last updated: 16.08.2023 / not in a particular order. please heed the warnings!
Warning: includes explicit sex scenes.
Extremely sweet love story between a drag queen named Whip and a self-titled "Insominac Salaryman".
You should read it if... you're looking for realistic LGBT experiences and some fluffy romance.
Warning: includes explicit sex scenes.
Released in english as "Dick Fight Island", this is an extremely funny (with a very sweet romance story in between!) story about a characters who live in a fictional country where the culture is... to fight with dick-sword-armor. Basically what it says on the tin. There's a lot of porn and fighting, but the main couple has a lot of chemistry, and I think they're super sweet. It is absolutely ridiculous, but that's why I love it.
You should read it if... you're looking for a ridiculous comedy manga.
Warning: (almost) sexual assault by a teacher, teacher being interested in a student
One of the best high school BL romance I've ever read. Extremely sweet and bitter, a coming of age romance that made my heart hurt (in a good way). If you're discouraged by the warning: don't be. It's only for a chapter and (almost completely) cut from the movie. This is a comic reccomendation list, but the movie is definitely a must watch.
You should watch/read if... you're looking for a very well written and passionate high school romance.
Warning: includes explicit sex scenes, sex toys, BDSM.
Extremely hot romance between two office workers, a back-end developer and his boss. They meet through a Grindr-like app, only to realize that their hook-up is the guy who they hate the most at work. One of my favorites, wish I could read it over and over again.
You should read if... you're looking for slutty meganes.
Warning: includes explicit sex scenes
A very sweet story about an old man who just can't keep his laundry from falling from his window while drying, and the man who finds clothes...
You should read if... you're looking for cute ojisans.
Warning: contains explicit sex scenes, gore
Young boy is constantly ostracized because of his occult hobbies. One day, he summons a beautiful, mysterious and chatty demon, who grants his deepest desire, but in the end, he is reborn as a demon in hell. An extremely captivating story, still ongoing, filled with suspense and intrigue.
You should read if... you enjoy heavy and hard to stomach stories, with ambiguous protagonists.
Warning: non-explicit sex scenes, age gap
Short and sweet romance about a writer and a conflicted young boy from a small town who quickly fall in love.
You should read if... you want to read a sweet and fluffy romance.
Extremely sweet romance between a cat boy and a lizard boy who overcome their differences, open up to each other and understand new feelings together. Extremely sweet and thoughtful, definitely one of my favorites.
You should read if... you want to read a sweet and fluffy romance about young love.
Warning: contains explicit sex scenes
Kisuke is a young man in college who is just desperate to get a girlfriend, and an experienced young gay man, Naka-chan, "helps" Kisuke gain experience to get a girl, until... You get the idea. One of my favorites, the art style is beautiful. They're just a very sweet couple. It's a fun read.
You should read if... you want to read a fluffy and witty romance about inexperienced tops.
Warning: contains explicit sex scenes
The only manhwa in this list, this one is just the regular korean pop romance. Young CEO from a small game company is commissioned by a big time company to develop a game for them, but the big time company CEO is very handsome... Oh no!!
You should read if... you want to read a fluffy and sexy drama about two extremely different people who fall in love.
Warning: contains explicit sex scenes
One of my all time favorites, this is a romance between a single father and a housekeeper. It starts off as a gimmicky porn manga, but in the following chapters, it becomes a bittersweet slice of life about living as a queer parent, raising a child and dealing with family, work and the joys of living as a queer couple. Extremely hot sex scenes too.
You should read if... you want to read a fluffy romance with a touch of real life queer experiences.
Warning: contains explicit sex scenes, homophobia
This is a story of an Amish boy living in the United States in the 80s; during his Rumspringa, "a traditional coming-of-age period for members of the Amish community where the adolescent leaves the enclosed religious community to take part in the outside world", he meets Oz, who works as a waiter after abandoning his dream.
You should read if... you want to read a fluffy romance with a touch of real life queer experiences and finding yourself.
Warning: body horror
Other one of my favorites; Yoshiki and Hikaru are two boys who live in a small time. One day, Yoshiki notices Hikaru is not his same childhood friend he once knew...
You should read if... you want a story filled with mystery, psychological horror and beautiful art.
Warning: body horror, gore, murder
Sada is a popular high school teacher. One day he finds one of his students being attacted by someone with a knife, who ends up stabbing him, and he dies. However, he ends up waking up on a cold, unknown table...
You should read if... you want a psychological horror romance with very ambiguous characters.
Warning: underage sex
This one is a classic. Extremely funny BL about a boy who joins a new male only high school, and he is forced to join one of the school's three clubs; whoever, the photography club isn't what he expected...
You should read if... you want an ridiculously funny comic about sex.
A short and sweet story about an old gay man, his boyfriend and his ramen shop.
You should read if... you want a cute and sweet slice of life romance.