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Yaoi
Yaoi is a manga (Japanese comic) style aimed primarily at women. It presents relatively feminine, glamorized male characters in sexually charged scenarios. It is generally more "romantic" than graphic, and cannot be directly likened to... [more]
Yaoi is a manga (Japanese comic) style aimed primarily at women. It presents relatively feminine, glamorized male characters in sexually charged scenarios. It is generally more "romantic" than graphic, and cannot be directly likened to either Western homosexual erotica, or the inverse of "lesbian" fantasies targeting heterosexual men. Basically, eye candy for women and gay men.
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The View from the Fence blogs about the popularity of Yaoi, “female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships,” among the Filipino youth.
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FEATURE, DECEMBER 10, 2009
SEXUAL DEPRAVITY OVERSTATED
Girls just want to have fun: The Bishie Con convention, while it definitely had its jokes and innuendo, was not nearly as raunchy as the article makes it sound ["Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys," Aimee Levitt]. Mos...
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From riverfronttimes.com
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Yaoi (pronounced "yowee") is stories of beautiful, deeply emotional boys who are desperately in love with each other. One can find these erotic tales in Japanese comic books or watch the animated versions on DVDs that are sold at mainstream bookstores like Borders.... From Riverfront Times.
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If you are in the process of kitchen remodeling, you need to know all about the various remodeling costs and complete the task in well-mannered style. To be frank, I started my kitchen remolding task with great excitement but I found so ...
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You've read this week's feature on Bishie Con and now you want to read some yaoi. Where to begin?Sarah and Anna, custodians of the Bishie Con manga library, recommend you start by searching the...
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While there weren't a whole lot of publisher-sponsored panels at Yaoi-Con 2009, the one that generated the most buzz was Digital Manga Publishing's Saturday morning session, where they crammed in announcements of 17 new manga titles, 2 new novels, plus the return of 5 previously announced but delayed titles, and the one announcement that got many fans cheering: the return of a fan favorite, Kizuna by Kodaka Kazuma in deluxe omnibus editions...
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- Readers' Choice: 36 Essential Yaoi / Boys Love Manga (z.about.com)
- This Weekend: Manga Fans' Guide to Yaoi-Con 2009 (z.about.com)
- Yaoi, cats, and conventions (mangablog.net)
I'm kind of a closet fangirl. I'm fairly open with my liking of it (I don't tell people who don't need to know)
I have a HUGE collection of yaoi on my computer. I've just... been so into it for the past 7 years. I leave out the term "fangirl" a lot,...
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From experienceproject.com
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Just a quick update today as I’m heading out for what I anticipate will be a busy day at work. One important reminder, though—if there’s an election going on where you live, get out and VOTE! We’re having municipal elections today, and although we all pay more attention to the president, local officials have a [...]
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From mangablog.net
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Oliver Ho puts the spotlight on horror masters Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino at Pop Matters.
The Yaoi Review asks readers to recommend yaoi for first-timers, and the comments section is bulging with suggestions.
There’s more reader reaction at Japanator, where Danica Davidson asks the internet what it thinks of manga omnibuses.
David Welsh is irritated that the [...]
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From mangablog.net
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Kaim Tachibana returns to the basics of the yaoi genre in the appropriately entitled Boys Love. While she doesn't subvert a number of traditional yaoi tropes, she does depict a relationship not bound by some of the usual "rules" of yaoi.
The set up to Boys Love is pretty much cookie cutter yaoi -- difficult, young [...]
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From goodcomics.comicbookresources.com
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The annual boys love manga /anime fest Yaoi-Con 2009 is scheduled to kick off this Friday, October 30 at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel in Northern California, but according to an announcement posted on their website today, Guest of Honor Haruka Minami will not be in attendance, "due to health concerns." It was not clear if Minami-sensei is feeling ill, or has concerns about swine flu, an issue that bedeviled many convention guests and...
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Thematic elements: from Bara (genre)
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===Female characters===
===Female characters===
Female characters often have very minor roles in yaoi, or are absent altogether. Suzuki notes that mothers, in particular, are portrayed badly, such as Takuto's mother from ''[[Zetsuai 1989]]'', who killed her husband in front...
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From en.wikipedia.org
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Digital Manga Publishing made a few announcements at Yaoi-con this weekend which will certainly please some fans and hopefully give hint at things to come in the future. Their ..;.
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From mania.com
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Yaoi-Con, a convention celebrating male/male love, is reviewed by an average heterosexual with no interest in the genre.Contributor: K. ValentinePublished: Nov 05, 2009
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From associatedcontent.com
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Hunky boys, yearning looks and romantic misunderstandings: it's a yaoi romance!
Manga - Yaoi - Arts - Romance - Anime
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