Yaoi/Yuri , Shounen/Shoujo-ai manga/anime recommendations!

[Tsubaki Yoshikara]

Hi all!!I've just taken a liking to Prince of tennis' Perfect pair's yaoi stories at fan fic and I just bought some yaoi manga...to be exact...shounen ai...i don't like stories too harsh!XP

Any recommendations?
1.Yaoi/shounen ai anime
2.Yuri/shoujo-ai anime
3.Yaoi/shounen ai manga
4.Yuri Shoujo-ai manga
5.stories of the above

Thanks!

[Akihiko Yamamoto Hozagaki]

Well, I guess you're aware of the difference, so I can recommend some more "hard core" stuff.

Manga-

Haruka Minami - After I Get Drunk On You, Exclusive Love Contract, Junk!Boys, etc. (She is strictly YAOI by the way)

Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell, Target Through a Viewfinder, Double Face, etc. (Yaoi)

Honami Yukine - Rin! (This one barely has kissing in it)

Fumi Yoshinaga - The Moon and the Sandals, Antique Bakery, Don't Say Anymore Darling, etc. (Yaoi)

Maki Murakami - Gravitation (depends if you watch the anime or read the manga)

Hitoyo Shinozaki - Okane ga Nai (Yaoi)

Kazusa Takeshima - Wild Rock, Inu mo Arukeba, Last Client, etc. (Yaoi)

Kodaka Kazuma - A Sex Therapist, Kizuna, Hana to Ryuu, etc. (Yaoi)

Sorry, I don't know much shounen ai. However, besides Yukine, those are some my favorite manga-ka. Some of Minami's works I couldn't even put the titles of here XD!

[Amray]

Strawberry Panic!!!!!!

The best Yuri themed Anime ever!! ^_^
It's a really cute school comedy that is so cool. I get so sucked into it and am really demanding of who should be with who in it. I really hope certain characters end up with other certain characters. Their are so many love circles and I want a specific few to work out.

The characters are only 14 and just a bit older for the higher year groups. it's still amazing though. Really cute. ^-^

[The Nightingale]

Manga-
Let Dai- By Sooyeon Won (Personal Favorite)
Boy Princess- By Seyoung Kim

Loveless (Both anime AND Manga)

[Archaic Devices]

I believe there's one called Mirage of Blaze

[Akihiko Yamamoto Hozagaki]

I believe there's one called Mirage of Blaze

No. I do not recommend this one! Of course, it's up to you if you want to see it, but out of personal recommendation, I thought it was the most boring thing I've seen. It's just a history lesson with the title "shounen-ai" so people will actually watch it. The OVA is the only time you ever see any signs of the main characters relationship, in my opinion.

[_Freddie_]

Boku no Pico
Pico to Chico


lol.

[Akihiko Yamamoto Hozagaki]

Boku no Pico
Pico to Chico


lol.

Don't forget to mention whether it's not shota or not! I'm not trying to mean, or back-seat mod, but I think it just should be. I accidentally watched that, not knowing it was shota ^_^;. If she doesn't like shota, we wouldn't want that to happen. Just in case, you know?

[_Freddie_]

What do you mean accidentally watched? You would notice just from the openings what genre it was. If you continued, it would not be by accident ^_^

And yeah, I just posted it to be evil. Sorry =(

[Tsubaki Yoshikara]

Thanks pengin,thanks amray,thanks number,thanks twilight...and sorry to whoever I've missed. Yea,i'm fine with shota...I'm okay with anything...but those too hard core stuff just....er...makes me vomit.....hehe, like that sensitive pornography...ew....so grose....=="
Thanks all...yea...continue the recommendation,I'll read it when I have free time,so far I don't see any BL shounen-ai manga's yet,and yuri's too...And as pengin mentioned,please do state what genre is it.shota?uri?yaoi?do state it like Amray XD THANKS!

Speaking about Yuri....marimite is one of the quite famous ones right?If I'm not wrong,this anime was on animax and the trailer dosen't give me the least bit of the yuri feel. the english title is"Maria watches over us"and the setting is like in some sort of church of convent. When I watched lucky star,kona mentioned that marimite is yuri. And when I went and checked out the anime, I almost fainted when I saw that it was Maria watches over us! Maria...reminds me of the catholics...sounds really holy....but it turned out to be yuri....actually not really yuri...more shoujo-ai as heard from my friends.

KEEP THEM COMING IN~!!I'LL WATCH/READ ALL OF EM AFTER MY EXAMS XD!THANKS ALL!!!

[Akihiko Yamamoto Hozagaki]

What do you mean accidentally watched? You would notice just from the openings what genre it was. If you continued, it would not be by accident ^_^

And yeah, I just posted it to be evil. Sorry =(

Haha, it's okay XD! I was eleven when I watched it, I didn't know any better XDD!

Aww, no SP for you? I love that manga! Had some of the greatest stories ever. Then, if you aren't into anything hardcore, perhaps my recommendations weren't so hot. Let's see... avoid Takeshima, Haruka, Ayano, and Kazuma then. They're pretty hardcore.

Yuri wise... er... the only ones I've seen are Strawberry Panic and Kanazuki no Miko. They were pretty good.

[OminousCloud]

I don't read that kind of stuff but if you go on www.mangafox.com you can search the directory for those kinds of titles.

[Ruby_MoonT]

@Numbers: Accidents do happen. I mean, I've been reading scanlations of "Our Kingdom" by Naduki Koujima and didn't realize it was BL until the 3rd volume (and that was my introduction to a whole new world called Yaoi/BL. lol). Some stuff are deceptive though, like from the art the character can look like under age but they're supposed to be in college or whatever. Example would be Okane ga Nai, Ayase looks like he's half the size of everybody else in that series ^^;


@Tsubaki: Perhaps it'll be better if you can be more specific on your level of comfort. Did you mean like you're not comfortable with the sex scenes? Or just not when 90% of the chapter is filled when them? (@Pengin-san: I like Minami's stuff too but you have to admit there aren't a lot of plot in her chapters) But from the previous post, sounds like you prefer the "softer" stuff so here are some of my recommendations that's not too hard core. I don't know if all these titles are licensed/published in English so you might have to find them on the net somewhere.



Manga

Shonen-Ai - Miyuki Abe - "Komatta Toki ni wa Hoshi ni Kike", etc.

BL - Hotaru Odagiri - "Only the Ring Finger Knows", etc.

BL - Mamiya Oki - "Demian Syndrome", "Jadou"

BL - Naduki Koujima - "Our Kingdom", etc.

Shonen-Ai - Shiho Sugiura - "Silver Diamond"(this one I believe was recently licensed), "Koori no Mamono no Monogatari"

Slashable? Shonen-ai? - Temari Matsumoto - "Kyo Kara Maoh", etc. Her other titles are BL though.

BL - Tohko Kawai - "Loveholic", "CUT", etc.

BL - Yukine Honami - "RIN", etc.

Shonen-ai? - Yun Kouga - one more vote for "LOVELESS" <3



Anime

BL - Gravitation: it's been a while since I've seen it so I don't remember much but I think kissing was the farthest they showed. the OVA series did have one scene that might be "graphic" but it wasn't shown too much.

BL - Gakuen Heaven: based on the game, so there's a lot of boys to choose from ^^

Yuri - Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito: it was okay, but then there aren't that many yuri anime to choose from.



*I'll edit this post if I remember any more

[Tsubaki Yoshikara]

Oh good, thanks ruby.

Ok...comfort huh....erm...BL,shounen ai,yaoi,it's all okay...
but Yaoi...I'm actually fine with it,but some of them like the anime Sensitive pornography had like 25 out of 30 minutes filled with those scenes and...it was weird.Ok..but i managed to sit through it though.You guys can just list anything down, I really have no objections about it.

Have you all heard about the takumi kun seires?BL manga
It's quite nice...I think,or maybe some of you will find it boring,as it isn't that much yaoi...just a very small part which isn't really that much.

Keep em coming...wow...pengin..I've gotta say that Haruka's work are pretty yaoi-obvious @_@,you can see it from the cover...but thanks for recommending XD!!

[Screw]

Candy Boy
Blue Drop
El Cazador De La Bruja
Strawberry Panic
Kashimashi
Maria sama Ga Miteru
Steel Angel Kurumi
Tsuyokiss
My Hime
Mai Otome
Hitohira

SIMOUN

ROD Tv (watch the OVA first!)
otome wa boku ni koishiteru (well, kinda psuedo shoujo but worth the watch)
Touka Gettan


that's all i got off the top of my head...i know i am forgetting a few. These are all great animes....some Yuri and a lot of Shoujo-Ai but there is something here for everyone. my favorites are in RED

[Taikyo]

Well, I guess you're aware of the difference, so I can recommend some more "hard core" stuff.

Manga-

Haruka Minami - After I Get Drunk On You, Exclusive Love Contract, Junk!Boys, etc. (She is strictly YAOI by the way)

Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell, Target Through a Viewfinder, Double Face, etc. (Yaoi)

Honami Yukine - Rin! (This one barely has kissing in it)

Fumi Yoshinaga - The Moon and the Sandals, Antique Bakery, Don't Say Anymore Darling, etc. (Yaoi)

Maki Murakami - Gravitation (depends if you watch the anime or read the manga)

Hitoyo Shinozaki - Okane ga Nai (Yaoi)

Kazusa Takeshima - Wild Rock, Inu mo Arukeba, Last Client, etc. (Yaoi)

Kodaka Kazuma - A Sex Therapist, Kizuna, Hana to Ryuu, etc. (Yaoi)

Sorry, I don't know much shounen ai. However, besides Yukine, those are some my favorite manga-ka. Some of Minami's works I couldn't even put the titles of here XD!

Ya, Minami's works are a sight to behold...XDDD <-- seriously most are hardcore.

Hmm... I only read hardcore ones, rarely the BL content, and most of the time doujinshis. D:

There is a nice one, and is a popular series atm.

Shungiku Nakamura - Junjou Romantica

Ryo Takagi - Kirepapa <-- my first one I've actually read.

And other ones I like to read:

Inugata Summit - All Togainu no Chi doujinshis. :3

Chitose Piyoko - Read all, trust me. :3

Also Yamane Ayano's works are a blast! <3

Actually Pengin-san covered all the good ones. :3