
Luka has stuck by Yuki through many reincarnations and protects him with his life, even if Yuki doesn’t remember anything about him. Is that not the most romantic thing you’ve ever heard? And horribly tragic too. Luka, however, has been alive for centuries and remembers absolutely everything. Yuki can feel that there’s something special there, but he remembers nothing. He’s reborn as a man this time and has no memory of his past lives, including his romance with the Duras Luka, who has sworn to protect Yuki through all of his reincarnations. The Zweilts usually remember their past lives and are usually reincarnated as the same gender as their previous lives, but the character Yuki is an exception on his current reincarnation. The battles are leading up to an ultimate final battle, of course, but there are plenty of lower demons to battle to fill up many episodes and let the relationships between the characters develop naturally. The mythology of this story involves beings known as “Zweilts” who are reborn into human bodies to fight the “Duras” demons. The best I can do is recommend it to others and hope you all have a similar emotional journey as I did. I want to watch the show again because I loved it so much, but with how emotional I’m getting just thinking about the show makes it difficult to even consider that at the moment. The pairing Luka/Yuki went immediately very high on my OTP list right off the bat. The premise is one of the most romantic, tragic, and beautiful things I’ve ever encountered and I’m not ashamed to admit I broke down crying multiple times during the show. This one caused one of the strongest emotional reactions to a piece of fiction that I’ve ever had in my entire life. The moments where they reference this are often brief, but if even a second or two of rape implications can trigger you, you might want to avoid the series. TRIGGER WARNING: There are implications of rape in Hisoka’s history so if that triggers you, you may have to avoid this series. It’s a slow burn romance, which in my opinion is often the best. They start off as antagonistic towards one another, but end up willing to put their lives on the line for each other by the end. The four story arcs covered in the anime are generally separate “monster of the week” type plots, but a common villain emerges from the background and the character development builds into something beautiful. The circumstances surrounding his death were magical in nature and continue to plague him in the afterlife, which makes him often physically weak despite being a supernatural being with an array of magical powers. The other character is Hisoka, who died at the age of 16 after a long three year torturous death. Despite this, he’s still one of the cheeriest characters on the whole show and has a killer sweet tooth. We have Tsuzuki, who has been a shinigami for a little over 70 years who has a dark and emotionally turbulent past. The relationship develops naturally and on a very deep spiritual level. The main pairing in this show never does anything to solidify that they are in a relationship like kissing, but there is a deep emotional bond between them that most explicitly canon couples can’t hold a candle to. They are the paranormal investigators of the afterlife, but get the benefit of walking around among the living while they solve the mysteries they’re given. When weird supernatural stuff starts to go down, the shinigami investigate and get to the bottom of it. I sort of describe it as Dead Like Me meets X-files. The shinigami were once people and were recruited into the Ministry of Hades after death, specifically the Summons Section of the Judgement Bureau.
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In this series there are ‘shinigami,’ or Guardians of Death, who deal with matters relating to the supernatural.

This was one the first series I picked up over a decade ago that I decided to try again on my dive back into yaoi fandom. With the exception of Monochrome Factor, these three series also don’t solidify the relationship with a kiss, but there are plenty of hugs, hand holding, and deep emotional bonds in all three series.

These particular selections are also grouped together because they all involve magical elements. This second group is all non-explicit series, which can be categorized as “boys love” (BL) or shonen-ai as opposed to explicit yaoi with mature content. I’m going to be posting recommendations in groups of three in clusters that share similar themes or ratings.
