Aniiee Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Hello everyone. This is my first thread here, even though I have been a member for a while. Here's the scoop. I just heard today, while writing on a message board(not about yaoi, or manga, so I put their knowledge in questioning), that they don't use the word yaoi in japan anymore. I sat there for almost 5 minutes, mouth open, question marks over my eyes. They don't say yaoi in Japan anymore? But I spoke to my friends there last week, and we talked about the latest yaoi mangas, magazines, movies, animé..... What did I miss? Yeah, I know they're putting both yaoi and shounen-ai under the "BL umbrella" more and more, but my friends have only left shounen-ai, and calls it BL, but not yaoi. I don't think they're calling it yaoi just for my benefit... Is this really true? Is "yaoi" no longer used in japan? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie_LC Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. Interesting topic ^_^ As far as I know yaoi is still used in Japan. Here's also what Wiki says, (I underlined the parts that interest us) it mentions BL as well, but that BL is considered as a separate category from yaoi. Yaoi has become an umbrella term in the West for women's manga or Japanese-influenced comics with male-male relationships, and it is the term preferentially used by American manga publishers. The actual name of the genre aimed toward women in Japan is called 'BL' or 'Boy's Love'. BL is aimed at the shōjo and josei demographics, but is considered a separate category. Yaoi is used in Japan to include dōjinshi and sex scenes, and does not include gei comi, which is by and for gay men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aniiee Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Thank you Leslie_LC. That is exactly what i thought and how I and my friends use it. Shounen-ai has disappeared inte Boy's Love, while Yaoi still is Shoinen-ai + the sex.... We speak about different things when we say BL/Yaoi. - - - Updated - - - Thank you Leslie_LC. That is exactly what i thought and how I and my friends use it. Shounen-ai has disappeared inte Boy's Love, while Yaoi still is Shoinen-ai + the sex.... We speak about different things when we say BL/Yaoi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marygrace94 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 really??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatichan Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 My Japanese teacher at university knew the terminology from his daughter and could explain what yaoi was in a decent way when one of my co-students asked what that was *it somehow landed up being a vocabulary, which earned the professor plus points with me ;-)* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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