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[[caption-width-right:250: Yuki & Toya from ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', characters that cater to some of the female readership.]]

->''You see one guy, you think it's cute.''\\
''But if you see two guys, all over each other,''\\
''with wind blowing through their hair,''\\
''now '''that's''' sexy.''
-->-- '''Risenbool Rangers''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaAzSFOvGE in response to their unnaturally high fangirl base]]

In the West, gay men rarely appear outside of works aimed at gay men (though this is changing with many series beginning to represent regular LGBTQA characters). However, one of the cultural quirks of Japan (though it is slowly bleeding over to the rest of the world) is the use of young gay men as {{Fanservice}} for girls or young women.

Works that focus on these relationships form a genre currently known by the [[GratuitousEnglish English term]] as [[BoysLoveGenre Boys' Love]], also called Yaoi. Yaoi is a subgenre of {{Shoujo}} and Josei Manga.

But even outside of actual BL series, hints of male-male romance are often thrown in to help the series fanon [[MultipleDemographicAppeal appeal to other demographic groups]], though its main target audience is still overwhelmingly female. If there is a YaoiFangirl among the cast, it is not unlikely for her to try and [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this trope.

Depending on the series in question, this can be limited to some HomoeroticSubtext... [[QueerRomance or not]]. However, many BL pairings in certain {{Fanon}} circles are forced regardless of character interaction, even without gay subtext in the original work, due to the trope GuyOnGuyIsHot, which serves to feed the desires of its majority straight female fanbase (akin to straight men and Seinen {{Yuri}}). This usually results in {{crack pairing}} shippings, something {{Yaoi}}, SlashFic, and Shounen-ai are notorious for-- which many may consider CanonDefilement. Some popular targets of {{Yaoi}} stereotypes being placed onto Non-Yaoi series are Axel and Roxas from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Zoro and Sanji from ''Manga/OnePiece'', or the entire cast of ''Anime/{{Free}}''.

Granted, a Yaoi male doesn't need to be a {{Bishonen}}, but there is a massive amount of overlap between the two character types. Yaoi Boys are also regularly portrayed by themes like TallDarkAndHandsome, CastFullOfPrettyBoys, DudeLooksLikeALady, and other highly appearance-based tropes.

Secondary to these themes, Yaoi Boys are always heavily subjected to the FemaleGaze, which is parallel to the MaleGaze. And on the physical side, Yaoi Boys usually have little to no facial or body hair, skinny to muscularly lean bodies (though not too buff unlike in {{Bara}}), a {{bishie sparkle}}, light-skin, and youth which is the typical depiction of men in {{Shoujo}} and Josei manga. Some more modern works deviate from this ideal with buffer and older men rather than the standard {{Bishonen}} type.

One should note that Yaoi Guys should not be viewed as representative of LGBTQA men that come in all shapes, ages, weight ranges, ethnicities, and whom often do not conform to the gendered stereotypes typically portrayed in Yaoi works. Yaoi's main target audience is catered to a heterosexual female demographic and their perspectives of the ideal male figure, which follow the above Yaoi stereotypes.

See also: {{Yaoi}} (as the main link related to this page), {{Hentai}}, {{Yuri}}, SlashFic, and {{Bara}} to see related tropes.


'''Note: couples from acknowledged/canon BL series go on the BoysLoveGenre page, please.'''
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'': [[DepravedBisexual Anri]] had a close intimate relationship with Shiro when they were younger. Also, Shiro and Kojiro toe the line between subtext and text often.
* Luka and Yuki and the Zweilt guardians and their partners in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''.
* ''Anime/BlackButler'': Ciel and Sebastian get shippy moments often but the two that have been confirmed as being this by the end of the anime are Claude and Alois.
* Rolo in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has more than a little of this going on towards Lelouch. It may be slightly more than coincidental that the character design was done by...
* Creator/{{CLAMP}}. Pick a Creator/{{CLAMP}} series. Any series. More specifically:
** Touya and Yukito in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', arguably the TropeCodifier couple for this, due to how [[{{Pun}} straight]] and unsubtle was the romance between them played. The fact that they become the BetaCouple by the end of the manga is no surprise and even Creator/{{Nelvana}} and Creator/TheOceanGroup's attempt at making it subtler in the ''Cardcaptors'' dub was only capable of diminishing this to a still very much present and undeniable HomoeroticSubtext.
** Syaoran has a huge crush on Yukito in the first half of the manga, though this is later explained to just be an attraction to his Moon-based powers.
** Gingetsu and Ran in ''Manga/{{Clover}}''.
** Subaru and Seishirou in ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'', ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'', and ''Tsubasa'', one of CLAMP's most iconic (and tragic) couples.
** Fuuma and Kamui, also in ''X'' and ''Tsubasa''. (Prone to touching each other suggestively during battle, and confirmed by WordOfGod to have been more than friends, although it should also be remembered that Kamui was initially in love with Fuuma's sister [[TheOphelia Kotori]] [[spoiler: before she was murdered.]])
** Rikuou and Kazahaya, and Kakei and Saiga, in ''[[Manga/DrugAndDrop Legal Drug]]''
** Doumeki and Watanuki in ''Manga/XXXHolic'' - heavily implied, certainly at least on Doumeki's part considering his remarkable displays of devotion.
** Kurogane and Fai in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', due to the previously mentioned Touya and Yukito being DemotedToExtra in this manga. It helps that the former share a large number of physical and personality traits with the latter.
** Takeshi and Kentarou from ''Manga/DuklyonClampSchoolDefenders''. Kentarou often declares that his life's goal is to be a beautiful bride and he insists that he and Takeshi should go out on dates, get married, etc. Takeshi attempts to protest but never succeeds in getting Kentarou to desist.
* In ''Manga/DokiDokiSchoolHours'', High School junior Kudou Yuuichi has had a crush on classmate Suetake Kenta since at least elementary school. He's an interesting example inasmuch as being a completely standard looking male student, unlike the show's (straight) part-time WholesomeCrossdresser.
* In one episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the messenger sent by the heads of ACROSS is a handsome and somewhat androgynous rock star named Key. Excel becomes infatuated with him, and we are shown a [[IndulgentFantasySegue fantasy sequence]] in which she imagines Key and Il Palazzo as Yaoi Guys.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': In the novels Yu Fan and Yu Lan--[[{{Twincest}} twins who take very intimate showers together and kiss each other on the lips]]--are actually ''male'' instead of female.
* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' has YaoiFangirl Chika Ogiue, who in both manga and anime fantasizes about her love interest as a yaoi guy with another member of the club. In fact, the anime episode [[spoiler:expands this out into a series of fantasies involving all the male members of the Genshiken as very {{bishonen}} yaoi guys, with a tragic romantic plot surrounding Sasahara and Madarame]]. Don't forget the Soba Incident, either.
* Kazuki and Juubei from the ''Manga/GetBackers'' anime. (In the manga, any ambiguity in terms of romantic vs. platonic feelings is solely on Juubei's part.)
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has Germany proposing to Italy during the Buon San Valentino 2009 strip, red roses and tomato ring included. What comes of it is [[LeftHanging still unclear]], but it's not really subtext at this point.
** While Germany and Italy are "the" example of this trope, just about every male character gets this at some point.
* Kurapika and Leorio from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' were often portrayed as this in the pre-2011 era, getting shippy moments in the 1999 anime's filler (such as Kurapika saying that "something cold just ran down [his] back" when Leorio gets out of the shower) and even its OP. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxe1_WJGFnM This drama CD]] further ups the ante.
* Raphael and Mikael from ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel''. They're an OfficialCouple and sleep together naked in the same bed while holding hands.
* [[TheAce Serge]] and [[BrokenBird Gilbert]] from ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta'', the [[OfficialCouple main]] and least squicky couple. Rosemariné and Jules also have some implications that they're into each other, or at least were at [[ChildhoodFriendRomance some point]].
* Shibuya Yuuri and Wolfram von Bielfeld from ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' are engaged, sleep in the same bed, and are raising a daughter together. Second two resulting from Wolfram's fixation on the first. Played up for laughs, but taken very seriously by Wolfram, who has made passionate declarations of love to Yuuri.
* ''Manga/LycheeLightClub'': Although not a shoujo manga, the main characters Zera and Jaibo are potrayed as an official couple.
%%* Main characters Ritsuka and Soubi of ''Manga/{{Loveless}}''.
%%* Kagetora and Naoe of ''LightNovel/MirageOfBlaze''.
* Though nearly every combination of the main five pilots of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' spin-off ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' has been shipped as standard fan procedure, a case for [[GeniusBruiser Trowa Barton]] and [[ShelteredAristocrat Quatre Raberba Winner]] can actually be argued from ''canon''. Given the director's mentioned that Gundam Wing's "pretty boys" pilots were designed specifically to try to [[MultipleDemographicAppeal tap into the female fan demographic]], this may be less surprising than it seems.
* Shirogane and Akira in the ''Manga/MonochromeFactor'' anime.
* Kaworu Nagisa and Shinji Ikari's brief but powerful friendship at the end of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is rife with [[HomoeroticSubtext common overtones]] of this sort. While not being specifically elaborated on, it ''has'' been milked in non-canonical (and humorous) material. Kaworu's (failed) attempts to get some attention from Shinji are actually canon in the spin-off series ''Manga/ShinjiIkariRaisingProject''.
** The creators have made it pretty clear that Kaworu was written to be Shinji's main love interest, even if their relationship was not given much screentime: earlier drafts for episode 24 had Shinji -almost- confessing his feelings for Kaworu (while skinny dipping), and a second draft even had a kiss scene between the two of them.
*** And in the ''Shinji Ikari Raising Project'' game (which has dating-sim elements), Kaworu's route is the main one, while the girls' routes are actually bonus.
** This was only exasperated in the merch for the ''Anime/{{Rebuild|Of Evangelion}}'' era. Since a lot of it emphasizes [[POVBoyPosterGirl Rei, Asuka, and Mari]] over Shinji, he and Kaworu had to be packaged together after the third film to get anything sold (their first figures were connected, and their appearance on the official art book was on the back cover, away from everyone else).
* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'''s FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Shido and his obsessive vampire dad, Cain, who longs for the days when they used to [[ThreeWaySex threesome with unfortunate human victims.]] These days, all Shido has to say to him is "IHateYouVampireDad", but Cain has all of eternity to wear him down.
* Mei and Gabu in the ''Anime/OneStormyNight'' anime film, although Mei's gender is ambiguous in the original storybooks and Mei's a girl in the recent CG series.
* The YuriGenre manga ''Manga/OtomeNoTeikoku'' has a gay couple, Edward and Ian, who act as [[ForeignExchangeStudent Elisha's]] host family.
* Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin offer {{twincest}}uous BL {{fanservice}} to the customers of the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''. Honey and Mori's more downplayed guardian/master relationship has shades of this too. This is inadvertently pulled when [[spoiler:Kasanoda]] finds out Haruhi's secret and leads the host club customers into believing he's trying to confess his love to the beautiful male Haruhi. After realizing she does not reciprocate he swears to be her friend forever--and suddenly becomes very popular with the ladies, who find his tragic spurned yaoi love to be cute.
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'' has Fred Luo and his crush on Gene.
* ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'': After being raped in the manga, Suzu becomes gay, crazy, and obsesses over Tetsunosuke in this manner. And then there's [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/peacemaker-kurogane/3-1.jpg this manga cover]]. Suzu's relationship with Tetsunosuke was always rather HomoeroticSubtext-ridden in the first place, although before it tended to be the more innocent sublimated kind... before it went into full on StalkerWithACrush. Bets are up in the air as to whether if Tetsunosuke had actually slept with Suzu after he was raped they would have been able to save [[FromBadToWorse a lot of pain]].
** Hijikata and Okita too.
* ''Manga/PleaseSaveMyEarth'' includes a (heterosexual) couple who were both reincarnated as boys and who have to redefine their relationship once they find each other again.
* ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'' is a series set in an all boys school where the most feminine boys are forced to dress up as girls and accept the adoration of the rest of the school. Some don't mind, [[HomoeroticSubtext most adjust]]. Shihoudani's mother, at one point, ''assumes'' that Shihoudani and Tohru are an item.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': The author was aware of her rabid female fanbase, and was very unsubtle about the HomoeroticSubtext between most of the male cast, though it seems that there was a particular pandering to Gokudera/Tsuna, Gokudera/Yamamoto, Tsuna/Hibari, Tsuna/Mukuro and Hibari/Dino.
* ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' makes a running gag of the attraction the [[CampGay flamingly gay]] rich boy Hanigata has for the poor, industrious (and fundamentally straight) Otaru. Then again, they are on a planet whose human inhabitants are all men, clones in fact, while the women are, well, marionettes.
* The original ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime had a villainous example in the form of Zoisite and Kunzite. Creator/DiCEntertainment's dub [[HideYourLesbians censored this]] by [[ShesAManInJapan making Zoisite a woman]].
* Mikogami Hayato and his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Mutsu in ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}''. Also, [[spoiler: Homura after being winged by Minato, with a side of {{Tsundere}} and GenderBender confusion]].
* ''Manga/{{Simoun}}'' even manages a pair of them, who were originally lesbians. To elaborate, in the world of Simoun, everyone is born female. The people of Simoun choose their gender when they reach adulthood. The men above were orginally together when they were female and remained together after they both decided to become male.
* Head and Shingo from ''Anime/StarDriver'' are all but stated to have been dating in the past (before Shingo fell into a fifteen year long coma). Head's a DepravedBisexual who uses his ability to easily score with everyone to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate everyone into doing what he wants them to]] and thus probably not really romantically interested in him, but Shingo's crush seems very obvious and sincere. Aditionally, the latter has the [[{{Bishonen}} typical]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy look]] of an uke character.
* ''Manga/VampireDoll'': Dante and Hugo. Also, Aihara and Matsuzawa, two side characters who attend Tonae's high school.
* ''Manga/{{Vassalord}}'': Charley and Rayflo. Barry is a Yaoi Guy, and he probably thinks he's this with Rayflo, although [[StalkerWithACrush it's not reciprocated]].
* [[StalkerWithACrush Karasu]] and [[PsychoSupporter Itsuki]] in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''. (Not dating; if they were it'd be a massive Trainwreck.) Sensui is a StraightGay with feelings for Itsuki by ''WordOfGod''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Nico di Angelo and Will Solace in ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo''. Teenage [[SemiDivine demigod]] boys, sons of Hades and Apollo respectively. Nico is dark-haired, very broody, extremely powerful and a deadly warrior. Will is blonde, upbeat and a healer. Even Apollo himself thinks that they are cute together.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Not as much fan service as AdaptationExpansion, but ''Series/GameOfThrones'' had Renly and Loras, [[spoiler:then Loras and whatever one-night stand he gets after Renly's death]].
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[[folder:Roleplay]]
* ''Roleplay/TheMadScientistWars'' has its fair share of pairings, but so far the most involved (read: CannotSpitItOut) relationship is between Andrew Tinker and David Toboz. As of this example, they're official, but Andrew still is smart enough to worry about ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies. Interestingly, Andrew's son may be heading towards such a relationship. Commander Xerox and Jess may or may not count. Jess is a shapeshifter who was born female, but when they first met she was shifted as a boy. Xerox, being bi, doesn't seem to care much either way.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Raven and Lucius from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Fire Emblem 7]]'', with Heath and Legault as the second-most popular pairing. And it's not too much of a stretch to assume Matthew's got ''something'' for Guy.
** It's more famous for the implied {{twincest}} between Ephraim and Eirika, but Innes and Ephraim could practically ''define'' [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with their constant bickering in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''. Forde and Kyle are a toned-down version. Gerik and Saleh have a surprising amount of evidence in their favor: [[MyGreatestFailure Shared history that they haven't really gotten over]], the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic, and Gerik even ''takes Saleh out for dinner''. In fact, pick any male character from ''Franchise/FireEmblem''--odds are that they've got another guy they can support with for extremely subtext-heavy support conversations.
** Soren and Ike from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance/[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''. Soren is a [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]] who only shows his true feelings to Ike, pledges his UndyingLoyalty to him, and is one of Ike's [[RelationshipValues paired endings]]. Probably the most (in)famous moment for the pair is a conversation that's [[GuideDangIt very difficult to unlock]] where [[spoiler: right before the final battle, Ike has been cured of his LaserGuidedAmnesia and can recall their ForgottenFirstMeeting. It ends with Soren [[CryCute crying]] in Ike's arms and inspiring loads of HurtComfortFic.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' only has heterosexual endings, but some of the guys have enough subtext between them to come across as these. Owain/Inigo is heavy in the ''Future Past'' maps, while Vaike is...quite obsessed with Chrom.
** A male Avatar in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' can be this with the outlaw Niles if they reach S support. Niles and Leo can also come off like this, with Niles's UndyingLoyalty to Leo and Leo showing a soft side towards him.
* Ildon and Rastaban in ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier''.
* Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu from the DS game ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''-he plays the yaoi guy for laughs in the Another Day bonus level.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Dillon and Jerzy end up playing the role in ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', if only for latent-YaoiFangirl-in-denial Ruby.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* The ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' webseries and comic treat the viewer/reader to what goes though [[YaoiFangirl Gaea's]] mind when she goes into ShippingGoggles mode about Fantöm and Omega Zell. Her imaginary versions of the two fit perfectly.
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SpearCounterpart to TokenYuriGirls.

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In the West, gay men rarely appear outside of works aimed at gay men (though this is changing with many series beginning to represent regular LGBT characters). However, one of the cultural quirks of Japan (though it has bled over to the rest of the world) is the use of young gay men as {{Fanservice}} for girls or young women.

* ''Manga/{{Simoun}}'' even manages a pair of them, who were originally SchoolgirlLesbians. To elaborate, in the world of Simoun, everyone is born female. The people of Simoun choose their gender when they reach adulthood. The men above were orginally together when they were female and remained together after they both decided to become male.

* Kurapika and Leorio from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' often got hit with this in the pre-2011 era, getting shippy moments in the 1999 anime's filler (such as Kurapika saying that "something cold just ran down [his] back" when Leorio gets out of the shower) and even its OP. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxe1_WJGFnM This drama CD]] further ups the ante.

* Kurapika and Leorio from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' often got hit with this in the pre-2011 era, getting shippy moments in the 1999 anime's filler and even the OP. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxe1_WJGFnM This drama CD]] further ups the ante.

In the West, gay men rarely appear outside of works aimed at gay men (though this is changing with many series beginning to represent regular LGBTQA characters). However, one of the cultural quirks of Japan (though it is slowly bleeding over to the rest of the world) is the use of young gay men as {{Fanservice}} for girls or young women.

* Mei and Gabu in the ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' anime film, although Mei's gender is ambiguous in the original storybooks and Mei's a girl in the recent CG series.

** Raven and Lucius from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem 7]]'', with Heath and Legault as the second-most popular pairing. And it's not too much of a stretch to assume Matthew's got ''something'' for Guy.
** It's more famous for the implied {{twincest}} between Ephraim and Eirika, but Innes and Ephraim could practically ''define'' [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with their constant bickering in VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones. Forde and Kyle are a toned-down version. Gerik and Saleh have a surprising amount of evidence in their favor: [[MyGreatestFailure Shared history that they haven't really gotten over]], the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan dynamic, and Gerik even ''takes Saleh out for dinner''. In fact, pick any male character from ''Franchise/FireEmblem''--odds are that they've got another guy they can support with for extremely subtext-heavy support conversations.
** Soren and Ike from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]/[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''. Soren is a [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]] who only shows his true feelings to Ike, pledges his UndyingLoyalty to him, and is one of Ike's [[RelationshipValues paired endings]]. Probably the most (in)famous moment for the pair is a conversation that's [[GuideDangIt very difficult to unlock]] where [[spoiler: right before the final battle, Ike has been cured of his LaserGuidedAmnesia and can recall their ForgottenFirstMeeting. It ends with Soren [[CryCute crying]] in Ike's arms and inspiring loads of HurtComfortFic.]]

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* Kagetora and Naoe of ''LightNovel/MirageOfBlaze''.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' has Germany proposing to Italy during the Buon San Valentino 2009 strip, red roses and tomato ring included. What comes of it is [[LeftHanging still unclear]], but it's not really subtext at this point.
** While Germany and Italy are "the" example of this trope, just about every male character gets this at some point.
* Mei and Gabu in the ''Literature/ArashiNoYoruNi'' anime film, although Mei's gender is ambiguous in the original storybooks and Mei's a girl in the recent CG series.

* In one episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the messenger sent by the heads of ACROSS is a handsome and somewhat androgynous rock star named Key. Excel becomes infatuated with him, and we are shown a [[IndulgentFantasySegue fantasy sequence]] in which she imagines Key and Il Palazzo as YaoiGuys.

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': The author was aware of her rabid female fanbase, and was very unsubtle about the HomoeroticSubtext between most of the male cast, though it seems that there was a particular pandering to Gokudera/Tsuna, Gokudera/Yamamoto, Tsuna/Hibari, Tsuna/Mukuro and Hibari/Dino.

** This was only exasperated in the merch for the ''{{Anime/Rebuild|Of Evangelion}}'' era. Since a lot of it emphasizes [[POVBoyPosterGirl Rei, Asuka, and Mari]] over Shinji, he and Kaworu had to be packaged together after the third film to get anything sold (their first figures were connected, and their appearance on the official art book was on the back cover, away from everyone else).

* In ''Manga/DokiDokiSchoolHours'', High School junior Kudou Yuuichi has had a crush on classmate Suetake Kenta since at least elementary school. He's an interesting example inasmuch as being a completely standard looking male student, unlike the show's (straight) part-time WholesomeCrossdresser.
* ''Manga/{{Simoun}}'' even manages a pair of them, who were originally SchoolgirlLesbians.
** To elaborate, in the world of Simoun, everyone is born female. The people of Simoun choose their gender when they reach adulthood. The men above were orginally together when they were female and remained together after they both decided to become male.

* Shirogane and Akira in the ''Manga/MonochromeFactor'' anime.
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'' has Fred Luo and his crush on Gene.
* ''Manga/VampireDoll'': Dante and Hugo. Also, Aihara and Matsuzawa, two side characters who attend Tonae's high school.
* Raphael and Mikael from ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel''. They're an OfficialCouple and sleep together naked in the same bed while holding hands.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': In the novels Yu Fan and Yu Lan--[[{{Twincest}} twins who take very intimate showers together and kiss each other on the lips]]--are actually ''male'' instead of female.
* Luka and Yuki and the Zweilt guardians and their partners in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''.
* Main characters Ritsuka and Soubi of ''{{Manga/Loveless}}''.
* Mikogami Hayato and his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Mutsu in ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}''. Also, [[spoiler: Homura after being winged by Minato, with a side of {{Tsundere}} and GenderBender confusion]].
* Head and Shingo from ''Anime/StarDriver'' are all but stated to have been dating in the past (before Shingo fell into a fifteen year long coma). Head's a DepravedBisexual who uses his ability to easily score with everyone to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate everyone into doing what he wants them to]] and thus probably not really romantically interested in him, but Shingo's crush seems very obvious and sincere. Aditionally, the latter has the [[{{Bishonen}} typical]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy look]] of an uke character.
* The YuriGenre manga ''Manga/OtomeNoTeikoku'' has a gay couple, Edward and Ian, who act as [[ForeignExchangeStudent Elisha's]] host family.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''

* Ildon and Rastaban in ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier''.