# Teens' love

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. Teens' love is present in a variety of media, including anime, manga, and light novels. Teens' love content has a core demographic of women in their older teens to adults.

## Themes

Teens' love is characterized by a romance depicting love and sex as synonymous. 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. Teens' love content is also marketed towards a younger audience. 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.

## Media
### Currently publishing media
#### Magazines in print

| Publisher | Label | Year began |
| Ohzora Shuppan | Renai Hakusho Pastel$^1$ | 1998 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Zettai Renai Sweet | 2000 |
| Bunkasha | Muteki Renai S*girl | 2004 |
| Akita Shoten | Renai LoveMAX$^1$ | 2006 |
| Akita Shoten | Renai Cherry Pink | 2006 |
| Daitosha/Shusuisha | mini SUGAR | 2009 |
| Daitosha/Shusuisha | Renai Sengen PINKY | 2010 |
| Daitosha/Shusuisha | mini Berry | 2011 |
| Daitosha/Shusuisha | petit Rose | 2012 |

#### Digital magazines

| Publisher | Magazine | Release year |
| Bunkasha | Muteki Renai S*girl Anette | 2016 |
| Bunkasha | Love Kiss! more$^1$ | 2019 |
| Bunkasha | Kindan Lovers | 2011 |
| Bunkasha | Mitsukoi Tiara | 2015 |
| Bunkasha | Mitsukoi Tiara Mania | 2016 |
| CLAP Comix | Pinkcherie | 2017 |
| Cyzo | Woomcomi Kiss!$^4$ | 2022 |
| forcs | Renai Chocolat | 2015 |
| Intelfin | AmarE | 2018 |
| Julian Publishing | Pur Comics | 2018 |
| KATTS | Gokujou Honey Love | 2014 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Love Chucola | 2019 |
| Libre Shuppan | Choco Love | 2017 |
| Libre Shuppan | Otomitsu Mangosteen | 2013 |
| Overlap | LoveParfait | 2018 |
| Printemps Shuppan | Opa x Comi | 2021 |
| Shusuisha ORIGINAL | Mobile Renai Sengen | 2014 |
| Taiseisha | Love Coffre | 2015 |
| Takeshobo | Renai Tengoku$^2$ | 2004 |

#### Digital labels

| 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 |
| Ohzora Shuppan | YLC DX | 2013 |
| Solmare Henshuushitsu | Suki Shite? Momoiro Nikki | 2012 |
| Solmare Henshuushitsu | Real x Romance | 2015 |
| WWWave Corporation | TL Screamo$^1$ | 2012 |
| WWWave Corporation | 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 Puri$^3$ | 2014 |
| AlphaPolis | Eternity | 2016 |
| HarperCollins Japan | Otome Dolce Comics | 2017 |
| HarperCollins Japan | Lunetta Comics | 2020 |
| Oakla Shuppan | Mitsumane TL Comics | 2017 |
| Oakla Shuppan | Minty Comics | 2017 |
| Otomechika Shuppan | TL★Otomechika$^1$ | 2018 |
| Ichijinsha | LOVEBITES | 2020 |
| Ichijinsha | Baby Doll Comics | 2019 |
| Brite Shuppan | Love Cheek | 2019 |
| Brite Shuppan | Loveless | 2020 |
| Eiwa Shuppan | Kanon Mia Comics | 2020 |
| Kill Time Communication | Chocolat Sucre | 2020 |

#### Labels in print

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

### Discontinued TL manga magazines/labels

| Publisher | Label | Years |
| Kindai Eigasha | L Teen Comic | 1998-2005 |
| Heiwa Publishing | Renai Sengen Pinkish | 2001-05 |
| Ohzora Shuppan | Young Love Comic aya$^1$ | 2004-23 |
| Ohzora Shuppan | Renai Revolution | 2005-13 |
| Ohzora Shuppan | Le Noel | 2017-19 |
| Ohzora Shuppan | Renai Hakusho Sherry Kiss | 2019-23 |
| Tokuma Shoten | Renai Rakuen PURE | 2006-10 |
| Tokuma Shoten | mini Sherry | 2008-10 |
| Bunkasha | Kindan Lovers MAX | 2013-16 |
| Bunkasha | Kindan Lovers Mania | 2012-16 |
| Bunkasha | Kindan Lovers Romantica | 2015-18 |
| Bunkasha | Premium Kiss | 2018-21 |
| Bunkasha | Mitsukoi Tiara MeroMero | 2019-21 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Renai Kiss | 2004-11 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Sweet Petit | 2000-12 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Sweet Romance | 2013-15 |
| Kasakura Shuppan | Mitsuai Escalation | |
| Creative Entertainment | Forte | 2015-17 |
| Taiseisha | Love Coffre Magic | 2018-20 |