2024] 10 Crying BL Manga You Won't Regret Reading! From the can't-miss royal road to the oddballs that came out this year!

BL is now one of the most popular genres. Some of you may have read it because you were curious about it through advertisements.

Here, we have carefully selected works that will make beginners to BL cry and drag them deeper into the abyss. We have selected works from a wide range of genres, from sweet and sour heartwarming works to works that will shake your soul for several days. Of course, we have also included some surprising new titles for those who have enjoyed BL for many years.

If you are looking to get your emotions messed up, please read ......! If you are one of those people, we hope you will read this book to the end.

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Item: Dear Jean; Internet Love!; STAYGOLD; Morning, Afternoon, Night and Then; Classmates; Rich Boy and Poor Boy; We Have Our Own Words; Happy of the End; Sleeping Dead; Chiru Tori ha Habatanai

BL manga that makes you cry

Dear Jean by Kayo Azuma / Shinkosha / 2 volumes

The setting is New York in 1973. One day, Trevor, a lawyer, loses an important document. On a snowy night, they are delivered to him by Jean, a young former Amish janitor. Trevor offers Jean, who has lost his job, a job as a housekeeper as a way of repaying him, and the two begin to live together.

Trevor is tormented by the fact that he is gay, while Jean feels guilty for abandoning her beloved hometown. The process of their mutual salvation and attraction to each other is very beautifully and carefully depicted. What is even more heartbreaking, however, is what happens after their romance is fulfilled. Jean is intellectually curious and intelligent, and Trevor cares for her. Their life choices will surely change your view of love. The same author's "Scenes from Rumspringa" also carries on the same setting and features the main characters from this work. We highly recommend reading them as a set.

Internet Love! by Kiko Sono / Shodensha / 1 volume

Tenma, a manicurist, has been online stalking a Korean guy she happened to find on Instagram, Uno-kun, for five years. Tenma has always viewed Uno-kun as an out-of-reach idol, but one event changes his daily life.

This is the first BL work by Sono Kiko, who is well-known for her works "MAMA" and "Kimi ni Aitai," and it was much talked about even before the book was published. The main character, Tenma, is somewhat taken back by the women around him for being a long-time netstress. Moreover, he has a girlfriend because he is bisexual. Although the story starts from such a situation with zero allies, the reader sympathizes and cheers for Tenma very much. The problems he has because he is bisexual, not gay. The kind parents who try to understand their son's sexuality, but their approach is somewhat unnatural. The film also depicts with a high resolution the difficulties of life that cannot be put into words.

It is quite refreshing to see the heart-throbbing developments that assault Tenma's daily life at breakneck speed. We hope you will be gut-punched, heart-tugged, or just happy and sad with Uno-kun's messages.

STAYGOLD by Shu Ryoko / Shodensha / 6 volumes, sequel in progress

Parents are absent, blood may or may not be involved. The Nakayama family has a rather complicated family situation, with four people living together: an uncle, a brother, a nephew, and a niece. One day, Shunto (the nephew) tells Yuji (the uncle) that he loves him and kisses him. 13-year-old's love, which is very young and straightforward, finally starts to run wild on the border between an adult and a child.

This work is popular even among those who do not read BL on a regular basis. The story of the main characters Shunjin (nephew) and Yuji (uncle) is wonderful without mentioning it, but here I would like to focus on the story of Kou (the uncle's younger brother), a member of this complicated family. Koh is a playboy and has a best friend named Hidaka. But Hidaka is gay and has had a crush on Ko for 10 years. In the hands of Shu Ryoko, a prodigy of psychological portrayal, this royal setting becomes a masterpiece that is regarded as one of the great heartbreaks in the history of BL. There is only one thing I want to say, and that is to read it anyway.

When two people like different things, what kind of relationship can satisfy both of them? The story of these two is not yet complete, so after you have cried yourself dry with "STAYGOLD" volume 4, please read "STAYGOLD Then and Now..." as well. I hope you will read "STAYGOLD Then.

Morning, Afternoon, Night, and Then by Kazushi Natsui / Fu-Jyun Platform Co.

Shogo Nishida, a 20-year-old college student, has a crush on Yuto Kawahara, a serious and unsociable junior student. He was leading a smooth sailing student life, excited by love, when he wakes up one morning in ...... to find himself in a world 10 years in the future, living with the person he has a crush on.

This is a story of a couple who cannot live in the same time. One feels as if they have been together for 6 years, while the other feels as if they are just getting to know each other. This gap in time and emotion is so sad that it makes me wince. However, this is their normal daily life. However, just because it is normal does not mean that they have completely accepted their special situation. The quiet, wordless scenes painfully convey the fact that they are definitely worn out both physically and emotionally. What does it mean to accumulate love, the time spent, or the strength of feelings? This is a work that asks the reader these questions in a straightforward manner.

Classmate by Asumiko Nakamura / Akane Shinsha / 9 volumes, spin-off currently in publication

During a music class before the choir festival, a classmate, Hikaru Kusakabe, notices that an honor student with glasses, Toshito Sajo, is not singing. Kusakabe thought that he was just thinking, "Singing is just a bunch of nonsense?" One day after school, he sees Sajo secretly practicing her singing by herself in an empty classroom and calls out to her. This is a masterpiece of a pure love story for high school students.

This is a very popular series that has also been made into an animated film. Many people would probably consider this work to be one of Asumiko Nakamura's best-known works. It is no exaggeration to say that this work is a textbook of BL, and many people have read it. It is also surprising that since the first volume of "Doukyusei" was published in 2006, a spin-off series is still being serialized. The picturesque designs, combined with the out-of-the-ordinary level of psychological portrayal, captivate me every time I read them. In any case, this legendary work is recommended for those who want to shed happy tears.

Rich Boy and Poor Boy by Shu Ryoko / Ichijinsha / 1 volume

Meiji-kun, the rich student council president, picks on the very poor Misaki-kun at every opportunity. Every time he does so, he is flippantly brushed off, and he spends his days like that. One day, however, Misaki's mother collapses. Misaki tries to quit school and go to work, but then Meiji's grandfather unexpectedly offers him a mistress contract. ......?

Looking at the title alone, it may not look like a coming-of-age BL story about two people from opposite backgrounds who enjoy their school life despite their differences, but don't be fooled, the main focus of the story is somewhere else entirely. You may be surprised by the unexpected development, and before you know it, you may find yourself crying....... Also interesting is the rather novel love triangle in which the grandfather participates in the children's love affair with each other. In the real world, this would be troublesome, but in this work, it is an indispensable spice. It's a wonder that the reading experience is so refreshing.

We Have Our Own Words written by Eiri / KADOKAWA / 1 volume

Deaf pitcher Shinjiro Aizawa and hearing catcher Hiroaki Nonaka. This is a coming-of-age story of a high school boy's battery who get closer to each other beyond the world without sound and the world with sound! Mashiro greets Mashiro in sign language from the stage at the entrance ceremony of his high school. Nonaka, who is only interested in baseball, does not care about it. But after school, Mashiro reappears before Nonaka as a new student who wants to pitch for the baseball team.

Through the perspective of the deaf protagonist Mashiro, the reader will witness the relentless prejudice against the hearing impaired. At the same time, however, this work teaches us that it does not matter whether one is deaf or hearing, ignorance is what creates prejudice. There are prejudices everywhere, such as the prejudice against Nonaka (who has experienced hardball) from those who have experienced softball, and the prejudice against Nonaka's mother (a single mother) from the parents of the boys' baseball team. That is why, when they overcome these prejudices, their hearts are greatly shaken.

When Mashiro and Nonaka play catch, Nonaka instantly understands how passionate Mashiro is about baseball, bag by bag, after receiving just one ball. This is a moment when the meaning of the title of the manga hits the reader with a great feeling, and it is a must-read for everyone, not just BL lovers.

Happy of the End by Tanaka Ogetsu / Takeshobo / 3 volumes

A man's voice, "Congratulations, you're alive," wakes me up in a garbage dumpster in the late afternoon. Chihiro, who has been fired from his job as a pimp, goes to a bar to look for a new landlord, and is attracted to Kate, a guy he likes. He invites her to a hotel room, and when they get into a good mood, she is suddenly beaten to a pulp! The story begins with such a shocking encounter. The story begins with a mysterious, handsome, damaged man and a pimp scumbag who is at the bottom of the pile of life. Is there any salvation in this shitty life?

This is a shocking dark love story by Tanaka Ogeritsuneko, a popular manga artist who is also known for his gag manga. Although they were born and raised in different circumstances, they have never been loved by anyone. Kate's past, in particular, is unimaginable, and she can't even look at it. That is why their ordinary life together is so dazzling. However, the presence of people with malicious intent is always in the picture, and their happiness could be destroyed at any moment. Such an unnerving and tantalizing situation affects the reader's mentality like a body blow. The words that Kate utters when she touches happiness for the first time seem to symbolize this work, and they continue to shine dully.

Sleeping Dead by Nemui Asada / Printemps Publishing / 2 volumes

Serious and refreshing, Sada is a high school teacher trusted by his colleagues and students. One day, while making his rounds after school, he comes across a suspicious figure who attacks a female student with a knife. Sada quickly tries to escape, but fails to do so in time, and loses her life. However, Sada wakes up again on a cold table.

This work was recommended by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the author of "Chainsaw Man," and has attracted attention as a controversial work that has expanded (or broken?) the boundaries of BL. It has also attracted attention as a problematic work.

The main characters are a high school teacher who has turned into a zombie and a mad scientist. It is a very unique coupling. And every time new information is revealed in the story, the reader is stunned, feeling as if fresh water were poured on them. So there is no time to moe at all. However, the relationship between the two is sure to change, and despite the extraordinarily psycho setting, the reader is fully invested in the characters. Depending on who you read, you may ask yourself, "Is it BL? "Is it BL?" or "Is it not BL? It is an interesting point of this work that the opinions of readers are divided into "Is it BL? Of course, I am going to shout "It's definitely BL! I will shout "It's definitely BL!

Tsubaru Tori ha Habatanakatta by Yoneda Kou / Taiyo Publishing Co.

Yashiro, a dominatrix, pervert, and lecher, is a young head of the Sincerity Association and the president of Sincerity Kogyo. Yashiro is skilled at making money and never reveals his true intentions when Riki Domeki comes to him as his valet and bouncer. Yashiro is determined to keep his hands off his subordinate, but for some reason he is attracted to Hyakumeki. Yashiro lives with self-contradictions, and Momokeki follows Yashiro to the point of stupidity. The story of two people living with scars begins!

A very popular legendary work that has been serialized since 2011. Its unique sex appeal and world view continue to captivate many fans. The story is set in the underworld, so it may not be for everyone, but I urge you to be brave and read it, because an extraordinary amount of information is packed into each and every frame. Not only the line of sight, but also the slightest movement of the hand, the angle of the eyebrows, the pauses between lines, the way the light shines, and the silent scenes have hidden a lot of true feelings. It can be said that the charm of this work is that you will find yourself reading it again and again, wanting to understand even a little more about the mental structure of Yashiro, a difficult man to understand. What kind of ending awaits the single-minded feelings of the protagonists who cannot reveal their true feelings? I hope to shed tears of happiness when the story comes to its conclusion.