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Title: To My Sunflower
Link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/12685931606615605/To-My-Sunflower
Rating: PG13
Blurb: Hinata is waiting for Eiji to come home from fighting in the war. He receives a letter filled with the scent of sunflowers and his lover's tender words.
A story set at the end of the Pacific War,1945 as told from the perspective of same-sex lovers Hinata and Eiji.
More than a boys love, this book is about the heart and soul of people surviving the final climax of WWII. Two sides of the war on Japanese soil are shown.
What's unique?: It's a boys' love but doesn't focus too much on the "boys' love", but rather telling the war from two perspectives. You see the homegrown country life and all the BS bias and discrimination as well as the hope and strength of community. Then the actual war front with espionage, effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (evenutally) and so forth. It's all in Japan. I've extensively researched to try and make the story authentic to the times.
If you're after historical realism and don't mind the shounen ai moments, this might be your cup of tea.