It was first serialized in the Japanese monthly yaoi magazine Be x Boy in 1995[1] and released in 11 individual paperback volumes by the now-defunct publisher Biblos.

Love Mode itself is a compilation of several stories (most often short) involving various degrees of gay couples.

The Blue Boy is a gay host club where anyone wielding enough money can hire out a very attractive man either to pretty up a party or for sex.

Though all of the couples get a considerable amount of spotlight, without a doubt, the main focus of the story is the once dysfunctional Aoe family and their lovers.

Aoe Reiji himself owns the Blue Boy and is the only main character to appear in all eleven volumes.