A18 Corporation is launching 'Be Beautiful,' a new imprint for yaoi manga titles, in August. Yaoi manga feature romantic relationships between male characters, and are popular with female consumers in Japan. The Be Beautiful imprint will launch with two titles on August 25th. Both will be $15.99 b/w trade paperbacks, rated 18+.
Golden Cain, by You Asagiri, is the story of Shun, who is working very hard to live up to the memory of his brother when a stranger comes into his life and takes him down a 'road of love, loss, lust, guilt, passion, and taboo.' Golden Cain will be 184 pages.
Kizuna: Bonds of Love Vol. 1, by Kazuma Kodaka, is the story of Ranmaru and Kei, whose long-term relationship is threatened when the son of a Yakuza boss makes a play for Ranmaru. Kizuna will be 208 pages.