Why is there no gay anime hentai2/9/2024 ![]() ![]() The doujinshi was said to have caused a lot of controversies when it first appeared as the manga industry at the time was a traditionally male-dominated one. Yaoi first stepped into the scene in 1970 where female fans will create doujinshi (fan-made stories or comics) of popular shounen series, with the male characters in the series recast as gay lovers. Kisa Shouta and Yukina Kou from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi ![]() That’s right, unlike typical shoujo manga storylines which focuses on a male-female heterosexual relationship, yaoi storylines typically focus on boys seeking relationships with each other and depending on the setting of the manga, can explore various themes such as homophobia, infidelity, and domestic abuse. Yaoi is a sub-branch of the shoujo manga genre which means it is geared towards a female demographic, despite its focus on male homosexual relationships. Of course, constantly reading that long line out is not the way to go, and so came the word ‘Yaoi’. The word ‘Yaoi’, pronounced as ya-o-ee, otherwise known as Boy’s Love or BL for short, is taken from the numbers 801 which in turn is an acronym of 「ヤマなし、オチなし、イミなし」( Ya ma nashi, O chi nashi, I mi nashi) which translates to “no climax, no punch line, no sense.” Tadaomi Shirotani and Riku Kurose from Ten Count
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