Yuri (genre)
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Yuri, also known by the wasei-eigo construction girls' love, is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters. While lesbian relationships are a commonly assoc
An example of yuri-inspired artwork. Works depicting intimate relationships between school classmates are common in the yuri genre.
A white lily; the de facto symbol of the yuri genre
Writer Nobuko Yoshiya, whose works in the Class S genre significantly influenced yuri
Cosplayers dressed as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon
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