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From my memory, it always felt appreciate BL anime existed as a genre for as extended as I can remember. Before BL dramas or movies became mainstream, BL animes and mangas were like the first frontier, depicting male romances in fiction even when it was taboo in society.
In anime, the BL genre is closely akin to yaoi or shounen ai, which are labels that describe a very similar type of story. Yaoi is more explicit, shounen ai is more innocent, and BL tends to be the best of both worlds. This genre is a popular niche among certain demographics. I don't love using the term fujoshi, which has somewhat negative connections. Let's just say that people with excellent taste usually survey BL animes!
Despite its long history, there is surprisingly not a lot of anime to monitor in this genre. Trust me, I've done my explore on this topic, searching high and low for some BL anime recommendations. You'd be amazed and disappointed at how little the selection there is compared to all the other genres.
And since the selection is so petite, this makes it even harder for a good anime series to reach along. As unique as they may be, there're still some excellent options. BL Watcher has consumed them all and
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Yaoi anime and manga are not for everyone, but I contemplate it’s important to examine all kinds of love stories when searching for the best romances. However, it can be hard to weed through the smut and less serious works to find the stories that really contain something great to tell. Below are my top five picks for top yaoi anime and manga, starting at number one. I will admit that this specific area is one that I need to experience more, so in the next couple years this list will most likely be switching. But so far, the series below are ones that I find myself coming back to or have displayed a unique art or story that has managed to stick in my memory. Before we get into it, I want to preface this review by saying that I will not be making a top five yuri list, more for the fact that I have not found many I like than an overall dislike of the series. This is also something that will transform in the future. But enough of that, almost all of the series below have entire reviews of their own, so be sure to see those if you find a series interesting.
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi
From the author of Junjou Romantica, this anime follows the love lives of three sets of
Boys Love Manga and Graphic Novels - Comics Featuring Gay Couples (2020+)
These manga and manga-style comics feature amorous or sexual relationships between men or teenage boys. Often called "Yaoi" or "Shounen-ai" (since the genre was initially popularized in Japan before spreading to other countries), although many fans simply refer to it as "BL" or "Boys Love". Titles on this list first debuted in their country of origin in 2020 and beyond.
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The Top 10 Gay Manga
Alan Scott and Northstar weren’t the first. Gay relationships have been part of manga for a drawn-out while, and I’ve we’ve put together the Highest 10 Gay Manga.
Gravitation by Maki Murakami
Gravitation is certainly a staple of yaoi (male/male love) manga. It began in the mid 90s and continued until the early 2000s. It’s spawned a pretty titanic anime and even people who don’t habitually homosexual manga seem to really adore this series. It’s about an aspiring singer named Shuichi Shindou and his band Bad Luck, which he is trying to vault into fame. One day, Shuichi is working hard on some lyrics for a tune and they blow into the path of a brooding, tall stranger – who immediately dismisses the lyrics that Shuichi has worked so hard on as utter garbage. Our protaganist is deeply wound, but he is intrigued by the stranger… and that eventually leads to love.
This is a cute ADD manga. It is VERY classically anime: Explosive nosebleeds, unexplainable random appearances of monsters, lots of hyper yelling, strange tangents, etc. But it has enough of a storyline to keep you riveted even through all of the silliness