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৲( ᵒ ૩ᵕ )৴♡*৹ A Yaoi Where They're Actually Gay

things you'll find on this list:
+ the guys in the story actually say they're gay
+ it's inferred that the characters are gay by them not being interested in women/cant fall in love with women/etc.
+ the plot of the story deals with homosexuality
+ guys who sleep around with multiple men, slutty uke, etc

absolutely no:
- "we're straight but only have eyes for each other" plots
- annoying skirt chasers, goukon scenes, high school guy who always gets confessions and has a gf, etc
- host club jerks or womanizer type characters
- female love interest or female antagonist used to delay the porn scene
All(149) / manga(149)

Totally Captivated

 9.2(142 voted)
Complete
Author(s): YOO Ha jin
Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / Yaoi / Webtoons

love this cuz its a long series about actual gay dudes. definitely one of my faves.

several days ago

Konya mo Nemurenai

 9.3(221 voted)
Complete
Author(s): yamamoto kotetsuko
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Supernatural / Yaoi

endou says he doesnt care about gender but he doesnt obnoxiously try to pick up girls. pretty much everyone else in this manga is a gay guy.

several days ago

Seinen wa Ai o Kou

 8.4(544 voted)
Complete
Author(s): HINO Garasu
Genre(s): School Life / Yaoi

actual story dealing with homosexuality

several days ago

Star-like Words

 8.8(1037 voted)
Complete
Author(s): junko
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance / School Life / Smut / Yaoi

main char is obvi gay, he has all male sex friends. doesnt say whether or not his bf is though. but no girls come in to ruin this manga at all.

several days ago

Konbini-kun

 9.2(180 voted)
Complete
Author(s): junko
Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Yaoi

deals with bullying because the main char is gay. i think the seme is bisexual but he doesnt go on about girls and there's no female characters that ruin the plot.

several days ago

Kodomo wa Tomaranai

 8.6(571 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Sugano Akira,Ninomiya Etsumi
Genre(s): Shounen Ai

i know the seme says he's gay and hates women, never says what the uke's preference is but he never acts like he's interested in girls

several days ago

Children's Time

 8.4(544 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Sugano Akira,Ninomiya Etsumi
Genre(s): Shounen Ai

same series as above

several days ago

Kodomo no Iibun

 8.6(565 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Sugano Akira,Ninomiya Etsumi
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Shounen Ai

same series as above two mangas

several days ago

Non Tea Room

 8.4(145 voted)
Complete
Author(s): shoowa
Genre(s): Sci-fi / Slice Of Life / Yaoi

havent read this in a while. pretty sure they were both gay dudes though. i know the main was attracted to more than one guy.

several days ago

Kimi No Kao Ni Sasu Kage

 7.0(894 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Nobi Nobita
Genre(s): Drama / Psychological / School Life / Slice Of Life / Yaoi

story about a couple of (confirmed) gay guys and one indecisive fool. god the ending of this one really sucked in my opinion but the story up to that point was pretty good.

several days ago

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zhs_514 April 23, 2021 10:54 am

Idk maybe I didn't see it but you could include Umibe no Etranger, both characters are actually gay and they have a really beautiful relationship <3

Nikitsuki January 27, 2021 8:02 am

Oh thank you. Im sick of the gay only for u trope

SailorBlueRiver December 28, 2020 6:23 pm

I just found this list and havent gone through the list yet BUT the description is a blast LMFAO and I cant wait to through it!!

Hornydaddy July 5, 2020 2:16 am

THIS IS JUST WOT I NEEDED

Yusuke April 21, 2020 11:03 am

"female love interest or female antagonist used to delay the porn scenefemale love interest or female antagonist used to delay the porn scene"
THIS LOL

hitsuji09 October 28, 2016 6:33 pm

Awesome list!!! Thanks to you I read "Ookami Shounen To Hamu No Hito" and I loved it! I liked that it revolves around the struggle of some people to come out, and the characters have a realistic appearance; they look manly and yummy. And the sex scenes are hawt!! (=・ω・=) hehe. I wish there were more mangas like that.

Coco July 16, 2016 11:10 am

I suggest you read/add Terpenoid.
I just finished it myself ^^
Main couple is confirmed gay~~~
Also love the story
Does have a bara vibe because MUSCLES BABY

http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/terpenoid/

labyok October 23, 2015 7:15 am

thanks for compiling these great stuff... please continue to add more :)

mrl98 September 11, 2015 7:33 pm

Hey, I'd like to suggest tear drop they're both 100% gay met via gay dating site. :)
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/tear_drop/

mrl98 September 12, 2015 7:31 pm
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You're welcome glad you liked it ^_^

KattCleo June 29, 2015 12:54 am

Just dropped by to say your list has been my bible in the last few weeks and that I'm glad I'm not the only one searching desperately for "actual gay dudes" in the BL genre. I mean, wth?

KattCleo June 29, 2015 2:05 pm
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hahahah! so rap-excuse me, I meant forced consensual sex (some fangirl called it that and I use it now lol) is for the underage along with people becoming gay out of nowhere, and dem adults just go for the more sane plots? hahahah. they really know the way to education. Not that I should complain, since I read those too from time to time... *walks away slowly*

KattCleo June 30, 2015 4:04 am
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I feel like a weirdo for dragging this for this long, but hey! (please! insert argument here). My first yaoi was actually Kyuuso ha cheese no yume o miru, so it set the bar pretty high for me. In all honesty I got pissed off at those types because I felt like I graduated from shoujo smut for nothing! Yeah, I was one of THOSE people. (aka preachers) I just - finally - learned not to care about the ones that didn't take themselves seriously, like most of the rapey rapey dreamy dreamy ones do. In case they do, *cough* like Minase Masara's *cough* I just avoid them. I mean, (once again) wth? How come people actually read those things (like the mangaka, assistants, editors, publishers etc) and think: Yes! This is a good idea! Let's publish this! It's toats good brain food for dem teenage girls! Hahahah!
Sorry for rambling like crazy! I'm sleep deprived!

KattCleo June 30, 2015 11:06 pm
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Agreed. A 100%. I don't know whether yaoi is meant for 18+ audiences, but from what I've figured high schoolers really dig them back in Japan, no?
I think that relationships have to do with respect, so I'll state the opposite and state that rapey situations are the opposite. It's off-putting, you can't take it seriously. It's a matter of how much you want what you read to have a connection to reality, really, aka how much it takes itself seriously. I don't wanna freak you out (too late) but I sorta kinda have what people call a rape fetish. kind'a. irl vanilla wont do it for me about 75% of the time. It's the same with yaoi. If I don't feel there's a connection and feel happy for the pair, then I probably read only to go "oh how cute". If I want to get into it, then it wont do, I need the rapey rapey sht TT__TT. However I have higher standards! If it's nonsensical (like: oh he raped me but then he was nice and he's hot so hearts and rainbows yay) I almost feel offended lol, so it's a double edged sword.
Why did we end up talking about rapey-ish yaoi from straight yaoi characters?

KattCleo July 1, 2015 5:56 pm
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I love Miyamoto Kano too! Sometimes her characters look a bit too emo, but I really love them. I've read most of Hydra (I think it somehow depressed me at some point hahah) but my favourite from her is probably one called "Please come inside", or smth. If it's not on the list it should totally go btw. I also really like Suzuki Tsuta's bi and ex-straight bullshit, or Hideyoshico's. My favorite (yaoi) mangaka is Nakamura Asumiko, I love her fucked up-ness, but when it's too heavy for the heart, I go straight to her happy stuff, hahah.And the art is to die for, imo. The best manga illustrations I have ever seen. Ever.

KattCleo July 2, 2015 1:54 am
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This is it: http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/please/
more than anything, you should prep yourself for that one lolicon rape scene from 2 Shuukan no Adventure. I'm positive I was traumatized. Horribleness level: 4chan. But the rest of the stories in that one are good, so... I don't really remember that many straight sex scenes, apart from one that is (the lolicon does not count OK?)
And let's pray that last one happens so that we shall hear the confused cries of despair of all those manly men who got a boner from it and will never admit it. :D

KattCleo July 2, 2015 5:57 pm
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You have no idea how hard I'm laughing at the imagery that is going through my head right now, hahahah. Someone should make it happen!

And yeah the nice ones I was referring to where the J no Subete spin offs lol.

KattCleo July 4, 2015 12:34 am
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Omg!! Hahahah, I would so watch that lol. Oh my, this is the greatest idea I have heard this year! Someone should really make this happen. Like right now. Let's contact people. At this point I'm not even kidding. I promise, you and your bf will get the credit you deserve!!!

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Still laughing at the notion. lol.

KattCleo July 6, 2015 7:40 pm
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*currently resorting to looking for a thumbs up button*
*seach fruitless up till now*

KattCleo July 8, 2015 4:47 am
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I'm all up for them, too, although it would be nice if you could take it back if you pressed the wrong one by mistake, lol. I've seen too many people apologise after pressing annoying by mistake :D Btw, I don't really mind this back and forth conversation, I rather like it, but I think it would be better if we could press stop here and continue being awesome and awkward by communicating through something else, for if not I foresee running out of topics only after covering your whole comments section, hahahah. Of course, only if you also want to, it wont be rude to say no lol. I just feel like people will go on the list and be like: O____O "should we comment or do we end up like this, too?" (this is my inner guilt complex speaking) This suggestion will now be up for negotiation.

*start*

Anne April 21, 2015 9:09 pm

I've spent the last month using your list as a guide--thanks so much for turning me on to some really great mangaka and manga!
A couple of my favorites that you may want to consider including are Koisuru Boukun (MC is definitely gay, although his love interest struggles with his own sexuality) and Bokura no Negai (more than one gay character; translations can be a bit uneven, though).
I'm following a couple of your other lists...can't wait to discover more goodies. Thanks for being so generous with the recommendations!