Not only is it not 18+, I wouldn’t consider Antique Bakery BL at all, really - more than half of the cast is straight, the main character is straight, etc. It just happens to have one of the leads SUPER GAY, and he manages to kinda seduce another lead in a small piece of the plot. Not even DMP labels it as BL, I’m pretty sure.

I’ve never read Hero Heel or Yellow, although I never read the latter because I heard it was very bad. What can you say in its defense? I’m curious now, and think maybe I should read it myself.

My favorite adult BL titles: The Tyrant Falls in Love (by Hinako Takanaga; coming out from Drama Queen soon), Ichigenme and Solfege (two other Fumi Yoshinaga titles; 801 and DMP, respectively), Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Setona Mizushiro; unlicensed, but I reviewed it for this site recently), and The Man Who Doesn’t Take Off His Clothes (Narise Konohara; prose, DMP). And if we’re talking Drama CDs? I have an entirely separate list, since some mediocre BL manga/anime make great CDs simply because of the quality of acting (KirePapa, for instance). But I digress.

And I disagree– Antique Bakery is the best BL. (though it’s probably not 18+…) “Hero Heel,” then? Or “Yellow?”