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Smell
En un instituto de perros antropomorfos, el risueño border collie Josef se encuentra un día con que Noi, un reservado compañero de clase bloodhound, está olisqueando su ropa. ¿Es posible que le atraiga su olor? Cautivados por el tema de los olores, Josef y Noi se aficionan a olfatearse el uno al otro, y cada vez tienen más y más ganas de hacerlo. ¡Que empiece el BL de instituto entre chicos perro con un fetiche que te pondrá los pelos de punta!
178 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2024
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About the author
Nagabe
39 books912 followersPlease also see ながべ.
He studied Fine Arts at Musashino University. At first, he was more interested in illustration, printmaking, and painting than in manga. However, when he considered the best way to make a living from his art, he decided to focus on the world of Japanese comics and trained himself, rather than the usual approach of working for several years as an apprentice to an experienced manga artist.
He was still a student when his first work, The Boss Is an Onee, was published. He soon attracted attention for his distinctive drawing style, his fantastical and melancholic plots, and his use of fantasy characters and anthropomorphic animals.
He studied Fine Arts at Musashino University. At first, he was more interested in illustration, printmaking, and painting than in manga. However, when he considered the best way to make a living from his art, he decided to focus on the world of Japanese comics and trained himself, rather than the usual approach of working for several years as an apprentice to an experienced manga artist.
He was still a student when his first work, The Boss Is an Onee, was published. He soon attracted attention for his distinctive drawing style, his fantastical and melancholic plots, and his use of fantasy characters and anthropomorphic animals.
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May 16, 2025
Soy oficialmente furro
December 11, 2025
Murakami está muy calladito desde que se publicó esta pieza de la literatura nipona
October 31, 2024
Listen…I’m not really a furry Typ or anything like that but wow this one here I enjoyed it so much!!
it’s really something different, new, definitely unique and the smell kink absolutely makes sense here, since both MCs are actually dogs!
I loved how this was portrait here it had a slight innocent touch to it even if it was really kinky. I love it!
I also loved both characters! Both were so cute and sweet, I loved how their dynamic here worked out.
All the happy wiggling tails made this even more better haha it was really adorable.
I‘m actually so sad that there isn’t a second volume about them I would eat it right up😭💓
it’s really something different, new, definitely unique and the smell kink absolutely makes sense here, since both MCs are actually dogs!
I loved how this was portrait here it had a slight innocent touch to it even if it was really kinky. I love it!
I also loved both characters! Both were so cute and sweet, I loved how their dynamic here worked out.
All the happy wiggling tails made this even more better haha it was really adorable.
I‘m actually so sad that there isn’t a second volume about them I would eat it right up😭💓
March 13, 2025
I'm a big fan of Nagabe, so I love reading his works. This was, like, an amp up NSFW-wise compared to his other works. I mean well, yeah, the title is self-explanatory, it's a story based on a scent fetish. If you're going into it thinking "oh cute furry boyfriends" sure, but be aware of its content :')
August 26, 2024
A manga about olfactophilia fetish 👀 oh pheromones, what a lovely thing you are. Anyways, for being a pornographic BL, this is a mix of cute yet kinky.
July 24, 2025
Lo leí en un sentón luego de que se me cruzara mientras investigaba algo y no puedo mentir: lo amé un montón.
March 4, 2025
thank you mr Nagabe for carrying the "perverts who are weird and possibly a little fucked up about bodies " community 🙏
November 29, 2025
It all started when Joseph caught him red-handed, sniffing his shirt in a deserted classroom. His bloodhound nose-deep in his shirt, taking a long, enjoyable sniff...
Nagabe is one of those mangaka that I pickup immediately, because no matter what I’m guaranteed a unique story with memorable characters and a thread or two of stuff I’m not really going to find in any other titles. If you’re unfamiliar, Nagabe is well known for his wholesomely creepy series The Girl From the Other Side, but he also occasionally dabbles in the world of BL. And when he does, they’re always beastmen with particular tastes. Check out the recommendations at the bottom of the review for a list of his others...
Read the full review at Well, Are They? A Queer Review Blog:
https://wellarethey.blogspot.com/2025...
Nagabe is one of those mangaka that I pickup immediately, because no matter what I’m guaranteed a unique story with memorable characters and a thread or two of stuff I’m not really going to find in any other titles. If you’re unfamiliar, Nagabe is well known for his wholesomely creepy series The Girl From the Other Side, but he also occasionally dabbles in the world of BL. And when he does, they’re always beastmen with particular tastes. Check out the recommendations at the bottom of the review for a list of his others...
Read the full review at Well, Are They? A Queer Review Blog:
https://wellarethey.blogspot.com/2025...
October 20, 2024
Nagabe, grazie. È perfetto.
La tua vocazione per il furry la condivido pienamente. Ho bisogno di altre cose così chic.
La tua vocazione per il furry la condivido pienamente. Ho bisogno di altre cose così chic.
January 11, 2025
Es muy gracioso y simple, chill. Si esto pasará en la vida real a lo mejor pondría una denuncia.
Me habría gustado que hubieran hablado más de sus sentimientos pero tampoco me ralla mucho. Muy wtf, me gusta 🧐
Me habría gustado que hubieran hablado más de sus sentimientos pero tampoco me ralla mucho. Muy wtf, me gusta 🧐
January 21, 2025
No sé cómo llegué hasta aquí.
Me gusta mucho el estilo de Nagabe, ¿Acaso soy furro?
Bueno... Ahm... Supongo que he leído cosas más raras... Tal vez.
Me gusta mucho el estilo de Nagabe, ¿Acaso soy furro?
Bueno... Ahm... Supongo que he leído cosas más raras... Tal vez.
March 10, 2025
Muy cute tiooo me he quedado con ganas de más 😞😞😞
October 29, 2025
Love it, gimme a whole series 40 volumes
March 17, 2025
The first time I read something where I felt like it was specifically tailored to me and my freaky gay autist furry mind. Because of that, this is an immediate all-time favorite!
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August 26, 2024
Wasn't expecting certain things to be DRAWN after reading the author's other BL titles 😳 Def kinky...kinda wholesome lol
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October 5, 2024love how this guy who drew some of the best manga of all time also draws furry yaoi smut. the range of this diva!
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January 12, 2025my bf found this for us based on an image and we started to read it blind and thought it was some cute fluffy bl .. WRONG
January 15, 2025
Well, I didn't think I will be reading gay furry manga this year but hey! There's a first time for everything!
I did not expect it to be so sexual. I started reading it based on one panel I saw on twitter and it wasn't at all explicit. Well....I was mistaken. And I loved being mistaken. This one shot had a really interesting premis, which is the smell, or the act of smelling. It is intriguing to read a story about anthropomorphic animals that yeah do sexual stuff but they do it in a way that stems from the fact they are animals. In this case, dogs. That small thing makes this manga far more interesting than it would be if the main characters were written as just humans but animals.
When it comes to characters and story itself it is just a simple story about finding out you like boyyyyyysssss and experimenting with sexuality. It's not revolutionary but making the smelling plot the main point makes this manga far more engaging. Of course, it can be read as a simple fetish story. I won't say it can't be that. But I found it to be more than just that. It intrigued me.
When it comes to art Nagabe is a great artist and I can't wait to read more from him. Also I found out he wrote The Girl From the Other Side only after reading SMELL. Now I have to read it. No more excuses.
I did not expect it to be so sexual. I started reading it based on one panel I saw on twitter and it wasn't at all explicit. Well....I was mistaken. And I loved being mistaken. This one shot had a really interesting premis, which is the smell, or the act of smelling. It is intriguing to read a story about anthropomorphic animals that yeah do sexual stuff but they do it in a way that stems from the fact they are animals. In this case, dogs. That small thing makes this manga far more interesting than it would be if the main characters were written as just humans but animals.
When it comes to characters and story itself it is just a simple story about finding out you like boyyyyyysssss and experimenting with sexuality. It's not revolutionary but making the smelling plot the main point makes this manga far more engaging. Of course, it can be read as a simple fetish story. I won't say it can't be that. But I found it to be more than just that. It intrigued me.
When it comes to art Nagabe is a great artist and I can't wait to read more from him. Also I found out he wrote The Girl From the Other Side only after reading SMELL. Now I have to read it. No more excuses.
October 26, 2025
Tagline missed the opportunity to say "Started off with a sniff, how could it end up like this? It was only a sniff, it was only a sniff!!"
This was very cute <:) I found these two's budding relationship very charming. I feel like Nagabe uses the characters being dogs + smelling pheromones as a metaphor for clicking instantly with someone for no particular reason. In this book, Noi, the bloodhound, enjoys the different scents of his classmates, but Joseph is his favorite -- for no stated reason. In the same way, once they get closer, Joseph realizes all he wants to do is be surrounded by Noi's scent. I just find that precious.
I thought the art was very cute! I read the ebook but would like to flip through a printed version someday to see how it compares. The only thing about the story that I feel is a downside is the fact that Noi doesn't talk. It would have been nice to see his words from his own mouth as opposed to Joseph doing the talking for him, in order to make everything feel more two-sided, and for Noi to feel more like an active character.
That's all. Other than that, very sweet little story!
This was very cute <:) I found these two's budding relationship very charming. I feel like Nagabe uses the characters being dogs + smelling pheromones as a metaphor for clicking instantly with someone for no particular reason. In this book, Noi, the bloodhound, enjoys the different scents of his classmates, but Joseph is his favorite -- for no stated reason. In the same way, once they get closer, Joseph realizes all he wants to do is be surrounded by Noi's scent. I just find that precious.
I thought the art was very cute! I read the ebook but would like to flip through a printed version someday to see how it compares. The only thing about the story that I feel is a downside is the fact that Noi doesn't talk. It would have been nice to see his words from his own mouth as opposed to Joseph doing the talking for him, in order to make everything feel more two-sided, and for Noi to feel more like an active character.
That's all. Other than that, very sweet little story!
November 17, 2025
And we're back with more anthropomorphized BL from Nagabe! SMELL worked a little more for me structurally than Monotone Blue. The rationalization behind both Joseph and Noy's interest in scent tracks since they're technically dogs (also can understand why armpit love exists among some BL fanfic writers now). Noy's minimal verbal communication was handled well too. Both characters were able to establish boundaries and veer the line between curiosity and outright lust in a way that didn't upset me. I can see why this got shelved in the adult manga vs. the teens for the library system I work for. Let me glean that last scene for my future fanfic/s thank you.
My queen Adrienne Beck did another great job with the translation, showing off Joseph's frankness in an appropriate way. A couple stars are taken off for MxM relationships being viewed as "not normal" and some minor gay for you coding (also Joseph going "you made me this way" to Noy is so ick). There's a lack of conflict here outside of a minor misunderstanding, which I can see other readers respecting. There's at least one more property of Nagabe's that has been released stateside, so I'll be curious to check that one out in the future.
My queen Adrienne Beck did another great job with the translation, showing off Joseph's frankness in an appropriate way. A couple stars are taken off for MxM relationships being viewed as "not normal" and some minor gay for you coding (also Joseph going "you made me this way" to Noy is so ick). There's a lack of conflict here outside of a minor misunderstanding, which I can see other readers respecting. There's at least one more property of Nagabe's that has been released stateside, so I'll be curious to check that one out in the future.
December 30, 2025
so i saw this somewhere(I wanna say TikTok??)and I was curious since it reminded me of beastars a little. it arrived today, read it all in one way and I LOVED IT
now I dont really wanna get into spoilers so, ill just say this to get it out of the way; Musk fetish, not for me however its the most tame thing that could've been in this book.
secondly, it was cute. Joseph and Noy were really adorable together when they weren't engaging in their musk stuff! I will say them doing the sniffing stuff in the bathroom was a little bit weird given they'd JUST used the urinals, I dont think urine would smell all that good but what do I know?
I really loved rhe artstyle and how Nagabe did facial expressions, it kinda reminded me of how I did facial expressions when I first started drawing in high school. sucks that this is the only book regarding Joseph and Noy, I really wanna see them grow closer together and possibly get together and be boyfriends.. oh well. it was good for was it was! would recommend to others curious about this Manga
now I dont really wanna get into spoilers so, ill just say this to get it out of the way; Musk fetish, not for me however its the most tame thing that could've been in this book.
secondly, it was cute. Joseph and Noy were really adorable together when they weren't engaging in their musk stuff! I will say them doing the sniffing stuff in the bathroom was a little bit weird given they'd JUST used the urinals, I dont think urine would smell all that good but what do I know?
I really loved rhe artstyle and how Nagabe did facial expressions, it kinda reminded me of how I did facial expressions when I first started drawing in high school. sucks that this is the only book regarding Joseph and Noy, I really wanna see them grow closer together and possibly get together and be boyfriends.. oh well. it was good for was it was! would recommend to others curious about this Manga
July 25, 2024
De la mateixa mangaka que Monotone Blue i utilitzant també animals antropomòrfics que van a l'institut, en aquest cas se'ns presenta una història de despertar sexual entre dos joves que tenen el fetitxe d'ensumar, molt pertinent tenint en compte que són gossos. No va gaire més enllà, la relació no es defineix ni res, el final és molt obert i fa la sensació que es podria haver desenvolupat molt més.
November 6, 2025
Gave this 4 stars since I’m a fan of Nagabe’s work.
I wish this volume had more chapters or even just wasn’t a one shot story, because I really would’ve like to see more of Noy and Joseph’s dynamic. Even though it was unconventional, it was very adorable since neither felt pressured or uncomfortable with the other and they had surprisingly good communication going on despite the slight misunderstanding that happened.
I wish this volume had more chapters or even just wasn’t a one shot story, because I really would’ve like to see more of Noy and Joseph’s dynamic. Even though it was unconventional, it was very adorable since neither felt pressured or uncomfortable with the other and they had surprisingly good communication going on despite the slight misunderstanding that happened.
March 2, 2025
Meh, je n’ai pas vraiment été convaincue.
J’adore le dessin de NAGABE mais ça n’a pas été suffisant pour m’immerger dans l’histoire…Les personnages sont un peu fades et la narration tire en longueur, ça me laisse un petit goût d’inachevé.
Mais bon, c’est plutôt mignon, ça veut jouer avec les codes de l’érotisme et c’est queer, donc pour une petit histoire chill c’est quand même sympa 🩷
J’adore le dessin de NAGABE mais ça n’a pas été suffisant pour m’immerger dans l’histoire…Les personnages sont un peu fades et la narration tire en longueur, ça me laisse un petit goût d’inachevé.
Mais bon, c’est plutôt mignon, ça veut jouer avec les codes de l’érotisme et c’est queer, donc pour une petit histoire chill c’est quand même sympa 🩷
November 5, 2025
Rating: 3.5*
This one was a little more risqué than I expected based on the last few things I've read from Nagabe. I kind of wish EAT went more like this one did. This book was cute. It mostly revolves around the smell fetish thing so there's not much going on plot wise, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
This one was a little more risqué than I expected based on the last few things I've read from Nagabe. I kind of wish EAT went more like this one did. This book was cute. It mostly revolves around the smell fetish thing so there's not much going on plot wise, but I enjoyed it for what it was.
November 24, 2025
I literally created an account on Goodreads to rate this book. This is a fuzzy, furry BL masterpiece. The art style is beautiful and keeps you reading (yes). Will have fun rereading it!
Edit: I should declare that I'm slightly biased, being a hella queer furry myself, but still. Read this book. You will not regret it.
Edit: I should declare that I'm slightly biased, being a hella queer furry myself, but still. Read this book. You will not regret it.
April 13, 2025
El manga furry erótico por antonomasia. Si os va el yaoi bastante explícito (aunque sin desnudo integral) y queréis pasar un rato entretenido con una trama romántica bonita con perritos es muy buena opción. No es una obra exquisita de la literatura, pero dentro de su género no está mal.
August 26, 2025
A little more lewd than Nagabe’s usual stuff (minus the original short story version of Monotone Blue, Escalate) but Nagabe has mastered making gay people that I like. I one Josef and Noi, they are so cute.
November 25, 2025
Love the cute expressive art style! Joseph is so silly and Noy was adorable. If you want a lighthearted sweet manga about kink and exploring sexuality this is the book for you!
I hope he does more in this style? I have Eat too!
I hope he does more in this style? I have Eat too!
December 25, 2025
Not really what I expected given this author's other work; even Monotone Blue (which had animal characters) felt very different from this one.
Didn't really love it, but the art was cute and I am sure this story will float someone's boat.
Didn't really love it, but the art was cute and I am sure this story will float someone's boat.
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