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Liquor & Cigarette, Blue Morning, Banana Fish Top 2019 BL Awards

The boys-love website Chil Chil announced the winners of its 10th annual BL Awards on April 12. The awards honor manga, novels, drama CDs, voice actors, characters, cover design, and anime in the boys-love genre. The winning works are decided via popular vote on the website.

Several of the best series winners are available in English. Shoko Hidaka's Blue Morning, Ranmaru Zariya's Coyote, Ogeretsu Tanaka's Escape Journey, and Rihito Sakura's Ten Count are all licensed by SuBLime. Some of the winners were also previously listed in this year's Kono BL ga Yabai! 2019 manga list.

This year's winners includes:

Best Comic

1. Liquor & Cigarette by Ranmaru Zariya
2. Dragless Sex: Tatsumi and Inui by Enzou
3. The Scene of My Rumspringa (Rumspringa no Jōkei) by Kaya Azuma
4. NIGHTS BEFORE NIGHT by Natsume Kazuki
5. Golden Sparkle by Minta Suzumaru
6. Megumi to Tsugumi by Mitsuru Si
7. Therapy Game by Meguru Hinohara

Best Series

1. Blue Morning by Shoko Hidaka (licensed by SuBLime)
2. Koisuru Intelligence by Michi Tange
3. Coyote by Ranmaru Zariya (licensed by SuBLime)
4. Ten Count by Rihito Sakurai (licensed by SuBLime)
5. DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- by Hashigo Sakurabi
6. Blue Sky Complex by Kei Ichikawa
7. Escape Journey by Ogeretsu Tanaka (licensed by SuBLime)

Newcomer

1. Oni to Tengoku by Naomi Aga and Kyoko Oyoshikawa
2. Tashiro-kun, Kimi tte Yatsu wa. by Yamada
3. Shirōto Yankee Kikiippatsu!! by Yao
4. MADK by Ryō Suzuri
5. I Love You. I'm Sorry. (Suki de Gomen) by Satoru Okamoto
6. Alone with You (Bouai Friendship) by Zundamochiko (licensed by Renta!)
7. Haru to Natsu to Nacchan to Aki to Fuyu to Boku by Sagan Sagan

Best "Deep" Manga

1. Rakka by akabeko
2. Chicken Heart Seranade by Kamome Ōshima
3. Ayashi no Hakoniwa ni Ukabu Tsuki by Hana Hasumi
4. Kanawanu Koi no Musubikata by Akira Yoshio
5. Okusama wa Alpha by Fuyu Natsushita
6. Kanashi by Mataaki Kureno
7. Father Fucker by Makine Kureta

Anime

1. Banana Fish
2. DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-
3. Free! Dive to the Future
4. Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu
5. iDolish 7
6. Detective Conan: Zero's Executioner
7. Run with the Wind

Voice Actors

1. Makoto Furukawa
2. Kazuyuki Okitsu
3. Takuya Satō
4. Tomoaki Maeno
5. Yūki Ono
6. Sōma Saitō
7. Tarusuke Shingaki

Source: Chil-Chil via Nijimen