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Looking for quality BL but don't want to wade through a mountain of mediocre crap to find it? Then this is the list for you! A combination of 1st place award winners, #1 bestsellers and other BL manga that received top accolades between the years 2015-2019. Some manga pre-date this time frame but are included if they won an award or topped a list during one of these years. The cream of the yaoi crop!

Doukyuusei Reading Order:
1. Doukyuusei (Classmates) (Jul 25, 2006 to Jul 27, 2007) | 1 Volume 6 Chapters - Prologue / Parent Story / Prequel
2. Sotsugyousei (Graduate) (Jan 25, 2008 to Aug 28, 2009) | 2 Volumes 16 Chapters - Sequel
3. Sora to Hara (Dec 26, 2009 to Dec 22, 2011) | 1 Volume 9 Chapters - Spin-off of Doukyuusei & Sotsugyousei (Story of Teacher)
4. Occupation to Beloved (O.B.) (Apr 27, 2012 to Dec 27, 2013) | 2 Volumes 11 Chapters - Side story of Sora To Hara / Sequel to Sotsugyousei
⭐️Graduation Certificate - Epilogue, artbook, sequel to O.B.
5. Dousoukai (Apr 28, 2015) | 1 Chapter - One-Shot
6. Doukyuusei: Gold Ring & Silver Ring (Nov 5, 2016) | 1 Volume 2 Chapters - Side Story of Doukyuusei
7. Blanc (Feb 28, 2018 to Sep 16, 2020) | 2 Volumes 12 Chapters - Last part of three series
8. Futari Gurashi (Living Together) (Dec 28, 2020 to ?) | 1 Volume 5 Chapters - Extras of the protagonists
9. Sajou Rihito no Chichi to Sono Buka (Sep 16, 2022 to ?) | ? Volume ? Chapters - Spin-off of Doukyuusei

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Anime Adaptation:
Doukyuusei (Movie) (Feb 20, 2016) | Movie | 1 episode x 1 hr.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/30346/Doukyuusei_Movie

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Mangaka: Nakamura, Asumiko https://myanimelist.net/people/5583/Asumiko_Nakamura
Serialization: Opera
Official English Translation by Seven Seas (Digital & Print): https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/classmates-dou-kyu-sei/

Genres: Boys Love, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Erotica
Theme: School

Tags: BL, Choir, Classmates, High School, Megane, Music, Opera, Sensei, Series

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Pending:
Doukyuusei: Yoshuu https://myanimelist.net/manga/141517
Douykuusei Gekijou Raijou Senchaku Tokuten Shousasshi https://myanimelist.net/manga/141518
Sotsugyou Album: Doukyuusei & Sotsugyousei Koushiki Fanbook https://myanimelist.net/manga/141519

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For more BL guides, check:
BL with Reading Order Guides: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34797

Derived from the Starter Guides to BL and Yuri manga and links to recommendation twitter threads.

Lost in the Snow by Japanese artist Velvet Toucher was also among the BL recommendations, but isn't listed on MyAnimeList.

See the website for their pros and cons per title:
https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-the-queer-fudanshis-starter-guide-to-bl-manga/
https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-the-beginners-guide-to-yuri-manga/
https://twitter.com/devoid_lynch/status/1377342798123331586
https://twitter.com/ShoujoseiWorld/status/1641874211223351296

See also:
Anime Recs
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17514
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17515
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18757
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18755
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18995
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18999
Other Manga Recs
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17520
Chatty AF
Anime
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22027
Manga
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25862
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25883
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26994
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27949

Sweet and cute BL manga. Fluffy and soft and healing all the way around.

Contains very little to no explicit scenes at the time this stack was made (13 Feb 2024); some ongoing manga may eventually have explicit scenes.