Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! has reached No. 3 on AniLab’s global weekly anime ranking, giving the BL anime one of the most visible recent ranking moments for the genre in a broader seasonal anime chart.
AniLab’s official X account shared that Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! ranked third in its weekly world anime ranking. The result is notable because Nakamura-kun!! is not a BL-adjacent series or a sports anime with heavy shipping appeal. It is directly presented as a BL romantic comedy. Aniplex describes the series as a classic BL love comedy manga by Syundei, centered on shy high schooler Okuto Nakamura and his crush on classmate Aiki Hirose.
Has a BL anime has ever ranked this high before?
BL anime can and often does perform well inside dedicated BL spaces, character polls, shipping discussions, streaming fandoms, and genre-specific recommendation lists. Broader anime rankings are different. In those spaces, BL titles are usually competing against every seasonal anime at once: action series, isekai, shonen adaptations, fantasy dramas, romantic comedies, idol anime, long-running franchises, and major sequels.
That makes a No. 3 global weekly placement remarkable.
Recent BL anime history shows how rare this kind of placement can be. Sasaki and Miyano became one of the most beloved modern BL anime, received a film continuation, and helped introduce many newer viewers to softer school-life BL. Even so, on some general community rankings, it tended to sit outside the top 10. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! made history for anime BL representation in its own way, especially with its commitment to an adult gay couple and marriage ending, but it did not become a major top-three seasonal-chart fixture. Twilight Out of Focus, another clearly labeled BL anime, also reached international viewers through Crunchyroll and BL fandom discussion, but its broader seasonal ranking presence remained relatively modest.
That context is what makes Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! interesting. The series is not a prestige drama adaptation or a BL title trying to hide its genre. It is openly about a gay teenage boy with an overwhelming crush. Its appeal comes from nervous pining, retro 80s–90s comedy style, visual exaggeration, awkward first love, and the emotional honesty of watching Nakamura try, fail, spiral, and keep going anyway.
AniLab’s ranking should not be treated like a sales chart or an official industry record. AniLab describes its global weekly ranking as a chart of currently airing anime that gathers support from both Japan and overseas, and its calculation is not based only on a simple average or vote count. Still, as a fan-facing popularity signal, the ranking matters because it shows Nakamura-kun!! breaking out beyond the usual assumption that BL anime is only visible inside BL fandom.
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! may still be a niche title compared with the season’s biggest action and fantasy anime, but a No. 3 global weekly ranking shows that a small, awkward, deeply sincere BL comedy can still make noise on a much larger anime stage.