Kaoruko Miyama

Description
Kaoruko Miyama is a Japanese manga creator known for writing and illustrating boys' love (BL) romance stories. Miyama both writes the story and draws the art for her works, a common practice for original manga creators. The creator's professional activity has been documented since 2021.

Several original manga works are credited to Kaoruko Miyama as both writer and artist. These include Gisou Kareshi ni Aisarete shimaimashita and Ashita Kimi no Mono ni shite from 2021, followed by Thermometre sentimental and Double quiproquo in 2022. Miyama is best known for the series Perfect Addiction, which began serialization in Kaiohsha's GUSH magazine on April 7, 2022. The manga is published in Japanese by Kaiohsha, with its first compiled volume released in February 2023. An English language edition is published by Seven Seas Entertainment, with the first volume released on February 3, 2026, and subsequent volumes scheduled throughout that year. Another work, Tomorrow, Make Me Yours, has been published by Tokyopop.

The creator's most prominent work, Perfect Addiction, has been adapted into a light anime. The adaptation was announced by IMAGICA Infos as the second project of the BALLOON label, a boys' love focused anime initiative. The story follows Akihito, a college student obsessed with physical pleasure, and Sae, a handsome but aloof classmate. After Akihito discovers that Sae is gay and struggles with intimacy, he pursues a physical relationship that becomes increasingly complicated.

Miyama's artistic identity is firmly situated within the boys' love genre. Recurring elements across the creator's works include university aged protagonists, explicit romantic and sexual content, and narratives that explore emotional barriers within physical relationships. The series Perfect Addiction carries an explicit content rating in English language releases. The creator's significance within the manga industry includes having multiple works licensed for international publication and securing a light anime adaptation for Perfect Addiction through a dedicated BL production label.
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