Yaoi is a controversial term of Japanese origin for a publishing genre that originated in Japan, that often encompases manga, doujinshi (self-published comics) anime, or fan art that always focuses on sexual homosexual relationships between male characters and is generally created by women artists and marketed to a straight female audience. Some consider yaoi to be synonymous with shōnen-ai, which focuses on the same topic, but shōnen-ai is not used for manga and anime terminology and Boys Love is (typically) not as graphic in its portrayal of homosexuality. Others insist shonen ai is an older genre that must be considered completely separately from yaoi. Both categories are now commonly referred to as Boys' Love in Japan.

Overview

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The word Yaoi is an acronym of Japanese origin, which has come to be used in America and elsewhere to describe the Japanese publishing phenomenon of sexual gay-themed comics, animation, and prose often, but by no means exclusively, created by women for women. The phenomenon has spread beyond Japan, with examples of what is called "American yaoi" coming into being. Exactly what the term means and what it encompasses is a subject of debate. At least one anthropologist has suggested that yaoi is a product of the intersection of two fairly universal cultural taboos: women's freedom of sexual expression and homosexuality.

Etymology

The English letters form an acronym derived from the Japanese phrase 「ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし」 (yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi), that is often translated into English as, "no climax, no punch line, no meaning." A variant English translation, "No peak, no point, no problem," is often preferred as a translation that "works." However, an alternate etymology derives it from 「止めて！お尻（が）痛い！」 "Yamete, oshiri (ga) itai" which literally means "Stop, my butt hurts!" Although this is largely disregarded by scholars of Japanese language and culture.

The term appears to be used in Japan originally (perhaps as long ago as the 1970's) for any doujinshi that was a bizarre, playful parody, and came to be applied to sexually explicit homosexual material. The word is specific to the subculture of otaku and would not be understood by an average native Japanese speaker.

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We need more artists at http://yaoigirl.com. Sheesh, I know there are #yaoi fangirls dying to make original #mangas with us. >_<
yg42 (Yaoi Girl42) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:52:15 -0000
We need more artists at http://yaoigirl.com. Sheesh, I know there are #yaoi fangirls dying to make original #mangas with us. >_<
@crazyazngrl Well, there's this really long original WWII heavy BDSM yaoi fic that is utterly and completely worth reading. If you want it.
Syrentime (♬★Diana★♬) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:09:36 -0000
@crazyazngrl Well, there's this really long original WWII heavy BDSM yaoi fic that is utterly and completely worth reading. If you want it.

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