The best Yaoi Minhua, rank

Key foods

• Shonen-ai in Yaoi showcase healthy, non-sexual male relationships with compelling stories.
• Yaoi manhwa, despite focusing on straightforward content, have complex plots and offer readers a variety of narratives.
• Various sub-genres in Yaoi, such as supernatural or school life, offer a range of stories beyond traditional romance plots.

Yaoi, often known as BL or Boys Love, is a genre that focuses on romantic relationships between two men. As with any romance genre, there are various sub-genres, such as supernatural yao, school life yao, and comedy yao, to name a few. It is in the yaoi shounen ai category, a subgenre that focuses on non-sexual relationships between male partners of the same sex. While shounen ai is significantly less popular on reading platforms than pure yaoi, it features great stories that center around emotional connection and intimacy, or even include romantic subplots, and the story's focus is more on action or mystery. It is a secret.

Some of the top performing yaoi are shounen-ai because the readers are not what they are thought to be in the BL universe. From serial killer neighbors to lifelong friends, Salem Yao's Little Brother has something to offer all readers and fans of the genre.

Updated on October 1, 2024 by Ahmad Rehan Nasir: While this category is often conflated with its BL counterpart, Yaoi manhwa has a completely unique range of narratives. Even with their slightly heavier focus on explicit content, Yaoi manhwa manages to offer a good balance of plot and fan service. While most Yao Minhua can be bogged down by unnecessary fanservice, these select few titles have a subtle subtext without compromising on story. For fans of the theme looking for new manhwa to binge on, this list has been updated with a few more exciting entries.

10 No love zone

Animation-Planet rating: 3.83/5

No love zone A Yaoi rendition of the classic office romance between an intern and her new boss. As with any relationship with power dynamics, Yunkyum's relationship with his boss can be a bit contentious, especially with Minhwa's intense intimacy.

Because of their rooted history, Jihyuk can sometimes be small on both the office floor and the bed. While this aspect of his character makes him a bit unpleasant, his eventual development somewhat redeems him.

9 monster heart

Anime-Planet Score: 4.1/5

Jonathan represents a first-year student at Augustine Academy, a prestigious and expensive private school that happens to be full of monsters. Jonathan is one of the few humans chosen to enter the monster school to help them adjust to living with humans after graduation. On her first day of classes, she is rudely awakened by a mysterious boy she later meets in class. His name is Lucien.

Their world is full of mystery and violence, but sharing life with someone makes it a lot easier. Or does it? monster heart Available for reading at Tapas.

8 Llewellyn's killer candlelit dinner

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3/5

Llewellyn's killer candlelit dinner It is a drama full of historical suspense. The film revolves around Shawn, a ghostwriter working on a deadline, and Llewellyn, a mysterious creep in a new town. Shawn knocks on her door at all hours and gets creepy notes, but when she goes to the police, she's laughed at because she's a serial killer on the loose.

Things don't go as planned when Shawn meets raw onion eater Llewellyn and Llewellyn asks Shawn to dinner at his apartment. Will Shavon face the local serial killer?

7 salt lover

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3/5

Thomas is a guy who got kicked out of school for fighting, and Zachary is at the top of the class in terms of grades. When Zachary walks up to Thomas crying in PE class, Thomas is afraid that Zachary will tell the whole school that he was crying. After a day of anxiety about revealing his secret, Thomas decides to confront Zachary with bubble tea, hoping to trick him into not saying a word. The plan backfires and Thomas ends up doing Zachary's homework.

This romantic drama of school life introduces opposites, the bad boy and the top student as potential romantic partners. Only, Zachary's reason for interacting with Thomas more than he had to is a bit more complicated than it seems.

6 Between the lines

Animation-Planet Rating: 4.32/5

Buck Doho is a college student who co-writes BL novels whose favorite character archetypes are manipulative scumbags. When she realizes that good boy Jooheon is actually a jerk, Doho becomes obsessed with making him the muse of her novel.

While Johoon starts out as a troubled character, he softens to Doho as their casual acquaintance develops into something much deeper. Even as a manhwa yaoi with many explicit scenes, Between the lines It is largely a wholesome narrative of two men slowly falling in love.

5 Killer Crush

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3/5

Taiman is a good assassin. Dae-hyuk is an actor who recently transitioned from leading male roles in rom-coms to being taken seriously as a drama actor. To expand his scope as an actor, Daehuk looks to Taeman for inspiration. The only thing that could possibly ruin their mutually beneficial arrangement is if one of them falls for the other.

Killer Crush An action comedy about two people from opposite worlds who come together for something quite epic. Available to read in the login.

4 Pizza Delivery Man and Gold Palace

Animation-Planet Rating: 4.35/5

Pizza Delivery Man and Gold Palace Another is Yao Minhua, who eschews the usual racist shenanigans for a more nuanced plot. Despite their contrasting backgrounds, Wu Wan and Seo An take refuge in each other and eventually heal the wounds of their past by being vulnerable to each other.

From mental health issues to past traumas, Pizza Delivery Man and Gold Palace It deals with a variety of subtle themes, all while presenting a budding relationship between the two men. Since the manhwa primarily focuses on the two characters and their struggles, the story often feels like a quiet manhwa, though the final pairing is certainly worth the wait.

3 Strange charm

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.4/5

When Yoon Jae meets her new neighbor, all is not as it seems. Among his moving boxes is a box covered with a spell, and when Yoon-jae falls near it, something strange happens. Now, Yoon Jae is haunted by sleep paralysis and dark shadows by voices claiming to be his brother. Can her new neighbor do anything about the mysterious happenings?

Strange charm A supernatural drama about two college men and their relationship with dark spirits. Available to read in the login.

2 Salad/Pirouette days to my heart

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.4/5

Shen is a male ballerina and Ginny is a boxer. They met at the age of 12 when their studios were next to each other and hit it off despite their many differences. Shan comes from a rural town and Ginny comes from money. Both of these circumstances have rejected them in their studios. Fortunately, they have each other to lean on when the going gets tough.

Salad days, is also called Pirouette to my heart, It follows Shen and Jinny as teenagers and explores their respective careers as the two support each other's endeavors. Available for reading at Tapas.

1 Our sunny days

Animation-Planet rating: 4.52/5

Unlike most Yao Menhua, Our sunny days With a narrative that remains intact until the end, it subverts expectations. With a theme of child care, Minhua largely revolves around a single father's fresh start in a remote village, which leads to an unexpected encounter with a passionate man.

Childcare themes are rare in the Yaoi landscape, making this manhwa one of the few comics that does the theme right. Sang-ho and Ha-bum's playful yet gentle dynamic is enough to draw readers in, though Minhwa doubles down on the wholesome side with her parenting themes.