, literally The Esthetics of Boy Love, is a bimonthly manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 compilation authored by shotacon

Shotacon

, sometimes shortened to , is a Japanese slang portmanteau of the phrase and describes an attraction to young boys, or an individual with such an attraction. Outside Japan, the term is used less often with this meaning. It refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein pre-pubescent or pubescent...

 artists in Japan

Japan

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. The title mimics that of a philosophical work on sexuality and homosexuality by Inagaki Taruho. The first volume was published in 2003 by AV Comics, the adult product

Pornography

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 branch of Shobukan, with the intention of reviving the market for shotacon magazines. Each issue of the seventeen volume series follows a theme

Theme (literature)

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 such as cross-dressing

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...

, omorashi

Omorashi

is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full urinary bladder. Outside of Japan, it is not usually identified separately from urolagnia , though...

, field trip

Field trip

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, or incest

Incest

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. Shōnen Ai no Bigaku does not include straight shota.

Artists

Shōnen Ai no Bigaku published a number of recurring manga artists

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

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• Akio Takami (秋緒たかみ)
• Chiyu 12 Sai (ちゆ１２歳)
• Dohi Kensuke (土肥けんすけ)
• Ebi Chiriko (海老知里子)
• Hoshiai Hiro (星逢ひろ)
• Inaba Cozy (稲葉ＣＯＺＹ)
• Inumaru (犬丸)
• Kawada Shōgo (かわだ章吾)
• Mitsui Jun (三井純)
• Po-Ju (ぽ～じゅ)
• Sakamoto Hayato (坂本ハヤト)
• Sasorigatame (さそりがため)
• Tsuduki Mayoi (ツヅキ真宵)
• Yamano Kitsune (矢間野狐)
• Yokoyama Chicha (よこやまちちゃ)

Issues

#	Issue Title	Kanji	Date of Publication
1	The Boy in Girl Clothes	Ｔｈｅ 女装少年	15 June 2003
2	The Mischievous Boy	Ｔｈｅ やんちゃ少年	15 August 2003
3	The Crybaby Boy	Ｔｈｅ 泣き虫少年	15 October 2003
4	The Spoiled Boy	Ｔｈｅ 甘えんぼ少年	15 December 2003
5	The Experienced	Ｔｈｅ 精通	15 February 2004
6	The Costume Boy	Ｔｈｅ 制服少年	15 April 2004
7	The Prank Boy	Ｔｈｅ 悪戯っ子	15 June 2004
8	The Our Summer Vacation	Ｔｈｅ ぼくらの夏休み	15 August 2004
9	The Our Sports Festival	Ｔｈｅ ぼくらの運動会	25 October 2004
10	The Morning Erection	Ｔｈｅ 朝立ち	25 December 2004
11	The Glasses Boy	Ｔｈｅ メがネ少年	25 February 2005
12	The Little Brother	Ｔｈｅ 弟	25 April 2005
13	The Wetting Boy	Ｔｈｅ おもらし少年	25 June 2005
14	The Contest Boy	Ｔｈｅ くらべっこ	25 August 2005
15	The Boy in Girl Clothes: Underwear Edition	Ｔｈｅ 女装少年～下着編～	25 October 2005
16	The Our Trip	Ｔｈｅ ぼくらの遠足	25 December 2005
17	The Naughty Boy	Ｔｈｅ わんぱく少年	25 February 2006
EX	Boy in Girl Clothes	女装少年	27 May 2008
EX2	Phimosis	包茎	27 November 2008