Top 12 Yaoi manga you should read right now. [2025 List]

12. 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

11. 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

10. Zero Day Attack

A skilled hacker, Jin Kang, falls into a broker's trap and fails his mission. Barely escaping with his life, he can't bring himself to face VX, a genius hacker and team member he greatly respects. Instead, Jin Kang chooses to go into hiding. By day, he works at a café, while at night, he quietly plots his revenge. However, his routine takes an unexpected twist when a mysterious and striking customer, Seo Yiyeon, enters the café and makes bold advances toward him. Baffled by Yiyeon's unexpected attention, Jin Kang now finds his plans for starting to go awry...

Zero Day Attack is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Zero Day Attack

9. A Man of Virtue

What’s it like spending your whole life coming in second place? Ask Nam Jinwoo, he’s been living in the shadow of his rival, Ma Sangtae, his whole life. From high school to college, and now in the office. But passion is strange, it can start as envy or hate and turn into something… erotic. Now Jinwoo’s head is filled with the dirtiest and most erotic thoughts, none of which are in his control. More than anything, he wants them to stop. But the only way to stop them might just be the last thing he wants to do…

A Man of Virtue has finished publishing and it has 131 Chapters. It is also Known as: Mideog-ui Salam

8. Honey Bear

Mun Geon-woo is a 21-year-old tall and broad-shouldered man, but he lacks sex experience. He is only interested in exercising. One day, Yoo Ha-jin, the owner of a bakery that smells of butter, crosses paths with Geon-woo. The pure-hearted Geon-woo is smitten by Ha-jin’s charming personality.

Honey Bear is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 허니 베어

7. Low Tide in Twilight

Kim Euihyun has decided he doesn’t want to live. He feels nothing anymore. He has no future to look forward to. Now, he’s looking into the abyss, holding in his arms the only thing that was keeping him alive. It’ll all be over soon. But someone grabs him from the water’s edge, and pulls him from the darkness. Euihyun, whose sole possession is a mountain of debt, has been rescued by Taeju. Now Taeju has offered Euihyun money, a house, and a job to help him out of his mess. But what will Taeju, who is intoxicated by Euihyun’s smell, ask for in return? Could Taeju be the person that finally brings Euihyun out of his eternal twilight…?

Low Tide in Twilight is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Night by the Sea, Waterside Night

6. Hae Tteuneun Jip

Sung Ho’s not the kind you’d typically expect to settle down in the countryside. He’s in his late 20s, ex-military, and…a single father with a year-old baby his ex-girlfriend pawned off on him. Jobless and without any prospects but a house, Sung Ho hopes the peaceful Nuldongmae village will make a good new home for him and his daughter. Rumor has it that the head of the village, despite his young age, is a real jerk… But he won’t have to deal with that, will he? But on the very day he moves in, Sung Ho clashes with a tall, good-looking guy who’s got quite the temper and accuses Sung Ho of stealing from his store. This new guy really gets on his nerves, but he does seem to know a lot about the village… Sung Ho’s always been a bit of a lone ranger wherever he goes, so will he be able to let someone else in his life for sunny days up ahead?

Our Sunny Days is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Cuando el sol se asoma, Das Haus der aufgehenden Sonne, Là où le soleil brille, When the sun rises, เมื่อวันฟ้าใส, 日昇之屋, 陽が昇る家〜田舎で出会った俺たち〜

5. Checkmate

When he was just a student, Soohyun, ranked second, felt envious of the perfect Eunsung. Although he tried catching Eunsung, his soul aflame with passion, it wasn’t enough, and he lost all his motivation upon graduation.

As time passed, Soohyun forgot everything. However, when he saw Eunsung collapse for the first time, he felt extreme pleasure. With his obsession for Eunsung rekindling, he has a desire to see him fall even further in-front of him...

Checkmate is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 将死Checkmate, 체크 메이트 (탄), 체크메이트 (탄), Checkmate (Tan)

4. Keullaudeu

Skylar has a secret hobby - taking photos of his crush, Chan-il. But when Cirrus stumbles upon Skylar's cloud storage with its impressive collection of Chan-il's photos, things escalate pretty quickly. At first confident his secret is safe with Cirrus, Skylar continuously finds himself in compromising situations, making him question Cirrus' true motives.

Source: Lezhin

Lost in the Cloud is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Keullaudeu

3. When a Yakuza Falls in Love

Minjun came to Japan to study, dreaming of a great gay life. As soon as he was ready to die after being swindled by his ex-boyfriend for six months, a group of black Mercedes-Benz surrounded Minjun. Out of nowhere a little boy named Toma came out of one of the cars and ran towards Minjun calling him “Mama!”. Minjun, who was taken to the Yakuza den because of a Toma that didn’t want to let go of him, decides to die after being crushed once by the cruel and deadly Daiki.

When a Yakuza Falls in Love is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: When a Yakuza Falls in Love

2. XXX Buddy

Seo Hyunsoo is sure of one thing: people are scum and they will always disappoint you. Sure enough, at his very first company dinner after his transfer to a new department, he finds his coworker, the obnoxiously upbeat Baek Youngchan, performing an unsavory deed in the men's bathroom. As much as Hyunsoo would like to avoid Youngchan from that point on, Youngchan seems intent on not letting him out of his sight... Will Hyunsoo be able to evade the encroaching chaos of his new work neighbor? Or will these two clashing coworkers find that opposites really do attract?

XXX Buddy is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Perfect Buddy, Fuck-pect Body

1. Jjijilhan Sub-gongi Doeeotseumnida

I Became the Lousy Side Top is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Jjijilhan Sub-gongi Doeeotseumnida