My Top 10 BL Manga and Manhwa

An incredible story with a couple of seemingly emotionless yakuza characters who actually have very strong and complex hidden emotions. Doumeki is amazingly intuitive about Yashiro.

Doumeki has fully come out of his shell in the new arc and is no longer hiding behind a wall. Amazing character development of ALL the characters continues. Complex story with complex characters and passionate sex. What's there NOT to love?

Highly recommended
English title: Twittering Birds Never Fly

A manhwa with fantastic chemistry between the two main characters. Out-of-work auto mechanic (Shingun Moon) attempts to scam Jake Giillan who appears to be loaded with money, only to quickly discover that Jake is a dangerous and violent gangster. But there are clues that Jake may not be exactly what he seems. Irresistibly drawn to each other, will they be each other's downfall?

Highly recommended

If you liked the manga "Seven Days", you'll really enjoy this...

This story seems to start out as something in black and white, and then slowly becomes full of color (as Ryuu-sensei puts it). You get to watch someone fall in love. He was doomed from the start, as it seems. Downside- it's shounen ai, so the one sex scene is weak.

English title: The Color of the Clear Blue Sky (Complete)

Pure fluff. This is such a joy to read. The characters are so likeable! Daehyung/Daniel's character growth is so much fun! He goes from a total asshole who quickly becomes self-aware of his terrible actions and is eventually revealed to be very charming and charismatic. Yiyoung is a man who totally deserves someone as wonderful as Daehyung.

The ending is jarringly sudden and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I think the author just decided to be done with it.

Recommended

This one may dive straight into seemingly nonsensical smutty sex, and the characters on first impression may seem to be disturbing, but eventually we learn why both characters act the way they do as the actual plot unfolds. The story just gets better and better as it progresses. For what both these men have been through, they deserved a "happily ever after", but for now, it seems to be out of their reach.

This is some great story-telling here! It's a Japanese yaoi version of "The Shawshank Redemption" (and if you've never seen that movie, put it on your list). Mad props to the mangaka for not only having an African-American main character, but one that is not portrayed as an offensive stereotype.

It's a prison tale, so you should not be surprised to see some scenes of rape and violence, as this is a logical part of that culture. Read it anyway. It's THAT good.

A gay man falls for a straight man. Usually this involves a lot of heartache, but the straight man turns out to be wonderful human being whose heart gets captured. I swear, ALL semes should be like Togawa! Downside- the uke goes a little overboard on the angst, but well... he IS young and had some bad past experiences.

English title: No Touching At All (Complete)

Endou, a gay teenager who has been outed and ruthlessly bullied to the point of quitting school, begins work at a convenience store. A co-worker who looks mean, turns out to have big heart and befriends him despite knowing that Endou is gay. Endou tries not to fall in love, but he does anyway. What will happen if his straight co-worker finds out? Downside-- overly sweet and sappy story, but sometimes this is what the soul needs.

English title: Mr. Mini Mart (Complete)

Major family drama between borthers, and yeah it's got incest, but it's a beautiful and [*WARNING*] tragic story. If it didn't have that bizarre and unnecessary scene of the son/nephew getting involved in one of their trysts, it'd be much higher.

(Completed)

This one surprised me. All the characters acted like asses at some point in the story, but that's what makes it great... everyone has flaws. Very funny AND sexy. And the seme is very hot (no wonder he's a star!) Downside- uke tends to act a little girly at times... which is strange, as he is a former seme himself.

English title: No Good Man (Complete)