Dear+

Dear+
A magazine cover featuring an illustration of two men standing close to each other.
December 2020 issue of Dear+, featuring Therapy Game
CategoriesManga (boys' love)
Frequency
  • Monthly (Dear+)
  • Bimonthly (Chéri+)
  • Quarterly (Shōsetsu Dear+)
PublisherShinshokan
First issue
  • 1997 (Dear+)
  • 1998 (Shōsetsu Dear+)
  • 2011 (Chéri+)
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
Websitewww.shinshokan.com/dearplus/

Dear+ (Japanese: ディアプラス, Hepburn: Dia Purasu; pronounced Dear Plus) is a monthly manga magazine published by Shinshokan that specializes in boys' love (BL) manga. It has two sister publications: the quarterly BL light novel magazine Shōsetsu Dear+ (Japanese: 小説ディアプラス), and the bimonthly BL manga magazine Chéri+ (Japanese: シェリプラス, Hepburn: Sheri Purasu).

History

Dear+ was founded in 1997 as a companion magazine to Shinshokan's manga magazine Wings, which focuses on shōjo manga (manga for girls). As a magazine focused on BL (male-male romance), Dear+ was established to publish material considered too explicit for publication in Wings. Initially established as a quarterly magazine, Dear+ has been published monthly since 2003.

Shōsetsu Dear+ was established in 1998 as a magazine publishing serialized BL light novels. Chéri+ was established in 2011 as a BL magazine published triannually (thrice per year) before becoming a quarterly publication in 2014.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dear+ in 2017, an exhibition was held at the Parco Museum in Ikebukuro. The exhibition featured original artwork from 53 artists, as well as smartphone-enabled augmented reality elements. Bar Dear+, a radio program also commemorating the anniversary, was broadcast weekly on Super! A&G+ [ja] (an internet radio subsidiary of Nippon Cultural Broadcasting) from June 6 to August 29, 2017. The program was hosted by Toshiki Masuda and Yoshiki Nakajima.

Serializations

The following is a partial list of titles serialized in Dear+, Shōsetsu Dear+, and Chéri+.

Dear+

Current

Concluded

Shōsetsu Dear+

Chéri+

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. New York: Del Rey Books. p. 416. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ↑ 小説ディアプラス Vol.1. Shinshokan (in Japanese).[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ シェリプラス vol.1. Shinshokan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ シェリプラス 2014年フユvol.11. Shinshokan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ ディアプラス20周年原画展、作家53名の作品展示やARなど詳細明らかに. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ↑ ディアプラス20周年記念展番組「BAR Dear+」お便り募集!!. Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017.