Top 16 Yaoi manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

16. 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

15. 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

14. One Night Mate

U-Jin Cha wants his backpacking trip through Europe to be exciting—and maybe even a little bit spicy! Instead, his hotel reservation gets canceled, and it’s pouring rain. To make matters worse, the only person around to help him is Seung-Hyeok, his year-long crush he’s trying to forget! Despite U-Jin’s initial reluctance, one night as Seung-Hyeok’s roommate turns into another... and another. This definitely isn’t the trip U-Jin had in mind, but he’s starting to wonder, is it really that bad?

One Night Mate is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ワンナイト・メイト, 원나잇 메이트

13. Given

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.

Given has finished publishing and it has 51 Chapters. It is also Known as: ギヴン, ぎう゛ん

12. 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

11. Netkama PUNCH!!!

Netkama – a male who portrays himself as female online. This is what Kim Seyeong decides to become after reencountering Shin Heejae, the guy who destroyed Seyeong’s gaming career in “Arcadia” a year prior. His plan is to pretend to be a girl in the game, get Heejae to fall for him, and then make the big reveal to everyone so that his archnemesis will also be humiliated out of “Arcadia” forever. But being a dude trying to become the girlfriend of your worst enemy is no easy feat, especially more so when said worst enemy starts to show a bit too much interest in you. Will Seyeong come out the victor of this scheme? Or will he find himself losing to Heejae all over again?

Netkama PUNCH!!! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Netkama PUNCH!!!

10. Chew and Swallow

Minjae Kim was the kind of guy who caught your eye. That’s where all the trouble began for Taehwa Lee. The two met in high school, hit it off and then some. All the rumors said that they were together. Intimate. Abuse, betrayal, lies and love, if that was the only truth, they wouldn’t be in this mess.



Chapter count includes extras

Chew and Swallow has finished publishing and it has 87 Chapters. It is also Known as: Chew & Swallow, Swallow, Ssib-eo Samkida

9. Dasi

Perhaps karma does exist. Han Nokyoung, an A-list actor with a foul attitude, winds up getting his just deserts when a video of him sleeping with LK Entertainment’s CEO, Kang Junil, surfaces on the internet. To make matters worse, Nokyoung soon becomes the victim of an acid attack, ending his career entirely. With even his boss and the man he loves, Jang Hyunjae, leaving his side, Nokyoung feels there’s nothing left for him anymore and takes his own life. But instead of waking up in the afterlife, Nokyoung finds himself three years in the past! Now determined to change the future, Nokyoung turns over a new leaf and tries not to get involved with either of the men that led to his downfall. However, when it comes to Kang Junil, Nokyoung’s fate might already be sealed…

Again has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: Otra Vez, 重置

8. Cherry Blossoms After Winter

From living under the same roof to then being classmates?!

Ever since his parents passed away, Haebom has been living in Taesung’s house. And now, being a 12th grader, he enters the same class as Taesung, which makes the whole situation way more awkward. Living together 24/7, Taesung and Haebom's relationship is bound to change.



Note: Chapter count includes 19 epilogue and 10 bonus chapters

Cherry Blossoms After Winter has finished publishing and it has 156 Chapters. It is also Known as: 冬すぎて桜, 冬天之后的樱花, 冬日後的櫻花, Gyeoul Ji-na Beo-kkoch

7. 10 years that I loved you the most

I've loved you the most for most of my life. Now I am a piece of crumpled paper in the corner you would never glimpse. I thought you would be my today and all of my tomorrows. I imagined that someday you would turn around again and stare at me with all your love. However, when our love is gone, I'll just pick a sunny afternoon with gentle wind, put on my coat and leave for good...

10 years that I loved you the most has finished publishing and it has 68 Chapters. It is also Known as: The 10 years I loved you the most, Les 10 années où je t'ai le plus aimé, Los 10 años en que más te amé, Mười năm yêu anh nhất, Os Dez Anos Que Mais Te Amei, The 10 Years that I loved you, The Decade of Deep Love, Zuì ài nǐ dì nà shí nián

6. Almost Love

Down on his luck voice actor Daewon finally lands a huge role, but the only problems is... it's homoerotica! Plus, he'll have to work with Hyunsoo who came out to him as bisexual. Having to move in with the brash guy makes matters worse, when he brings up a past heartbreak. To-do list: Get through the new job, sleep in the right bed, keep my clothes on, keep HIM away!

(Sourc: Tappytoon)

Almost Love has finished publishing and it has 70 Chapters. It is also Known as: Eu Quase Amei Você, Geoui Saranghae, I Almost Loved You, Почти любовь, Я почти люблю тебя, Bokaksaeng

5. Seinen Hakkaten

Though he seems completely indifferent to romance, high-schooler Manabu works part-time as a writer for an erotic magazine. One day, right when some classmates were about to pick a fight with him, he was saved by Yamaguma, an underclassman. Apparently Yamaguma, who is popular but unfamiliar with romance, is upset about his older sister working at a nightclub. While trying to desensitize Yamaguma of his excessive reaction to Manabu's erotic writing, they...? The heat of their connected hands is the folly of youth. A bittersweet diary of first love.

Seinen Hakkaten has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 青年発火点, Seinen Hakkaten

4. Codename Anastasia

Codename Anastasia is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: CODE NAME: ANASTASIA

3. How to Survive As a Villain

As the homosexual young Emperor imprisoning the Male Lead of a Stallion novel.

This is indeed miserable, and sad.

Because of this, Xiao YuAn began to work hard to survive.

But!

To those cannon fodders, even if you want to badly treat the Male Lead, can you stop sending him to my bed? Xiao YuAn thinks that there’s nothing wrong in pampering the Male Lead, but that’s just because he wants to bathe in the glory of the Protagonist!

Xiao YuAn: “Don’t abuse the Male Lead ever again!!! You guys aren’t afraid of death, but I wanna live!!!”

A story that starts out with the Shou taking care of the Gong, and then, the Gong takes care of the Shou.

How to Survive As a Villain has finished publishing and it has 235 Chapters. It is also Known as: To Be or Not To Be, 穿越成反派要如何活命, HSAV

2. 1/365 no Koibito

A story of unrequited love between Takashi and his highschool friend Hayate, who rejected his feelings but then promised to go on a date with him for his birthday every year until Takashi finds somebody he likes more than him. Hayate has diligently kept his promised for ten years, but Takashi, still painfully in love with him after all these years, has reached the point where he cannot go on with these yearly meetings.

Note: Includes the one-shot "Namida" (涙).

1/365 no Koibito has finished publishing and it has 7 Chapters. It is also Known as: 1/365の恋人, My Lover of 1/365 Days

1. Tamaranai no wa Koi nano ka

A BL youth romance about a lonely delinquent who bonds with an honor student after he saves him.

Is It Because of Love That I Can't Resist? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: たまらないのは恋なのか, Tamaranai no wa Koi nano ka