Yaoi/Shonen ai with an alternate plot?

12 years ago
Posts: 25
Hello again! 😀
As the title explains briefly, I'm looking for a yaoi or shounen ai with a plot that doesn't have to do only with the two characters falling in love. It would be really great if there was an actual plot (as in not romance), with in-between bits of them showing attraction to each other, and eventually admitting it.
A good example is Legal Drug by CLAMP
Thanks!

12 years ago
Posts: 981
Shounen-ai
Shibuya de Aimashou
Koori no Mamono no Monogatari
Silver Diamond
Gorgeous Carat
Banana Fish
Earthian
Some classic shounen-ai:
Thomas no Shinzou
Patalliro!, pure crack
From Eroica with Love - art thievery, espionage, comedy
Yaoi
These suggestions were in answer to the first thread, that I couldn't at first find, but I'll leave up since they're already here:
My Life with You
Crystal Harem
FAKE
Mezase Hero!
Totally Captivated
Bi no Isu
Nightmare Fortress - Majin no Jousai
Vassalord - shounen-ai, but very graphic shounen-ai wink
Tengoku e Ikebaii
Crimson Spell
Un Carnet de Bal - historical
Wild Rock - prehistorical
Also try these threads:
Shounen-ai/Yaoi like this? - lots of good ones here
a good shounen-ai manga - most of my recommendations are here
Action Yaoi like Madness
Recommend me some shounen-ai or yaoi with sound and cohesive plot

12 years ago
Posts: 188
The person above has said most of it but let me just add my own two cents
God Child it's shounen ai but good
NO.6 another shounen ai .-.
Madness yaoi
1001 sweet if you don't mind twincest
Boy Alice in Wonderland I didn't really like this but you might
Gohou Drug also by clamp
And I second silver diamond and totally captivated , read them if you havent they're amazing
Recommend me horror , yaoi and shoujo manga please 😀
I'm really into those stuff actually. But the thing is that most of shounen ai/yaoi are focused around the romance going on and not the alternative plot as much.
Well after playing around with categories I found the perfect category for this request. Just look into bromance category with the genres you're looking for; like action, mystery etc etc.
Some of the manga that I came up with and loved them so far are these:
Ilegenes - Kokuyou no Kiseki- amazing art, awesome plot, great characters. What else would you need xD
The Betrayal knows my Name- this one was mehh. I watched the anime first and it ended with...no ending basically. That was why I ended up reading the manga but it's confusing and it gets boring cause they prolong it with useless stuff. But give it a chance. Maybe you'll like it.
diece- the affection between the two guys is so deep in this one, you might as well count it as a shounen ai. But hey, it's AMAZING! I'm loving it so far. Sadly it's not scanlated completely ;___;
Lucky Dog 1 Blast- this one is made from a BL game but there's no romance of any going on in the manga. Still, it has an addicting plot with hot guys o
Noblesse- this....leaves me speechless. It is SO good it's beyond words. The bromance is a bit lighter but the plot is so good! The art, omgosh the art, it's dazzling. Strongly recommended. And just to steams it up a bit, the main character is a hot vampire ^o^
Tokyo Babylon- I read this a long LONG time ago, so I don't really remember much. But it's similar to Legal Drug
Bokutachi Otokonoko- a lot of people say this is masterpiece. But I didn't like it. It got me bored and at the ending I felt like I wasted my time, cause it was just so...blank. Anyways, different people different tastes 😀
Loveless- this one is quite famous actually. It has little arcs going on while the main two characters like each other? I don't even know. Again not my thing lolz.
I haven't read these yet, but the ratings are pretty high.
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K n e e l .... This is the difference between your and my eye-level.
Rai from Noblesse

12 years ago
Posts: 981
Quote from AngelCharms
I'm really into those stuff actually. But the thing is that most of shounen ai/yaoi are focused around the romance going on and not the alternative plot as much.
Well after playing around with categories I found the perfect category for this request. Just look into bromance category with the genres you're looking for; like action, mystery etc etc.
The problem with this approach is that most of the results are not shounen-ai. Not to say that you don't get a lot of good suggestions this way. Just put on your yaoi goggles and all is good. 😃
BTW, neither Godchild nor No. 6, suggested early, are shounen-ai, though they might be bromantastic.
See also these threads:
Bromance!
Pure Subtext
...and here's a short one I missed before:
yaoi/bl where romance isnt the main focus

12 years ago
Posts: 188
Quote from scarletrhodelia
The problem with this approach is that most of the results are not shounen-ai. Not to say that you don't get a lot of good suggestions this way. Just put on your yaoi goggles and all is good. 😃
BTW, neither Godchild nor No. 6, suggested early, are shounen-ai, though they might be bro ...
They are both listed as having a BL subplot and Godchild has the shounen ai tag but it is hard to find a good shounen ai or yaoi with an actual plot , it usually just falls apart later
I thought of another one Only the Ring Finger Knows
Recommend me horror , yaoi and shoujo manga please 😀

12 years ago
Posts: 25