Yaoi Released in 2022

This article lists the Bara, Shounen-ai and Yaoi materials that were released in 2022. The Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, Chinese manhua, to anime seasons, movies, then novels and games including visual novels are listed by the month the first entry was released.

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Three series had anime released between them. First was the twelve episodes for Sasaki to Miyano which adapts its manga story from 2016. The anime season had the Sasaki to Miyano: Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chotto Shita Hanashi. OVA released later in the year. Sasaki to Miyano continued its release of anime in 2023 with the Sasaki to Miyano Movie: Sotsugyou-hen movie, as well as an anime focusing on other characters in the series, Hirano to Kagiura.

A number of episodes at minutes in duration were released for Fudanshi Shoukan: Isekai de Shinjuu ni Hameraremashita. Where this series opted to release episodes across seasons, after season one aired in 2020 and two aired in 2021, season three was released in July of this year with season four as well in December.

July also saw the release of the Mori no Kuma-san, Touminchuu. anime. Caressing My Hibernating Bear began as a manga in 2020 before the nine episodes at six minutes each became available.

After the Kanashiki Ningyo manga began in 2020, a drama CD adapting volume one was released in February 2022.

For sequels, Kedamono Arashi: Love Me Baby! was released in October of this year, which continues the Kedamono Arashi story that first began in 2017. That was followed by Kedamono Arashi: Kiss Me Baby! in 2018, with Kedamono Arashi: Hug Me Baby! in 2019, then Kedamono Arashi: Hold Me Baby! in 2020. After Kedamono Arashi: Touch Me Baby! in 2021 there was the Kedamono Arashi: Love Me Baby! which like the previous entries was released in the next year.

After Unmei no Tsugai ga Omae da Nante began in 2019 there would be Unmei no Tsugai ni Propose da Nante as a sequel in June 2022. In August, Suki ni Sasete Miseru kara!: 3rd Step was released which follows Suki ni Sasete Miseru kara!: Second Step in 2020, then Suki ni Sasete Miseru kara! also of 2020. When Kozure Ω to Boukun Yakuza was released in 2021 a year later in June there would be Kozure Ω to Boukun Yakuza Blooming.

Also in August, Tasogare Out Focus: Long Take would continue the Tasogare Out Focus: Overlap story from 2019, which began with Tasogare Out Focus in 2018. The series would have an anime adaption released in 2024. Where Shitasaki kara Koi was released in January, there would be anime for it in 2023. When Ateuma Chara no Kuse shite, Super Darling Ouji ni Chouai sareteimasu. began in August of this year, it would have an anime adaption in 2024.

When Poe no Ichizoku was released far back in 1972 it was one of the earliest yaoi series. The sequel Poe no Ichizoku: Haru no Yume would be released in 2016. After, Poe no Ichizoku: Unicorn would be released in 2018, then Poe no Ichizoku: Himitsu no Hanazono in 2019. In May of this year, one of the yaoi genre's initial series would continue with Poe no Ichizoku: Ao no Pandora. Once Bokutachi wa Mada Aoku was released in 2020, there would be Bokutachi wa Mada Aoku: Daigaku Nyuugaku-hen in February of this year.

For spin-off series, when Osananajimi dakedo Seiteki ni Suki desu. began in 2017 it would have Hysteric na Kurokami Megane-kun wa Igai to Kawaii released in 2020, and then Giri no Kyoudai dakedo Koibito no Futari wa Doudou to Tsukiaitai available in March 2022.

Jinx has become a very popular series, as Painter of the Night was. That pinnacle that Jinx is first began in November of this year and was sustained at the top during its run over years. Another well known series is Merry Marbling which debuted in August of this year.