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The 10 Best BL Anime On Crunchyroll Ranked

Blue Lock? Blue Exorcist? Unless the lads in these shows are gonna skip the formalities and get unbent to blue-lockin’ lips, that’s not the kind of BL I mean. I’m talking Boys Love. Bonafide Yaoi anime. And Crunchyroll has the sauce: these are the best BL anime on The Roll ranked.

10. Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year

Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Guy of the Yearsounds appreciate a problem that some would be envious of. “Sexiest Man of the Year” award winner Takato Saijō is an star at the top of his game. He’s been the reigning sexiest guy in the industry for five years straight. Everything changed when the Flame Nation attacked, and by “Fire Nation” I represent Junta Azumaya, the heated young newcomer actor who has usurped Takato’s title. Naturally, Takato is pissed, and decides that Junta is his mortal foe, his high school theater kid showbiz rival. As for Junta? He’s madly in love with Takato. Half-enemies to all-lovers arcs abound.

9. Heaven’s Official Blessing

Heaven’s Official Blessing is a Ch

The 20 Best (Healthy) BL Anime on Crunchyroll

The yaoi genre, also known as Boys' Love (BL), has taken off in popularity over the past several years. It's had a cult tracking since it was first established in the 1960s, but now it's far more out in the open than it's ever been. Popular anime streaming services all include at least some BL anime, and manga can be found in any bookstore shelved beside shōnen and shojo series. With this amount of attention, however, comes a clearer view of the genre's biggest problems.

A lot of BL can be uncomfortable to consume because the relationships too often fetishize predatory, non-consensual, harassing, and even abusive interactions. Popular BL like Dakaichi and The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window suffer from this, as well as classics like Junjou Romantica. As a result, many are seeking BL that don't strongly adhere to the ordinary, and often toxic, tropes that take charge the genre. Crunchyroll has a handful of anime that portray a healthier relationship than the BL standard, arranged from lighter shōnen-ai that hint at yaoi content to full-on mature series.

Updated on May 12th, 2025 by Chelsea Steele: BL is a niche genre of anime

Best BL Gay Anime Shows To View & Stream on Crunchyroll

What are some of the best BL/gay anime shows to watch and stream on Crunchyroll? Another genre in the anime people with a significant following is BL or boys’ like. Here is a guide on some of the optimal BL gay anime shows on Crunchyroll.

Yuri on Ice

While Yuri on Ice is primarily a sports anime about figure skating, the boys’ love elements in this show are very evident. It follows Yuri Katsuki, a Japanese figure skater who returns to his hometown after losing in the Grand Prix Final. A video of Yuri doing another champion skater’s routine goes viral. Victor Nikiforov, the champion skater, sees this and bids to become Yuri’s coach.

The series is a quick binge-watch with only 12 episodes. The growth of Yuri and Victor’s relationship will surely get your heart fluttering.

The official synopsis from Crunchyroll reads:

“Yuri Katsuki carried the hope of all Japan on his shoulders in the Figure Skating Grand Prix, but suffered a crushing defeat in the finals. He returned to his hometown in Kyushu and hid away in his family’s residence, half wanting to continue skating and half wanting to retire. That was when th

Hold on. There's many points of contention with your complaint here.

1. You're upset that there's a 99/1 ratio?

2. Why would you assume that the only reason to dislike the episode is what you pointed out?

3. People seem to have a myriad of additional problems with that episode, and the way you represent it is an almost satirical exaggeration of the very uncommon "that felt like filler" complaint I actually see.


I myself thought the episode was bad because the build up, execution and aftermath was frankly put, shit. As far as emotional scenes move, it doesn't even register.

You know tensei kizoku? The episode in which ars's dad dies, or the one where rossell is recruited? Those actually managed to make me feel a knot in my throat and wet my eyes a bit, so the problem is clearly not my (lack of) sensibility, or that I'm an operation thirsty shounen manga consumer.

In SAO, the scene in which kirito goes to the hospital room to finally meet asuna is ironically the most similar scene to solo leveling episode 9 that I know of, almost identical in so many ways, and even then the former was better made in terms of build up, execution and a