After proving that shoujo manga can be bestsellers in the U.S., Tokyopop is pushing the genre boundaries of U.S. manga publishing once again, continuing the segmentation of this rapidly growing product category.  It has announced four new manga series launching in April and May, each of which explores relationships in provocative ways. 

 

Fake, a shounen-ai series by Sanami Matoh, tells the love story of two NYC cops, both men.  The series went through seven tankoubon volumes between 1994 and 2000.

 

Happy Mania, by Moyoko Anno (Seishingja, Love Master), follows Shigeta, a 24-year old woman with extremely poor judgment when it comes to men.  

 

The Erica Sakurazawa Series features fairy tales for adults in six stand-alone volumes.  The first, Between the Sheets, tells the story of two best friends, Saki and Minako, and the blurring of the line between their friendship and romance. 

 

Demon Diary, by author Jee-Hyung Lee and Kara Lim, is another shounen-ai story set in a fantasy world where gods and demons battle mortals in an unending war.  The heir to the demon king is to be tutored by a mentor to find his proper demonic shape, and the relationship goes beyond a student-teacher one.