Kyuuso wa Cheese no Yume wo Miru
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

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BL/Yaoi/Shounen Ai manga are fiction but some hit too close to home for how realistic the situation, environment, and/or characters they have. Because of this, they tend to be on the mature side and tackles the situations that people in same sex relationships experiences in real life.

BL/Yaoi/Shounen Ai where at least one of the protagonists WAS heterosexual before meeting their love interests.

Live-action adaptations often leave a bad impression on anyone who has read or watched the source material. Many are even quick to say that they just should never exist. But I beg to differ—these kind of shows helps us look at things in another perspective. WILL your interpretation of [manga] be different if it is acted by people? I don't want to say live-actions are good, in fact I'm still cringing most of the time, but they give fresh air at least.

BL Manga with Live-action Adaptations! is exactly what it says. It specifically includes:
‣ Direct adaptations (said show has been adapted)
‣ Indirect adaptations (manga or novels that were created after the live-action).
‣ If both a manga and a novel are on MAL, the direct adaptation will be the only one added due to the interest stack limit.
‣ Upcoming adaptations

With the rise of BL manga/webtoon adaptations, the interest stack will be outdated at some point. Thus, I'll periodically be updating this during my free time. If I missed something, feel free to contact me here on MAL!

Manga & Manhua & Manhwa + novels in the bl drama or psychological category that are AMAZING reads. I would highly recommend all of these.

very much based on my personal tastes, everything here has a larger story and plot, as well as depth of character. some may have romance and smut. most are rather dark.

work in progress, feel free to send me recs!

Here's a stack with titles that start off as either lighthearted/humorous, stereotypical in some ways or a bit generic. But than they turn into complex and memorable stories full of emotion.

Note: arranged in the order of release. Most of the titles are NSFW.

Work in progress!

Works in which the main protagonist has been in previous romantic relationships prior to getting together with their main love interest, or is established to have been in a romantic relationship prior to the events of the story.

Note: arranged in the order of release. All of the titles are NSFW.

Work in progress!

Not found on MAL: Haito Diamond(1995), Game-ya BL(2016)

A stack combining short 1, 2 and 3 volume series.

BL Manga adapted to Drama or Movie

All titles published in English (print) by Seven Seas Entertainment.
https://sevenseasentertainment.com/tag/boys-love/

Part.1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49983

Spanning 6 decades, this diverse set of Shōjo and Josei manga is very much worth reading…according to some random guy on the internet.
This list includes both short and long series. I’ve sorted them by length (with ongoing series at the bottom regardless of current length).
All series are either fully scanned or officially licensed except for Dōbutsu no Oishasan, which only has a few chapters left in its scanlation.

*Josei is manga marketed towards women.

Even more queer manga published in English through Seven Seas Entertainment.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/54950
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55914
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55937

A list of all the Shojo and Josei manga titles licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment continued

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56378

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56379

Some licensed titles without MAL database entries:
- Adored by an elite officer: Could this be love?
- Shindou-kun's tight squeeze: Helpless Against His Alluring Touch