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As rare as they may be, there’re still some excellent options. These manga have an LGBT theme as a strong focus. You’d be amazed and disappointed at how little the selection there is compared to all the other genres.Īnd since the selection is so small, this makes it even harder for a good anime series to come along. Trust me, I’ve done my research on this topic, searching high and low for some BL anime recommendations. Let’s just say that people with good taste usually watch BL animes!ĭespite its long history, there is surprisingly not a lot of anime to watch in this genre. I don’t love using the term fujoshi, which has somewhat negative connections. This genre is a popular niche among certain demographics. Yaoi is more explicit, shounen ai is more innocent, and BL tends to be the best of both worlds. In anime, the BL genre is closely related to yaoi or shounen ai, which are labels that describe a very similar type of story. Before BL dramas or movies became mainstream, BL animes and mangas were like the first frontier, depicting male romances in fiction even when it was taboo in society. From my memory, it always felt like BL anime existed as a genre for as long as I can remember.
