HarperCollins Japan Otome Dolce Comics 2017
Lunetta Comics 2020
Oakla Shuppan Mitsumane TL Comics 2017
Minty Comics 2017
Otomechika Shuppan TL★Otomechika1 2018
Ichijinsha LOVEBITES 2020
Baby Doll Comics 2019
Brite Shuppan Love Cheek 2019
Loveless 2020
Eiwa Shuppan Kanon Mia Comics 2020
Kill Time Communication Chocolat Sucre 2020

Labels in Print

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Publisher Label Year Began
Shodensha Hime Koi 2012
Suiseisha Clair TL
Cosmic Shuppan Kyun

Discontinued TL Manga Magazines/Labels

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Publisher Label Years Citation
Kindai Eigasha L Teen Comic 1998-2005 [36]
Heiwa Publishing Renai Sengen Pinkish 2001-05 [37]
Ohzora Shuppan Young Love Comic aya1 2004-23 [38]
Renai Revolution 2005-13 [39]
Le Noel 2017-19 [40]
Renai Hakusho Sherry Kiss 2019-23 [41]
Tokuma Shoten Renai Rakuen PURE 2006-10 [42]
mini Sherry 2008-10
Bunkasha Kindan Lovers MAX 2013-16 [43]
Kindan Lovers Mania 2012-16
Kindan Lovers Romantica 2015-18
Premium Kiss 2018-21
Mitsukoi Tiara MeroMero 2019-21
Kasakura Shuppan Renai Kiss 2004-11 [44][45]
Sweet Petit 2000-12 [46]
Sweet Romance 2013-15 [47]
Mitsuai Escalation
Creative Entertainment Forte 2015-17
Taiseisha Love Coffre Magic 2018-20

Notes

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1 Magazine existed prior, underwent a name change.

2 Print Discontinued 2019, relaunched as a digital magazine in 2020.

3 Briefly was also a digital magazine 2016-17.

4 Originally a digital label in 2020, became a digital magazine.

References

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  1. ^ 김효진 (2017). "여성향 만화장르로서 틴즈 러브(Teens' Love) 만화의 가능성 –후유모리 유키코의 작품을 중심으로–". 일본연구 (in Korean) (73): 33–59.
  2. ^ "閉店後のサロンを舞台に繰り広げられる大人気ティーンズラブ作品をアニメ化! 「俺の指で乱れろ。~閉店後二人きりのサロンで…~」". Weekly ASCII (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2019-11-02). "Sōryo-Waku Teens-Love Manga Prize Winner Announced With Anime Adaptation Prize". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  4. ^ "Love Manga (Erotica)". Papyless. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ "女だって性々堂々と ティーンズラブ 脳科学で読み解く". Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "「ガテン男に溺愛されたい」「フェラはNG」TL編集者が明かす"女がエロに求めるモノ"". Cyzo Woman (in Japanese). 2014-11-23. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (2007-06-12). "Osaka Police Sweeps 70 Stores for "Harmful" Shōjo Mags". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  8. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  9. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  10. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  11. ^ "NDL - "Renai LoveMAX"". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  12. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  13. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  14. ^ "NDL entry - "Renai Sengan pinky"". Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  15. ^ "NDL entry - "mini Berry"". Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  16. ^ "NDL entry - "petit Rose"". Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  17. ^ Muteki Ren'ai S*girl Anette Vol. 1.
  18. ^ Love Kiss! More Vol. 1.
  19. ^ "Kindan Lovers Vol. Vol. 1".
  20. ^ Mitsukoi Tiara Vol. 1.
  21. ^ Mitsukoi Tiara Mania Vol. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Pinkcherie Vol. 1".
  23. ^ "Woocomi Kiss! Vol. 1". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Love Chocolat Vol. 1".
  25. ^ "AmarE".
  26. ^ "Pur Comics Vol. 1".
  27. ^ "Gokujou Honey Love Vol. 1".
  28. ^ "Love Chucola Vol. 2".
  29. ^ "Choco Love Vol. 1".
  30. ^ "Otomitsu Mangosteen Vol. 1".
  31. ^ "LoveParfait Vol. 1".
  32. ^ "Opa x Comi Vol. 1".
  33. ^ "Mobile Renai Sengen Vol. 1".
  34. ^ "Love Coffre Vol. 1".
  35. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  36. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  37. ^ ndl entry Retrieved 2021-0131
  38. ^ Mateo, Alex (2023-03-08). "Young Love Comic aya Magazine Ends Publication". Anime News Network LLC. Anime News Network. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  39. ^ "NDL entry - Renai Revolution". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  40. ^ "NDL entry - Le Noel". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  41. ^ "Notice of Renewal of Love White Paper Sherry Kiss". Ohzora Shuppan. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  42. ^ "NDL entry - Renai Rakuen PURE". Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  43. ^ "NDL entry - Kindan Lovers MAX". Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  44. ^ "NDL entry - "Renai Kiss 1"". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  45. ^ "NDL entry - "Renai Kiss 2"". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  46. ^ "NDL entry - Sweet Petit". Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  47. ^ "NDL entry - "Sweet Romance"". Retrieved 15 May 2023.