Top 20 Best Yaoi Anime Series

No. 6

Although very rarely realized, No. 6 is a yaoi anime that managed to sneak its way into the mainstream by not having strong guy-on-guy action, but rather it heavily implies it. It often kind of catches normies off-guard too, which is fun. Not only that, but it has a superbly complex plot that unravels a world where the elite and the poor are separated in city-states after the world effectively ended. Classism and secret yaoi overtones make for a very fun watch.

Fake

Fake is more famous for its manga than its OVA, but it is a fun watch anyway. It takes the whole buddy cop plot to the natural yaoi extreme where two police partners end up in love with each other. They solve crimes, and then you get the mushy stuff.

Descendants of Darkness

Descendants of Darkness is a yaoi classic with a supernatural twist. Like aforementioned Fake, it is also somewhat of a yaoi buddy cop plot, except the cops are shinigami pairs that make sure the dead stay dead. Of course, they work towards solving a supernatural crime, but these two shinigamis also have their own dark pasts that they need to confront with the help of each other.

Love Wedge

Love Wedge takes place in an interesting dystopian world in which a person’s class is decided by their hair color. Of course blondes are at the top and the brunettes work as slaves. Although not a trope-breaking plot, the whirlwind love between a blonde and a brunette in this show is a touching one. Needless to say, the classism provides all the drama, but a forbidden love is often the most enticing.

Hitorijime My Hero

New to the scene, Hitorijime tells the story of a young thug who is pretty much terrible at the thug life. So much so that other bullies use him to run errands. One day he meets his new teacher that has such a fierce reputation for fighting, he is famous in his neighborhood. This teacher protects him and suddenly, the thug, who insists he isn’t interested in men, gets pulled into his affairs.

This series has the same sub-dom relationship of other yaoi series, but the way it is set up in the plot makes it feel all shiny and new. Unfortunately, as a shounen-ai, you might not get as much pay off in the relationship as you’d like.

Yuri On Ice

You know it, you love it, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you should probably get on that. As an anime about figure skaters, you might expect a yaoi love story, but I remember when it first came out and people couldn’t decide if it was going to cross that line or not. It did and the world went crazy. The animation of the figure skating could use some work, but the sexual tension in Yuri on Ice makes it always worth the watch.

Unlike yaoi manga choices, the pickings for yaoi anime are actually relatively slim, which is why there are so many shorter OVAs on this list. However, if we missed a really good yaoi anime to watch, let all the other thirsty fujoshi know in the comments section below.