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Best Adult BL/ shounen ai

Low/no smut, emphasis on the romance
Mature
Realistic 
Both parties are adults, may contain age gaps, will NOT contain any “i raised them but now theyre an adult & im starting to see them different”
Tags: Yaoi BL Adult Mature Shounen Ai
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Bitter Cigar

 9.0(243 voted)
Complete
Author(s): kumaneko
Genre(s): Ecchi / Romance / Yaoi
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Its cute, its slow, its touching

19 01,2026

Here And There And Us (And Then And After)

 9.3(111 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Thanat
Genre(s): Romance / Slice Of Life / Yaoi
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SEQUEL
Low smut but so fucking good, a must read, the first one is them in highschool with a time skip at the end, this is them as adults, please read the prequel first so you can see them fall in love and read this one to see them grow as a couple, honestly might be my all time favorite

19 01,2026

Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru

 9.5(311 voted)
Complete
Author(s): YAMASHITA Tomoko
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Shounen Ai / Slice Of Life / Supernatural
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Supernatural, drama, soooo good, not a lot of romance but love is a major theme

17 02,2026

Country Diary

 9.6(138 voted)
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Author(s): ISINO Aya
Genre(s): Slice Of Life / Shounen Ai
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Not so much a romance but you can read btwn the lines, city professor moves to countryside, its a cute slice of life

24 03,2026

Ao to Midori

 9.4(683 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Roji
Genre(s): Romance / Yaoi / Drama
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13 04,2026

Nani Sore Ai ka yo

 9.2(147 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Roji (ろじ）
Genre(s): Yaoi / Romance / Shounen Ai
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Sequel to ao to midori with side characters as main couple, its adorable

13 04,2026

Mukuwarenai Koi no Uranaikata

 8.7(558 voted)
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Author(s): Ogi kannu
Genre(s): Yaoi / Slice Of Life
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Dirty ch 5 but otherwise not bad, maybe doesnt belong on this list but whatever

13 04,2026

Dear My Killer Tune

 9.3(658 voted)
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Author(s): Iyada
Genre(s): Yaoi / Adult / Mature / Drama
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Big age gap but doki doki

14 04,2026

Hoshi Dake Ga Shitteru

 9.2(978 voted)
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Author(s): furuya nagisa
Genre(s): Romance / Shounen Ai
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17 04,2026

The Two Lions

 9.2(154 voted)
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Author(s): Nagisa Furuya
Genre(s): Shounen Ai
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17 04,2026

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