Top 15 BL/Yaoi manga to read [2021 List]
BL, short for Boys’ Love, is a genre in Anime/Manga that depicts homosexual relationships between men, mostly written by women, for women. BL is also mostly known by Shounen-Ai. It is anime/manga about gay boy love, targeted towards girls who like watching boy-on-boy action in Japanese anime. Yaoi genre in anime/manga mostly categorizes more of the sexual aspects such as Smut or explicit content of BL genre.
So, in this article today we will include both Smut, as well as non-Smut BL and Yaoi manga to read. This article also includes Manhwa and Webtoons as well. Here is the list of the top 15 BL/Yaoi manga/manhwa to read.
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Best 15 BL/Yaoi Manga and Manhwa to read
15. Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
- Tags: Full Color, Based on Web Novel, Webtoon, BL, Romance, Drama, Adapted to Anime
800 years ago, Xie Lian was a pure-blooded and noble Crown Prince, a well-regarded child of Heaven with unlimited potential. But after his ascension to a Martial God with thousands of followers, his fate took a sharp turn downhill. Demoted, he fell all the way to rock bottom. 800 years later, he ascended once more, with no worshippers and no incense burned in his name.
On the way back from collecting scraps he found a mysterious youngster and took him home. This youth turned out to be the infamous Ghost King known throughout the Three Realms, who could change his appearance as he wished—Hua Cheng.
14. Totally Captivated
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Comedy, Drama, Manhwa, Mature Romance
After Ewon was dumped by his lover Jiho for cheating on him, the man would do anything to get him back – even if it means agreeing to work as a lackey for Jiho’s new boyfriend: Mookyul, a gorgeous, notorious and aggressive gangster! But what’s a boy to do when his boss becomes totally captivated and wants Ewon for his own?
13. Cherry Blossoms After Winter (Gyeoul Jina Beojkkoch)
- Tags: BL, Manhwa, Yaoi, Romance, Webtoon, Full Color
Once young friends, Haebom and Taesung have grown distant after tragedy brought them under one roof as family almost 10 years ago. Things get more complicated in their last year of high school as now they’re… classmates too?!
12. First Love Encounter (Hatsukoi Encounter)
- Tags: BL, Romance, Yaoi, Romance, Manga
Mine thought his high school life would be just like a movie. He would fall in love, confess, and have a girlfriend. But, that’s not how Mine’s high school love story goes. Instead, Mine meets Hachikaku, a fellow student suffering from erectile dysfunction. Through a series of movie-esque jumps, Mine rouses Hachikaku’s slumbering junior.
11. Junjou Romantica
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Romance, Drama, Age Gap, Manga, Has Anime Adaption
Misaki Takahashi has little hope of getting into a university, so his older brother Takahiro’s friend, Usami Akihiko, offers to tutor Misaki as a favor to Takahiro – for Usami is secretly in love with him. However, as time passes Misaki realizes that he has uncomfortable and budding feelings for Usami. Meanwhile, Hiroki is a man who can’t get over an unrequited love with Usami in the past – and with the help of Nowaki, he may finally learn to love again. These couples and more experience the joys and sadness of love between men under the most unlikely conditions.
10. The Worst Yankee and Loser Dog Me (Saikyo Yankee to Makeinu na Ore)
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Comedy, Manga
Kiyonaga Akane, a new delinquent who’s weak at fighting but has a strong will. One day, he got beaten up by Yankees from another school, then, his hero – Kidou Ryouji and Kurokawa Tarou saved him. They became closer and Kurokawa keep teasing Akane every day. Not only that, but Kurokawa also does perverted things with Akane?!
9. Koimonogatari
- Tags: BL, Drama, Manga
When Yuiji overhears his classmate Yamato confessing to a friend that he’s gay, he does his best not to let prejudice color his view, but still finds himself overthinking things. He especially notices the way Yamato looks at one particular boy: Yuiji’s own best friend. Even though he tries not to get involved, watching Yamato’s one-sided love draws Yuiji in in a way he never expected. At first, he’s fueled by empathy, knowing that Yamato’s love interest is straight. But as his own friendship with Yamato deepens, Yuiji realizes how much he’s come to care for his new friend. He just wants Yamato to be happy… and to be able to express his true self.
8. Doukyuusei (Classmate)
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Sports, Tennis, Manga
There’s someone Izumi just can’t stand. He’s a classmate and on the same tennis team. His name? Asakura. And the reason for Izumi’s loathing? A comment during practice. Ecstatic about winning the point with his first serve, Asakura had to ruin Izumi’s moment by saying, “What are you so happy about?” Resentful, Izumi started skipping practice. But, when Asakura realized it was his fault Izumi stopped playing, he apologized, worried about Izumi. Who knows what goes on behind that expressionless face, but maybe Asakura’s not such a bad guy after all. And has he been on Izumi’s mind more and more?! Witness this refreshing romance as their first love blossoms.
7. 10 Years That I Loved You the Most (Zui Ai Ni de Na Shi Nian)
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Drama, Webtoon, Slice of Life, Mature Themes
I’ve loved you the most for most of my life. Now I am a piece of crumpled paper in the corner you would never glimpse. I thought you would be my today and all of my tomorrows. I imagined that someday you would turn around again and stare at me with all your love. However, when our love is gone, I’ll just pick a sunny afternoon with gentle wind, put on my coat and leave for good…
6. BJ Alex
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Mature Romance, Manhwa, Webtoon
Every night at 10, Dong-gyun locks himself up in his room, grabs a box of tissues, and watches a live cam boy show hosted by Alex, a BJ (broadcast jockey). Timid Dong-gyun admires not only Alex’s ripped body, but his candor in sharing his sexual experiences with viewers. One night, Dong-gyun downs too many drinks at a school networking event and passes out. When he wakes up, he’s in bed staring up at a shirtless hunk. A hunk who looks an awful lot like…Alex.
5. Sign
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Manhwa, Webtoon, Mature Romance, Fetish, Smut
There are a few unusual things about Cafe Goyo. Number one, their coffee sucks. Number two, their customers never order off the menu. And number three, Yohan, the cafe manager, is deaf. So when Soohwa joins as a part-timer, though he is not expected to learn how to make good coffee, he is asked to expand his sign language vocabulary beyond the words, “higher,” “pay,” and “please.” But when Yohan offers to give him private lessons, Soohwa is reluctant. Not because he doesn’t want to study, but because he has a “hard” time around Yohan. Like, literally. He gets hard. Whenever he hears Yohan’s deep, sexy voice
4. Loveless
- Tags: BL, Fantasy, Romance, Age Gap, Adapted to Anime
Ritsuka Aoyagi’s psyche is in dire straits; his mother is insane, his brother Seimei has been killed, and over the past few years he’s seemed to become a different person. When the enigmatic Soubi Agatsuma arrives, claiming to have information about Seimei’s death, Ritsuka is determined to uncover the truth. Soon, however, he is caught up in a web of darkness and spell battles, all the while searching for the reason behind his own personality change. Wary and defensive, Ritsuka is unnerved by his relationship with Soubi, as well as the tentative friendships offered to him by his classmates. But the world of spell battles, fighter units and sacrifices is an ugly place; and Ritsuka, in the middle of it all, finds himself having to choose who to trust.
3. Here U are
- Tags: BL, Drama, Romance, Adult Couples, Manhua, Full Color, Webtoon
Openly gay college student Yu Yang hasn’t entirely gotten over being rejected when he confessed to his classmate Lin Xiang last year, but at the start of a new term, he meets Li Huan; a tall, taciturn underclassman who soon becomes very precious to him. The two very different men get on each other’s nerves at first, but as they slowly get to know one another, a deep love begins to bloom. No matter what difficulties Yu Yang encounters, Li Huan seems to always be there when he needs him most. But how long will it take Yu Yang to realize the perfect man for him is standing right by his side?
2. Blanc
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Drama, Romance, Manga
The manga is the latest story that follows the lives of Rihito Sajou and Hikaru Kusakabe. In the new manga, Kusakabe is working to achieve his dream, while Sajou is studying in university. Both live their lives separately.
1. Given
- Tags: BL, Yaoi, Drama, Romance, Adapted to Anime
Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. Until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks the other boy to sing, the power of Mafuyu’s voice pierces him to the core.
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