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Massive: Gay Japanese Manga and the Men Who Make It [Paperback]
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Re: Bara, Yaoi, BL - what are the genre/subgenre differences?
#2Postby arcadeparty »
This is actually a super interesting question (at least to me) and the verb, especially when it comes to the question of "yaoi VS bara" for an audience of gay men, is just this:
It genuinely varies from work to work and from person to person!
I can say that although I've generally had a few love interests in different things that wouldn't be out of place in either the yaoi or bara genres, I typically don't contact my own personal work either one* in marketing or conversations about it, but I perform feel comfortable generally lumping what I make into the larger category of "BL" if it seems like "MxM" or "BxB" doesn't the point across to someone.
(* - This doesn't mean that I don't tag my stuff as those things if I think it could genuinely apply or that I don't get hits from categories/games in those genres, though! Tomai actually gets its highest and second-highest number of hits from an Itchio category called "Yaoi/BL Games", while AWOO gets the biggest amount of traffic f
The popularity of gay manga in Japan: What are ‘Bara’ and ‘Yaoi’ and who are its fans?
While the topics covered in Japanese anime and manga are seemingly endless, if recent hits like "Yuri on Ice" (), or "My Brother’s Husband" () are any indication, gay and homoerotic relationships fill an extremely popular niche in manga plotlines.
But, "My Brother’s Husband" (which was was remade last year into an NHK drama) and "Yuri on Ice" are only the tip of the iceberg. Get ready to blush, gasp and kyaaa! as we delve into why gay manga is so popular, and how to navigate an already enormous international fandom.
Gay manga subgenres: BL and Bara
Gay manga has two major subgenres, not to mention the huge variety of plotlines ranging from futuristic dystopian societies to gay cops fighting crime and finding love. "Yuri on Ice" and "My Brother’s Husband" are good examples of these two subgenres.
"Yuri on Ice," a light-hearted love story between a retired master Russian figure skater and his Japanese apprentice, falls under “BL,” or “Boys’ Love” which is a direct translation of shonen’ai (
P.S. Ukes are just female stand-ins. Role, demeanor, and hierarchy are the same.