BL RESOURCES

Your comprehensive guide to finding all things BL, plus some recommendations to get you started. We’ve got you covered for finding where to read or watch Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Thai, and Filipino BL, legally in English!

 

JAPANESE BL - RESOURCES

MANGA

  • futekiya Library - manga subscription service

  • Renta - e-books for sale and rent

  • Sublime - e-books for sale (physical books via partner links)

  • Seven Seas - e-books for sale (via partner links)

  • Yen Press - e-books for sale (physical books via partner links)

  • Tokyopop - books for sale (physical books via partner links)

  • June / DMP - e-books for sale (physical books via partner links)

  • Crunchyroll Store - physical manga, merchandise, and home video for sale (formerly RightStuf shop)

ANIME

LIVE-ACTION

JAPANESE BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

Restart After Coming Back Home by cocomi 🌶

Hotheaded Kozuka Mitsuomi left his home in the country for a sophisticated life in Tokyo. Unfortunately, at age 25, he’s fired from his job and returns home in disgrace. As he tries to rediscover himself, he meets Kumai Yamato, a man about his age who was adopted into his community while Mitsuomi was away. The sweet and even-tempered Yamato is hiding his own pain, and as the two men connect, they start a journey together.

Content Warnings: none | Sequel: Restart After Growing Hungry

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Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru 🌶🌶🌶

Himaru Uehara’s first year of high school is off to a good start, minus one problem—he keeps having wet dreams. With only his mom and sister at home—and having skipped health class in middle school—he thinks it means there’s something wrong with him. Thankfully, a new friend has just the remedy and teaches Himaru exactly how to deal with those pesky dreams! But his solution only leads to more confusion, and the two find themselves navigating feelings they’ve never felt before.

Content Warnings: dubious consent

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Black or White by Sachimo 🌶🌶🌶🌶

For these two typecast actors, love can’t always be black or white.

Shin is a brand-new actor unfairly typecast as a villain, and Shige, his secret lover since college, is a rising star who often gets the role of the heartthrob good guy. With Shige’s popularity on the rise and Shin’s awkward personality making him resemble the villains he plays, the two can’t risk being seen together for fear of tainting Shige’s image. And to complicate matters further, their relationship has lacked physical intimacy since their disastrous first time together. Every good role needs its conflict, but will this couple call it a wrap when an antagonist enters the scene?

Content Warnings: dubious consent

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KOREAN BL - RESOURCES

MAnhwa

LIVE-ACTION

KOREAN BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

Unintentional Love Story by PIBI 🌶

Wonyoung gets unjustly suspended from work after getting caught up in a corruption scandal. But when he accidentally discovers the chairman's favorite artist Yoon Taejun living under an alias, he is tasked with a tricky new mission. Could this be Wonyoung's chance to get his job back?

Content Warnings: none

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Semantic Error by Jeosuri & Angy 🌶🌶

Is this an Error or Love?

Sangwoo Choo is just like an emotionless robot who only knows how to follow the rules. So after all of his teammates got a free-ride on the group project, he didn’t give them any credit at all. This prevents college senior Jaeyoung Jang from graduating, which leads to Jaeyoung constantly bothering Sangwoo for revenge. Will Sangwoo be able to debug Jaeyoung — a semantic error — from his perfect life?

Content Warnings: none

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Sign by Ker 🌶🌶🌶🌶

There are a few unusual things about Café Goyo. Number one, their coffee sucks. Number two, their customers never order off the menu. And number three, Yohan, the café manager, is deaf. So when Soohwa joins as a part-timer, though he is not expected to learn how to make good coffee, he is asked to expand his sign language vocabulary beyond the words, “higher,” “pay,” and “please.” But when Yohan offers to give him private lessons, Soohwa is reluctant. Not because he doesn’t want to study, but because he has a hard time around Yohan.

Content Warnings: violence

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CHINESE BL - RESOURCES

DANMEI

LIVE-ACTION

CHINESE BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

I Ship My Rival x Me by PEPA 🌶

My rival, Gu Yiliang, a B-list newbie actor, has the face of an idol and amazing acting skills. I, Wei Yanzi, a C-list newbie actor, have the face of an idol and the acting skills of a brick. However, I accidentally discovered a wonderful world where, whether we sit or stand, move or not, our love was more solid than gold. This world, filled with truth, goodness, and beauty, has a resounding name: Niangzi!

Content Warnings: none

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Heaven Official's Blessing by MXTX 🌶

Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity. His years of dedication and noble deeds allowed him to ascend to godhood. But those who rise, can also fall…and fall he does, cast from the Heavens again and again and banished to the mortal realm.

Eight hundred years after his mortal life, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time. Now only a lowly scrap collector, he is dispatched to wander the earthly realm to take on tasks appointed by the heavens to pay back debts and maintain his divinity. Aided by old friends and foes alike, and graced with the company of a mysterious young man with whom he feels an instant connection, Xie Lian must confront the horrors of his past in order to dispel the curse of his present.

Content Warnings: Violence, suicide, child abuse

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Remnants of Filth: Yuwu by Meatbun 🌶 🌶🌶🌶

Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost general of Chonghua, known for his ruthless temper and ascetic air. Once he was one of two promising young commanders, twin stars of the empire. His comrade, the lowborn Gu Mang, was Mo Xi’s brother-in-arms, best friend, and—secretly—his lover, until the day Gu Mang turned traitor and joined the ranks of their nation’s greatest enemy.

Now Gu Mang has been returned to the empire a ruined man, a shadow of the military genius he once was. The public clamors for his death, and no one yearns for vengeance more than Mo Xi. Or so he thought—for faced once more with his bitterest enemy, Mo Xi is left with more questions than answers. Why did the man he loved betray him? And what secrets hide behind Gu Mang’s tortured eyes?

Content Warnings: Violence, sexual assault, incest

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TAIWANESE BL - RESOURCES

LIVE-ACTION

TAIWANESE BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

We Best Love: No. 1 for You 🌶

Zhou Shu Yi stared at the class report and saw Gao Shi De’s name above him again. He didn’t understand. He had always ranked second ever since Gao Shi De came into his life. For this reason, he was excited to go to college and parted ways. He hoped to never see Gao Shi De again. In college, he joined the swimming club and was revered by everyone. He was happily enjoying college life until Gao Shi De suddenly appeared at the swimming competition during their senior year. This made him wonder why Gao Shi De always followed him wherever he went. But little did he know that Gao Shi De had eyes for him and would never let him go.

Content Warnings: none | Sequel: We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd

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HIStory3: Trapped 🌶🌶🌶

Four years ago, a veteran cop and an elderly gangster were killed in a gunshot attack. The only survivor and the dead gangster's protegee, the enigmatic and ruthless Tang Yi, is now the new gang leader, who will stop at nothing to find the murderer and plans an elaborate trap to lure him out of hiding. Honest police officer Meng Shao Fei is obsessed with knowing the truth behind this case, to avenge his mentor's death, and spends all his spare time tracking Tang Yi and trying to find what he is up to. When Meng and Tang Yi are kidnapped together and forced to survive in a cold mountain, things start to change between them.

Content Warnings: violence, death

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Be Loved in House: I Do 🌶🌶🌶

Founded about 10 years ago, Seisei Studio is in danger of going bankrupt before Jin Yu Zhen, a person who excels in management, appears and he becomes the new director. On the first day of his directorship, the atmosphere of the studio changed completely when he enforces a single rule which prohibits romantic relationships and marriages between employees, and the violation of the rule resulted in a dismissal. To abolish the rule, the employees of Seisei Studio collude with a secret plan. Shi Lei, an employee, approaches Yu Zhen to snoop for information about the love life of this domineering director. As a result of various encounters, he finds out that the tyrant director is still hurt from a past relationship and is suffering from loneliness. Knowing that he still possesses a heart, Shi Lei becomes curious about Yu Zhen.

Content Warnings: depictions of trauma

WATCH IT HERE

THAI BL - RESOURCES

NOVELS

LIVE-ACTION

THAI BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

SOTUS by BitterSweet 🌶

SOTUS—an educational system in which upperclassmen impose training, discipline, and challenges on underclassmen. In the engineering department of a Thai university, Arthit is the head hazer, infamous for his harsh trials. The incoming class must prove themselves “worthy” to him in order to receive the department’s symbol, the gear. But all Arthit’s plans are thrown out of whack when first-year Kongpob declares he’ll steal the gear from him—“I’ll make you my wife!”

Content Warnings: none

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KinnPorsche by Daemi 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

The second son of a Mafia boss, Kinn Theerapanyakul, is fleeing from an enemy when he meets Porsche, an enterprising young bartender. Porsche agrees to help defend Kinn from his attackers for a price.

Porsche's martial arts skills impress, and spurred on by his father, Kinn seeks to hire Porsche as one of his personal bodyguards. Porsche is opposed and rejects Kinn’s offer despite his attempts at intimidation. It isn't until Porsche's family home and his ability to care for his brother are threatened that he acquiesces and moves onto the Theerapanyakul property.

It's not a smooth transition into the unorthodox, violent job, and his relationship with Kinn vacillates between strained and playful. When his feelings for Kinn take an unexpected turn, his work becomes even more high-stakes.

Content Warnings: Violence, torture, dubious consent, sexual assault

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Not Me by saisio 🌶🌶🌶

Black and White are twins with a powerful connection. After their parents' separation, White’s father took him abroad, effectively severing their family. It isn’t until fifteen years have passed that White—now grown—returns to Thailand. One day, seemingly from nowhere, White feels an agony like death. He recovers in the hospital only to learn Black has been victim to a vicious attack. Unable to endure the harm done to his brother in silence, and suspecting it was one of Black’s close friends—Sean, Gram, or Yok—who betrayed him, White disguises himself as Black to root out the traitor. But White doesn’t know his brother as well as he thought; he’s not behaving like the Black everyone knows—and Sean's suspicious. The difference gets under Sean's skin and makes him feel things he shouldn’t.

Content Warnings: extreme violence (police violence, gun violence)

WATCH IT HERE

FILIPINO BL - RESOURCES

LIVE-ACTION

FILIPINO BL - RECOMMENDATIONS

Gameboys 🌶

Teenage streamer Cairo is caught off guard when he receives a video call from a new online rival called Gavreel. He is even more surprised when the handsome stranger asks him out. Can two gamers make romance work during the COVID19 pandemic lockdown, or will it be game over for their love story?

Content Warnings: homophobia, outing, grief | Sequel: Gameboys 2

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Like in the Movies 🌶

Pressured to have enough money to earn his keep, Karl takes on odd jobs online. But when one of his major clients suddenly goes MIA, he is left short on funds and without a means to pay for his utilities. An opportunity presents itself when his neighbor, the mysterious Vlad, whom he despises for being inconsiderate, gets himself in a sticky situation — hiding from his own family, and proposes that they become housemates for the rest of the semester break in exchange for rent.

Content Warnings: homophobia

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Quaranthings 🌶🌶

During COVID-19 lockdown, those who could go home went home — two of the four housemates from Judah and Rocky's place did; to each other’s surprise, the two – who’ve never even had a real conversation – were left behind. Now they’re left with nothing. The overachieving and competitive Judah can’t go to school, while the hardworking and street-smart breadwinner Rocky is left without his various odd jobs. Unable to do the things that give them meaning, can they survive being alone together?

Content Warnings: homophobia | Sequel: Quaranthings 2

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