History Creator / ShungikuNakamura

* BodyMotif: Her art places a lot of focus on her characters' hands, which are often large and curiously shaped, to the point where she and her artistic imitators singlehandedly (ahem) spawned the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yaoi-hands 'yaoi hands']] meme.

* AuthorAppeal: Nakamura has a thing for CuteAnimalMascots. In her manga Junjou Romantica each couple is represented by a cute character of some kind and the anime isn't afriad to exploit it. The cute bunny mascot in Sekaiichi Hatsukoi even has the name Twinkle with its own back story!

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'' and ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'', which is one of the few yaois that revolutionised the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice - this is a yaoi, after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style has gained popularity throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases and even took a place on the New York's Best Sellers list one time.

Recent Works

Older Works
(These stories many focused on the older days of Japan which was traditional for older Yaoi but many qualities from these works remain in her current series)

* {{Bishonen}}: All the good looking men are either gay or currently dating a guy
* BiTheWay: Miyagi had two female lovers, [[spoiler:Haitani]] , Kishima had a wife and is a single father, Yokozawa had girlfriend though [[ButNotTooBi has admitted to being in love with two men.]]
** Every male character from her older works seem to think homosexually is a common option

* CrazyJealousGuy: Usagi, Nowaki, Shinobu, Takano, etc. Almost one person of each couple is easily jealous, the other party isn't exactly off the hook either.
* ClosetKey: Takahiro for Usagi, Onodera for Takano
* DepravedHomosexual: PlayedForLaughs with Usagi and Takano.
* {{Gayngst}}: Mainly averted though Hiroki and Nowaki's relationship suffers from not knowing the next level of their relationship since they can't get married or have kids. Misaki fears more his brother finding out he's in a relationship with Usagi, his best friend, rather than another man.
** Played straight in Kisa's Case where he feels he can never fully fall in love.
** Used often in a few of Nakamura's older works.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes : Not so much evil, in Nakamura works ukes would have wide innocent eyes while the semes have more slanted eyes.
** An interesting fact is when Yokozawa was introduced he had slanted eyes, but in his own story his eyes sometimes appeared more wider as he was dating Kirishima in certain scenes to this troper.
* IfItsYouItsOkay
* MayDecemberRomance: Most of her couples seem to deal with some kind of age gaps from 2 years to 17 years.
** Averted with Chiaki, Hatori, and Yuu (who grew up together). Takano and Onodera (2 years). Nowaki and Hiroki (4 years), no matter how much of a deal that they make it out to be.
** PlayedStraight with Kisa and Yukina (9 years) , Misaki and Usagi (10 years), and Shinobu and Miyagi (17 years).
* MrFanservice
* OneHeadTaller: Seme to Uke.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Usagi lives trope towards Misaki.

* Manga/JunjouRomantica: Her first major and more well-known series

* Manga/JunjouMistake : More of an extension of ''Junjou Romantica'' but mainly focusing on Isaka and Asahina's relationship

* BiTheWay: Miyagi had two female lovers, [[spoiler:Haitani]] , Kishima had a wife and is a single father, Yokozawa had girlfriend though [[ButNotTooBi has admitted to being inlove with two men.]]

* {{Gayngst}}: Mainly avereted though Hiroki and Nowaki's relationship suffers from not knowing the next level of their relationship since they can't get married or have kids. Misaki fears more his brother finding out hes in a relationship with Usagi, his best friend, rather than another man.

** Used often in a few of Nakamura's older works

** Averted with Chiaki, Hatori, and Yuu (who grew up together). Takano and Onodera (2 years). Nowaki and Hiroki (4 years), no matter how much of a deal that make it out to be.

* OneHeadTaller: Seme to Uke
* SingleTargetSexuality: Usagi lives trope towards Misaki

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica and ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'', which is one of the few yaois that revolutionised the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice - this is a yaoi, after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style has gained popularity throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases and even took a place on the New York's Best Sellers list one time.

* JunjouRomantica: Her first major and more well-known series

* JunjouMistake : More of an extension of Junjou Romantica but mainly focusing on Isaka and Asahina's relationship
* HybridChild: A touching story of an amazing android that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. An OVA was announced.

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica and SekaiichiHatsukoi, which is one of the few yaois that revolutionised the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice - this is a yaoi, after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style has gained popularity throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases and even took a place on the New York's Best Sellers list one time.

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* SekaiichiHatsukoi: Spin-off of Junjou Romantica, but is equally as popular with many Junjou Romantica characters making cameos

* BiTheWay: Miyagi had two female lovers, [[spoiler:Hantani]] , Kishima had a wife and is a single father, Yokozawa had girlfriend though [[ButNotTooBi has admitted to being inlove with two men.]]

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica and SekaiichiHatsukoi which is one of the few yaois to revolutionized the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice this is a yaoi after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases even taking place in New York's Best Sellers one time.

Even if a couple isn't the main focus of the story she puts real thought into them making them just as important and well love by fans. Her works act as regular yaoi that focus on the relationship, the trials, and obstacles that the couples overcome. Unforgettable personalities also makes her series what it is both for hardcore and causal yaoi fans.

Her light novel spin-off series Sekaiichi Hatsukoi : Yokozawa No Baai due to its popularity was turned into a movie being the first BoysLove series featured in theaters and maybe the starter for many similar types of movies in the making.

* Bishonen: All the good looking men are either gay or currently dating a guy

* {{Gayngst}}: Mainly avereted though Hiroki and Nowaki's relationship suffers from not knowing the next level of their relationship since they can't get married or have kids. Misaka fears more his brother finding out hes in a relationship with Usagi, his best friend, rather than another man.

** PlayedStraigth with Kisa and Yukina (9 years) , Misaki and Usagi (10 years), and Shinobu and Miyagi (17 years).

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica and SekaiichiHatsukoi which was one of the few yaois to revolutionized the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice this is a yaoi after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases even taking place in New York's Best Sellers one time.

Even if a couple isn't the main focus of the story she puts real thought into them making them just as valuable and well love by fans. Her works act as regular yaoi that focus on the relationship,the trials, and obstacles that the couples overcome. Unforgettable personalities also makes her series what it is both for hardcore and causal yaoi fans.

* Bishōnen: All the good looking men are either gay or currently dating a guy
* BiTheWay: Miyagi had two female lovers, [[spoiler:Hantani]] , Kishima had a wife and is a single father, Yokozawa had girlfriend and has admitted to being inlove with both women AND men

* "√W.P.B." (2004) : Oddly enough this is a shoujo series with a female protagonist but HoYay isn't exactly non-existent

* BiTheWay: Miyagi, [[spoiler:Hantani]] , Kishima, every male character from her older works
* CastFullOfGay: Each character introduced in Junjou and Sekaiichi are some how related to the main couple making it seems like a phone tree of homosexual relationships.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Usagi, Nowaki, Shinobu, Takano, etc. Almost one character each couple is really jealous, the other party isn't exactly off the hook either.
* ClosetKey: Takahiro for Usagi, Onodera for Takano, Maybe Hiroki for Nowaki
* DepravedHomosexual: PlayedForLaughs with Usagi and Takano. Same may go for Kishima
* {{Gayngst}}: Mainly avereted though Hiroki and Nowaki's relationship suffers from not knowing the next level of their relationship since they can't get married or have kids. Misaka fears more his brother finding out hes in a relationship with Usagi rather than another man.

** An interesting fact is when Yokozawa was introduced he had slanted eyes, but in his own story his eyes sometimes appeared wider and more innocent as he was dating Kirishima in certain scenes to this troper.
* HoYay: Oh please even straight men are subjected to this trope

* OneHeadTaller: Seme to the Uke

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica which was one of the few yaois to revolutionized the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousiness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its fanservice this is a yaoi after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases even taking place in New York's Best Sellers one time.

Even if a couple isn't the main focus of the story shes puts real thought into them making them just as valuable and well love by fans. Her works act as regular love story that just happens to be yaoi, the trials and obstacles that the couples overcome and unforgettable personalities makes her series what it is both for hardcore and causal yaoi fans.

Her light novel spin-off series SekaiichiHatsukoi : Yokozawa No Baai due to its popularity was turned into a movie being the first BoysLove series featured in theaters and maybe the starter for many similar types of movies in the making.

A popular manga artist well known for her famous BoysLove works JunjouRomantica which was one of the few yaois to revolutionized the genre with its use of comedy, romance, and seriousiness without mainly focusing on getting the Seme and Uke into bed as quick as possible (though it isn't without its faults this is a yaoi after all). Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fan bases even taking place in New York's Best Sellers one time.

* AuthorAppeal: Nakamura has a thing for CuteAnimal Mascots. In her manga Junjou Romantica each couple is represented by a cute character of some kind and the anime isn't afriad to exploit it. The cute bunny mascot in Sekaiichi Hatsukoi even has the name Twinkle with its own back story!

* Gayngst: Mainly avereted though Hiroki and Nowaki's relationship suffers from not knowing the next level of their relationship since they can't get married or have kids. Misaka fears more his brother finding out hes in a relationship with Usagi rather than another man.

Works

* Umi ni Nemuru Hana"