Slashable anime recommendation: Nabari no Ou

Hi there,

after three years of pondering what my second blog post should be about I decided on writing a little slashable anime recommendation. 

I actually wanted to make a list but my post would be too long if I did that since I'm gonna put a shitload of text underneath my recommendation (pairings, summary, genres, personal opinion and pictures) and I don't want my post to be too long.
Sooo, I decided to just recommend you my favorite (slashable) anime: Nabari no Ou.

For people who don't know what a slashable anime is, it is an anime with shounen-ai/yaoi undertones but isn't officially a shounen-ai. 

If you don't know what shounen-ai is then just get out of here and never come back.

No jk, for the people who don't know what shounen-ai is click here.

Now you all know the definition of slashable and shounen-ai I can start with my recommendation:

- Nabari no Ou with the pairings:

 Miharu x Yoite

 

 Gau x Raikou

Summary of the story:

Silent, apathetic, yet mischievous, 14-year-old Rokujou Miharu is the bearer of the hijutsu, "Shinrabanshou," a powerful technique many ninja clans desire to possess to become the ruler of Nabari.
Fellow classmate Kouichi and his English teacher Kumohira are both secretly Banten clan ninjas, pledging themselves to protect Miharu from his many attackers.
Keeping apathetic, Miharu attempts to reject their invitation to join their ninja "club."
However, after numerous attacks, he finds no choice but to join their group as a means for his survival.
Slowly, Miharu takes a step closer to becoming the ruler of Nabari.
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/3655/Nabari_no_Ou#TKW14GEpJlj4GOtf.99

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural

Personal opinion:
(this is probably gonna be very confusing since I generally suck at telling my opinion and expressing my feelings about something, but I tried my best to make my opinion as clear as possible)

I know that this is an anime recommendation but if you prefer reading manga over watching anime I think you should read Nabari no Ou before watching it, since I think the manga is really really good and might be even better than the anime.

Enough of that, let's talk about Miharu x Yoite first:
 In the beginning of the story Miharu is known as the indifferent, apathetic boy who doesn't talk a lot and doesn't have any friends.

He quite soon gets to know Raimei and Kouichi and befriends them but his personality doesn't change and he keeps up his apathatic appearance.

until, and now comes the good part, he meets sensitive unsociable Yoite who practically dislikes every living thing on earth (they meet in episode 3 btw). 

At first they're enemies but when Miharu is being forced by Yoite to use the ''Shinrabanshou'' -to fulfil Yoite's dream of totally disappearing from the face of earth without leaving any evidence that he ever existed- they become closer and closer. 

After a while apathetic Miharu starts to warm up to Yoite, user of the ''kira'' technique. 

The cost of using this technique is the loss of Yoite's ki or life force, gradually losing his five senses (his life). 

As Yoite gets weaker and weaker, he starts depending on Miharu who takes care of him more and more. Because of the fact that throughout the series secrets only the two of them know start to pile up, they start to trust eachother more and more, which makes their friendship incredibly strong. 

I think it's just really cute how Miharu acts around Yoite, it really is the most adorable thing on earth. You know, how he takes care of Yoite, how he smiles at Yoite, how he talks to Yoite, how he always comforts Yoite etc. 

There are a lot of moments in the anime with obvious shounen-ai hints that just make you think are they gay or what? so it's very shippable. The friendship between Miharu and Yoite is just really strong and beautiful which makes the already enjoyable anime even more enjoyable.

I don't have a lot to say about Gau x Raiko since they don't have so much screentime and their first appearance together is in one of the later episodes. What I can tell you is that Gau - in my eyes - is this typical high school boy who has a crush on his senpai, in thise case Raikou. Gau respects Raikou a lot, and cares about him and only him. This is mainly because he was saved by Raikou 3 years ago, and is thus extremely devoted to him. 

None of these pairings are canon and this is all just my opinion and some people might not share this opinion so you just gotta trust me on my words.
In the end I think that you have to find out for yourself if you like Nabari no Ou or not, and you should definitely give it a shot. Even if you don't like slashable and shounen-ai I think you should still give it a try since the anime itself is very beautiful and inspirational with a nice combination of action, drama and comedy. It left a great mark on me and is and will always be my favorite anime. It's suitable for both boys and girls even though it's listed as a shounen, and if you like action and supernatural what are you waiting for?

Alright, if you stuck with me until the end of this post thanks a lot for reading it, I made this post bc I wanted all of you to be able to feel what I felt when I watched Nabari no Ou, kinda.

Anyways, thanks for reading, and catch you laterrr.

Bye bye