Boys' love
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Boys' love, also known by its abbreviation BL, is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a
Mari Mori, whose tanbi novels laid the foundation for many of the common genre tropes of shōnen-ai
The manga artist group Clamp, whose works were among the first yaoi-influenced media to be encountered by Western audiences
Otome Road in Ikebukuro became a major cultural destination for yaoi fandom in the 2000s.
Artwork depicting a seme (top) and uke (bottom) couple
Manga
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Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term
A page from the manga Go Go! Encyclopedia Girls by artist Kasuga, depicting Wikipe-tan, Commons-tan and Quote-tan
A kami-shibai story teller from Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. Sazae appears with her hair in a bun.
Hokusai Manga depicting self-defense techniques (early 19th century)
Delegates of 3rd Asian Cartoon Exhibition, held at Tokyo (Annual Manga Exhibition) by The Japan Foundation