Definitions
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- noun slang, pornography, anime, manga A form of
hentai involving two or more males in ahomosexual relationship, primarily intended for a female audience. - noun slang, anime, manga A narrative or visual work featuring a
romance or sexual relationship between two or more males, primarily intended for a female audience.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"There is explicit sex in yaoi comics," Handley's attorney tells Kernes.
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I’ve never heard of any of the creators involved (“Kometa Yonekura, Shiori Ikezawa, Haruki Fujimoto, Goroh, and many more!”), but the prospect of a book full of fan-created yaoi is too intriguing to pass up.
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I’ve never heard of any of the creators involved (“Kometa Yonekura, Shiori Ikezawa, Haruki Fujimoto, Goroh, and many more!”), but the prospect of a book full of fan-created yaoi is too intriguing to pass up.
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I’ve never heard of any of the creators involved (“Kometa Yonekura, Shiori Ikezawa, Haruki Fujimoto, Goroh, and many more!”), but the prospect of a book full of fan-created yaoi is too intriguing to pass up.
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Josei is in less demand than yaoi, which is less popular than Bleach or Naruto.
More Thoughts on Free Online Manga Distribution » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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The concept of a sexual fantasy for girls where no girl is actually receiving sex isn't new -- Japan's been making boatloads of money off of boyxboy porn by and for women (known as yaoi or BL (Boys Love) over here) for more than 20 years, and in a comics market with a much, much more developed "porn for girls" industry than we have in the West.
FlickFilosopher.com 2009
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One of the sub-strains of Japanese manga and anime is known as yaoi and it refers to porn about gay men, usually bishounen (androgynous pretty boys).
MetaFilter 2009
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In yaoi, which is by and for women, effeminacy was very much in style in the earlier years of the genre but has since faded a bit in favor of a thin, clean, but decidedly more male type of man.
FlickFilosopher.com 2009
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Chocolate Surprise, by Lily Hoshino (Deux): I swear someone told me that Hoshino created the kind of yaoi that I like – character-driven and emotionally grounded.
Prolagus commented on the word yaoi
A Japanese fiction genre intended for girls and women, based on stories of very idealized and stereotyped romance between men.
January 27, 2009