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- [FUJOSHI FRIDAY] TOP 10 BOYS LOVE ANIME [UPDATED BT REMENDATNS] 37 3:00 AM AUGT 25, 2018HONEY'S ANIMEANIMEANIME REMENDATNS [ARTICLE CATEGORY]BL / SHOUNEN-AI ANIME [GENR]BANANA FISH, YURI!!! ON ICE, SUPER LOVERS, HORIJIME MY HERO (MY VERY OWN HERO), DOYUEI -CLASSMAT-, PATALLIRO, [ANIME TLE]PICKUP, MARY LEE SR TAMBIéN PUES LEER TE ARTíCULO EN:ESPAñOL CDJAPAN BOYS LOVE, ALSO KNOWN AS “SHOUNEN-AI” OR “YAOI”, IS A NICHE GENRE THAT’S SEEN A HUGE SURGE POPULARY RECENT YEARS. THE PLOTS TEND TO FOC ON THE GROWG LOVE BETWEEN TWO BETIFUL YOUNG MEN AND TER TOWARDS A LARGELY FEMALE DIENCE. BOYS LOVE MANGA WERE TOO OBSCURE AND TABOO TO GET MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF ANIME ADAPTATNS THE OLD DAYS, BUT NOW WE’VE GOT PLENTY TO CHOOSE OM!SO TODAY, WE’RE GOG TO UNT DOWN THE TOP 10 BOYS LOVE ANIME, BOTH OLD AND NEW. FROM WACKY EDI TO SER MAFIA DRAMAS, AND OM FANTASTIL ADVENTUR TO QUIET SLICE OF LIFE TAL, THERE’S BOUND TO BE AN ANIME HERE FOR YOU. SO PUT ON YOUR FUJOSHI GOGGL AND LET’S DIVE RIGHT ! (PLOYADS = PLOYADS || [])(); 10. SUPER LOVERS AMAZON EPISOS: 10AIRED: APRIL 2016 – JUNE 2016 IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A LIGHT AND FLUFFY TAKE ON THE BOYS LOVE GENRE, YOU ULD DO A LOT WORSE THAN SUPER LOVERS. IT TELLS THE TALE OF HIGH SCHOOLER HA AND HIS YOUNGER STEPBROTHER REN, WHO SPENT A SUMMER TOGETHER CANADA GETTG TO KNOW EACH OTHER. BUT WHEN REN TO LIVE WH HA JAPAN FIVE YEARS LATER, HA DON’T SEEM TO REMEMBER ANYTHG! CAN THEY REPAIR THEIR RELATNSHIP AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT ONE ANOTHER?THOUGH THE UNRAGE AND CT-Y OVERTON MAY TURN SOME PEOPLE OFF, THIS ANIME IS VERY LIGHT ON SEXUALY. INSTEAD, FEATUR ADORABLE MOMENTS OF BONDG AND LOVE THAT ARE ENHANCED EVEN FURTHER BY THE GEO MIC AND ANIMATN OM STUD DEEN. IT DON’T NECSARILY DO ANYTHG NEW FOR THE GENRE, BUT THE STORY OF THIS CUTE YOUNG UPLE WILL GIVE YOU THE WARM FUZZI NOHELS. 9. HORIJIME MY HERO (MY VERY OWN HERO) AMAZON EPISOS: 12AIRED: JULY 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017 THIS ANIME TAK THE MON TEACHER/STUNT ROMANCE AND BRGS CLOSER TO THE REAL WORLD AND MORN SENSIBILI. OUR YOUNG PROTAGONIST, MASAHIRO, WAS RIGNED TO BEG BULLIED BY NEIGHBORHOOD GANGS, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN A MYSTER FIGURE KNOWN AS KOE OHIBA SAV HIM OM HIS PLIGHT. HE THOUGHT HE’D NEVER SEE HIS HERO AGA, BUT A YEAR LATER, MASAHIRO FDS OUT THAT KOE IS HIS NEW MATH TEACHER! WILL HE BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO HIS BELOVED KOE, OR WILL THEIR DIFFERENT STATNS LIFE KEEP THEM APART?SCE THE TWO KNEW EACH OTHER BEFOREHAND AND ALL ROMANTIC MOMENTS HAVE CLEAR NSENT, THERE ISN’T AS MUCH OF AN UNFORTABLE STAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AS TENDS TO HAPPEN SIAR BOYS LOVE RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN A SUPERR AND AN UNRLG. MASAHIRO AND KOE ALSO FACE REALISTIC PREJUDICE AGAST THEIR UNORTHODOX RELATNSHIP, AND THEIR STGGL WH THE WORLD AROUND THEM STRENGTHENS THEIR BOND ALL THE MORE. IF YOU’RE A LONGTIME BOYS LOVE FAN AND WANT SOMETHG THAT BUCKS THE TRENDS, CHECK OUT HORIJIME MY HERO. 8. NO. 6 CDJAPANEPISOS: 11AIRED: JULY 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2011 OOO OL, A SCI-FI BOYS LOVE ANIME! IF YOU LOVE DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT FICTN BUT WISH THERE WAS A LTLE MORE GAY , THIS ULD BE THE SERI FOR YOU. NO. 6 IS A LIGHT NOVEL ADAPTATN SET THE TULAR PERFECT CY THAT’S BLOCKED OFF OM THE POST-APOLYPTIC WASTELAND SURROUNDG . IT FOLLOWS NEZUMI, A FUGIVE OM OUTSI THE WALLS, AND SHN, A BOY WHO PROTECTED HIM LONG AGO AND WAS BOOTED OUT OF THE UPPER CLASS BEE OF HIS ACTNS. TOGETHER, THEY EXPLORE THE CY’S HIDN UNRBELLY AND UNVER WHAT’S REALLY GOG ON NO. 6.THIS ANIME IS WELL WORTH WATCHG JT FOR S 1984-QUE SOCIAL MENTARY, BUT THE ROMANCE BETWEEN SHN AND NEZUMI IS THE ICG ON THE KE. THEIR UPBRGGS AND PERSONALI ULDN’T BE MORE DIFFERENT, AND YET THEY BRG OUT THE BT EACH OTHER OVER THE URSE OF THEIR ADVENTURE. FOR A DRAMATIC SCI-FI YARN WH JT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BOYS LOVE AND FUJOSHI FANSERVICE, GIVE NO. 6 A SHOT. 7. MO DAO ZU SHIEPISOS: 6+AIRED: JULY 2018 – CURRENTLY AIRG AND NOW FOR SOMETHG PLETELY DIFFERENT – CHE ANIME! MO DAO ZU SHI (TRANSLATED AS EHER “THE FOUNR OF DIABOLISM” OR “THE GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATN”) IS SET A FANTASY WORLD BASED ON CHE MYTHOLOGY AND STARS TWO MEN WHO WANR THE UNTRYSI FIGHTG GHOSTS, SOLVG MYSTERI, AND EVEN RAISG CHILDREN TOGETHER. BUT THERE’S A TWIST – BOTH OF THEM HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RURRECTED OM THE AD AND ED TO BE ARCHENEMI THEIR PREV LIV.DPE THIS PLITED PREMISE, THE SHOW IS PROVG TO BE A BLAST SO FAR. IT SHIFTS NSTANTLY BETWEEN TRAGIC DRAMA AND OFF-THE-WALL EDY, THE ANIMATN IS AN EXOTIC FEAST FOR THE EY, AND THE CHARACTERS ARE JT AS LIKABLE AND TERTG AS THEY WERE THE ORIGAL NOVEL. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF MO DAO ZU SHI N GA TRACTN WH THE JAPANE AND WTERN BOYS LOVE DIENCE, BUT WE SURE HOPE SO! 6. PATALLIRO AMAZON EPISOS: 49AIRED: APRIL 1982 – MAY 1983 IF YOU THK TODAY’S ANIME PRETTY BOYS LOOK FEME, YOU A’T SEEN NOTHG YET. THE MA CHARACTERS OF PATALLIRO ARE SO GIRLY THAT THEY MAKE SAILOR MOON’S ZOICE AND KUNZE (WHO WERE SPIRED BY THIS ANIME) LOOK LIKE AT BOYS. BUT EVEN WH THEIR LONG HAIR, PROMENT EYHADOW, AND IMPOSSIBLY BETIFUL FAC, MAJOR JACK BARBAROSSA BANRAN AND ASSASS MARAICH JCHENFE STILL KICK SER ASS.THE STORY MAK VERY LTLE SENSE – STARTS OUT WH A YOUNG KG FLEEG ASSASSS WHO ENDS UP SPACE SOMEHOW – BUT THAT HARDLY MATTERS. ITS BIZARRE ART STYLE B OLD SCHOOL SHOUJO WH PSYCHELIC IMAGERY S OWN DIZZYG WAY, AND THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BANRAN AND MARAICH IS AS DRAMATIC AND OTHERWORLDLY AS EVERYTHG ELSE AROUND . FOR A HISTORY LSON ON THE GENRE AND A UNIQUE BOYS LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY YOU’VE EVER SEEN, TAKE A GANR AT PATALLIRO. (PLOYADS = PLOYADS || [])(); 5. SEKAIICHI HATSOI (SEKAI ICHI HATSOI – WORLD’S GREATT FIRST LOVE) CDJAPANEPISOS: 12AIRED: APRIL 2011 – JUNE 2011 WRTEN BY THE SAME THOR AS THE BOYS LOVE CLASSIC JUNJOU ROMANTI, SEKAIICHI HATSOI FOC ON THE TGLY FEELG OF FIRST LOVE AND HOW AFFECTS PEOPLE FOR THEIR WHOLE LIV. IT FOLLOWS THREE UPL WHO ARE ALL NNECTED SOME WAY TO THE MANGA DTRY, WHICH LETS THE ANIME TELL TRIGUG LOVE STORI WHILE ALSO GIVG SIGHTS TO A WORLD THAT MOST OF ARE UNFAIAR WH.IT DON’T HAVE SCI-FI OR FANTASY ELEMENTS, FANCY ANIMATN, OR EVEN SUPER ORIGAL STORY NCEPTS, BUT SEKAIICHI HATSOI MAK THIS HIGH ON THE LIST BEE OF HOW MASTERFULLY EXPLOR S CHARACTERS AND THE THEME OF A PURE FIRST LOVE. IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT SEX OR FLIRTG – JT A GENUE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO N’T EVER FET ONE ANOTHER. 4. BANANA FISH CDJAPANEPISOS: 5+AIRED: JULY 2018 – CURRENTLY AIRG LIKE MO DAO ZU SHI, BANANA FISH IS A H FACE THIS SEASON. BUT EVEN THOUGH ’S STILL AIRG, WE N SEE OM S FAHFUL ADAPTATN OF THE MANGA SO FAR THAT ’S BOUND TO MATCH (OR EVEN EXCEED) S LEGENDARY SOURCE MATERIAL.THIS ANIME TAK PLACE THE UNRGROUND CRIME-RIDN STREETS OF NEW YORK CY, UPDATED OM THE ‘80S SETTG OF THE MANGA TO 2018. HAPLS JAPANE PHOTOGRAPHER EIJI OKUMURA FDS HIMSELF SUCKED TO THE LIFE OF ASH LYNX, A YOUNG GANG LEAR WH MAFIA TI AND A SHADOWY PAST. THEIR RELATNSHIP VELOPS SLOWLY OVER TIME OM A MUTUAL FASCATN WH EACH OTHER’S WORLDS TO AN ACTUAL ROMANCE BUILT ON TST AND UNRSTANDG. IT’S HANDLED SUBTLY AND REALISTILLY, WEAVG PLITED ISSU LIKE CULTURE SHOCK AND ASH’S SKEWED SENSE OF SEXUALY AFTER HIS CHILDHOOD AS A SEX SLAVE. WE’VE ONLY SEEN A B OF THIS SO FAR ANIMATN, BUT WE’RE NFINT THAT THE RT OF ASH AND EIJI’S STORY WILL PLAY OUT BRILLIANTLY THIS NEW FORM. 3. YURI!!! ON ICE AMAZON EPISOS: 12AIRED: OCTOBER 2016 – DECEMBER 2016 PERHAPS THE MOST MASTREAM AND POPULAR OF ALL BOYS LOVE ANIME THE DAYS IS YURI ON ICE – THE 2016 ICE SKATG SHOW THAT ACTUALLY HAD THE BALLS TO NFIRM A GAY MALE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MA CHARACTERS. IT’S A FAIRLY STANDARD SPORTS ANIME OTHERWISE, BUT THE ADORABLE AND REALISTILLY STCTURED ROMANCE BETWEEN YUURI AND VICTOR IS FELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW.YURI ON ICE AVOIDS THE MON BOYS LOVE TROPE OF OBV SEME AND E ROL BY HAVG YUURI AND VICTOR BE CLOSE AGE, BLURRG THEIR TEACHER/STUNT RELATNSHIP WH MOMENTS OF GENUE IENDSHIP, AND MAKG VICTOR MORE FLAMBOYANT AND GIRLISH THAN YUURI WHILE STILL RETAG HIS MANLS. PL, EACH OF THEM HAS HEARTFELT REACTNS TO SCEN LIKE THE KISS ON THE ICE AND YUURI TELLG VICTOR TO QU BEG HIS ACH, FURTHER CEMENTG THEM AS REAL HUMAN BEGS WH THEIR OWN LIV AND FEELGS WHO SPERATELY WANT TO SPEND THEIR LIV WH EACH OTHER. FOR THOSE OF WHO’VE BEEN WAG S FOR A REALISTIC GAY RELATNSHIP ANIME, YURI ON ICE IS HERE TO PLEASE. CNCHYROLL 2. GRAVATN BUY NOWEPISOS: 13AIRED: OCTOBER 2000 – JANUARY 2001 IF PATALLIRO IS THE PROGENOR OF OLD SCHOOL BOYS LOVE, GRAVATN DO THE SAME THG FOR MORN YAOI ANIME. IT WAS AN OUTLIER AT THE TIME OF S RELEASE, SCE S ENGAGG CHARACTERS AND TCHY MIC ACTUALLY GARNERED A FAIR AMOUNT OF POPULARY EVEN OUTSI OF THE TYPIL BOYS LOVE MOGRAPHIC. IT PROVED THAT YAOI DIDN’T HAVE TO BE EXPLIC OR SOLELY TERED TOWARDS GIRLS ORR TO BE SUCCSFUL – JT NEED TO TELL A GREAT STORY.THE MA CHARACTERS, SHUICHI AND YI, ARE THE CLASSIC E AND SEME PAIR RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR CHARACTER SIGNS. BUT SCE THEY’RE SUCH WELL-WRTEN CHARACTERS WH REALISTIC GOALS AND TERACTNS, THIS STCTURE DON’T TAKE AWAY OM THEIR RELATNSHIP. IT ULD EVEN BE SAID THAT THEY’RE THE BT EXAMPL OF THE SEME AND E ARCHETYP MORN ANIME, LEAVG ROOM FOR LATER SHOWS LIKE YURI ON ICE AND BANANA FISH TO CHANGE UP THE FORMULA THAT THEY PERFECTED. GRAVATN WAS REVOLUTNARY S DAY, AND STILL HOLDS UP ALMOST TWO S LATER. BUY NOW 1. DOYUEI (DOYEI –CLASSMAT–) CDJAPANEPISOS: 1AIRED: FEBARY 2016 WH ONLY A 60 MUTE N TIME, HOW N THIS MOVIE WEAVE A ROMANCE THAT WARMS OUR HEARTS SO MUCH THAT BEATS OUT ALL OF THE LONGER ANIME TO TOP THIS LIST? WE’RE NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT WATCH DOYUEI TO FD OUT FOR YOURSELF. IT TELLS THE STORY OF RIHO AND HIKA, TWO PLETE OPPOS WHO BOND OVER THEIR MUTUAL LOVE OF MIC. THEY DON’T REALIZE AT FIRST WHAT THEY’RE FOR, BUT THEIR YOUNG HEARTS BEG TO BEAT SYNC AS THEY SLOWLY E TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.RIHO AND HIKA’S ADORABLE RELATNSHIP IS JT YOUNG LOVE, PURE AND SIMPLE. IT’S REALISTIC, RAW, AND LAYS BARE THE TROUBL THAT TEENAGERS FACE AS THEY MATURE AND HAVE TO FACE THEIR FUTURE. NO TRICKS, NO TIRED TROP, JT LOVE. AND THE END, THAT’S ALL WE FANS WANTED THE FIRST PLACE. AMAZON FAL THOUGHTS EVEN THOUGH BOYS LOVE IS A GENRE THAT HAS S OWN TROP AND EXPECTATNS, THE RANGE OF STORI N TELL IS AMAZGLY WI. BY RPORATG A GAY MALE ROMANCE TO OTHER GENR LIKE SCI-FI, SPY TRIGUE, OR SPORTS, WE N E UP WH ALL KDS OF NEW TAL TO TELL. HERE’S HOPG THAT THE G YEARS BRG EVEN MORE OUTSTANDG BOYS LOVE FOR TO FAWN OVER!DID YOU AGREE WH OUR LIST? WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORE BOYS LOVE ANIME? BE SURE TO LET KNOW THE MENTS, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR READG!EDOR/WRERAUTHOR: MARY LEE SRAFTER THE HARD-HTG EAST COAST LIFTYLE H ME A B TOO HARD, I STARTED PURSUG MY PASSN AS A WRER MY ZY HOME STATE OF OH. ASI OM THAT, I SPEND MY TIME OKG, SPLAYG, LLECTG ANIME MERCH, AND BEG AN IMPROV EDY ACTOR. I ALSO LOVE SNEAKG ALLERATNS AND STUPID PUNS TO MY WRG, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM! ?PREV ARTICLTOP 5 ANIME BY MARY LEE SRORIGAL ARTICLE BELOW SENTAI LET'S ENTER THE WORLD OF BOY'S LOVE ANIME!IN ANIME, THERE ARE DIFFERENT GENR OF STORI FOLLOWG RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN MEN. THERE ARE SHOWS WHERE YOU TOTALLY LOSE NTROL AND FANTASIZE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS BEG YAOI RELATNSHIPS, AND THEN THERE ARE THE OFFICIAL BOY'S LOVE ANIME, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY AND WHERE THE GUYS ARE CLEARLY FOND OF EACH OTHER.OF URSE, EACH BL ANIME IS DIFFERENT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GENR VERED, SO THAT EVERYONE (PECIALLY THE FUJOSHI THAT WE ARE) N ENJOY A GREAT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MEN WH A LOT OF CUTENS AND/OR DRAMA ASPECTS.SO, TAKE A EP BREATH, PREPARE YOUR OVARI AND LET'S SEE WHICH ARE THE BT BL ANIME THAT YOU ULD WATCH! 10. GRAVATN
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[FUJOSHI FRIDAY] TOP 10 BOYS LOVE ANIME [UPDATED BT REMENDATNS] 37 3:00 AM AUGT 25, 2018HONEY'S ANIMEANIMEANIME REMENDATNS [ARTICLE CATEGORY]BL / SHOUNEN-AI ANIME [GENR]BANANA FISH, YURI!!! ON ICE, SUPER LOVERS, HORIJIME MY HERO (MY VERY OWN HERO), DOYUEI -CLASSMAT-, PATALLIRO, [ANIME TLE]PICKUP, MARY LEE SR TAMBIéN PUES LEER TE ARTíCULO EN:ESPAñOL CDJAPAN BOYS LOVE, ALSO KNOWN AS “SHOUNEN-AI” OR “YAOI”, IS A NICHE GENRE THAT’S SEEN A HUGE SURGE POPULARY RECENT YEARS. THE PLOTS TEND TO FOC ON THE GROWG LOVE BETWEEN TWO BETIFUL YOUNG MEN AND TER TOWARDS A LARGELY FEMALE DIENCE. BOYS LOVE MANGA WERE TOO OBSCURE AND TABOO TO GET MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF ANIME ADAPTATNS THE OLD DAYS, BUT NOW WE’VE GOT PLENTY TO CHOOSE OM!SO TODAY, WE’RE GOG TO UNT DOWN THE TOP 10 BOYS LOVE ANIME, BOTH OLD AND NEW. FROM WACKY EDI TO SER MAFIA DRAMAS, AND OM FANTASTIL ADVENTUR TO QUIET SLICE OF LIFE TAL, THERE’S BOUND TO BE AN ANIME HERE FOR YOU. SO PUT ON YOUR FUJOSHI GOGGL AND LET’S DIVE RIGHT ! (PLOYADS = PLOYADS || [])(); 10. SUPER LOVERS AMAZON EPISOS: 10AIRED: APRIL 2016 – JUNE 2016 IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR A LIGHT AND FLUFFY TAKE ON THE BOYS LOVE GENRE, YOU ULD DO A LOT WORSE THAN SUPER LOVERS. IT TELLS THE TALE OF HIGH SCHOOLER HA AND HIS YOUNGER STEPBROTHER REN, WHO SPENT A SUMMER TOGETHER CANADA GETTG TO KNOW EACH OTHER. BUT WHEN REN TO LIVE WH HA JAPAN FIVE YEARS LATER, HA DON’T SEEM TO REMEMBER ANYTHG! CAN THEY REPAIR THEIR RELATNSHIP AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT ONE ANOTHER?THOUGH THE UNRAGE AND CT-Y OVERTON MAY TURN SOME PEOPLE OFF, THIS ANIME IS VERY LIGHT ON SEXUALY. INSTEAD, FEATUR ADORABLE MOMENTS OF BONDG AND LOVE THAT ARE ENHANCED EVEN FURTHER BY THE GEO MIC AND ANIMATN OM STUD DEEN. IT DON’T NECSARILY DO ANYTHG NEW FOR THE GENRE, BUT THE STORY OF THIS CUTE YOUNG UPLE WILL GIVE YOU THE WARM FUZZI NOHELS. 9. HORIJIME MY HERO (MY VERY OWN HERO) AMAZON EPISOS: 12AIRED: JULY 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017 THIS ANIME TAK THE MON TEACHER/STUNT ROMANCE AND BRGS CLOSER TO THE REAL WORLD AND MORN SENSIBILI. OUR YOUNG PROTAGONIST, MASAHIRO, WAS RIGNED TO BEG BULLIED BY NEIGHBORHOOD GANGS, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN A MYSTER FIGURE KNOWN AS KOE OHIBA SAV HIM OM HIS PLIGHT. HE THOUGHT HE’D NEVER SEE HIS HERO AGA, BUT A YEAR LATER, MASAHIRO FDS OUT THAT KOE IS HIS NEW MATH TEACHER! WILL HE BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO HIS BELOVED KOE, OR WILL THEIR DIFFERENT STATNS LIFE KEEP THEM APART?SCE THE TWO KNEW EACH OTHER BEFOREHAND AND ALL ROMANTIC MOMENTS HAVE CLEAR NSENT, THERE ISN’T AS MUCH OF AN UNFORTABLE STAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AS TENDS TO HAPPEN SIAR BOYS LOVE RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN A SUPERR AND AN UNRLG. MASAHIRO AND KOE ALSO FACE REALISTIC PREJUDICE AGAST THEIR UNORTHODOX RELATNSHIP, AND THEIR STGGL WH THE WORLD AROUND THEM STRENGTHENS THEIR BOND ALL THE MORE. IF YOU’RE A LONGTIME BOYS LOVE FAN AND WANT SOMETHG THAT BUCKS THE TRENDS, CHECK OUT HORIJIME MY HERO. 8. NO. 6 CDJAPANEPISOS: 11AIRED: JULY 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2011 OOO OL, A SCI-FI BOYS LOVE ANIME! IF YOU LOVE DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT FICTN BUT WISH THERE WAS A LTLE MORE GAY , THIS ULD BE THE SERI FOR YOU. NO. 6 IS A LIGHT NOVEL ADAPTATN SET THE TULAR PERFECT CY THAT’S BLOCKED OFF OM THE POST-APOLYPTIC WASTELAND SURROUNDG . IT FOLLOWS NEZUMI, A FUGIVE OM OUTSI THE WALLS, AND SHN, A BOY WHO PROTECTED HIM LONG AGO AND WAS BOOTED OUT OF THE UPPER CLASS BEE OF HIS ACTNS. TOGETHER, THEY EXPLORE THE CY’S HIDN UNRBELLY AND UNVER WHAT’S REALLY GOG ON NO. 6.THIS ANIME IS WELL WORTH WATCHG JT FOR S 1984-QUE SOCIAL MENTARY, BUT THE ROMANCE BETWEEN SHN AND NEZUMI IS THE ICG ON THE KE. THEIR UPBRGGS AND PERSONALI ULDN’T BE MORE DIFFERENT, AND YET THEY BRG OUT THE BT EACH OTHER OVER THE URSE OF THEIR ADVENTURE. FOR A DRAMATIC SCI-FI YARN WH JT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BOYS LOVE AND FUJOSHI FANSERVICE, GIVE NO. 6 A SHOT. 7. MO DAO ZU SHIEPISOS: 6+AIRED: JULY 2018 – CURRENTLY AIRG AND NOW FOR SOMETHG PLETELY DIFFERENT – CHE ANIME! MO DAO ZU SHI (TRANSLATED AS EHER “THE FOUNR OF DIABOLISM” OR “THE GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATN”) IS SET A FANTASY WORLD BASED ON CHE MYTHOLOGY AND STARS TWO MEN WHO WANR THE UNTRYSI FIGHTG GHOSTS, SOLVG MYSTERI, AND EVEN RAISG CHILDREN TOGETHER. BUT THERE’S A TWIST – BOTH OF THEM HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RURRECTED OM THE AD AND ED TO BE ARCHENEMI THEIR PREV LIV.DPE THIS PLITED PREMISE, THE SHOW IS PROVG TO BE A BLAST SO FAR. IT SHIFTS NSTANTLY BETWEEN TRAGIC DRAMA AND OFF-THE-WALL EDY, THE ANIMATN IS AN EXOTIC FEAST FOR THE EY, AND THE CHARACTERS ARE JT AS LIKABLE AND TERTG AS THEY WERE THE ORIGAL NOVEL. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF MO DAO ZU SHI N GA TRACTN WH THE JAPANE AND WTERN BOYS LOVE DIENCE, BUT WE SURE HOPE SO! 6. PATALLIRO AMAZON EPISOS: 49AIRED: APRIL 1982 – MAY 1983 IF YOU THK TODAY’S ANIME PRETTY BOYS LOOK FEME, YOU A’T SEEN NOTHG YET. THE MA CHARACTERS OF PATALLIRO ARE SO GIRLY THAT THEY MAKE SAILOR MOON’S ZOICE AND KUNZE (WHO WERE SPIRED BY THIS ANIME) LOOK LIKE AT BOYS. BUT EVEN WH THEIR LONG HAIR, PROMENT EYHADOW, AND IMPOSSIBLY BETIFUL FAC, MAJOR JACK BARBAROSSA BANRAN AND ASSASS MARAICH JCHENFE STILL KICK SER ASS.THE STORY MAK VERY LTLE SENSE – STARTS OUT WH A YOUNG KG FLEEG ASSASSS WHO ENDS UP SPACE SOMEHOW – BUT THAT HARDLY MATTERS. ITS BIZARRE ART STYLE B OLD SCHOOL SHOUJO WH PSYCHELIC IMAGERY S OWN DIZZYG WAY, AND THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BANRAN AND MARAICH IS AS DRAMATIC AND OTHERWORLDLY AS EVERYTHG ELSE AROUND . FOR A HISTORY LSON ON THE GENRE AND A UNIQUE BOYS LOVE STORY UNLIKE ANY YOU’VE EVER SEEN, TAKE A GANR AT PATALLIRO. (PLOYADS = PLOYADS || [])(); 5. SEKAIICHI HATSOI (SEKAI ICHI HATSOI – WORLD’S GREATT FIRST LOVE) CDJAPANEPISOS: 12AIRED: APRIL 2011 – JUNE 2011 WRTEN BY THE SAME THOR AS THE BOYS LOVE CLASSIC JUNJOU ROMANTI, SEKAIICHI HATSOI FOC ON THE TGLY FEELG OF FIRST LOVE AND HOW AFFECTS PEOPLE FOR THEIR WHOLE LIV. IT FOLLOWS THREE UPL WHO ARE ALL NNECTED SOME WAY TO THE MANGA DTRY, WHICH LETS THE ANIME TELL TRIGUG LOVE STORI WHILE ALSO GIVG SIGHTS TO A WORLD THAT MOST OF ARE UNFAIAR WH.IT DON’T HAVE SCI-FI OR FANTASY ELEMENTS, FANCY ANIMATN, OR EVEN SUPER ORIGAL STORY NCEPTS, BUT SEKAIICHI HATSOI MAK THIS HIGH ON THE LIST BEE OF HOW MASTERFULLY EXPLOR S CHARACTERS AND THE THEME OF A PURE FIRST LOVE. IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT SEX OR FLIRTG – JT A GENUE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO N’T EVER FET ONE ANOTHER. 4. BANANA FISH CDJAPANEPISOS: 5+AIRED: JULY 2018 – CURRENTLY AIRG LIKE MO DAO ZU SHI, BANANA FISH IS A H FACE THIS SEASON. BUT EVEN THOUGH ’S STILL AIRG, WE N SEE OM S FAHFUL ADAPTATN OF THE MANGA SO FAR THAT ’S BOUND TO MATCH (OR EVEN EXCEED) S LEGENDARY SOURCE MATERIAL.THIS ANIME TAK PLACE THE UNRGROUND CRIME-RIDN STREETS OF NEW YORK CY, UPDATED OM THE ‘80S SETTG OF THE MANGA TO 2018. HAPLS JAPANE PHOTOGRAPHER EIJI OKUMURA FDS HIMSELF SUCKED TO THE LIFE OF ASH LYNX, A YOUNG GANG LEAR WH MAFIA TI AND A SHADOWY PAST. THEIR RELATNSHIP VELOPS SLOWLY OVER TIME OM A MUTUAL FASCATN WH EACH OTHER’S WORLDS TO AN ACTUAL ROMANCE BUILT ON TST AND UNRSTANDG. IT’S HANDLED SUBTLY AND REALISTILLY, WEAVG PLITED ISSU LIKE CULTURE SHOCK AND ASH’S SKEWED SENSE OF SEXUALY AFTER HIS CHILDHOOD AS A SEX SLAVE. WE’VE ONLY SEEN A B OF THIS SO FAR ANIMATN, BUT WE’RE NFINT THAT THE RT OF ASH AND EIJI’S STORY WILL PLAY OUT BRILLIANTLY THIS NEW FORM. 3. YURI!!! ON ICE AMAZON EPISOS: 12AIRED: OCTOBER 2016 – DECEMBER 2016 PERHAPS THE MOST MASTREAM AND POPULAR OF ALL BOYS LOVE ANIME THE DAYS IS YURI ON ICE – THE 2016 ICE SKATG SHOW THAT ACTUALLY HAD THE BALLS TO NFIRM A GAY MALE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MA CHARACTERS. IT’S A FAIRLY STANDARD SPORTS ANIME OTHERWISE, BUT THE ADORABLE AND REALISTILLY STCTURED ROMANCE BETWEEN YUURI AND VICTOR IS FELY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW.YURI ON ICE AVOIDS THE MON BOYS LOVE TROPE OF OBV SEME AND E ROL BY HAVG YUURI AND VICTOR BE CLOSE AGE, BLURRG THEIR TEACHER/STUNT RELATNSHIP WH MOMENTS OF GENUE IENDSHIP, AND MAKG VICTOR MORE FLAMBOYANT AND GIRLISH THAN YUURI WHILE STILL RETAG HIS MANLS. PL, EACH OF THEM HAS HEARTFELT REACTNS TO SCEN LIKE THE KISS ON THE ICE AND YUURI TELLG VICTOR TO QU BEG HIS ACH, FURTHER CEMENTG THEM AS REAL HUMAN BEGS WH THEIR OWN LIV AND FEELGS WHO SPERATELY WANT TO SPEND THEIR LIV WH EACH OTHER. FOR THOSE OF WHO’VE BEEN WAG S FOR A REALISTIC GAY RELATNSHIP ANIME, YURI ON ICE IS HERE TO PLEASE. CNCHYROLL 2. GRAVATN BUY NOWEPISOS: 13AIRED: OCTOBER 2000 – JANUARY 2001 IF PATALLIRO IS THE PROGENOR OF OLD SCHOOL BOYS LOVE, GRAVATN DO THE SAME THG FOR MORN YAOI ANIME. IT WAS AN OUTLIER AT THE TIME OF S RELEASE, SCE S ENGAGG CHARACTERS AND TCHY MIC ACTUALLY GARNERED A FAIR AMOUNT OF POPULARY EVEN OUTSI OF THE TYPIL BOYS LOVE MOGRAPHIC. IT PROVED THAT YAOI DIDN’T HAVE TO BE EXPLIC OR SOLELY TERED TOWARDS GIRLS ORR TO BE SUCCSFUL – JT NEED TO TELL A GREAT STORY.THE MA CHARACTERS, SHUICHI AND YI, ARE THE CLASSIC E AND SEME PAIR RIGHT DOWN TO THEIR CHARACTER SIGNS. BUT SCE THEY’RE SUCH WELL-WRTEN CHARACTERS WH REALISTIC GOALS AND TERACTNS, THIS STCTURE DON’T TAKE AWAY OM THEIR RELATNSHIP. IT ULD EVEN BE SAID THAT THEY’RE THE BT EXAMPL OF THE SEME AND E ARCHETYP MORN ANIME, LEAVG ROOM FOR LATER SHOWS LIKE YURI ON ICE AND BANANA FISH TO CHANGE UP THE FORMULA THAT THEY PERFECTED. GRAVATN WAS REVOLUTNARY S DAY, AND STILL HOLDS UP ALMOST TWO S LATER. BUY NOW 1. DOYUEI (DOYEI –CLASSMAT–) CDJAPANEPISOS: 1AIRED: FEBARY 2016 WH ONLY A 60 MUTE N TIME, HOW N THIS MOVIE WEAVE A ROMANCE THAT WARMS OUR HEARTS SO MUCH THAT BEATS OUT ALL OF THE LONGER ANIME TO TOP THIS LIST? WE’RE NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT WATCH DOYUEI TO FD OUT FOR YOURSELF. IT TELLS THE STORY OF RIHO AND HIKA, TWO PLETE OPPOS WHO BOND OVER THEIR MUTUAL LOVE OF MIC. THEY DON’T REALIZE AT FIRST WHAT THEY’RE FOR, BUT THEIR YOUNG HEARTS BEG TO BEAT SYNC AS THEY SLOWLY E TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.RIHO AND HIKA’S ADORABLE RELATNSHIP IS JT YOUNG LOVE, PURE AND SIMPLE. IT’S REALISTIC, RAW, AND LAYS BARE THE TROUBL THAT TEENAGERS FACE AS THEY MATURE AND HAVE TO FACE THEIR FUTURE. NO TRICKS, NO TIRED TROP, JT LOVE. AND THE END, THAT’S ALL WE FANS WANTED THE FIRST PLACE. AMAZON FAL THOUGHTS EVEN THOUGH BOYS LOVE IS A GENRE THAT HAS S OWN TROP AND EXPECTATNS, THE RANGE OF STORI N TELL IS AMAZGLY WI. BY RPORATG A GAY MALE ROMANCE TO OTHER GENR LIKE SCI-FI, SPY TRIGUE, OR SPORTS, WE N E UP WH ALL KDS OF NEW TAL TO TELL. HERE’S HOPG THAT THE G YEARS BRG EVEN MORE OUTSTANDG BOYS LOVE FOR TO FAWN OVER!DID YOU AGREE WH OUR LIST? WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORE BOYS LOVE ANIME? BE SURE TO LET KNOW THE MENTS, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR READG!EDOR/WRERAUTHOR: MARY LEE SRAFTER THE HARD-HTG EAST COAST LIFTYLE H ME A B TOO HARD, I STARTED PURSUG MY PASSN AS A WRER MY ZY HOME STATE OF OH. ASI OM THAT, I SPEND MY TIME OKG, SPLAYG, LLECTG ANIME MERCH, AND BEG AN IMPROV EDY ACTOR. I ALSO LOVE SNEAKG ALLERATNS AND STUPID PUNS TO MY WRG, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM! ?PREV ARTICLTOP 5 ANIME BY MARY LEE SRORIGAL ARTICLE BELOW SENTAI LET'S ENTER THE WORLD OF BOY'S LOVE ANIME!IN ANIME, THERE ARE DIFFERENT GENR OF STORI FOLLOWG RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN MEN. THERE ARE SHOWS WHERE YOU TOTALLY LOSE NTROL AND FANTASIZE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS BEG YAOI RELATNSHIPS, AND THEN THERE ARE THE OFFICIAL BOY'S LOVE ANIME, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY AND WHERE THE GUYS ARE CLEARLY FOND OF EACH OTHER.OF URSE, EACH BL ANIME IS DIFFERENT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GENR VERED, SO THAT EVERYONE (PECIALLY THE FUJOSHI THAT WE ARE) N ENJOY A GREAT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MEN WH A LOT OF CUTENS AND/OR DRAMA ASPECTS.SO, TAKE A EP BREATH, PREPARE YOUR OVARI AND LET'S SEE WHICH ARE THE BT BL ANIME THAT YOU ULD WATCH! 10. GRAVATN
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BT GAY ANIME ON CNCHYROLL
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