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.
We present you the list of Yaoi manga you should read right now.
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Top 13 Yaoi manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 13. Red Candy
- 12. Mr. Beta
- 11. Hunter-neun Joyonghi Salgo Sipda
- 10. Yuworui Noir
- 9. Circuit Breaker
- 8. Bimiri Maneun XX
- 7. Angel Buddy
- 6. Jjaksarang Pilseungbeop
- 5. Mission: Save the Hunter
- 4. High School Boy
- 3. Sketch
- 2. Taeyangui Kkot
- 1. Jugineun Gwangye
13. 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
12. Mr. Beta
A beta writer find Muse inside his new alpha boss.. and write a novel modeled after him! What would he do when he got found out?
Mr. Beta is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Mr. Beta
11. 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
10. Yuworui Noir
When his partner was murdered and the killer went free, Yoonseok took justice into his own hands. Now he's the pawn of a prosecutor who sends him into danger, his body sexually violated by criminals as a way to gather information. He's little more than a husk, hoping for death, when he begins investigating the gangster Baek Gitae, whose violent sadism triggers something in Yoonseok. Is he seeking out the gangster's sexual aggression as a way to escape his pain? Or is he beginning to enjoy it?
June Noir is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: June's Noir, Noir of June, Noir of Yuwol, 六月のノワール, 六月的黑色
9. Circuit Breaker
Bae Jae-won, a young man dedicated to stock investment, unexpectedly wins the lottery but gets into a car accident and is transported to another world, which seems to be an internet novel.
To claim his lottery prize within a year and return to reality, he must arrange a marriage between the novel's male and female protagonists. However, as he recruits handsome male students, they start ignoring the female protagonist and get increasingly entangled with Jae-won, who is supposed to be just an extra...
Circuit Breaker is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 交易暫停, 熔斷機制
8. Bimiri Maneun XX
“You smell.”
One day, Tae-Gyeol, a 20-year-old returning student, is suddenly told by a classmate he's never met before that he smells. Though flustered by this remark he's never heard before, he tries to brush it off as a minor incident. Offended by a teacher's remark comparing him to another returning student from a different class, Tae-Gyeol impulsively heads to the classroom. There, he encounters none other than Mu-Won, the very person who had told him he smelled. When Tae-Gyeol confronts him about the earlier comment, Mu-Won evades the question with an ambiguous, half-hearted response. Annoyed by this, Tae-Gyeol finds himself strangely unable to look away from Mu-Won. Finally, Tae-Gyeol approaches first and proposes they become friends.
“Want to hang out with me later?”
“No...”
Even though he clearly said no, Mu-Won is waiting for Tae-Gyeol at the school gate after class. What exactly is this guy's true intention?
The Secretive XX has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: Bimiri Maneun XX
7. Angel Buddy
To others, Sooho might appear a little strange. But to Sooho, there’s much more to “life” than the average person may ever know. And that’s because Sooho sees spirits. At first he thought his “abilities” were limited to the average ghost-y here and there, but one day he witnesses a real life angel floating in midair and staring at him. And then he promptly breaks said angel’s wing on accident. Sooho’s had many a ghost follow him around in his short life, but he’s never had to take of an angel… nor a spirit quite so handsome as Taker.
Angel Buddy has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: 天使拍档
6. Jjaksarang Pilseungbeop
High school graduation. When my bitter rival, who I'd been obsessed with throughout school, came to me and confessed his feelings. It wasn't quite what I'd imagined, but I ultimately believed I'd won. That was until a few years later, when I reunited with him, bringing his young son. You rag... If you were so easily swayed, why did you confess? Well, it doesn't matter. It's not like I'd ever get to fuck a guy like you again.
Jjaksarang Pilseungbeop is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Secret to Winning Over Unrequited Love, How to Win Over a One-Sided Love, Victory Is Mine
5. Mission: Save the Hunter
Death delayed due to scheduling difficulties.
Chaeyoon, once a famous hero, now lives as an unknown hunter, fulfilling the odd dying wishes of ex-colleagues before he can end his own life. Haunted by the past and drawn to Jihan, a skilled hunter he meets, Chaeyoon questions whether fulfilling last wishes and finding his own solace is possible.
Mission: Save the Hunter is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: เลื่อนวันตายเพื่อคำขอสุดท้าย, 因為遺言暫時延後死去這件事
4. High School Boy
Hong Il-tak, the only red spot at Daemun Namgo. Despite his name and nickname, he's a boy, and his dwarfism and peculiar appearance have led to him being looked down upon by everyone from the nerds to the elders, and he's at the bottom of the school hierarchy. In the past, until his sophomore year, Iltak had been a famous member of the Iljin, but a problem of his own brought him to the bottom of the food chain... "His secondary sexuality. If only he'd come to me...!" After enduring daily teasing and bullying because his body stopped growing like his peers, Hong Il-taek thought of a way to move up in the ranks... "If I can befriend this guy, who's in the second grade at Dae-moon Boys' High School, I'll be able to move up again!" But for some reason, Lee Hyun-woo tries to keep his distance from Hong Il-taek... Can Hong Il-taek find his former glory again?
High School Boy is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Highschool Boy
3. Sketch
Art student Lee Kyung-Eun is seeking a place to breathe from a suffocating, chaotic drinking party. He falls in love at first sight with Joo-Bin who even when exhaling cigarette smoke, creates a picturesque image shrouded in a strange atmosphere.
On the other hand, Joo-Bin sees ghosts of his past in Kyung-Eun. He recalls a friend in his painful memories but...
As Kyung-Eun starts to work as a model for Joo-Bin's photography, the two start to grow close, beginning to understand each other as time passes. Where will their relationship lead to?
Sketch has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: Sketch
2. Taeyangui Kkot
The family's illegitimate child Zigrien, is forced to become the apprentice of Idris—the knight leader of the Knights Templar under the direct control of the Crown Prince—to find out his weakness.
Upon hearing the rumors about the cold-blooded Idris, who is known as the prince's dog, Zigrien tries to remain unoticed by Idris. But on his first day, he witnesses Idris and the prince, Laurent, having an affair. When the prince asks about it, he lies about being in love with Idris...!
"I'll give you a chance to hold the one you love so much for the night. Get drunk, right here."
The Crown Prince gives the direct order and Idris leads Zigrien through the night. How will this relationship end?
Taeyangui Kkot has finished publishing and it has 99 Chapters. It is also Known as: Flower of the Sun, A Black Rose Blooms
1. Jugineun Gwangye
In a world where doppelgängers exist and are tasked with killing their human counterparts, a devil named Joon falls prey to distraction and accidentally creates Doh Seong-ah. He’s supposed to be taking the place of Lee Woo-yeol, but instead comes out looking like the male version of Joon’s favorite idol! Undeterred, Seong-ah enters the human realm to start his mission, but Woo-yeol proves to be far more formidable and terrifying than Seong-ah anticipated… Can he succeed in eliminating Woo-yeol? Or will the world be big enough for the two of them after all…?
Kill Me if You Can is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Kill me if you want to live, 殺る関係〜僕とヤりたいなら、殺させてください〜, 誅殺關係, ภารกิจร้ายกลายเป็นรัก
