We monitor 217 Google Play storefronts to answer one question —

Is Pierced by Love: BL Yaoi Anime censored by Google?

Gone.

Pierced by Love: BL Yaoi Anime is gone from every Google Play storefront we test. It was last seen available on Mar 31, 2025.

637 tests on record·last checked 24 hours ago

Why it is unavailable

Five things can put an app out of one Google Play. Each is weighed below against what can be seen from outside — open a card for the reasoning.

  • A government or a court demanded itPossible

    and Google complied. Google publishes a count of these per country each year and never says which apps they were. Google’s Transparency Report

  • A local rule about paying for itPossible

    gambling licences, financial rules, tax — the kind of law that governs a transaction. Google can obey every one of them by refusing the payment, which is why this is the only restriction we would accept and the only one that cannot touch a free app.

  • Google applied a rule, unaskedPossible

    either its own review guidelines, or its own reading of a local law, with nobody having demanded anything. This is the largest category in Google’s own removal figures by a wide margin, and it covers distribution permits as well as content — Google kept a free Bible app out of mainland China in 2021 for want of one. Google’s Transparency Report

  • The developer withheld itPossible

    freely, or under legal advice of their own, or because Google’s guidelines require that kind of app to be limited to certain countries. Switching a country off is easy for a developer to do in Google’s own tools: it needs no new version of the app, and it leaves no public trace other than the app being unavailable.

  • Something brokeUnlikely

    a rejected update, a lapsed certificate, a payment or licensing problem, a mistake nobody has got round to noticing.

    • Gone for 1 years.
How this is weighed, and what it cannot tell you

Weighed from the evidence under each card, not from a model. There is no published figure for how Google’s removals divide up, so these are ordered words rather than percentages. For scale on the same-day counts: across the whole record an app leaves a storefront with fewer than two others, so a dozen at once is not a dozen coincidences.

None of this is certain, and a citation does not make it so: Google naming a Chinese agency tells you what Google said, not everything that happened. What can be said is that the readings alone cannot separate these five — a developer switching off a country and a government ordering it removed arrive at Google’s catalogue looking identical — and that nobody has ever measured how they divide across Google Play. The one careful study of the question was done on Google's store, using an error message Google does not emit.

Google publishes no record of which apps are unavailable in which countries. Its Transparency Report counts the removal requests governments send it, across its products together, and names no app in any of them — so even the part it does disclose cannot be matched to a single thing missing from your store. Where a reason reaches the public at all, it is usually because a developer chose to say so. Google’s Transparency Report

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Pierced by Love: BL Yaoi Anime

Developer: Genius Yaoi Studio Inc. · Released: Aug 31, 2024 · Rating: 4.4★

View in Google Play ↗
0stores where available
151stores where blocked
4.32Bpeople behind the block
151of 217 stores tested
637tests on record

Life of this app

  1. Aug 31, 2024Released on Google Play
  2. Mar 31, 2025Last seen available anywhere
  3. Aug 24, 2025Gone from 151 storefronts
  4. Nov 19, 2025First tested by GooglePlayCensorship
  5. Sep 28, 2026Most recent test

Testing history

One column per month, every month from the first reading to the last. Height follows how many readings we took that month; red is the share of them that found the app unavailable. An empty month is one nobody tested.

2024-082026-09

Found availableFound unavailable

Availability by storefront

Every storefront we test, current status first. Data is a measurement, not a promise: each row carries its own date.

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AfghanistanAF↗UnavailableAug 10, 202513 months ago
AndorraAD↗UnavailableNov 19, 202510 months ago
AnguillaAI↗UnavailableAug 26, 202512 months ago
Antigua & BarbudaAG↗UnavailableFeb 8, 20268 months ago
ArgentinaAR↗UnavailableAug 24, 202513 months ago
ArmeniaAM↗UnavailableAug 11, 20258 months ago
ArubaAW↗UnavailableSep 11, 202510 months ago
AustraliaAU↗UnavailableAug 13, 202514 months ago
AustriaAT↗UnavailableAug 31, 202513 months ago
AzerbaijanAZ↗UnavailableNov 20, 202510 months ago
BahrainBH↗UnavailableSep 4, 202513 months ago
BangladeshBD↗UnavailableMar 18, 202624 hours ago
BarbadosBB↗UnavailableSep 4, 202513 months ago
BelarusBY↗UnavailableAug 25, 202513 months ago
BelgiumBE↗UnavailableApr 3, 20266 months ago
BelizeBZ↗UnavailableJul 22, 20257 months ago
BeninBJ↗UnavailableSep 10, 202513 months ago
BermudaBM↗UnavailableJul 28, 20258 months ago
BhutanBT↗UnavailableOct 13, 20256 days ago
BoliviaBO↗UnavailableJul 28, 202514 months ago
BotswanaBW↗UnavailableJul 22, 202514 months ago
British Virgin IslandsVG↗UnavailableMar 21, 20266 months ago
BruneiBN↗UnavailableSep 10, 202513 months ago
BulgariaBG↗UnavailableNov 27, 20259 months ago
Burkina FasoBF↗UnavailableAug 6, 202514 months ago
BurundiBI↗UnavailableAug 25, 202513 months ago
CambodiaKH↗UnavailableAug 2, 20256 days ago
CameroonCM↗UnavailableOct 7, 202512 months ago
Cape VerdeCV↗UnavailableAug 17, 20259 months ago
Caribbean NetherlandsBQ↗UnavailableJul 19, 202514 months ago
Cayman IslandsKY↗UnavailableAug 31, 202510 months ago
Central African RepublicCF↗UnavailableJul 31, 202514 months ago
ChileCL↗UnavailableSep 28, 202512 months ago
China (Mainland)CN↗UnavailableJul 2, 202524 hours ago
Christmas IslandCX↗UnavailableOct 2, 202512 months ago
ColombiaCO↗UnavailableJul 18, 202514 months ago
ComorosKM↗UnavailableAug 15, 20258 months ago
Cook IslandsCK↗UnavailableJul 5, 202514 months ago
Costa RicaCR↗UnavailableAug 16, 202513 months ago
CubaCU↗UnavailableSep 7, 202512 months ago
CuraçaoCW↗UnavailableAug 6, 20254 days ago
DenmarkDK↗UnavailableDec 4, 202510 months ago
DjiboutiDJ↗UnavailableAug 27, 202513 months ago
DominicaDM↗UnavailableSep 21, 202512 months ago
EcuadorEC↗UnavailableAug 24, 20257 months ago
EgyptEG↗UnavailableSep 1, 20259 months ago
El SalvadorSV↗UnavailableSep 21, 20254 days ago
Equatorial GuineaGQ↗UnavailableDec 4, 20259 months ago
EritreaER↗UnavailableAug 31, 202512 months ago
EstoniaEE↗UnavailableSep 6, 20256 days ago
EswatiniSZ↗UnavailableAug 24, 202513 months ago
EthiopiaET↗UnavailableJul 19, 202514 months ago
FijiFJ↗UnavailableJul 10, 20259 months ago
FranceFR↗UnavailableFeb 28, 20267 months ago
GabonGA↗UnavailableSep 27, 20262 days ago
GeorgiaGE↗UnavailableSep 21, 20256 days ago
GibraltarGI↗UnavailableAug 15, 20259 months ago
GreeceGR↗UnavailableJul 3, 202513 months ago
GrenadaGD↗UnavailableJul 8, 202514 months ago
GuatemalaGT↗UnavailableFeb 8, 20268 months ago
GuernseyGG↗UnavailableJul 31, 202514 months ago
GuineaGN↗UnavailableAug 17, 202510 months ago
Guinea-BissauGW↗UnavailableSep 4, 202513 months ago
GuyanaGY↗UnavailableOct 10, 20259 months ago
HaitiHT↗UnavailableJul 22, 20253 days ago
HondurasHN↗UnavailableJul 29, 20253 days ago
HungaryHU↗UnavailableDec 21, 20259 months ago
IcelandIS↗UnavailableJul 10, 202512 months ago
IranIR↗UnavailableJul 31, 202514 months ago
IraqIQ↗UnavailableJul 2, 20253 days ago
IrelandIE↗UnavailableJul 31, 202514 months ago
Isle of ManIM↗UnavailableDec 16, 202412 months ago
IsraelIL↗UnavailableMar 18, 20266 months ago
ItalyIT↗UnavailableAug 9, 202510 months ago
JerseyJE↗UnavailableJul 13, 20257 days ago
JordanJO↗UnavailableDec 27, 202410 months ago
KazakhstanKZ↗UnavailableDec 5, 202510 months ago
KiribatiKI↗UnavailableFeb 6, 20268 months ago
KuwaitKW↗UnavailableAug 27, 202513 months ago
KyrgyzstanKG↗UnavailableAug 23, 20252 days ago
LatviaLV↗UnavailableSep 7, 20259 months ago
LesothoLS↗UnavailableJul 25, 20256 months ago
LibyaLY↗UnavailableJul 18, 202514 months ago
LiechtensteinLI↗UnavailableMar 15, 20266 months ago
MacaoMO↗UnavailableSep 21, 20267 days ago
MadagascarMG↗UnavailableJul 3, 202512 months ago
MalaysiaMY↗UnavailableOct 18, 202511 months ago
MaldivesMV↗UnavailableAug 26, 202510 months ago
MaliML↗UnavailableJul 25, 202513 months ago
MaltaMT↗UnavailableAug 11, 202514 months ago
MicronesiaFM↗UnavailableAug 13, 20256 months ago
MoldovaMD↗UnavailableJul 2, 20253 days ago
MonacoMC↗UnavailableOct 16, 202511 months ago
MontenegroME↗UnavailableDec 21, 20259 months ago
MoroccoMA↗UnavailableJul 31, 202514 months ago
MozambiqueMZ↗UnavailableJul 31, 202512 months ago
Myanmar (Burma)MM↗UnavailableAug 11, 20256 months ago
NamibiaNA↗UnavailableSep 11, 202513 months ago
NauruNR↗UnavailableNov 19, 202510 months ago
NetherlandsNL↗UnavailableSep 23, 20266 days ago
New ZealandNZ↗UnavailableAug 13, 202514 months ago
NigerNE↗UnavailableAug 11, 20259 months ago
NigeriaNG↗UnavailableJul 19, 202513 months ago
Norfolk IslandNF↗UnavailableNov 30, 202510 months ago
North MacedoniaMK↗UnavailableAug 6, 202513 months ago
OmanOM↗UnavailableJul 31, 20256 months ago
Palestinian TerritoriesPS↗UnavailableAug 30, 202513 months ago
PanamaPA↗UnavailableJul 2, 202515 months ago
Papua New GuineaPG↗UnavailableSep 22, 202512 months ago
ParaguayPY↗UnavailableJul 21, 20256 days ago
PeruPE↗UnavailableAug 6, 202512 months ago
PhilippinesPH↗UnavailableDec 13, 202510 months ago
Pitcairn IslandsPN↗UnavailableSep 29, 20259 months ago
PortugalPT↗UnavailableSep 11, 202513 months ago
QatarQA↗UnavailableMar 20, 20266 months ago
RomaniaRO↗UnavailableAug 16, 202513 months ago
RussiaRU↗UnavailableDec 16, 202414 months ago
RwandaRW↗UnavailableFeb 9, 20268 months ago
SamoaWS↗UnavailableAug 7, 202514 months ago
San MarinoSM↗UnavailableAug 31, 202513 months ago
Saudi ArabiaSA↗UnavailableOct 1, 202512 months ago
SeychellesSC↗UnavailableJul 14, 202514 months ago
Sierra LeoneSL↗UnavailableSep 25, 20263 days ago
SingaporeSG↗UnavailableJul 5, 202515 months ago
SlovakiaSK↗UnavailableSep 6, 202510 months ago
Solomon IslandsSB↗UnavailableJul 2, 202514 months ago
SomaliaSO↗UnavailableSep 29, 202512 months ago
South AfricaZA↗UnavailableAug 18, 202513 months ago
SpainES↗UnavailableNov 15, 202510 months ago
Sri LankaLK↗UnavailableJul 8, 202515 months ago
St. HelenaSH↗UnavailableDec 15, 20259 months ago
St. LuciaLC↗UnavailableJul 5, 202514 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVC↗UnavailableAug 16, 20256 days ago
SurinameSR↗UnavailableSep 7, 202513 months ago
SwedenSE↗UnavailableFeb 9, 20268 months ago
SwitzerlandCH↗UnavailableJul 2, 20256 months ago
TajikistanTJ↗UnavailableAug 11, 20256 months ago
Timor-LesteTL↗UnavailableJan 29, 20268 months ago
TogoTG↗UnavailableAug 24, 202513 months ago
TokelauTK↗UnavailableAug 15, 202513 months ago
Trinidad & TobagoTT↗UnavailableJul 25, 202510 months ago
TürkiyeTR↗UnavailableAug 23, 202513 months ago
Turks & Caicos IslandsTC↗UnavailableJul 31, 20258 months ago
TuvaluTV↗UnavailableAug 2, 202513 months ago
United KingdomGB↗UnavailableAug 16, 202513 months ago
United StatesUS↗UnavailableJul 2, 202524 hours ago
UruguayUY↗UnavailableFeb 3, 20268 months ago
Vatican CityVA↗UnavailableJul 5, 202512 months ago
VenezuelaVE↗UnavailableFeb 3, 20268 months ago
Western SaharaEH↗UnavailableOct 7, 202524 hours ago
ZambiaZM↗UnavailableJul 29, 202514 months ago
AlbaniaAL↗Not tested——0
AlgeriaDZ↗Not tested——0
AngolaAO↗Not tested——0
BahamasBS↗Not tested——0
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA↗Not tested——0
BrazilBR↗Not tested——0
CanadaCA↗Not tested——0
ChadTD↗Not tested——0
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCC↗Not tested——0
Côte d’IvoireCI↗Not tested——0
CroatiaHR↗Not tested——0
CyprusCY↗Not tested——0
CzechiaCZ↗Not tested——0
Dominican RepublicDO↗Not tested——0
DR CongoCD↗Not tested——0
Falkland IslandsFK↗Not tested——0
FinlandFI↗Not tested——0
GambiaGM↗Not tested——0
GermanyDE↗Not tested——0
GhanaGH↗Not tested——0
Hong KongHK↗Not tested——0
IndiaIN↗Not tested——0
IndonesiaID↗Not tested——0
JamaicaJM↗Not tested——0
JapanJP↗Not tested——0
KenyaKE↗Not tested——0
KosovoXK↗Not tested——0
LaosLA↗Not tested——0
LebanonLB↗Not tested——0
LiberiaLR↗Not tested——0
LithuaniaLT↗Not tested——0
LuxembourgLU↗Not tested——0
MalawiMW↗Not tested——0
MauritaniaMR↗Not tested——0
MauritiusMU↗Not tested——0
MexicoMX↗Not tested——0
MongoliaMN↗Not tested——0
MontserratMS↗Not tested——0
NepalNP↗Not tested——0
NicaraguaNI↗Not tested——0
NiueNU↗Not tested——0
NorwayNO↗Not tested——0
PakistanPK↗Not tested——0
PolandPL↗Not tested——0
Republic of the CongoCG↗Not tested——0
São Tomé & PríncipeST↗Not tested——0
SenegalSN↗Not tested——0
SerbiaRS↗Not tested——0
SloveniaSI↗Not tested——0
South KoreaKR↗Not tested——0
St. Kitts & NevisKN↗Not tested——0
SudanSD↗Not tested——0
TaiwanTW↗Not tested——0
TanzaniaTZ↗Not tested——0
ThailandTH↗Not tested——0
TongaTO↗Not tested——0
TunisiaTN↗Not tested——0
TurkmenistanTM↗Not tested——0
UgandaUG↗Not tested——0
UkraineUA↗Not tested——0
United Arab EmiratesAE↗Not tested——0
UzbekistanUZ↗Not tested——0
VanuatuVU↗Not tested——0
VietnamVN↗Not tested——0
YemenYE↗Not tested——0
ZimbabweZW↗Not tested——0

Testing asks Google whether it will sell this app in that storefront, right now, by the same method the crawler has used since 2019. Your browser asks Google directly, so the answer describes what Google serves your connection — and if your browser cannot reach Google at all, we ask on your behalf and say so. The result is a link: open it to see Google’s own answer and check ours. Readings are added to the record above; roughly a quarter of the readings taken each day come from people testing.

How we test

Availability is checked against Google’s own catalog servers for every storefront, the same way Google Play app asks. "Unavailable" means Google’s servers say the app cannot be offered in that country — it does not say who asked for the removal. Removals initiated by the developer and removals demanded by governments look the same from outside; the history and context on this page are how we tell them apart.