Hi!
My friend loves Yaoi and she keeps talking about it 24/7. I only like Shounen-ai, but I'm curious. I tried reading a Yaoi, but it turned out to be hardcore incest/rape and stuff
I really wanna read other Yaoi because my friend won't stop pushing me and she keeps saying that there are a lot better stories out there. So I was wondering which manga I should read. Can you recommend me something? Please no incest or rape

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Must be traumatizing when your first few yaoi mangas were the ones of incests or rapes.

I recommend light plots like
Honto Yajuu because it's my personal favorite.

Also
Lovers Doll though the art's a bit...made me cry heaps btw
Tight Rope (check her other mangas too)
Seven Days is cute too

And that's all I have in my head right now.

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"Shouldn't be alive but the condom broke."

Well, Rutta to Kodama was my first yaoi, and my second yaoi was Sorenari Ni Shinken Nandesu - after that I was hooked


I second both Honto Yajuu and Tight Rope too.

I would recommend the "softcore yaoi" category.


50x50
future lovers
kiss blue
aiso tsukashi
don't cry baby
close the last door
dog style - a bit more sex, but in my opinion a must read
Renai Kyoutei Nukegake Nashi!
dash!
no color
dining bar akira
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
doushitemo furetakunai
free punch
kirahoshi dial
reverse!?

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Thanks a lot!

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~♥♥♥Yaoi, Gay Books, Music, Manga, Anime, Internet Connection, Prison Break, Animals And Fantasy. They're My Drug, My Hope, My Dreams And My Obsession♥♥♥~

I recommend MIYAMOTO Kano's work. Her art style is amazing and the stories are very interesting. You should try Lovers, Souls and Rules.

If you still want ysoi recomendation then I suggest katekyo! my most favourite yaoi ever!!!

haha, a really old post.

some recommendations (if you haven't read yet):
Café Latte Rhapsody
Haru wo Daite Ita -- this is a lovely manga; you can read this one after you have gotten more accustomed to yaoi
Junjou Romantica -- and other works by the same mangaka NAKAMURA Shungiku
Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki
Little Butterfly
Rin!
Super Lovers
Totally Captivated
Yome ni Konai ka

Yume Musubi Koi Musubi
Koi Cha no Osahou
Other works by SAKURAGI Yaya

If you're looking for light and comedy ones, you should definitely give a try to any of Mishima Kazuhiko-sensei's works, like:
Lovers Doll
Unlucky Strike
Radical Blood Monster
Love Neko
Miwaku no Ringo
Baby I Love You

For a lil' serious ones with a drop of supernatural essence, try Takenaka Sei's work:
Kohitsuji Project
Tsuki ni Hoero
Danshaku no Aijin (Not supernatural though)

For beautiful art, try these maybe (in that order):
Wild Rose
Wild Fangs
Wild Wind
Omerta - Kochou no Yume no Kate

For super serious-ness and tragedy, try:
Sakura Gari
Giglio (um, it's smut but...)
Shounen Zanzou
Haru wo Daite Ita

Other more, you might not want to miss these too:
Aitsu no Daihonmei (Personally love it) <3
Koisuru Boukun
Junjou Romantica
Totally Captivated
Hybrid Child (A must try! This is the first yaoi manga ever to pull me into the harem) XD XD

Hope they help X3

Last edited by OffLn at 5:02 am, Jun 16 2013

Well, I would have loved it if Doushitemo Furetakunai had been my first yaoi ever. I don't care how many times I recommend it, it's just the freaking best. I won't be satisfied until every one in this world has read it at least once, mwahah!



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