Opera (Japanese magazine)

Opera (Japanese: オペラ) is a quarterly Japanese boys' love (BL) manga magazine. The magazine is published by Akane Shinsha, which launched Opera in 2005 as a successor to its earlier quarterly BL anthology magazine Edge. Notable titles serialized in Opera include Classmates, Go For It, Nakamura!, and the BL works of Natsume Ono.^[a]

Opera

Issue 75 of Opera, published February 2020
Categories	BL manga
Frequency	Quarterly
Publisher	Akane Shinsha
First issue	December 15, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-15)
Country	Japan
Website	akaneshinsha.com/opera/

History

The first issue of Opera was published on December 15, 2005. The magazine is a successor to Edge, Akane Shinsha's previous quarterly BL magazine that ran from May 2004 to April 2005;^[1] titles serialized in Opera are published as tankōbon volumes by Akane Shinsha under their Edge Comix imprint.^[2] New issues of Opera are published on a quarterly basis.

In 2018, Opera opened a pop-up cafe in Harajuku, Tokyo featuring original merchandise and menu items inspired by titles serialized in the magazine. The cafe operated from March 16 to April 8, 2018.^[3] A second pop-up cafe opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 2019.^[4]

Serializations

Current

• Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura (2006 – present), consisting of:
  • Dou Kyu Sei (2006 – 2007)
  • Sotsu Gyo Sei – Winter (2008)
  • Sotsu Gyo Sei – Spring (2009)
  • Sora and Hara (2009 – 2011)
  • O.B. (2012 – 2013)
  • Blanc (2018 – 2020)
  • Home (2020 – 2022)^[b]
  • Sajou Rihito no Chichi to Sono Buka (2022 – Current)
• Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! by Syundei (2017 – present)^[5]

Former

• Kuma to Interi by basso (2005)^[6]
• Lies are a Gentleman's Manners by Marta Matsuo (2005 – 2010)^[7]
• Orso E Intellettuale [ja] by basso (2005 – 2010),^[c] consisting of:
  • Amato Amaro (2005)
  • Gad Sfortunato (2007 – 2009)
  • Al to Neri to Sono Shuuhen (2008 – 2010)
• Naka-san no Nagare [ja] by basso (2007 – 2011)
• Tokyo Shinjū by Totempole (2008 – 2010)^[8]
• Senpai by Bikke (2010 – 2011)^[9]
• Canis by ZAKK (2012 – 2020)^[10]
• Buchou wa Onee by Nagabe (2013 – 2015)^[11]
• Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei (2014 – 2016)
• Itou-san by Sui Kuraka (2014 – 2015)^[12]
• Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei (2015)^[13]
• The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms by Nagabe (2015 – 2017)^[14]
• I: Itou-san 2 by Sui Kuraka (2016 – 2017)^[15]
• Double Mints [ja] by Asumiko Nakamura (2017)^[d]
• Odoru Omaera To Daimeiwaku by Beruno Mikawa [ja] (2017)^[10]

Notes

1. Published under the pen name "basso".
2. Formerly known as "Futarigurashi"
3. Initially serialized in Edge beginning in 2004.
4. Special one-shot chapter only; original series serialized in Mellow Mellow^[16]