These Vanilla Doujins Are Perfect for a Comfy, Chilly Night’s Read

For all my love of smutty doujins, it’s a shame that so many of the best-known titles fall far outside the vanilla category. I may very well be a relic of a bygone era, but I don’t need a messed-up fantasy to entertain me. I want fluffy vanilla content that embraces the risqué! If you agree with me on that, you’re in luck! J-List is running a 15 percent discount sale on all our hentai manga, doujins, and videos! So, this is the perfect time to pick up some vanilla doujins! Say no to mind breaks and ugly bastards, and welcome PURE LOVE into your life, brother!

With an extensive doujin catalog, picking a title from J-List’s store isn’t as simple as strolling down to your favorite Whole Foods and picking up your favorite brand of nut milk. Don’t worry, though; that’s why Kashou is here to help you!

Melt With You — Peak Vanilla Doujin

Most otaku swoon at the thought of meeting their soulmate through their hobbies. The otaku community loves to throw around the term “gamer girlfriend.” But when you imagine meeting someone through a Call of Duty game chat and falling in love, that term gains a lot more endearment.

If a fated romance like that is to your fancy, you’re going to love Konka’s second anthology, Melt With You. With its main story centered around gamers and its following stories centered around tales of passion, pure age-gap romances, and Hallmark-style romances, Melt With You is a peak vanilla doujin.

With nine chapters spanning 196 pages, Melt With You gives you a whole lot of affection for $12.32. But don’t let its affordability fool you; this vanilla doujin is stellar. Konka’s artwork is some of the best in the doujinshi world. Her heroines instantly make you fawn over them, and the sex scenes guarantee a boner! You can order this Japanese doujin here.

Cookie Au Lait’s Bukiyou ni Ai shite (Awkward Love)

Love is rarely a straightforward endeavor. Oftentimes, we approach love with a certain kawaii awkwardness. Awkward Love focuses on that reality, and it does it in the most heart-fluttering way.

Whether you want stories about long, steamy nights spent with a hikikomori girlfriend or the forbidden trysts of cousins who are deeply in love, this vanilla doujin has it all. And for being Cookie Au Lait’s (Kukki O-re) first release, Awkward Love leaves little room for improvement. The doujin’s art, flow, and story entrap you like your favorite blanket on a chilly day. Awkward Love is the type of doujin where you decide to read a single chapter before bed and become so enchanted that by morning, you’re deep diving the author’s other works.

During our 15 percent off sale, Awkward Love retails for $12.75. And for that low price, you get nine chapters and 196 pages! Hit that “Add to cart” button here.

Hug Me, Love Me

Another lengthy debut manga, Gyutan’s Hug Me, Love Me, is a Bavel Comic’s pure love masterpiece! The Hug Me, Love Me anthology is a vanilla doujin filled with childhood friends, kawaii JKs, and lots of cream pies! Even though this doujin is composed of several different tales, it reads like a never-ending love story. While there are no wild or off-center pervy takes, Hug Me, Love Me gives us a marathon of intimacy. If R18 doujins had an iyashikei category, this vanilla doujin would proudly carry that tag.

Of the three doujins I plugged in this recommendation article, Hug Me, Love Me is my favorite. The doujin’s heroines are visual opulence. Their bodies are as striking as when you see a real blue sky. I’m usually not a person prone to jealousy or screaming, “It should have been me!” But how I wish I could spend a couple of risqué nights with the Hug Me, Love Me heroines.

This 9-chapter, 180-page doujin is currently on sale for $11.48. Keep in mind that, like the others on this list, this is a Japanese-only print book. That may seem like a purchasing deterrent, but sometimes you don’t need to understand written and spoken words to understand the warmth of a moment. You can buy this in-stock doujinshi here.

Everyone Needs Vanilla Doujins!

Some R18 fans would say it’s a bold choice to plug vanilla content on this corner of the internet; I say nonsense! Everyone needs some love, sometimes. But modern dating is the equivalent of running blindfolded in a room filled with Lego bricks. So, vanilla doujins are the safest way to get your purity fix. Let us know if there’s any vanilla doujin that we don’t stock that we should check out. Thank you for reading, ja ne!

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