Ciel’s sole purpose in life is to revenge his parent’s death. It narrates a tragic story of a young orphan from a rich family, Ciel Phantomhive. The premise is laid on the foundations of vengeance and built around enigmatic characters. Unlike other series, Black Butler doesn’t just stick with the seriousness of the plot. From the plot, music, characters, and deeply hidden tropes, it is an absolute treasure.
Black Butler is one of the most underrated and less talked about anime that was introduced to Hulu and Netflix last year.ĭon’t expect to be other romantic bl anime as this sits on an ugly and dark premise. Get ready to add one more blockbuster anime to your favorites. Logline: Ciel is determined to take revenge even if it means going to the extreme.Secondly, it shows an egoistic relationship between a professor and a pediatrician that starts with fierce hate but ends with love.Īnd at last, is the story of a rich Shinobu Takatsuki who is obsessed with his literature professor- You Miyagi. All three are involved in a young adult, student-professor type scenario.Īt first, it highlights the kinky story of Misaki Takashi and his newfound teacher Akihiko Usami who is the author of naughty books. Junjo Romantica follows the story of three couples. Most anime bingers will skip this gem for it being a gay story. If the story is replaced by female characters this may top the popularity charts by big numbers. Junjo Romantica was the first-ever bl anime I watched on Hulu(thanks to my fangirl friends).Īfter watching Junjo Romantica, I realized that anime masterpieces like this are confined to a small audience only. Logline: Three interconnected stories of three young male couples.īefore you start guessing, I am a straight male.Blame Hulu for not having even two-three fully fledge boys love animes. Till then, you can watch these 4 BL animes.īut I have to state it beforehand that not every anime on this list has BL as the main plot.
Hulu is a big streaming platform and hopefully, in the future, they’ll add some good BL animes to their catalog.
But to my disappointment, there weren’t many BL animes available on Hulu.
While David does experience a relationship with a female character in its first season, it’s his romance with a closeted gay man in its third that really breaks new ground and quickly proves itself to be one of the best representations of a male same-sex relationship on TV that easily puts other LGBT shows to shame.There’s no denying the fact that the popularity of Boys Love anime is very much high and I was hoping to see a few of them on Hulu. His city character being forced to live in the middle of nowhere makes for numerous laugh-out-loud, fish-out-of-water scenarios, but the show also manages to explore him with sensitivity and earnestness that’s both endearing and relatable.
The series features a variety of now-iconic characters skillfully played by perfectly cast actors, but the standout star is the openly-gay series creator, Daniel Levy, who plays the pansexual son, David Rose.
Schitt’s Creek follows the hilarious misadventures of a rich family who suddenly find themselves out of pocket and are forced to move to a small rural town called, well, Schitt’s Creek. Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy