By Lyn Jensen

Fans of Japanese manga artist Youka Nitta may now choose from three of her very adult (as in 18-and-up) titles all currently published in English by the New York-based Be Beautiful. But why choose one when having the entire threesome is so easy, right? Nitta is one of the world’s most acclaimed artists working in yaoi, but her metrosexual-looking art and sexually explicit stories are more mature than what’s typical of this gay-themed genre created for women.

Over the last two years, Be Beautiful has released the first five volumes and a two-part OVA of Embracing Love–a wildly popular ongoing series about actors who rise from straight porn to become Tokyo’s hottest A-list gay power couple–which has been running since 1997 in Japan. Last year came the one-volume

Sound of My Voice, about intertwined relationships between voiceover actors. Now here comes another Nitta one-shot, Casino Lily about players (in different ways) at the world’s most gorgeous and glittery gambling centers. That should satisfy Nitta fans’ lust for more until the sixth volume of Embracing Love comes out in December.