What is this genre all about? Yaoi refers to stories that portray homosexual (male/male) sex. It is not to be confused with the Shounen Ai category under Romance, which only portrays boy/boy relationships, but generally not anything pornographic. This is real male/male porn. The female version is Yuri.
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Top 10 Yaoi manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
10. Red Candy
Shi-Hyeon, aka “Red Candy,” is a secret agent whose code name comes from bathing in the blood of his marks on dangerous missions. Shi-Hyeon's tasked with seducing and obtaining intel from Ha-Jun, a hot college professor. Shi-Hyeon can disarm enemies, but didn’t expect to be disarmed himself by Ha-Jun’s own tight body. Now Shi-Hyeon's caught between loyalty to his spy agency and Ha-Jun. Can Red Candy survive the incoming wave of enemies and still indulge in the sweet ecstasy of Ha-Jun's embrace?
Note: Chapter count includes 6 side stories.
Red Candy has finished publishing and it has 102 Chapters. It is also Known as: キャンディトラップ～スパイの仕掛けた恋の罠, Red Candy
9. Hunter-neun Joyonghi Salgo Sipda
11 years ago, chaos broke out when a massive rift appeared. In a time of despair, the ‘System’ appeared before a few people, and Cha Eui-Jae, a human, awakened as ‘Hunter J,’ becoming a hero to the world. One day, as Eui-Jae is on another mission, he and his team enter a dangerous rift in the West Sea. In the intense battle that follows, Eui-Jae loses 44 of his comrades but somehow succeeds in sealing the rift. When he regains consciousness, he finds himself alone, 8 years in the future.
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'Hunter J' is now considered dead. Feeling a void in a world so peaceful that it makes his past sacrifices seem almost pointless, Eui-Jae decides to live a quiet, low-profile life. However, fate has other plans for him. Of all places, the hangover soup restaurant where he works part-time is a favourite spot for hunters. Of all things, the magic stone he put up for sale to make some cash turns out to be an S-rank item. And of all people, the person who finds out he’s an awakened one is none other than the top-ranked hunter, Lee Sa-Yeong.
“That’s strange.”
“......”
“Have we met somewhere before?”
Eui-Jae, who wants to live an ordinary life but can’t, and Sa-Yeong, who becomes obsessed with him and proposes a suspicious deal.
‘Can I really live a quiet life?’
The Hunter Wants to Live Quietly is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 헌조살, Heonjosal, The Hunter's Gonna Lay Low
8. Junjou de Nani ga Warui
I want to be sweetly embraced like a cherished treasure for my first time. That's when I thought to call a male escort service and make my dreams come true. What I got was a nightmare instead! Ryota would be the call boy who took my virginity, full throttle and nothing like how I wanted my first time to be. To make matters worse, turns out he's a student at my university. Wanting to try my luck again, I call the same escort service only to be sent Ryota a second time. Somehow he manages to make up for the last time and gives me the "sweet lover's special" I've always wanted...?! Love grows in between the lines of aloofness and passion on this clumsy heart-throbbing pendulum.
Note: The original serialization ran for five chapters until 2022-06-25. The serialization was restarted on 2023-12-25.
What's Wrong With Being Innocent? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 純情でなにが悪い, Fleur bleue, Ngây thơ có gì sai?, What's So Wrong About Being Innocent?, ผิดหรือไงที่ผมใสซื่อ, 순정이 뭐가 나빠
7. Stuck in My Sister's Dating Sim
All I wanted to do was save my sister’s game, but how did I get dragged into it? I got transmigrated into my younger sister’s stupid dating simulation game! Jinsoo Lee has played this game before and knows enough about it… to realize he’s been transmigrated as a trouble-making, good-for-nothing villain who dies way too soon. His new plan is to lead a quiet life while he figures out a way back to his world. But somehow, this isn’t going the way he planned. Can Jinsoo find his way back from his sister’s dating simulation game?
Stuck in My Sister's Dating Sim has finished publishing and it has 91 Chapters. It is also Known as: Laissez-moi sortir de ce jeu à l'eau de rose, 脇役に憑依したら愛されすぎて困ってます
6. Double Trap
Jin-seong, who has had a crush on his older hyung, Yura, since childhood, comes to live with him due to a sudden parental accident. However, Jin-seong, who doesn't want to hurt his hyung, draws a line every time he tries to approach him, is finally trying to give up his heart and feelings. One morning, I witnessed that hyung sneak in and masturbated with his sleeping self as a side dish!
"Hyung... Is this the hyung I know? ...Who are you?!"
Double Trap has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: Double Trap
5. Involuntary Romance
Baekya is childhood friends with Jichan, a well-known trash magnet. It has been and always will be Baekya's job to console Jichan after every one of his bad break-ups. One day, as Baekya was consoling Jichan yet again, the most popular boy in school, Lee Hyeon, appears in front of them. Knowing Hyeon's infamous streak of break-ups and bad boy stories, Baekya tries to stop Sichuan from falling for Hyeon when Jichan falls for him head over heels. Jichan even boldly asks Baekya to become friends with Hyeon just so he could set them up with each other. Baekya begrudgingly accepts and tries his best to become close to Hyeon, when one day Hyeon approaches him first and asks "Don't you think you're making it too obvious? I know you like me, but think you can stop it now?"
Involuntary Romance is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 不本意なロマンス
4. Simyeoneseoneun Yangeul Ttaragaseyo
Yang Yohan is betrayed by a friend and falls into the Abyss, the worst dungeon imaginable. In this monster-filled hell, he encounters Lee Hyunmuk - one of Korea’s strongest awakened, who went missing in the Abyss years ago.
“Mr. Lee Hyunmuk, you can’t kill me, okay? I’m… human….”
“Human….”
“That’s right, I’m human…. And you are too, Mr. Lee Hyunmuk.”
But Hyunmuk, influenced by the Abyss, is half-mad. Together with him - who only occasionally regains his senses - Yohan struggles to survive, treating wounds and searching for food.
“This place experiences a certain phenomenon once every few decades. I call it a ‘flood.’”
“A flood?”
“As it approaches, the corruption and madness grow worse… just like I was a moment ago.”
But when the sudden onset of a flood hits, Hyunmuk completely loses his mind…
“If you’re a lamb, why don’t you bleat?”
“I-I’m not a lamb, I’m Yang Yo-a”
“My lamb.”
In the brutal environment of the Abyss, with a festering leg wound, terrifying monsters that howl and attack - and on top of that, Hyunmuk’s madness... Yohan’s desperate struggle to escape this otherworld leaves him not a day without tears.
Follow the Sheep in the Abyss is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Simyeoneseoneun Yangeul Ttaragaseyo
3. Yeoreum Haneul Sonakbi
It’s not every day you become a ghost. Han Seowoo thought he had it bad when the sunbae he liked rejected him. But on his way back home with a broken heart, he ends up slipping from the top of a building and plummeting…to his premature death. Then a surprisingly young grim reaper shows up to collect his soul. But luckily enough, the reaper messes things up…and Seowoo is given the chance to stay in the corporeal world for a bit longer. There’s just one catch: the reaper is to move in with Seowoo and make sure he stays out of trouble and the lives of the living. Maybe that one summer day, death wasn’t the only thing in store for Seowoo…
One Summer Day is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Summer Rain
2. Saha
Giju is pretty for a boy; he’s different. That’s why he was called names growing up, why he was adopted by a rich artist couple, why his stepfather couldn’t keep his hands off of him. Broken and lost, all Giju wants is to lead a quiet life. The last thing he needs is to get involved with a gangster. But there’s more to Young-do the gangster than meets the eye; he’s different, too. Though he may have tattoos inked all over his body, an imposing build, and a foul mouth, he’s a romantic at heart—he only joined a gang because of his first love.
Set in Saha, a conservative seaside town in southern Korea, this is a poetic tale of two souls in search of their place in the world.
Saha has finished publishing and it has 52 Chapters. It is also Known as: Saha
1. Yeolbyeong
Myung-Ha, cast out by his family and forced to live a lonely life as a gravekeeper, is suddenly tasked by his father with a peculiar “errand.” What seemed like a simple task brings him to none other than the estate of Grand Prince Howon, Yi Sa-Hwon. In the blink of an eye, Myung-Ha goes from being a gravekeeper to the wife of the enigmatic prince. Alone in an unfamiliar place, the only warmth Myung-Ha can rely on comes from Sa-Hwon’s kindness. Yet that kindness proves dangerous to trust, for the Sa-Hwon of the night is an entirely different man...
Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.
Like a Fever Dream has finished publishing and it has 94 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fever (Seo Jogeum), Fiebre, Folie nocturne, ไข้สวาท, 热病, 熱病〜夜に咲く呪いの花〜, 狂热症
