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This stack contains BL stories that are not filled with lots of drama, toxic relationships and other problematic themes, but instead focus on relationships that are healthy and feel good.

Tags: Boys Love Healthy Relationships, BL Healthy Relationships, Yaoi Healthy Relationships, Shounen Ai Healthy Relationships

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!

BL/Yaoi/Shounen Ai manga are fiction but some hit too close to home for how realistic the situation, environment, and/or characters they have. Because of this, they tend to be on the mature side and tackles the situations that people in same sex relationships experiences in real life.

manga with queer relationships and minimal to no sexual content that i found likeable + felt not as fetishizing as most others
(not that there's anything wrong w sexual content but it's hard to find stuff in these genres that aren't mostly written for the smut)

stack created by a sex-repulsed biro ace :)

+ manhwa, webtoon, novels, etc. but it's easier to keep the title simple lol

honourable mentions not on MAL:
Fugue Across Worlds (GL, Historical)
I Love Amy (GL, Psychological)
The Best Smell/ The Scent of You (BL)
The Story About You x Me (BL)
Robber x Lover (BL)
Adding You to My Cart (webtoon with MLM charas)

part 2: myanimelist.net/stacks/47394

Ok, we know how many stories there are with students of all kinds (delinquents, honor students, baka/stupid ones, popular ones, sporty and son on - high school and college/university): I'm going to put my favs, they are usually sweet, fluffy and heartwarming stories, anyway with not too much drama.
HIGH SCHOOL --> I'm doing a similar stack for college students

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30435

I'll be including everything I've read except for certain series which just... feel... wrong and fetishizing? (I mean, e.g.: Ten Count by Takarai Rihito and almost all works of Kurahashi Tomo) Feel free to let me know if you feel like there is something included in this stack that feels like it shouldn't be here.

(list is arranged mostly by my score)

Live-action adaptations often leave a bad impression on anyone who has read or watched the source material. Many are even quick to say that they just should never exist. But I beg to differ—these kind of shows helps us look at things in another perspective. WILL your interpretation of [manga] be different if it is acted by people? I don't want to say live-actions are good, in fact I'm still cringing most of the time, but they give fresh air at least.

BL Manga with Live-action Adaptations! is exactly what it says. It specifically includes:
‣ Direct adaptations (said show has been adapted)
‣ Indirect adaptations (manga or novels that were created after the live-action).
‣ If both a manga and a novel are on MAL, the direct adaptation will be the only one added due to the interest stack limit.
‣ Upcoming adaptations

With the rise of BL manga/webtoon adaptations, the interest stack will be outdated at some point. Thus, I'll periodically be updating this during my free time. If I missed something, feel free to contact me here on MAL!

These manga are only one volume long, and do so much in such a concise format!
Some may have sequel manga, but the original story still works as a self contained, single volume. Good to buy as you can complete the series in one fell swoop, haha!
What I’ve learned from making this stack is there is a lot of one-volume long BL. Interesting!
I think a few of these were initially released as multiple volumes, but the later all-in-one version is more readily available!

Finished manga with less than 50 chapters.
To be specific, these manga have less thank fifty but more than ten chapters. For manga with 50–100 check out my under one-hundred stack! I also have one for under 10 chapters!
The only other criteria is that I didn’t include any manga I didn’t enjoy!

just the bunch of mangas/manhwas that have healthy relationships / good character development.
theres no toxicity.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56334
Are you tired of starting a BL story, super excited and than a f*cking r*pe/sexual assault happens for no reason? and after that, like it was nothing, a relationship begins? like wtf?
(i'm not against the representation r*pe/sexual assault per se, since it does happens in real life, but i'm DEFINITELY against the romanticization of those things in general, and especially in BL, since many stories portrays as something "normal" or even *trying not to throw up* "romantic". these are serious topics and should receive proper treatment when showed on media. this is especially sad considering the stigma that gay man/queer people have of been predators).
I'm also tired!
Unfortunately, i had to find these cute, healthy stories the hard way: trial and error.
so here are some of the BLs that i've enjoyed, some are fluffy and cute, some have a little spice (erotica) but always in a healthy, consensual way. ^^

maximum 7 volumes

Most are +18! I like them all a lot! Some other ones I recommend that are not on MAL are:
- Assorted Wildness
- Cherry Blossoms After Winter
- Checkmate
- Low Tide in Twilight

This BL stack is only the best of the best. We are talking plot > smut. There is definitely smut in this stack, but a good plot, good art and good characterization will be at the forefront here. All of these manga have cannon queer characters and relationships. No “ships.”

so much bad bl out there. fortunately for you, i’ve gone on a mission to scrub through a bunch of them, and came out with quite a few actually good ones that care about consent and don’t portray mlm as sexual objects for your consumption! here’s a curated collection of my favs (rated 7 or higher)

ongoing non-mal titles
don’t say you love me: 8/10

completed non-mal titles
my way with you: 9/10
the third ending: 7/10
the keystone romantic combination: 7/10
watch out for the dream demon: 8/10
the pizza delivery man and the gold palace: 8/10

A variety of manga I've enjoyed and would recommend, that are each two volumes long. Give them a try!

Hello, it's me again with another list of BL stories! This time I made it by including young characters aka under 20 years old but NOT a shota. If you want to see the adult version of the list, kindly check this out: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/10877
(or you can visit my profile and see the stack "The BL" in Adult Life)

So... I've read quite a lot of BL stories where the characters are underage, but these are the ones I enjoyed and liked the most because they have so much flavor in them. It just tastes like an orange, you know? Sweet, sour, a little bit astringent and bitter yet fresh. Love in youth does taste like that~

That's also the reason why I didn't put titles with slightly heavy topics/themes (Hidamari ga Kikoeru Series, Given, Hana wa Saku ka, Boy Meets Maria, Paradise View, etc) because they have something more than just love and youth. And that doesn't fit my stack concept. I still love them all very much, though!

Anyways, I'll keep updating this stack ♡

[WARNING! Some of the stories here have erotica tag which means it has sexual stuff. I will provide descriptions so that you can avoid them if you feel uncomfortable with such scenes :) thank you~]

OBS:

That version of "Koe no katachi" here is the "Special Edition".
That new version of "1945" is a re-release.

Works that are not in the MAL:

.Shukujo no Himegoto - Onna-tachi no Toshi Densetsu
.Hyperventilation(Manhwa)

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19844
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33390
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33497

Boys Love Compilation (just because it's here doesn't mean it's good)