Boys Kissing Boys
Anime
Guys kissing each other for any of the following reasons: love, revenge, heroism, attention-seeking, boredom (it was just something to do), etc. What counts as a kiss? Any manly body-to-mouth or mouth-to mouth physical contact...even if accidental.
List includes some variations of friends to lovers, rivals to lovers, enemies to lovers trope. And some canon romance as well as gay, gayness, or queer subtext.
All anime are either non BL or not tagged as boys' love, shounen ai, or yaoi. Some have content warnings so look em up if you're unfamiliar.
List includes some variations of friends to lovers, rivals to lovers, enemies to lovers trope. And some canon romance as well as gay, gayness, or queer subtext.
All anime are either non BL or not tagged as boys' love, shounen ai, or yaoi. Some have content warnings so look em up if you're unfamiliar.
TV, 2022,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:9
An unaspiring monk puts his finger in the MC's mouth in the first episode. On the list for that alone. Tho the subtext (text?) leads me to believe some of these boys are kissing off screen...
TV, 2021,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:10
This one is backloaded with men kissing each other. Takes awhile to get there, but eventually they start and don't stop. I lost count how many times they do it. And even when I was expecting it, they somehow still surprise me with the execution.
TV, 2023,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:10
One kiss. This show is a weird one (in a good way). Something like an absurdist mystery with twins.
TV, 2018,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:9
The MC puts his lips on another man at some point. But before and after that, there's a ton of overt, unhinged homoeroticism that'll probably overshadow the actual reason this anime made the list.
TV, 2018,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:10
One kiss (I think?). At least only one kiss I cared about. Due to the content covered in the anime, I probably didn't count anything violent.
Movie, 2019,
1 ep
Me:-
Author:9
One kiss... possibly the longest onscreen kiss on this list.
TV, 2018,
39 eps
Me:-
Author:10
One unsolicited face lick (but maybe not unwanted??)
idk, it's JoJo. It's homoerotic. There's probably other things that happen that also qualify it for this list. And honestly maybe even all the parts qualify. The face lick just sticks out the most to me.
idk, it's JoJo. It's homoerotic. There's probably other things that happen that also qualify it for this list. And honestly maybe even all the parts qualify. The face lick just sticks out the most to me.
TV, 2010,
25 eps
Me:-
Author:8
One censored kiss. But watch this one for the sassy posing mech in heels and a missile skirt, and the enchanting maiden songs playing before each battle.
ONA, 2020,
11 eps
Me:-
Author:10
He's a gentleman so he only kisses his crush's hand. But they share a bed and a haystack. And tbh whatever they were doing on that haystack was way more intimate than most things on this list.
TV, 2016,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:10
One censored kiss... but you definitely know they kissed, right?
TV, 2019,
11 eps
Me:-
Author:10
One or two boy-kisses from the younger cast. And some adult interactions between grown men (I think they were maybe kissing...)
TV, 1997,
39 eps
Me:-
Author:10
This one guy kisses (licks?) this other guy's finger and talks about how he wants to make him his bride. There's also imagery of shirtless boys having serious conversations while they pose or flop around in bed. It's subtext for something.
TV, 2012,
25 eps
Me:-
Author:8
One kiss but the animators make sure it's one you'll remember
TV, 2024,
13 eps
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Author:-
Cute boys fighting each other and maybe they fight with their mouths too???
TV, 2021,
24 eps
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Author:-
I don't know what this show is about. I only watched the one episode where the boys kissed and then I think there's a fight?
TV, 2006,
25 eps
Me:-
Author:8
At least one kiss. This may have been the first time I ever saw boys kissing in an anime.
TV, 2018,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:8
they kiss the hand of a prince to transform into magical knights
ONA, 2023,
10 eps
Me:-
Author:9
One kiss... which doesn't seem like a lot from a show with so much focus on the lives of male concubines.
ONA, 2016,
20 eps
Me:-
Author:7
Kissing is how their powers work so I imagine they kiss quite a bit
TV, 2015,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:8
No kissing, but it's vampires, so I'm counting biting. Also it just felt like a love story to me.
TV, 2015,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:8
13 onscreen kisses and a couple offscreen. Everyone kiss in this one.
ONA, 2023,
27 eps
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Author:-
a literal kissing fight. Viewer discretion advised. Contender for longest onscreen kiss. Definitely the most graphic on this list.
