Boys Love (670)

Same-sex romantic/sexual relationships between men are the focus of these stories. The term Boys Love and its abbreviation BL are commonly used to refer media written by women for female audiences in Japan, while the term Bara is often used for media written by men for male audiences. In the West, the terms Shounen Ai (romantic/non-sexual) and Yaoi (sexual) are more commonly used for BL. On MAL, Boys Love combines all homosexual relationships between men and explicit genres (Ecchi, Erotica, Hentai) are used to indicate the sexual content level. This means most Shounen Ai stories have no explicit genres, most Yaoi are labelled Ecchi or Erotica, and most Bara are labelled Hentai.

La Esperança

Kawai, Chigusa 2024
In a European school dorm, Georges Saphir is admired and loved by everyone. However, afraid of others doing him harm, he has never allowed anyone to get close. Why is it then that misfit Robert can effortlessly step over this line Georges has drawn, and see right through him? And will getting too close to Robert result in a tragedy that justifies his worst fears?

(Source: DMP)
Nov 2000 to 2006 | 26 chp | Publishing

Little Butterfly

Takanaga, Hinako 2024
Kojima seeks to befriend the class outcast, and soon learns of Nakahara's troubled family life - of his uncaring, abusive father and mentally unstable mother. As Kojima yearns to somehow comfort Nakahara, he gradually becomes aware that his feelings for the other boy arise from more than mere sympathy. When Nakahara declares his own romantic feelings for Kojima, their relationship becomes one of sexual exploration as they face their first steps into adulthood together.
(Source: DMP)
Jun 2001 to Jul 2003 | 15 chp | Publishing

Tarinai JikanNot Enough Time

Hidaka, Shoko 2024
Shoko Hidaka’s breakthrough comic is a collection of eye-opening love stories. Yousuke suddenly shows up on the door step of his old high school buddy Tanigawa after years of no contact. While the two had a budding relationship back in school, things fell apart and they decided to part ways and search for their true love. However, it might be that their relationship in the golden days of high school was what they have been looking for all along.
(Source: Juné)
2005 | 6 chp | Publishing

Rakka SokudoFreefall Romance

Fujiyama, Hyouta 2024
Reni and Youichi were nothing more than drinking buddies. But when a night of imbibing goes a little too far, they find themselves drinking buddies with “benefits!” What begins as a drunken lark soon becomes a passionate affair. But Renji and Youichi aren’t really gay… or are they? (Source: DMP)
Apr 22, 2004 | 6 chp | Publishing

Ghost!Eerie Queerie!

2024
Mitsuo Shiozu is a lonely high school student who happens to be psychic. Spirits 'use' his body and mind to communicate with the dead and to help the living. These ghostly apparitions use Mitsuo in order to put right things that were left undone in life, or to tie up ends that were left loose before they left the land of the living.

In the process, Mitsuo often finds that these 'visitations' change his own life in ways he could not predict. (Source: Tokyopop)
1999 to 2004 | 20 chp | Publishing

Gravitation

Murakami, Maki 2024
Shuichi Shindou is determined to take his band Bad Luck to the top of the Japanese pop charts. With his drive, talent, and satiny singing voice, he just might stand a chance. But Fate throws a wrench into his well-oiled machine in the form of a handsome stranger named Yuki, a romance writer with an attitude. Yuki is Shuichi's biggest critic, but as the two young artists gravitate towards each other, friendship, and perhaps something more, is sure to blossom.

(Source: Tokyopop)
1996 to 2002 | 54 chp | Publishing

Gravitation EX

Murakami, Maki 2024
In order to heal the wounds in Eiri Yuki's heart, he and his vocalist lover, Shuichi, travel to New York to visit the grave of Yuki's first love and tormentor, Yuki Kitagawa. They discover that the first Yuki has left behind a young son, Riku, and so the odd couple take the boy back with them to Japan. When Shuuichi receives a kiss from nutty rival band leader, Ryuuichi, Yuki flies into a jealous rage, and he and Riku disappear, leaving Shuuichi to search for them in vain.

(Source: Tokyopop)
2005 to 2011 | 25 chp | Publishing

Fake

Matoh, Sanami 2024
Half-Japanese Randy "Ryo" Maclean is assigned as a new detective to the 27th precinct at the New York City Police Department. His boss pairs him with Dee Laytner, a good-looking veteran prone to impulsiveness. Much to Ryo's confusion, Dee takes an immediate interest in his new partner.

In their first case together, Ryo and Dee must take care of Bikky—a young boy whose father was killed due to his involvement in a shady drug trafficking business. Bikky denies having any knowledge about his father's actions prior to his murder. Even so, it is up to Ryo and Dee to protect the boy from those wanting to get rid of him and preserve any evidence he might be holding back.

As time goes on and the detective duo works increasingly more together, the distance between them gradually shortens. But could Ryo ever reciprocate Dee's feelings?

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
1993 to May 6, 2000 | 20 chp | Publishing

Gravitation: The Novel

Murakami, Maki 2024
Energetic teenager Shuichi Shindo is the lead singer and songwriter for the smash-hit pop band, Bad Luck. He's recently moved in with his older boyfriend, Eiri Yuki, the handsome, sophisticated, and uber-famous romance novelist. Nothing goes smoothly for Shuichi, however. Yuki is inexplicably cold and cruel toward him, more so than usual; due to a rash of publicity appearances on comedy sketch shows, he can't get anyone to take his band seriously; and he's suddenly entered, totally unprepared, into a nationally televised concert with Bad Luck's rival band, Ask. (Source: Tokyopop)
2000 to ? | 8 chp | Publishing

Gravitation: Voice of Temptation

Murakami, Maki 2024
During a break on his premiere tour for the smash-hit pop band Bad Luck, lead singer Shuichi Shindo comes home to spend some quality time with his boyfriend, Eiri Yuki, the famous romance novelist. However, he finds their apartment empty and the only thing waiting for him is a mysterious, alarming note. Has something horrible happened to his lover? Does it have any connection to that gorgeous lady who's been stalking the writer for the past few weeks?
Based on the popular manga and anime, Gravitation: Voice of Temptation is a highly charged, hilarious story about two lovers drawn together despite the overwhelming odds.
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to ? | 4 chp | Publishing

The Tarot Café

2024
Meet Pamela, a tarot card reader who helps supernatural beings living in the human world. She'll help anyone, whether they're a love-stricken cat, a vampire spending eternal life running from his one true love, an unattractive waitress looking for the man of her dreams, or even a magician who creates a humanoid doll to serve the woman he loves. Although she is good-natured, there is a deep dark secret that she must deal with before she can move on to the next life.
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to ? | 18 chp | Publishing

Wild Adapter

Minekura, Kazuya 2024
Makoto Kubota wandered through life, not taking things too seriously or looking too deep within himself. His job as the head of the Izumo Group's youth gang kept him pleasantly occupied with yakuza wars, mahjong and assassinations... Until the day he stumbled upon a strange drug called Wild Adapter that produces bizarre side-effects—including death. Forever changed, Kubota becomes entangled with a drifter named Minoru Tokito, and the two form an unlikely companionship that draws them deeper into the mystery of Wild Adapter...

(Source: Tokyopop)
2001 to Mar 4, 2016 | 52 chp | Publishing

X: KaiX-Kai-

Toujou, Asami 2024
Kaito Yagami is a florist/gardener by day and a hired assassin by night. He kills using poisons from plants to make money to care for his brother who is confined in a hospital.

(Source: Tokyopop)
1998 to 2000 | 7 chp | Publishing

Kowarekake no Omocha

CJ Michalski 2024
1. Kowarekake no Omocha (A Toy with Sadness)
2. Hako no Naka no Omocha
3. Kinjirareta Omocha
4. Yumemiru Koro wo Sugite mo (Even Beyond Dreams)
5. Taiyou no Playboy (Sun's Playboy)
6. Kamihitoe no Daikirai (Paper-Thin Loathing)
7. Nakanaka Sunao ni Narenakute (Communication is still an issue)
Apr 9, 2002 to Oct 9, 2004 | 7 chp | Publishing

Gokujou no Koibito

Minase, Masara 2024
Masahiro is a manager at a modeling agency and himself a former model. His newest charge is 16-year old Yoshimi. Yoshimi has looks and charisma to burn, but he’s also an over-privileged, egoistic, bratty teenager. When Yoshimi finds out that Masahiro is gay, he commands his manager to give him extra-curricular instruction in sex between men. But if Yoshimi wants Masahiro to be exclusively his, then he’ll have to surpass top model Akito, his rival in business and in love.
(Source: MU)
2007 to ? | 20 chp | Publishing

Koukyuu no ArikaEndless Comfort

Sakura, Sakuya 2024
Young businessman has just returned to his childhood home where he must contend with the memories he left behind and the handsome new dog trainer with a troubled past.

(Source: MU)
2007 | 6 chp | Publishing

XI Extreme Love

Sadahiro, Mika 2024
This manga contains a series of one-shots that feature Hanai Shishimaru, the perverted boss of ‘The Help-for-Help-Seekers Room’, which will do anything for their clients except murder. Causing divorces, turning someone gay, ‘relieving stress’ on a crowded train…… Just how far will he go? (Source: B-U Manga)
2004 to ? | 6 chp | Publishing

God Child (Godchild)

Yuki, Kaori 2024
Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy
May 2, 2001 to Oct 4, 2003 | 48 chp | Publishing

Netsuryou - Calorie

Sakuragi, Yaya 2024
One tender and natural students' love triangle relationship. Toshiyuki had kept loving his best old & heterosexual friend Yasuhira for 15 years long but decides to give up his fruitless love. Then Jun who is their friend comes forward as a candidate lover. Toshiyuki is just glad though he knows Jun may only try to comfort him and he himself can not forget Yasuhira easily. Toshiyuki and Jun will be good true partners through various obstacles...
(Source: MU)
Nov 10, 2003 | 6 chp | Publishing

Yellow

Tateno, Makoto 2024
Gou and Taki are a pair of "drug snatchers", often employed by an unknown third party to take drugs and many other things from the mafia, and sometimes private vendors. Gou is gay while Taki is straight, yet they form a solid partnership to carry out their dangerous work. Yet Gou makes no secret of his undying affections for Taki, no matter how Taki resists them, Gou never gives up. With this determination, will Taki forever be able to refuse Gou's feelings? or will he be forced to man up to something larger than himself?
Oct 4, 2001 to 2004 | 16 chp | Publishing

Gakuen Heaven

Higuri, You 2024
Keita Itou—a boy with no special qualities other than superb luck—suddenly receives an acceptance letter from the renowned all-boys Bell Liberty Academy (a.k.a. BL Academy). Attracted by the school’s prestige, he decides to attend. However, on the day of his transfer, he gets into a freakish traffic accident. Luckily, no one is injured...but the incident arouses the attention of both the Student Council’s president, Tetsuya Niwa (a.k.a. the king), as well as the head of the Budget Council, Kaoru Saiyonji (a.k.a. the queen).

Keita works to discover the reasons behind his invitation to such a remarkable school, struggles to find his niche among such brilliant and beautiful young men, and attempts to win the school-wide contest that will grant his wish of permanent placement at BL Academy! Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the rest of the hunky characters: clever Naruse, the captain of the tennis club; pensive Shinomiya, the captain of the archery club; sensitive Iwai, the captain of the art club; spunky Taki, a cyclist; cold and calculating Nakajima, the vice president of the Student Council; genius computer programmer, Shichijo; the childlike teacher, Umino, and the friendly but mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.

With all the obstacles in his way (including his own self-doubt) will Keita be able to win the competition?

In this version of the story, we also wonder: will Keita win the King’s (Niwa's) heart as well?

(Source: Blu)
2000 to 2004 | 3 chp | Publishing

Earthian

Kouga, Yun 2024
It's present day, and Archangel Michael is fed up with the pathetic development of the human species. The angels, in their world high above ours, have been given the choice between destroying or preserving humanity. This will be decided by having "Plus Checkers" looking for good points and "Minus Checkers" looking for bad points, and whichever finds 10,000 points first decides the outcome. Chihaya and Kagetsuya are angels who have known each other since their days at military school in Eden, and having taken up opposing sides of this "good vs. bad points" checking system, are teamed together during their stay on Earth.

However, Chihaya is unusual even by angelic standards—he has black hair, eyes and wings. He's one-of-a-kind, unusually powerful in spite of his naive demeanor (much to Kagetsuya's dismay), but set apart from his angel kin...until the Black Cancer strikes the heavenly population, darkening the wings and hair of its victims before spiraling them down into painful death. Tension builds among the angels and between Chihaya and Kagetsuya in particular, and it looks as if the secrets to the salvation or destruction of both Earth and Eden may lie with Chihaya himself. (source: BLU Manga)
Apr 5, 1988 to Jul 15, 1994 | 30 chp | Publishing

Junjou RomanticaJunjo Romantica

Nakamura, Shungiku 2024
Junjou Romantica weaves together the stories of three couples who are about to experience their own "pure-hearted" romance.
Junjou Romantica
Misaki Takahashi, a young man preparing for his university exams, and his tutor, Akihiko Usami—a highly acclaimed novelist—do not get along. If it was not for Takahiro, Misaki's beloved older brother and Usami's best friend, the two would never have crossed paths at all. But when Misaki discovers a sexually explicit boys-love novel featuring characters eerily similar to Usami and Takahiro—definitely penned by Usami himself—his suspicions about the man's ulterior motives toward his brother are confirmed. After a heated confrontation, Misaki and Usami decide to call a truce. That is, until Takahiro visits them with his new fiancée! Misaki should be elated, but as Usami simply accepts the news with congratulations, why does he feel this unfamiliar anger toward his brother?
Junjou Egoist
Hungover and suffering from an unrequited love, Hiroki Kamijou is crying on a park bench when he almost gets hit by a small rocket. Upon seeing his tears, the owner of the rocket, Nowaki Kusama, cannot seem to leave him alone, even convincing Kamijou to tutor him for his upcoming high school proficiency exam. But when the subject of his tutor's unrequited love appears at his doorstep, Nowaki claims Kamijou all to himself and declares his feelings for him. How will the prideful Kamijou deal with this "storm" that threatens to drown him and his heart with love?
Junjou Terrorist
Shinobu Takatsuki believes that it was destiny that led him to meet You Miyagi, who had saved him from being extorted for money three years ago. Things got complicated, however, when they became in-laws, with Miyagi having married Shinobu's older sister—and so, the news of the couple's recent divorce presents the perfect opportunity for Shinobu and his hero to finally be together. Miyagi, however, does not appreciate the advances of this much-too-young "terrorist" who thinks nothing of their age gap and complicated relations. He tries to scare him off, but Miyagi underestimates just how serious Shinobu is and that he is willing to break through any obstacle, all for their "fated love."

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Apr 30, 2002 to ? | chp | Publishing

Crimson Spell

Yamane, Ayano 2024
The curse of the magical crimson sword has turned Prince Vald into a monster... To break the spell, he sets out on a journey with the sexy and gorgeous magician, Havi. Vald has no idea that when he turns into a beast at night, Havi uses his unique talents to pacify his beastly appetite... The luscious journey of Vald and Havi begins.
May 22, 2004 to ? | chp | Publishing