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For the manga of the same name, seeBoys Love (manga).

Boys' love(Japanese:ボーイズ ラブ,Hepburn:bōizu rabu),also known by its abbreviationBL(ビーエル,bīeru),is a genre of fictional media originating inJapanthat depictshomoeroticrelationships between male characters.[a]It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivalent genre ofhomoerotic media created by and for gay men,though BL does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators. BL spans a wide range of media, includingmanga,anime,drama CDs,novels, video games, television series, films, andfan works.

An example of BL-inspired artwork. The svelte, semi-androgynousphysical features of the characters are typical ofbishōnen(literally "beautiful boys" ) common in BL media.

Though depictions of homosexuality in Japanese media have a history dating to ancient times, contemporary BL traces its origins to male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, and which formed a new subgenre ofshōjomanga(comics for girls). Several terms were used for this genre, includingshōnen-ai(Thiếu niên ái,lit."boy love" ),tanbi(Đam mỹ,lit."aesthete" or "aesthetic" ),andJune(ジュネ,[dʑɯne]).The termyaoi(/ˈjaʊi/YOW-ee;Japanese:やおい[jaꜜo.i]) emerged as a name for the genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context ofdōjinshi(self-publishedworks) culture as a portmanteau ofyama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi( "no climax, no point, no meaning" ), where it was used in a self-deprecating manner to refer to amateur fan works that focused on sex to the exclusion of plot and character development, and that oftenparodiedmainstream manga and anime by depicting male characters from popular series in sexual scenarios. "Boys' love" was later adopted by Japanese publications in the 1990s as an umbrella term for male-male romance media marketed to women.

Concepts and themes associated with BL includeandrogynousmen known asbishōnen;diminished female characters; narratives that emphasizehomosocialityand de-emphasize socio-culturalhomophobia;and depictions of rape. A defining characteristic of BL is the practice of pairing characters in relationships according to the roles ofseme,the sexualtopor active pursuer, anduke,the sexualbottomor passive pursued. BL has a robust global presence, having spread since the 1990s through international licensing and distribution, as well as through unlicensed circulation of works byBL fansonline. BL works, culture, and fandom have been studied and discussed by scholars and journalists worldwide.

Etymology and terminology

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Multiple terms exist to describe Japanese and Japanese-influenced male-male romance fiction as a genre. In a 2015 survey of professional Japanese male-male romance fiction writers by Kazuko Suzuki, five primary subgenres were identified:[1]

Shōnen-ai[b](Thiếu niên ái,lit."boy love" )
While the termshōnen-aihistorically connotedephebophiliaorpederasty,beginning in the 1970s it was used to describe a new genre ofshōjomanga(girls' manga) featuring romance betweenbishōnen(lit."beautiful boys" ), a term forandrogynousoreffeminatemale characters.[3]Earlyshōnen-aiworks were inspired byEuropean literature,the writings ofTaruho Inagaki,[4]and theBildungsromangenre.[5]Shōnen-aioften features references to literature, history, science, and philosophy;[6]Suzuki describes the genre as being "pedantic" and "difficult to understand",[7]with "philosophical and abstract musings" that challenged young readers who were often only able to understand the references and deeper themes as they grew older.[8]
Tanbi[c](Đam mỹ,lit."aesthete" or "aesthetic" )
Tanbias a term and concept predates male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, having originated to describe erotic highbrow literary fiction by authors such asYukio Mishima,Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,andYasunari Kawabata.By the 1980s, magazines aimed atshōnen-aifans were using the term to describe fiction by both amateur and professional writers published in those magazines, as well as to designate literature with themes of homoeroticism and implied homosexuality by authors such asOscar Wilde,Jean Cocteau,Tatsuhiko Shibusawa,and Mishima.Tanbiin this context is primarily used to describe prose fiction, but has also been used for manga and visual art.[10]
June(ジュネ,Japanese pronunciation:[dʑɯne])
Derived fromthe eponymous male-male romance manga magazinefirst published in 1978, the term was originally used to describe works that resembled the art style of manga published in that magazine.[11]It has also been used to describeamateur worksdepicting male homosexuality that are original creations and notderivative works.[12]By the 1990s, the term had largely fallen out of use in favor of "boys' love";it has been suggested that publishers wishing to get a foothold in theJunemarket coined "boys' love" to disassociate the genre from the publisher ofJune.[2]
Yaoi[d](やおい)
Coined in the late 1970s by manga artistsYasuko SakataandAkiko Hatsu,[16][17]yaoiis a portmanteau ofyama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi(Sơn [ tràng ]なし, lạc ちなし, ý vị なし),[e]which translates to "no climax, no point, no meaning".[f]Initially used by artists as a self-deprecating and ironic euphemism,[15]the portmanteau refers to how earlyyaoiworks typically focused on sex to the exclusion of plot and character development;[7][19]it is also a subversive reference to theclassical Japanese narrative structureof introduction, development, twist, and conclusion.[20]
Boys' love(ボーイズ ラブ,bōizu rabu)
Typically written as the acronymBL(ビーエル,bīeru),or alternately as "boy's love" or "boys love", the term is awasei-eigoconstruction derived from the literal English translation ofshōnen-ai.[21]First used in 1991 by the magazineImagein an effort to collect these disparate genres under a single term, the term became widely popularized in 1994 after being used by the magazinePuff[ja].[12]"BL" is the common term used to describe male-male romance media marketed to women in Japan and much of Asia, though its usage in the West is inconsistent.[12][22]

Despite attempts by researchers to codify differences between these subgenres, in practice these terms are used interchangeably.[21]Kazumi Nagaike and Tomoko Aoyama note that while BL andyaoiare the most common generic terms for this kind of media, they specifically avoid attempts at defining subgenres, noting that the differences between them are ill-defined and that even when differentiated, the subgenres "remain thematically intertwined."[21][23]

In Suzuki's investigation of these subgenres, she notes that "there is no appropriate and convenient Japanese shorthand term to embrace all subgenres of male-male love fiction by and for women."[1][21]Yaoihas been used as anumbrella termin the West for Japanese-influenced comics with male-male relationships,[11]and was preferentially used by American manga publishers for works of this kind due to the belief that the term "boys' love" carries the implication ofpedophilia.[21]In Japan,yaoiis used to denotedōjinshiand works that focus on sex scenes.[11]In all usages,yaoiand boys' love excludesgay manga (bara),a genre which also depicts gay male sexual relationships, but is written for and mostly by gay men.[11][20]

In the West, the termshōnen-aiis sometimes used to describe titles that focus on romance over explicit sexual content, whileyaoiis used to describe titles that primarily feature sexually explicit themes and subject material.[24][25][16]Yaoican also be used by Western fans as a label for anime or manga-basedslash fiction.[26]The Japanese use ofyaoito denote only works with explicit scenes sometimes clashes with the Western use of the word to describe the genre as a whole, creating confusion between Japanese and Western audiences.[22]

History

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Before 1970: The origins ofshōnen-ai

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Mari Mori,whosetanbinovels laid the foundation for many of the common genre tropes ofshōnen-ai

Homosexuality andandrogynyhave ahistory in Japan dating to ancient times,as seen in practices such asshudō(Chúng đạo,same-sex love betweensamuraiand their companions)andkagema(Âm gian,male sex workers who served as apprenticekabukiactors).[27][28]The country shifted away from a tolerance of homosexuality amidWesternizationduring theMeiji Era(1868–1912), and moved towards hostile social attitudes towards homosexuality and the implementation ofanti-sodomy laws.[29][30]

In the face of this legal and cultural shift, artists who depicted male homosexuality in their work typically did so throughsubtext.[31]Illustrations byKashō Takabatake[ja]in theshōnenmanga(boys' comics) magazineNihon Shōnenformed the foundation of what would become the aesthetic ofbishōnen:boys and young men, often inhomosocialorhomoeroticcontexts, who are defined by their "ambivalent passivity, fragility, ephemerality, and softness."[32]The 1961 novelA Lovers' ForestbytanbiwriterMari Mori,which follows the relationship between a professor and his younger male lover, is regarded as an influential precursor to theshōnen-aigenre.[4][33]Mori's works were influenced byEuropean literature,particularlyGothic literature,and laid the foundation for many of the commontropesofshōnen-ai,yaoi,and BL: western exoticism, educated and wealthy characters, significant age differences among couples, and fanciful or evensurrealsettings.[33]

Inmanga,the concept ofgekiga(Kịch họa)emerged in the late 1950s, which sought to use manga to tell serious and grounded stories aimed at adult audiences.Gekigainspired the creation of manga that depicted realistic human relationships, and opened the way for manga that explored human sexuality in a non-pornographic context.[34]Hideko Mizuno's 1969shōjomanga(girls' comics) seriesFire!(1969–1971), which eroticized its male protagonists and depicted male homosexuality in Americanrock and rollculture, is noted as an influential work in this regard.[35]

1970s and 1980s: Fromshōnen-aitoyaoi

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Moto Hagio,a member of theYear 24 Groupand a major figure in theshōnen-aigenre

Contemporary Japanese homoerotic romance manga originated in the 1970s as a subgenre ofshōjomanga.[21]The decade saw the arrival of a new generation ofshōjomanga artists, most notable among them theYear 24 Group.The Year 24 Group contributed significantly to the development of theshōjomanga, introducing a greater diversity of themes and subject material to the genre that drew inspiration from by Japanese and European literature, cinema, and history.[36]Members of the group, includingKeiko TakemiyaandMoto Hagio,created works that depicted male homosexuality:In The Sunroom(1970) by Takemiya is considered the first work of the genre that would become known asshōnen-ai,followed by Hagio'sThe November Gymnasium(1971).[37]

Takemiya, Hagio,Toshie Kihara,Ryoko Yamagishi,andKaoru Kurimotowere among the most significantshōnen-aiartists of this era;[38][17]notable works includeThe Heart of Thomas(1974–1975) by Hagio andKaze to Ki no Uta(1976-1984) by Takemiya.[38][39][40]Works by these artists typically featured tragic romances between androgynousbishōnenin historic European settings.[3][35]Though these works were nominally aimed at an audience of adolescent girls and young women, they also attracted adult gay and lesbian readers.[3][41]During this same period, the firstgay mangamagazines were published:Barazoku,the first commercially circulated gay men's magazine in Japan, was published in 1971, and served as a major influence on Takemiya and the development ofshōnen-ai.[42]

Thedōjinshi(self-published works) subculture emerged contemporaneously in the 1970s (seeMediabelow),[43][44]and in 1975, the firstComiketwas held as a gathering of amateur artists who producedōjinshi.[45]The termyaoi,initially used by some creators of male-male romancedōjinshito describe their creations ironically, emerged to describe amateur works that were influenced byshōnen-aiand gay manga.[46][47]Earlyyaoidōjinshiproduced for Comiket were typicallyderivative works,withglam rockartists such asDavid BowieandQueenas popular subjects as a result of the influence ofFire!;[45]yaoidōjinshiwere also more sexually explicit thanshōnen-ai.[48]

In reaction to the success ofshōnen-aiand earlyyaoi,publishers sought to exploit the market by creating magazines devoted to the genre. Young female illustrators cemented themselves in the manga industry by publishingyaoiworks, with this genre later becoming "a transnational subculture."[49][50][51]Publishing houseMagazine Magazine[ja],which published the gay manga magazineSabu[ja],launched the magazineJunein 1978, whileMinori Shobo[ja]launchedAllanin 1980.[52][53]Both magazines initially specialized inshōnen-ai,which Magazine Magazine described as "halfway betweentanbiliterature and pornography, "[54]and also published articles on homosexuality, literary fiction, illustrations, and amateuryaoiworks.[55]The success ofJunewas such that the termJune-monoor more simplyJunebegan to compete with the termshōnen-aito describe works depicting male homosexuality.[42][56]

By the late 1980s, the popularity of professionally publishedshōnen-aiwas declining, andyaoipublished asdōjinshiwas becoming more popular.[57]Mainstreamshōnenmanga with Japanese settings such asCaptain Tsubasabecame popular source material for derivative works byyaoicreators, and the genre increasingly depicted Japanese settings over western settings.[58]Works influenced byshōnen-aiin the 1980s began to depict older protagonists and adopted a realist style in both plot and artwork, as typified by manga such asBanana Fish(1985–1994) byAkimi YoshidaandTomoi(1986) byWakuni Akisato[ja].[38][41]The 1980s also saw the proliferation ofyaoiintoanime,drama CDs,andlight novels;[59]the 1982 anime adaptation ofPatalliro!was the first television anime to depictshōnen-aithemes, whileKaze to Ki no UtaandEarthianwere adapted into anime in theoriginal video animation(home video) format in 1987 and 1989, respectively.[60]

1990s: Mainstream popularity andyaoi ronsō

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The manga artist groupClamp,whose works were among the firstyaoi-influenced media to be encountered by Western audiences

The growing popularity ofyaoiattracted the attention of manga magazine editors, many of whom recruitedyaoidōjinshiauthors to their publications;[61]Zetsuai 1989(1989–1991) byMinami Ozaki,ayaoiseries published in theshōjomagazineMargaret,was originally aCaptain Tsubasadōjinshicreated by Ozaki that she adapted into an original work.[62]By 1990, seven Japanese publishers includedyaoicontent in their offerings, which kickstarted the commercial publishing market of the genre.[5]Between 1990 and 1995, thirty magazines devoted toyaoiwere established:Magazine Be × Boy,founded in 1993, became one of the most influentialyaoimanga magazines of this era.[63]The manga in these magazines were influenced by realist stories likeBanana Fish,and moved away from theshōnen-aistandards of the 1970s and 1980s.[63][64]Shōnen-aiworks that were published during this period were typically comedies rather than melodramas, such asGravitation(1996–2002) byMaki Murakami.[65]Consequently,yaoiand "boys' love" (BL) came to be the most popular terms to describe works depicting male-male romance, eclipsingshōnen-aiandJune.[59]

An increasing proportion ofshōjomanga in the 1990s began to integrateyaoielements into their plots. The manga artist groupClamp,which itself began as a group creatingyaoidōjinshi,[66]published multiple works containingyaoielements during this period, such asRG Veda(1990–1995),Tokyo Babylon(1991–1994), andCardcaptor Sakura(1996–2000).[67]When these works were released in North America, they were among the firstyaoi-influenced media to be encountered by Western audiences.[67]BL gained popularity inmainland Chinain the late 1990s; the country subsequently outlawed the publishing and distribution of BL works.[68]

The mid-1990s saw the so-called "yaoidebate "oryaoi ronsō(や お い luận tranh ), a debate held primarily in a series of essays published in the feminist magazineChoisirfrom 1992 to 1997.[69]In anopen letter,Japanese gay writer Masaki Satō criticized the genre ashomophobicfor not depicting gay men accurately,[33]and called fans ofyaoi"disgusting women" who "have a perverse interest in sexual intercourse between men."[69]A years-long debate ensued, withyaoifans and artists contending thatyaoiis entertainment for women that does not seek to be a realistic depiction of homosexuality, and instead serves as a refuge from the misogyny of Japanese society.[33]The scholarly debate that theyaoi ronsōengendered led to the formation of the field of "BL studies", which focus on the study of BL and the relationship between women and BL.[70]It additionally impacted creators ofyaoi:author Chiyo Kurihara abandonedyaoito focus on heterosexual pornography as a result of theyaoi ronsō,while Hisako Takamatsu took into account the arguments of the genre's critics to create works more accommodating of a gay audience.[33]

2000s–present: Globalization ofyaoiand BL

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Otome RoadinIkebukurobecame a major cultural destination foryaoifandom in the 2000s.

The economic crisis caused by theLost Decadecame to affect the manga industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but did not particularly impact theyaoimarket; on the contrary,yaoimagazines continued to proliferate during this period, and sales ofyaoimedia increased.[64][71]In 2004,Otome RoadinIkebukuroemerged as a major cultural destination foryaoifandom, with multiple stores dedicated toshōjoandyaoigoods.[72]The 2000s also saw an increase in male readers ofyaoi,with a 2008 bookstore survey finding that between 25 and 30 percent ofyaoireaders were male.[73]

The 2000s saw significant growth ofyaoiin international markets, beginning with the founding of the Americananime conventionYaoi-Conin 2001.[74]The first officially-licensed English-language translations ofyaoimanga were published in the North American market in 2003 (seeMediabelow);[75][76]the market expanded rapidly before contracting in 2008 as a result of the globalfinancial crisis of 2007–2008,but continued to grow slowly in the following years.[74]South Korea saw the development of BL in the form ofmanhwa,notablyMartin and John(2006) by Park Hee-jung andCrush on You(2006) by Lee Kyung-ha.[77]

The 2010s and 2020s saw an increase in the popularity ofyaoiand BL media in China and Thailand in the form ofweb novels,live-action films, and live-action television dramas (seeMediabelow). Though "boys' love" and "BL" have become the generic terms for this material across Asia, in Thailand, BL dramas are sometimes referred to as "Y" or "Y series" as a shorthand foryaoi.[78][79]Thai Series Y explicitly adapts the content of Japanese BL to the Thai local context and in recent years has become increasingly popular with fans around the world who often view Thai BL as separate to its Japanese antecedents.[80]Thai BL also deliberately borrows fromK-popcelebrity culture in the development of its own style of idols known askhu jin(imaginary couples) who are designed to be paired together by Thai BL's predominantly female fans.[81]For cultural anthropologist Thomas Baudinette, BL series produced in Thailand represent the next stage in the historic development of BL, which is increasingly becoming "dislocated" from Japan among international fans' understanding of the genre.[82]

While BL fandom in China traces back to the late 1990s asdanmei(theMandarinreading of the Japanese termtanbi),[83]state regulations in China made it difficult fordanmeiwriters to publish their works online, with a 2009 ordinance by the National Publishing Administration of China banning mostdanmeionline fiction.[84]In 2015, laws prohibiting depictions of same-sex relationships in television and film were implemented in China.[85]The growth instreaming service providersin the 2010s is regarded as a driving force behind the production of BL dramas across Asia, as online distribution provides a platform for media containing non-heterosexual material, which is frequently not permitted onbroadcast television.[79]

Concepts and themes

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Bishōnen

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Main article:Bishōnen
MusicianDavid Bowie,actorBjörn Andrésen,andkabukiactorBandō Tamasaburōinfluenced depictions ofbishōnencharacters inshōjoand BL manga.

The protagonists of BL are oftenbishōnen(Mỹ thiếu niên,lit."beautiful boy" ),"highly idealised" boys and young men who blend bothmasculineandfemininequalities.[86]Bishōnenas a concept can be found disparately throughoutEast Asia,but its specific aesthetic manifestation in 1970sshōjomanga (and subsequently inshōnen-aimanga) drew influence from popular culture of the era, includingglam rockartists such asDavid Bowie,[87]actorBjörn Andrésen's portrayal of Tadzio in the 1971 film adaptation ofDeath in Venice,and kabukionnagataBandō Tamasaburō.[88]Thoughbishōnenare not exclusive to BL, theandrogynyofbishōnenis often exploited to explore notions of sexuality and gender in BL works.[87]

The late 2010s saw the increasing popularity of masculine men in BL that are reminiscent of the body types typical ingay manga,with growing emphasis on stories featuring muscular bodies and older characters.[89][90]A 2017 survey by BL publisherJuné Mangafound that while over 80% of their readership previously preferredbishōnenbody types exclusively, 65% now enjoy bothbishōnenand muscular body types.[91]Critics and commentators have noted that this shift in preferences among BL readers, and subsequent creation of works that feature characteristics of both BL and gay manga, represents a blurring of the distinctions between the genres;[90][92]anthropologist Thomas Baudinette notes in his fieldwork that gay men in Japan "saw no need to sharply disassociate BL from [gay manga] when discussing their consumption of 'gay media'."[93]

Semeanduke

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Artwork depicting aseme(top) anduke(bottom) couple

The two participants in a BL relationship (and to a lesser extent inyuri)[94]are often referred to asseme(Công め,lit."top", as derived from theichidanverb "to attack" )anduke(Thụ け,lit."bottom", as derived from theichidanverb "to receive" ).[86]These terms originated inmartial arts,and were later appropriated as JapaneseLGBT slangto refer to the insertive and receptive partners inanal sex.[95]Aleardo Zanghellini suggests that the martial arts terms have special significance to a Japanese audience, as an archetype of the gay male relationship in Japan includessame-sex love between samurai and their companions.[95]He suggests that the samurai archetype is responsible for age differences and hierarchical variations in power of some relationships portrayed in BL.[95]

Thesemeis often depicted as restrained, physically powerful, and protective; he is generally older and taller,[96]with a stronger chin, shorter hair, smaller eyes, and a more stereotypically masculine and "macho"[97]demeanour than theuke.Thesemeusually pursues theuke,who often has softer, androgynous, feminine features with bigger eyes and a smaller build, and is often physically weaker than theseme.[98]The roles ofsemeandukecan alternatively be established by who is dominant in the relationship; a character can take theukerole even if he is not presented as feminine, simply by being juxtaposed against and pursued by a more dominant and masculine character.[99]Anal sex is ubiquitous in BL,[100]and is typically rendered explicitly and not merely implied;[101]Zanghellini notes that illustrations of anal sex almost always position the characters to face each other rather than "doggy style",and that theukerarelyfellatestheseme,but instead receives the sexual and romantic attentions of theseme.[95]

Though McLelland notes that authors are typically "interested in exploring, not repudiating" the dynamics between thesemeanduke,[102]not all works adhere tosemeanduketropes.[103][104]The possibility ofswitching rolesis often a source of playful teasing and sexual excitement for the characters,[105]indicating an interest among many genre authors in exploring theperformativenature of the roles.[25]Riba(リバ),a shorthand for "reversible" (リバーシブル), is used to describe couples where thesemeandukeroles are not strictly defined.[106]Occasionally, authors will forego the stylisations of thesemeanduketo portray both lovers as "equally attractive handsome men", or will subvert expectations of dominance by depicting the active pursuer in the relationship as taking the passive role during sex.[97]In other cases, theukeis presented as more sexually aggressive than theseme;in these instances, the roles are sometimes referred to asosoi uke(Tập い thụ け,"attackinguke")andhetare seme(ヘタレ công め,"wimpyseme").[107]

Diminished female characters

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Historically, female characters had minor roles in BL, or were absent altogether.[108][109]Suzuki notes that mothers in particular are often portrayed in a negative light; she suggests this is because the character and reader alike are seeking to substitute the absence of unconditional maternal love with the "forbidden" all-consuming love presented in BL.[110]Indōjinshiparodies based on existing works that include female characters, the female's role is typically either minimized or the character is killed off;[109][111]Yukari Fujimotonoted that in these parodies, "it seems thatyaoireadings and likeable female characters are mutually exclusive. "[112]Nariko Enomoto,a BL author, suggests that women are typically not depicted in BL as their presence adds an element ofrealismthat distracts from a fantasy narrative.[113]

Since the late 2000s, women have appeared more frequently in BL works as supporting characters.[114]Lunsing notes that earlyshōnen-aiandyaoiwere often regarded asmisogynistic,with the diminished role of female characters cited as evidence of theinternalized misogynyof the genre's largely female readership.[18]He suggests that the decline of these misogynistic representations over time is evidence that authors and readers "overcame this hate, possibly thanks to their involvement withyaoi."[18]

Gay equality

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BL stories are often stronglyhomosocial,giving men freedom to bond and pursue shared goals together (as indojinshiadaptations ofshōnenmanga), or to rival each other (as inEmbracing Love). This spiritual bond and equal partnership is depicted as overcoming the male-femalegender hierarchy.[115]As is typical in romance fiction, couples depicted in these stories often must overcome obstacles that are emotional or psychological rather than physical.[116]Akiko Mizoguchi notes that while early stories depicted homosexuality as a source of shame to heighten dramatic tension in this regard, beginning in the mid-2000s the genre began to depict gay identity with greater sensitivity and nuance, with series such asBrilliant Bluefeaturing stories ofcoming outand the characters' gradual acceptance within the wider community.[117]BL typically depicts Japanese society as more accepting of LGBT peoplethan it is in reality,which Mizoguchi contends is a form of activism among BL authors.[117]Some longer-form stories such asFakeandKizuna: Bonds of Lovehave the couple form a family unit, depicting them cohabiting and adopting children.[118]It is also possible that they marry and have children, as inOmegaversepublications.[119]Fujimoto citesOssan's Love(2016–2018) and other BL television dramas that emerged in the 2010s as a "'missing link' to bridge the gap between BL fiction and gay people," arguing that when BL narratives are presented using human actors, it produces a "subconscious change in the perception of viewers" towards acceptance of homosexuality.[120]

Although gay male characters are empowered in BL, the genre frequently does not address the reality of socio-culturalhomophobia.According to Hisako Miyoshi, vice editor-in-chief forLibre Publishing,while earlier works in the genre focused "more on the homosexual way of life from a realistic perspective", over time the genre has become less realistic and more comedic, and the stories are "simply for entertainment".[121]BL manga often have fantastical, historical or futuristic settings, and many fans consider the genre to beescapist fiction.[122]Homophobia, when it is presented as an issue at all,[103]is used as a plot device to heighten drama,[123]or to show the purity of the leads' love.Rachel Thornhas suggested that as BL is primarily a romance genre, its readers may be turned off by political themes such as homophobia.[124]BL authorMakoto Tatenoexpressed skepticism that realistic depictions of gay men's lives would become common in BL "because girls like fiction more than realism".[125]Alan Williams argues that the lack of a gay identity in BL is due to BL beingpostmodern,stating that "a common utterance in the genre—when a character claims that he is 'not gay, but just in love with a man'—has both homophobic (ormodern) temporal undertones but alsonon-identitarian(postmodern) ones. "[126]In 2019, BL manga magazine editors have stated that stories where a man is concerned about coming out as gay have become uncommon and the trope can be seen as outdated if used as a source of conflict between the characters.[127]

Rape

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Eroticized depictions of rapeare often associated with BL.[115]Anal sexis understood as a means of expressing commitment to a partner, and in BL, the "apparent violence" of rape is transformed into a "measure of passion".[128]Rape scenes in BL are rarely presented as crimes with an assaulter and a victim: scenes where asemerapes anukeare not depicted as symptomatic of the violent desires of theseme,but rather as evidence of the uncontrollable attraction felt by thesemetowards theuke.Such scenes are often aplot deviceused to make theukesee thesemeas more than just a good friend, and typically result in theukefalling in love with theseme.[115]

While Japanese society often shuns or looks down upon women who are raped in reality, the BL genre depicts men who are raped as still "imbued with innocence" and are typically still loved by their rapists after the act, a trope that may have originated withKaze to Ki no Uta.[128]Kristy Valenti ofThe Comics Journalnotes that rape narratives typically focus on how "irresistible" theukeis and how theseme"cannot control himself" in his presence, thus absolving thesemeof responsibility for his rape of theuke.She notes this is likely why thenarrative climaxof many BL stories depicts thesemerecognizing, and taking responsibility for, his sexual desires.[129]Where the uke is raped by a third party, the relationship is shown to be emotionally supportive.[130]Conversely, some stories such asUnder Grand Hotelsubvert the rape fantasy trope entirely by presenting rape as a negative and traumatic act.[131]

A 2012 survey of English-language BL fans found that just 15 percent of respondents reported that the presence of rape in BL media made them uncomfortable, as the majority of respondents could distinguish between the "fantasy, genre-driven rape" of BL and rape as a crime in reality.[65]This "surprisingly high tolerance" for depictions of rape is contextualized by acontent analysis,which found that just 13 percent of all original Japanese BL available commercially in English contains depictions of rape. These findings are argued as "possibly belying the perception that rape is almost ubiquitous in BL/yaoi."[65]

Tragedy

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Tragicnarratives that focused on the suffering of the protagonists were popular earlyJunestories,[132]particularly stories that ended in one or both members of the central couple dying fromsuicide.[133]By the mid-1990s,happy endingswere more common;[133]when tragic endings are shown, the cause is typically not an interpersonal conflict between the couple, but "the cruel and intrusive demands of an uncompromising outside world".[134]Thorn theorizes that depictions of tragedy and abuse in BL exist to allow the audience "to come to terms in some way with their own experiences of abuse."[135]

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Main articles:Bara (genre),Shotacon,andOmegaverse

Bara(Tường vi,"rose" ),also known as gay manga(ゲイ mạn họa)orgei komi(ゲイコミ,"gay comics" )is a genre focused on malesame-sex love,as created primarily bygay menfor a gay male audience.[136]Gay manga typically focuses onmasculinemen with varying degrees of muscle, body fat, andbody hair,in contrast to the androgynousbishōnenof BL.Graham Kolbeinswrites inMassive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make Itthat while BL can be understood as a primarilyfeministphenomenon, in that it depicts sex that is free of thepatriarchaltrappings of heterosexual pornography, gay manga is primarily an expression of gay male identity.[137]The early 2000s saw a degree of overlap between BL and gay manga inBDSM-themed publications: theyaoiBDSM anthology magazineZettai Reido(Tuyệt đối linh độ)had several male contributors,[18][138]while several female BL authors have contributed stories to BDSM-themed gay manga anthologies or special issues,[138]occasionally under malepen names.[137]

Shotacon(ショタコン,shotakon)is a genre that depictsprepubescentorpubescentboys in a romantic or pornographic context. Originating as an offshoot ofyaoiin the early 1980s, the subgenre was later adopted by male readers and became influenced bylolicon(works depicting prepubescent or pubescent girls);[113]the conflation ofshotaconin its contemporary usage with BL is thus not universally accepted, as the genre constitutes material that marketed to both male and female audiences.[65]

Omegaverseis a male-male romance subgenre that originated from the American seriesSupernatural[139]and in the 2010s became a subgenre of both commercial and non-commercial BL.[140][141]Stories in the genre are premised on societies wherein humans are divided into adominance hierarchyof dominant "alphas", neutral "betas", and submissive "omegas". These terms are derived from those used inethologyto describesocial hierarchies in animals.[142]

The "dom/subuniverse "subgenre emerged in 2017 and gained popularity in 2021. The subgenre usesBDSMelements and also draws influences from Omegaverse, particularly the use of a caste system.[143]

Media

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In 2003, 3.8% of weekly Japanese manga magazines were dedicated exclusively to BL. Notable ongoing and defunct magazines includeMagazine Be × Boy,June,Craft,Chara,Dear+,Opera,Ciel[ja],andGush.[16]Several of these magazines were established as companion publications toshōjomanga magazines, as they include material considered too explicit for an all-ages audience;Cielwas established as a companion toMonthly Asuka,whileDear+was established as a companion toWings.[144]A 2008 assessment estimated that the Japanese commercial BL market grossed approximately¥12 billionannually, with novel sales generating¥250 millionper month, manga generating¥400 millionper month, CDs generating¥180 millionper month, and video games generating¥160 millionper month.[145]A 2010 report estimated that the Japanese BL market was worth approximately¥21.3 billionin both 2009 and 2010.[146]In 2019, editors fromLynx,Magazine Be × Boy,andOn BLUEhave stated that, with the growth of BL artists in Taiwan and South Korea, they have recruited and published several of their works in Japan with expectations that the BL manga industry will diversify.[127]

Fan works (dōjinshi)

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BLdōjinshiare typicallyderivative worksbased on existing media, as in thisfan artofHarry PotterandSeverus Snapefrom theHarry Potterseries.

Thedōjinshi(self-publishedfan works) subculture emerged in the 1970s contemporaneously with BL subculture and Westernfan fictionculture.[43][44]Characteristic similarities of fan works in both Japan and the West include non-adherence to a standardnarrative structuresand a particular popularity ofscience fictionthemes.[86]Early BLdōjinshiwere amateur publications that were not controlled by media restrictions, were typicallyderivative worksbased on existing manga and anime, and were often written by teenagers for an adolescent audience.[44][147]Several legitimate manga artists produce or produceddōjinshi:the manga artist groupClampbegan as an amateurdōjinshicircle creatingyaoiworks based onSaint Seiya,[66]whileKodaka Kazuma[148]andFumi Yoshinaga[149]have produceddōjinshiconcurrently with professionally-published works. Many publishing companies review BLdōjinshito recruit talented amateurs; this practice has led to careers in mainstream manga forYouka Nitta,Shungiku Nakamura,and others.[150][60]

Typically, BLdōjinshifeature male-male pairings from non-romantic manga and anime. Much of the material derives from male-orientedshōnenandseinenworks, which contain close male-male friendships perceived by fans to imply elements ofhomoeroticism,[19]such as withCaptain Tsubasa[20]andSaint Seiya,two titles which popularizedyaoiin the 1980s.[44]Weekly Shonen Jumpis known to have a large female readership who engage in BL readings;[151]publishers ofshōnenmanga may create "homoerotic-themed" merchandise asfan serviceto their BL fans.[152]BL fans may "ship"any male-male pairing, sometimes pairing off a favourite character, or create a story about two original male characters and incorporate established characters into the story.[20]Any male character may become the subject of a BLdōjinshi,including characters from non-manga titles such asHarry PotterorThe Lord of the Rings,[153]video games such asFinal Fantasy,[154]orreal peoplesuch as actors and politicians. Amateur authors may also create characters out ofpersonificationsof abstract concepts (as in the personification of countries inHetalia: Axis Powers) or complementary objects likesalt and pepper.[155]In Japan, the labeling of BLdōjinshiis typically composed of the two lead characters' names, separated by amultiplication sign,with thesemebeing first and theukebeing second.[156]

Outside of Japan, the 2000 broadcast ofMobile Suit Gundam Wingin North America onCartoon Networkis noted as crucial to the development of Western BL fan works, particularlyfan fiction.[157]As BL fan fiction is often compared to the Western fan practice ofslash,it is important to understand the subtle differences between them. Levi notes that "the youthful teen look that so easily translates into androgyny in boys' love manga, and allows for so many layered interpretations of sex and gender, is much harder for slash writers to achieve."[158]

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Shelves of BL books and magazines atBooks Kinokuniyain San Francisco in 2009

The first officially-licensed English-language translations ofyaoimanga were published in the North American market in 2003; by 2006, there were roughly 130 English-translatedyaoiworks commercially available,[75]and by 2007, over 10 publishers in North America publishedyaoi.[159]Notable English-language publishers of BL includeViz Mediaunder their SuBLime imprint,Digital Manga Publishingunder their 801 Media and Juné imprints,Media Blastersunder their Kitty Media imprint,Seven Seas Entertainment,andTokyopop.[43][160]Notable defunct English-language publishers of BL includeCentral Park Mediaunder their Be Beautiful imprint,Broccoliunder their Boysenberry imprint, andAurora Publishingunder theirDeux Pressimprint.[98]

Among the 135yaoimanga published in North America between 2003 and 2006, 14% were rated for readers aged 13 years or over, 39% were rated for readers aged 15 or older, and 47% were rated for readers age 18 and up.[161]Restrictions among American booksellers often led publishers to label books conservatively, often rating books originally intended for a mid-teen readership as 18+ and distributing them in shrinkwrap.[162]Diamond Comic Distributorsvalued the sales ofyaoimanga in the United States at approximatelyUS$6 million in 2007.[163]

Marketing was significant in the transnational travel of BL from Japan to the United States, and led to BL to attract a following ofLGBTQfans in the United States. The 1994original video animationadaptation ofKizuna: Bonds of Lovewas distributed by Ariztical Entertainment, which specializes inLGBT cinemaand marketed the title as "the first gay male anime to be released onDVDin the US. "[164]The film was reviewed in the American LGBT magazineThe Advocate,which compared the film to gayart house cinema.[165]

A large portion of Western fans choose topirateBL material because they are unable or unwilling to obtain it through sanctioned methods.Scanlationsand otherfan translationefforts of both commercially published Japanese works and amateurdojinshiare common.[166][167]

Original English-languageyaoi

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Whenyaoiinitially gained popularity in the United States in the early 2000s, several American artists began creatingoriginal English-language mangafor female readers featuring male-male couples referred to as "Americanyaoi".The first known commercially published original English-languageyaoicomic isSexual Espionage #1by Daria McGrain, published bySin Factoryin May 2002.[168]As international artists began creatingyaoiworks, the term "Americanyaoi"fell out of use and was replaced by terms like" original English languageyaoi",[169]"globalyaoi",and" global BL ".[170][171]The majority of publishers creating original English-languageyaoimanga are now defunct, includingYaoi Press,[172]DramaQueen,[173]and Iris Print.[174][175]Digital Manga Publishinglast published original English-languageyaoimanga in 2012;[176]outside of the United States, German publisherCarlsen Mangaalso published originalyaoiworks.[177][178]

Audio dramas

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Tsuzumigafuchi,the firstyaoiaudio drama, was released on cassette in 1988.

BLaudio dramas,occasionally referred to as "drama CDs", "sound dramas", or "BLCDs", are recordedvoice performancesof male-male romance scenarios performed by primarily male voice actors. They are typically adaptations of original BL manga and novels.[179]The first BL audio dramas were released in the 1980s, beginning withTsuzumigafuchiin 1988, which was published as a "Junecassette ".[180]BL audio dramas proliferated beginning in the 1990s with the rise in popularity ofcompact discs,peaking at 289 total CDs released in 2008, which dropped to 108 CDs in 2013.[180]

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Japan

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While Japanese BL manga has been adapted into live action films andtelevision dramassince the early 2000s, these works were marketed towards a niche audience ofBL fansrather than towards a general audience.[181]When these works were adapted for a general audience, same-sex romance elements were typically downplayed or removed entirely, as in the live-action television adaption ofAntique Bakerythat aired onFuji TVin 2001.[127]The development of Japanese live-action television dramas that focus on BL and same-sex romance themes explicitly was spurred by the critical and commercial success of theTV Asahitelevision dramaOssan's Love(2016), which features an all-malelove triangleas its central plot conceit.[120]WhileOssan's Loveis an original series, it influenced the creation of live-action BL works adapted from manga that are marketed towards mass audiences; notable examples include the television dramasThe Novelist[ja](2018) onFuji TV,What Did You Eat Yesterday?(2019) onTV Tokyo,[g]Cherry Magic(2020) on TV Tokyo, and the live-action film adaptation ofThe Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese(2020).[181]

In 2022,Kadokawa Corporationemployee Kaoru Azuma established Tunku, Kadokawa's label for publishing live-action BL drama series, partnering withMBS TVto create the programming blockDrama Shower.[182]The label was created to promote Japanese BL dramas based on existing BL novels and manga due to the growing popularity of BL caused byOssan's Love.[182]While creating Tunku, Azuma stated that she noticed that prejudice against boys' love has dwindled, and that many people have seemed to accept the genre as "normal".[182]

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The Thai romantic drama filmLove of Siam(2007), which features a gay male romance storyline, found unexpected mainstream success upon its release and grossed overTH฿40 million at the box office.[183]This was followed byLove Sick: The Series(2014–2015), the first Thai television series to feature two gay characters as the lead roles.[184]Cultural anthropologist Thomas Baudinette argues thatLove Sick: The Seriesrepresented a "watershed moment" in the depiction of queer romance in Thai media, exploring how the series adapted tropes from Japanese BL to create a new genre of media.[80]While Japanese BL manga attracted an audience in Thailand as early as the 1990s,[185]the success ofLove of SiamandLove Sickkick-started the production of domestic BL dramas: between 2014 and 2020, 57 television series in the BL genre were produced and released in Thailand.[186]

Major producers of Thai BL includeGMMTV,a subsidiary ofGMM Grammy,which has produced2gether: The Series(2020),A Tale of Thousand Stars(2021),SOTUS: The Series(2016–2017),Dark Blue Kiss(2019), andTheory of Love(2019);[187]andLine Corporation,which produces BL dramas in Thailand for distribution on itsLine TVplatform.[79]The genre has seen some backlash from conservative elements in Thai society: in 2020, theNational Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commissionintroduced new guidelines around material containing "sexually explicit or suggestive" scenes, while public broadcasterMCOTcancelled the BL seriesLove by Chancein 2018.[78]Thai BL dramas are noted as having gained popularity in Indonesia, where LGBT representation in domestic television is less common;[186]as well as in the Philippines, where many fans view BL as an originally Thai form of popular culture.[82]The coming-of-age BL series,I Told Sunset About You(2020) was awarded by theSeoul International Drama Awardsas the International Drama of the Year in 2021.[188]It has been suggested that BL dramas could become a source of Thai culturalsoft powerin Southeast Asia and beyond.[184]

China

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There are no specificcensorship policies in Chinaconcerning depictions of LGBT subject material in media; nevertheless,Varietyreports that such material is "deemed sensitive and is inconsistently but regularly removed" from distribution.[85]Addicted(2016), the first Chinese BL web series, accumulated 10 million views before being pulled from the streaming platformiQiyi.[189][187]In reaction to state censorship, Chinese BL works typically depict male-male romance as homoerotic subtext: the web novelGuardian(2012) depicted a romance between its two lead male characters, though when it was adapted into a television drama on the streaming platformYoukuin 2018, the relationship was rendered as a close, homoerotic friendship.[190]The 2015 BLxianxianovelGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivationwas adapted intoan animated seriesin 2018 anda live-action seriesin 2019, both of which similarly revise the nature of the relationship between the lead male characters. Consequently, fans of bothGuardianandThe Untameddiscussed the series' male homoerotic content under the hashtag "socialist brotherhood"or" socialist bromance "to avoid detection from state censors.[191]

Other countries

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In South Korea, the web seriesWhere Your Eyes Lingerlaunched as the first domestically-produced BL series in 2020.[192]The BL genre didn't receive much traction in the country until 2022, when the seriesSemantic Errorachieved a major domestic success and became asocial phenomenonin South Korea.[193]The unexpected success of the series introduced the BL genre to the mainstream South Korean audience, which subsequently resulted in a rising production of South Korean BL dramas and films.[194]

In Taiwan, the BL anthology seriesHIStorypremiered in 2017.[195]

In the Philippines, BL television dramas gained popularity through the broadcast of foreign BL dramas such as2getherandWhere Your Eyes Linger.[196]This spurred the creation of domestically-produced BL dramas, such asGameboys(2020),[196]Hello Stranger(2020),[197]andOh, Mando!(2020);[198]the 2020 filmThe Boy Foretold by the Starsbilled itself as "the first Filipino BL movie".[199]

Video games

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BLvideo gamestypically consist ofvisual novelsorerogeoriented around male-male couples. The first BL game to receive an officially-licensed English-language release wasEnzai: Falsely Accused,published byJAST USAin 2006.[200]That same year, the company publishedAbsolute Obedience,[201]whileHirameki InternationallicensedAnimamundi;the later game, although already nonexplicit, was censored for US release to achieve a "mature" rather than "adults only"ESRBrating, removing some of both the sexual and the violent content.[202]Compared to BL manga, fewer BL games have been officially translated into English; the lack of interest by publishers in licensing further titles has been attributed to widespread copyright infringement of both licensed and unlicensed games.[203]

Demography

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Suzuki notes that "demographic analyses of BL media are underdeveloped and thus much needed inyaoi/BL studies, "[204]but acknowledges that "the overwhelming majority of BL readers are women."[204]80% of the BL audience is female,[205][206]while the membership ofYaoi-Con,a now-defunct Americanyaoiconvention,was 85% female.[207]It is usually assumed that all female fans areheterosexual,but in Japan there is a presence of lesbian manga authors[18]and lesbian,bisexualorquestioningfemale readers.[208]A 2008 survey of English-speaking readers of BL indicated that 50-60% of female readers self-identify as heterosexual.[209]

Although the genre is marketed to and consumed primarily by girls and women, there is a gay,[75]bisexual,[210]and heterosexual male[211][212][213]readership as well. A 2007 survey of BL readers among patrons of a United States library found about one quarter of respondents were male;[214]two online surveys found approximately ten percent of the broader English-speaking BL readership were male.[162][209]Lunsing suggests that younger Japanese gay men who are offended by "pornographic" content in gay men's magazines may prefer to read BL instead.[215]Some gay men, however, are put off by the feminine art style or unrealistic depictions ofLGBT culture in Japanand instead prefergay manga,[18]which some perceive to be more realistic.[20]Lunsing notes that some of the BL narrative elements criticized byhomosexual men,such as rape fantasies, misogyny, and characters' non-identification as gay, are also present in gay manga.[18]

In the mid-1990s, estimates of the size of the Japanese BL fandom ranged from 100,000 to 500,000 people.[18]By April 2005, a search for non-Japanese websites resulted in 785,000English,49,000Spanish,22,400Korean,11,900Italian,and 6,900Chinesesites.[216]In January 2007, there were approximately five million hits foryaoi.[217]

Female fans of BL are often referred to asfujoshi(Hủ nữ tử,lit. "rotten girl" ),a derogatory insult that was laterreappropriatedas a self-descriptive term.[218]The male equivalent isfudanshi(Hủ nam tử,lit. "rotten boy" )orfukei(Hủ huynh,"rotten older brother" ),both of which are puns of similar construction tofujoshi.[219][220]

Analysis

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Audience motivation

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BL works, culture, and fandom have been studied and discussed by scholars and journalists worldwide, especially after translations of BL became commercially available outside Japan in the 21st century.[221]InManga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics,the 1983 book byFrederik L. Schodtthat was the first substantial English-language work on manga, Schodt observes that portrayals of gay male relationships had used and further developed bisexual themes already extant inshōjomanga to appeal to their female audience.[222]Japanese critics have viewed BL as a genre that permits their audience to avoid adultfemale sexualityby distancing sex from their own bodies,[223]as well as to create fluidity in perceptions of gender and sexuality and rejects "socially mandated"gender rolesas a "first step toward feminism".[224]Kazuko Suzuki, for example, believes that the audience's aversion to or contempt for masculineheterosexismis something which has consciously emerged as a result of the genre's popularity.[225]

Mizoguchi, writing in 2003, feels that BL is a "female-gendered space", as the writers, readers, artists and most of the editors of BL are female.[2]BL has been compared toromance novelsby English-speaking librarians.[96][123]In 2004,Paul Gravettsummarized the dominant theories for the popularity of BL with a female audience: that Japanese women were disillusioned or bored with classic male-female relationships in fiction, that thebishōnenpopulating the genre were a backlash against male sex fantasies of a feminized ideal of adolescent girls, that the genre offered a safe space for sexual fantasies with the free choice of identification figure in the relationship, and that the male characters in BL are interpreted by female readers as girls, thus making the stories expressions of readers' same-sex fantasies.[226]

Other commentators have suggested that more radical gender-political issues underlie BL. Parallels have been noted in the popularity oflesbianism in pornography,[100][75]and BL has been called a form of "femalefetishism".[227]While early approaches to the popularity of the genre often referred to the role of women in patriarchal Japanese society, to which the genre offers a resistance and escape, this approach has been rejected by others who note that BL and BL-like media became popular outside of Japan in other social circumstances, such asslash fictionin the west. Against this background, theories emphasizing pleasure gained support: BL could be compared to pornography or even considered a specifically female form of pornography, appealing to desires for eroticism,voyeurism,or a desire to push against established gender roles.[228]Mariko Ōhara,a science fiction writer, has said that she wroteKirk/Spockfiction as a teen because she could not enjoy "conventional pornography, which had been made for men", and that she had found a "limitless freedom" in BL, much like in science fiction.[229]

In 1998, Shihomi Sakakibara asserted thatyaoifans, including himself, were gaytransgender men.[230]Sandra Buckley believes thatbishōnennarratives champion "the imagined potentialities of alternative [gender] differentiations",[231]while James Welker described thebishōnencharacter as "queer",commenting that manga critic Akiko Mizoguchi sawshōnen-aias playing a role in how she herself had become a lesbian.[232]Dru Pagliassotti sees this and theyaoi ronsōas indicating that for Japanese gay and lesbian readers, BL is not as far removed from reality as heterosexual female readers like to claim.[162]Welker has also written that boys' love titles liberate the female audience "not just from patriarchy, but from gender dualism and heteronormativity".[232]

Criticism

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Some gay and lesbian commentators have criticized how gay identity is portrayed in BL, most notably in theyaoi ronsōor "yaoidebate "of 1992–1997 (seeHistoryabove).[18][33]A trope of BL that has attracted criticism is male protagonists who do not identify as gay, but are rather simply in love with each other, withComiketco-founderYoshihiro Yonezawaonce describing BLdōjinshias akin to "girls playing with dolls".[100]This is said to heighten the theme of all-conquering love,[108]but is also condemned as a means of avoiding acknowledgement ofhomophobia.[233]Criticism of the stereotypically feminine behaviour of theukehas also been prominent.[104]

Much of the criticism of BL originally rendered in theyaoi ronsōhas similarly been voiced in the English-language fandom.[103][234][235][236]Rachel Thornhas suggested that BL andslash fictionfans are discontented with "the standards of femininity to which they are expected to adhere and asocial environmentthat does not validate or sympathize with that discontent ".[237][238]

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BL has been the subject of disputes on legal and moral grounds. Mark McLelland suggests that BL may become "a major battlefront for proponents and detractors of 'gender free' policies in employment, education and elsewhere ",[239]while BL artistYouka Nittahas said that "even in Japan, reading boys' love isn't something that parents encourage."[240]In Thailand, the sale of unauthorized reproductions ofshōnen-aimanga to teenagers in 2001 led to media coverage and amoral panic.[241]In 2006, an email campaign pressuring theSakai City Central Libraryto remove BL works from circulation attracted national media attention, and promoted a debate over removal of BL works constituted a form of discrimination.[239]In 2010, theOsaka Prefectural Governmentincluded boys' love manga among with other books deemed potentially "harmful to minors" due to its sexual content,[242]which resulted in several magazines prohibited from being sold to people under 18 years of age.[243]

Anhui TVreported that in China, at least 20 young female authors writingdanmeinovels on an online novel website were arrested in 2014.[244]In 2018, the pseudonymous Chinese BL novel author Tianyi was sentenced to10+1⁄2years in prison under laws prohibiting the production of "obscene material for profit".[245][246]Hu, Ge and Wang summarise the trajectory of consorship over danmei from 2004 to the present, and suggest that the Chinese party-state has endeavoured to boost a discourse as regard danmei hatred in particular since 2021 as exemplifed in the ban of danmei-adapted web dramas and media representation of male effeminacy in September 2021.[247]Zanghellini notes that due to the "characteristics of theyaoi/BL genre "of showing characters who are oftenunderageengaging in romantic and sexual situations,child pornography laws in AustraliaandCanada"may lend themselves to targetingyaoi/BL work ". He notes that in theUK,cartoons are exempt from child pornography laws unless they are used forchild grooming.[95]

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Notes

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  1. ^Works featuring homoerotic relationships between female characters are referred to asyuri.
  2. ^The term "bishōnenmanga "was occasionally used in the 1970s, but fell out of use by the 1990s as works in this genre began to feature a broader range of protagonists beyond the traditional adolescent boys.[2]
  3. ^In Chinese male-male romance fiction,danmei(theMandarinreading of the wordtanbi) is used.[9]
  4. ^In Japan, the termyaoiis occasionally written as "801", which can be read asyaoithroughJapanese wordplay:theshort readingof the number eight is "ya", zero can be read as "o" (a Western influence), while the short reading for one is "i".[13][14][15]
  5. ^Kubota Mitsuyoshi says thatOsamu Tezukausedyama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashito dismiss poor quality manga, and this was appropriated by the earlyyaoiauthors.[15]
  6. ^The acronymyamete, oshiri ga itai(やめて お khào が thống い,"stop, my ass hurts!" )is also less commonly used.[18]
  7. ^WhileWhat Did You Eat Yesterday?is not a BL series, it is often discussed in the context of live-action BL media as it focuses on a gay male couple and series creatorFumi Yoshinagahas authored multiple BL and BL-influenced works, notablyAntique Bakery.[120]

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  30. ^McLelland & Welker 2015,p. 7.
  31. ^McLelland & Welker 2015,p. 7-8.
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