Yaoi/BL/Shounen-ai fan anybody??

just wondering if anybody on the site is a fan of yaoi, BL, or shounen-ai

cause i am HUGE fan of all three~

You had me at 'yaoi'. Mwahaha, I've been a fan of BL ever since I was ten...If I remember it twas a blistery summer day...Er, getting off that.

It's good to know that at least there is someone who likes BL that goes to the meetings (although Mel-Chan may disagree).

Question: What's the difference between the three?

I'm a bit of a homophobe, so I'm not terribly fond of them, but I just wondered... It seems like the terms are used kind of interchangeably though.

@ Genten:

yeahyah~~ loving the yaoi and BL and everything gay XD
it's really popular over in asia (especially korea) so you get a lot of that awesomeness from manwha and stuff. X3

and who's Mel-chan? is she a homophobe...? D'X

@Irene:

Yaoi = hardcore, graphic
BL = "Boy's Love" i think it's just fluff
shounen-ai = i think this is interchangeable with BL, but i may be wrong. XP

yeah, some people think that yaoi is the same as BL and shouen-ai, but they soon realize that it's not haha... i didn't know that until i was like... 12? 13?

'BL' is the term used most in Japan. Where as 'Yaoi' relates to the more pornographic side, and Shounen-ai is the 'lighter' side, BL encompasses the whole genre (or sub-genre, meh, whatever it is...)

Mel-Chan actually has an account on this website (though she never uses it >3<). Actually, she claims 'not to be into BL' but if you ask her what her favorite three manga are, she'll say:

1. Black Cat
2. Godchild
3. Let Dai

And then she'll continue to say, 'Loveless, Legal Drug, Earthian...etc'. So I don't think you could call her a homophobe, but I don't know if you could call her a BL fan either...

Pssh, but oh well. I think all of my friends are interested in it to some extent...

I haven't seen very many Yaoi manwha, come to think of it...Oh, are you a 'hardcore' fan? Oh, dumb question. It says so in your first post.

Yeahhhhhhh, maybe I was a messed up kid (though it was just fluff at the time...Hey, wait, it wasn't that long ago...just 3, 4 years ago...messed up, really)

i've never read Black Cat since I never see the 1st volume on the shelf, but is it BL?? O_O

*really wants to read it now*

No, Black Cat isn't-

Oh, wait, what am I saying? Um, Black Cat isn't 'technically' BL, but there sure is a lot of hints in there. I think the only girl in the series that could be a potential love interest is dead, and Train himself says, "I wasn't in love with her, per say, I was in love with her way of life." Not only that, but one of the main villains, Creed, is creepily obsessed with Train. He kills anyone who hurts, gets close to, or takes Train away from him (the fact that Creed cut Train's arm off obviously doesn't count.

Yeah, so it's not 'BL' per say, but there are enough hints to maker it seem that way.

sweet~ i love BL hints as much as the next yaoi fangirl haha

i've been wanting to read the series for a while now. the hints are just a plus. :3

I have the sneaking suspicion that I'm going to run out of things to say sometime soon...Well, off the subject of Black Cat, what's your favorite pairing? Yaoi pairing, I mean. Mine is RikuSora, you know, from Kingdom Hearts (I think it's expressed in my icon that I'm in love with the game...)

I love KH, too. It's one of my fav games of all time. and it's definitely one of my biggest obsessions too haha

RikuSora's ok, but I'm all for AkuRoku. i ship both. but i'm kinda weirded out by SoraRoxas...

i mean -- they're the same person! O_O

have you ever watched Junjou Romantica?

No I haven't read Junjou Romantica. Actually, most of my BL is softcore, with only the Yaoi being downloaded off of the Internet then deleted halfway through because I get embarrassed. I can't read them at the bookstore because, well, they're usually in plastic or with an insanely obvious sticker that practically blares out "Yaoi!". Slightly embarrassing if there is more than one other person in the isle (I only read them when someone else does).

It does sound very interesting, though. Junjou Romantica, that is. Any book that has a guy who writes steamy BL novels and is obsessed with teddy bears is pretty much awesome. SoraRoxas is kind of a weird pairing, but I don't see it as any different from AtemuYugi (YuGiOh) or AkitoAgito (Air Gear). Though Roxas is dead anyway.

Know what really weirds me out? Riku x Any other guy from Kingdom Hearts. Especially Leon or Cloud. Or Axel. Just...ewww.

Do you have a deviantart?? They have this new "trend" or whatever in the KH community-ish on dA for RikuRoku. When I first heard of that I was like O_O whoa! I mean, they never really even talk!

Junjou is actually not really explicit -- at ALL. I think the manga is supposed to be a little more explicit than the anime, but the anime is hardly anything. It's a lot of fluffy BL. But I think there are one or two scenes with implied *ahemahem* but they don't actually show anything.

I never even find yaoi titles in the bookstore! I mostly get my fix from online. XD

And yeah! AtemuYugi is a little weird... but Atemu is pretty hawt, so he can kinda get away with it lol

No, I have no deviantART (yet). I have no idea how the RikuRoku pairing got so popular. It's just...ew. Roxas belongs with Axel, case closed.

Pssh, where do you get your manga from? I shop at Border's, and Yaoi manga is abundant. That's where I read my BL, I can't download anything, manga or anime wise, because my computer has low disk space. So, basically, every five minutes a message pops up saying "You have low disk space!", and stops my server from running. Oh so annoying.

Has there been an American DVD release of Junjou Romantica? Then I can see it.

sa-weet!!! a yaoi post! why didnt i think of that? ^^

dude, yaoi is the best thing ever. just as good as the pure thought of anime. the ironic thing is my oh so innocent friend kitsune who still believes in cooties and isnt much into yaoi (she kinda is now though, only shonen ai and for a few couples she loves) but she got me into yaoi! she accidently printed out a yaoi fic and had miku and me read it, we were like O.O hellz yes!! XD

i love black cat, i find it funny how obssesed creed is with train, plus the way he dresses totally make you think hes gay.

i love to many yaoi pairing to even count, pretty much anything thats guy on guy....except for this one hard core comic i read about asuma and...shikamaru i think (i didnt look it up on purpose, it was juts on the site i was on o.o) but asuma was really...hairey and to musculer -.-

lets see....narusasu for sure, elricest, itachisasuke, rikusora, axleroxas...um...

yeah ill stop now, this is getting kinda long ^^0 (i arrived to late into the conversation)

@Genten:

Borders has BL!?! O_O WHATT!!?! how do you find it anyways? i can't tell from the titles hehe... ^^;

I read a lot of it online... [but only cause it's not licensed here in america! does that still make it illegal? o_o] but here's a link to a WHOLE BUNCHA LINKS! muahhaa

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071220212000AAvR1n3

thank god for Yahoo! answers XD

but if you have low disk space... it might be bad to download the scanlations. :\

@Neko:

lolol it's fine! XD as long as we have another yaoi fan~

yesss!! lots of yaoi cookies to you!! I pretty much like anything guy on guy, too haha

I'm wayy too obsessed with gays -- even in real life. XD I totally freak out when someone says "gay" or "homo" or whatever. My ear catches it and then I go "WHERE!?"

Well, I shop pretty much at every Border's, but I usually go to the new one on Ellsworth, or the one in Arborland. Though lately I haven't been going (maybe because I'm broke...)

To me, anyway, it seems there are a lot of BL titles. Mostly, just look for ones in plastic or that are larger than the others. Or look at the company logos on the books. The June, DMP, and Blu logos all appear on the binding of the books and are easy to spot.

Thank you for the Yaoi link. Though downloading is getting hard for me to do.

Nah, reading scans of manga or watching episodes or anime that aren't licensed in America isn't illegal...I hope, because I do that a lot. Normally I just watch or read whatever isn't on the market or is out of print. But I like being able to hold the book in my hand, so I buy a lot more than I could.

june manga, love it!

i picked up one called loveholic, flipped through it, saw the smexy boy on boy action, bought it. there are a bunch of june manga at borders the one i go to is on ford road...ford and canton center and think. its like a 10 minute walk from my house ^^

omg same here, i love gay people in real life. i know alot of bi people but when it comes to straight up hardcore gay guys, i dont think i know any in real life. i talk to a few online, they are such sweethearts!! like my one friend, i call him kyon, hes the nicest guy ever! and hes so damn hot too, lol. but he lives in georgia. he likes teasing my friend kayla and i by sending us pics or whetever. we threatened to go to georgia and rape him eh heh, yeah....

my computer sucks ass so i cant really download manga or watch anime on my computer ^^ and for some reason i dont like sitting at my computer just reading. i usually get my yaoi from different websites, and whenever one of my friends find a new yaoi title i try to find it at the library or i just read at borders. i feel your pain genten, im completly broke too

either of you guys have a AIM yahoo or maybe xfire?

i have an AIM!

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[don't ask -- it's very very old]

i know a few POTENTIALLY gay guys, but they're not coming out =_= rawr.

and i know a lot of bi people, too!

sweet, my aim is ***[edit]***

its kinda funny when you have doctors or whatever that seem pretty gay. my dermatologist, hes really nice but after he left my mom turned to me and said "i think hes gay.." i did too but thats what makes him even cooler! XD

maybe we should help those people in denial.....*evil grin*

<--- has no AIM. But has a Yahoo Messenger (if you're interested, it's ***[edit]*** Yeah, I know it's unoriginal.)

I know a few gay people in real life, but I don't get to see them a lot. The one I see the most is in the closet currently, so perhaps that one doesn't count? Perhaps it's just that I don't get out that much...

Kind've random, but does anyone (although more specifically, it would be just you two) have a favorite doujinshi group? I like the circle RS, but it seems very hard to find their doujinshis...

And I agree with Neko. We should help those people come out of the closet *angelic grin*

i agree whole-ly and completely with both of you about the closet thing.

and i don't really notice the scanlation groups' names. i just read the scanlations haha ^^;

i don't think i've actually ever met a professional that seemed gay. I've met a LOT of KIDS/teens whatever that seemed really gay, but not really any grown-ups and stuff.

like, one of my really good friend's acts totally gay and stuff and i've called him out on it, but he keeps denying it haha

i'll be like, "hey -- are you gay yet?"
he'll answer: "no. not yet. =_=;;"

i feel kinda bad for those gay Christians though... since Catholics and stuff are all against gay people or something. D: that must suck majorly...

eww... yaoi... gross.....

YURI"S WHERE ITS AT MAN!!!!

Yoshi wrote:

eww... yaoi... gross.....

YURI"S WHERE ITS AT MAN!!!!

yoshi, your under my rule so you must deal with yaoi. but if your a good little dinosaur and do as i say, i will give you some good hinata yuri. now go to your bed!

ill just clear that up real fast for you guys, i am a evil kitty overlord and such, its funny cause some of my friends do call me master ^^ (i dont force them too, im a nice overlord *kitten eyes*) but i have diffrent ranks for my minions. everyone is my bitch, thats for sure (i have a icon that says your all itachis bitches, thats where that comes from) and then theres sex toys, and minions are like the higher ranking bitches. and i have pets, which yoshi is one of them. they have no power and little influence on me but they are technically closest to me....

yeah im still figuring this out myself and i bet none of you care so im gonna shut up now

okay, im about to ask a really stupid question.... what is doujinshi?