The populary of gay manga Japan: What are ‘Bara’ and ‘Yaoi’ and who are s fans? - Japan Today

Contents:

• YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS
• JAPANE GAY ICS GROW POPULARY AROUND ASIA
• THE GAY TEEN-BOY ROMANCE COMIC BELOVED BY WOMEN JAPAN
• THE POPULARY OF GAY MANGA JAPAN: WHAT ARE ‘BARA’ AND ‘YAOI’ AND WHO ARE S FANS?
• MASSIVE: GAY JAPANE MANGA AND THE MEN WHO MAKE IT
• JAPANE COMICS WH GAY THEM ATTRACTG YOUNG FEMALE REARSHOTTT MANGA SUBGENRE IS GUY-GUY ROMANCE STORI WRTEN FOR FEMALE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}COMICSBY ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILOMARCH 10, 2006/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILOMARCH 10, 2006 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAPANE COMICS WH GAY THEM ATTRACTG YOUNG FEMALE REARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2006-03-10T21:47:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2006-03-10T21:47:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILO","ARTICLESECTN":"COMICS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS: A LOT OF IC BOOKS THE DAYS ARE FOR GIRLS -- PECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT BOYS LOVE WH EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON LAST MONTH, THE POWER OF ICS TO BRG YOUNG FEMALE REARS WAS FULL FORCE. THAT PULL HAD NOTHG TO DO WH SUPERHERO AND EVERYTHG TO DO WH MANGA, THOSE SMALL, THICK DIGT ICS THAT ORIGALLY HAIL OM JAPAN AND THE DAYS DOMATE THE GRAPHIC-NOVEL BTSELLER LIST. MUCH OF MANGA'S FOC ON RELATNSHIPS AND THE LIV OF YOUNG PEOPLE -- RATHER THAN MEN TIGHTS -- HAVE BROUGHT GIRLS TO ICS A WAY THAT SUPERMAN AND THE X-MEN NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE NVENTN, GIRLS WERE ALL OVER THE MANGA BOOTHS FOR PANI LIKE TOKYOPOP AND VIZ AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO TTIFY TO THEIR MANGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BASILLY EVERY CRACK MY ROOM YOU N FD MANGA," SAID LLEGE HMAN CHRISTE RODRIGUEZ, 18, WHO ME TO THE N WH HER 12-YEAR-OLD SISTER, DANIELLE. THE GIRLS SAID THEY ARE AVID REARS OF TOKYOPOP'S "FS BASKET," A LONG-NNG SERI ABOUT A GIRL WHO LIV WH PEOPLE WHO N TURN TO ANIMALS, AND VIZ'S "NATO," AN ONGOG ADVENTURE ABOUT A BOY NJA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STARTED GETTG TO THEM MORE AND MORE, AND NOW I STARTED A WHOLE CLUB MY SCHOOL," SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"Y, I TATED HER," ADD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIRLS GO WILD FOR MANGA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMICS FEATURG MALE-MALE ROMANC ARE PARTICULARLY POPULAR WH A FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PK-HAIRED HONORA BANKS, AN 18-YEAR-OLD HMAN AT FAIRLEIGH DICKSON UNIVERSY, SAID SHE AND HER IENDS ARE HOOKED ON ALL KDS OF MANGA. "I LOVE THE 'GUNDAM' SERI BEE THEY'RE REALLY AWOME MACH, BUT I'LL GO FOR THE SAPPY STUFF TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANGA EXPERTS SAY JAPANE ICS FIRST STARTED SEEPG TO AMERIN CULTURE A BIG WAY THE MID-'90S, THANKS LARGE PART TO THE POPULARY OF JAPANE RTOONS -- ANIME -- LIKE "SAILOR MOON" AND "POKéMON." PUBLISHERS JUMPED ON BOARD, IALLY TARGETG BOYS WH STORI OF ROBOTS AND NJAS. BUT THE RECENT EXPLOSN POPULARY IS DUE LARGE PART TO PUBLISHERS WAKG UP TO WHAT GIRLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN WE STARTED ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WE ULDN'T GET MANGA ANYWHERE," SAID STUART LEVY, CEO OF TOKYOPOP AND THE ONLY ICS EXECUTIVE AT THE NY N'S PANEL OF DTRY LEARS WH SUNGLASS AND TENTNALLY UNKEMPT HAIR. "THEY SAID, 'NO WAY. YOU'RE NEVER GOG TO GET THIS STUFF THE STOR AMERI. JT GO BACK TO JAPAN AND DON'T BOTHER.' "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW TOKYOPOP'S 40 BOOKS A MONTH PRISE A LARGE PORTN OF THE MANGA WALL AT BIG BOOKSTOR. TOKYOPOP HAS ICS COSMOGIRL AND FEATURED AS STRIPS NEWSPAPERS. THE PANY HAS LLABORATED ON MANGA WH LK PARK AND COURTNEY LOVE. [ARTICLE ID="1488206"](CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OM LOVE'S "PRCS AI.")[/ARTICLE] LEVY SAID HIS PANY ALSO PLANS ON GETTG MANGA ONTO CELL PHON THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE HOPG THAT THE REARS HERE WILL BEG TO SEE MANGA AS A MEDIUM WHERE 'S VERY SIAR TO SOAP OPERAS OR WHATEVER THEY SEE ON TV, EXCEPT 'S PRT," SAID YUMI HOASHI, WHOSE PARENTS FORBA HER TO READ MANGA BUT WHO IS NOW THE EDOR CHIEF OF VIZ'S MIGHTY SHONEN JUMP MANGA ANTHOLOGY, WHOSE MONTHLY CIRCULATN OF 200,000 IS 30 PERCENT FEMALE. LAST SUMMER HOASHI ALSO STARTED EDG THE NEW SHOJO BEAT MAGAZE FOR VIZ. SHOJO IS THE MON TERM FOR MANGA AIMED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}([ARTICLE ID="1525791"]CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT SOME MANGA VER ART[/ARTICLE].){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF TOKYOPOP'S MOST HERALD ARTISTS IS 26-YEAR-OLD SVETLANA CHMAKOVA, WHO WR AND DRAWS "DRAMAN." "IT'S ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE NVENTNS AND 'S LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT," SHE SAID. "BUT THERE ARE OBSTACL: HE IS A JERK. SHE HAS A BOYIEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEG JAPANE, CHAMKOVA IS PART OF A MOVEMENT CHAMPNED CHIEFLY BY TOKYOPOP TO CULTIVATE NON-JAPANE MANGA CREATORS. LEVY SAID HE ULD SEE RELEVANT WTERN MANGA ARISG MUCH THE SAME WAY REGNAL HIP-HOP EMERGED FOLLOWG THE ART FORM'S BIRTH NEW YORK. FOR NOW THE TOP MANGA SELLERS ARE STILL ALL OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGAL ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA MIGHT NOT BE TAKG FIRM ROOT JT YET, BUT THERE'S LTLE DOUBT THAT ANOTHER BOLD IA IS: YAOI. THAT WORD, PRONOUNCED "YOW-EE," IS A JAPANE ACRONYM FOR A SERI OF WORDS THAT N BE TRANSLATED AS "NO PEAK, NO CLIMAX, NO MEANG." WHAT REFERS TO IS A BURGEONG SUBGENRE OF GUY-GUY ROMANCE ICS, WRTEN BY WOMEN FOR A FEMALE DIENCE. THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON EVEN HELD A YAOI PANEL LLED BROKEBACK MANGA, HOSTED BY KAI-MG CHA OF PW COMICS WEEK, WHO WORE AN "I (HEART)BOYS" T-SHIRT FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAOI IS PERFECT FOR POST-SHOJO REARS," SAID MASUMI O'DONNELL, PUBLISHER OF "BE BETIFUL," A YAOI LE OF ICS AIMED AT WOMEN 18 AND OVER. "IT GIV VERY ROMANTIC STORI AND ROMANTIC SUATNS AND PLOTS, BUT THE ARE VERY IMPOSSIBLY BETIFUL MEN. WOMEN LIKE LOOKG AT BETIFUL MEN, AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A VERY POPULAR GENRE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YAOI N RANGE EXPLICNS OM THE TWO-POLICE-TECTIV--LOVE MANGA "FAKE" THAT TOKYOPOP RAT FOR AG 13 AND UP TO THE MUCH MORE EXPLIC AFFAIRS OF "EMBRACG LOVE," WHICH IS PUBLISHED AS PART OF O'DONNELL'S "BE BETIFUL" LE. AT THE BROKEBACK PANEL, "EMBRACG" ARTIST YOA NTA EXPLAED THAT, JAPAN, THERE WAS A DIVI BETWEEN THE EXPECTATNS OF HER OLR AND YOUNGER REARS. "SHE HAS MORE YOUNGER FANS WHO WANT HARR, MORE EXPLIC MATERIAL," HER TRANSLATOR SAID. "AND THE OLR THEY GET THE MORE ROMANCE THEY WANT. AND THE WOMEN [REARS] ARE OFTEN NOT DOG SO WELL WH THEIR HBANDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LILLIAN DIAZ-PRZYBL, 26, WHO EDS TOKYOPOP'S YAOI IMPRT, BLUMANGA, SAID THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOMETHG LIBERATG FOR GIRLS WHO READ ABOUT TWO GUYS FALLG LOVE STEAD OF THE NVENTNAL GIRL-MEETS-BOY. "AS A WOMAN YOU'RE TOMATILLY TEND TO ASSOCIATE WH THE FEMALE CHARACTER THAT SUATN," SHE SAID. "EVEN THGS THAT I WOULD NSIR FEMIST AND GOOD EXAMPL FOR WOMEN YOU DON'T ALWAYS REALLY ASSOCIATE WH THAT CHARACTER. THAT MIGHT NOT NECSARILY BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE. BOYS-LOVE MANGA TOTALLY FLIPS THAT ON S HEAD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY LAW, AN 18-YEAR-OLD SENR AT BROOKLYN'S GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH, SAID SHE'S A BIG FAN OF "ONLY THE RG FGER KNOWS," A TLE OM ANOTHER MAJOR YAOI PUBLISHER, DIGAL MANGA PRODUCTNS. BUT SHE SAID SHE HAS TO BE REFUL HOW SHE LETS OTHER PEOPLE FD THAT OUT. "IT'S JT NOT A TOPIC THAT YOU JT PICK UP WHEN YOU JT MEET THEM. IT SORT OF WORKS THERE OR THEY SEE ON YOUR BOOKSHELF AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLA." SHE SAID MOST OF HER FEMALE IENDS WHO READ MANGA READ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LEADG YAOI PUBLISHERS HAVE TAKEN UTN TO KEEP THEIR TL OUT OF THE HANDS OF UNRAGE KIDS, SHRK-WRAPPG BOOKS AND VERG THEM WH NTENT-ADVISORY LABELS. STILL, LEVY SAID HE KNOWS SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE WILL EVENTUALLY GET UPSET THAT GAY MALE LOVE IS BEG PUBLISHED AS ICS ENTERTAMENT FOR YOUNG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE JT TRYG TO REPRENT ALL KDS OF STORYTELLG, ALL KDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, ALL KDS OF LIFTYL," SAID LEVY. "IN FACT, WE'RE GOG TO DO CHRISTIAN MANGA TOO. WE HAVE A FEELG IF YOU'RE READG ONE YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOG TO BE READG THE OTHER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WH YAOI TAKG OFF, WHAT'S NEXT? A NUMBER OF PUBLISHERS ARE PHG MANWHA, WHICH ARE MANGA-STYLE ICS OM KOREA. KAI-MG CHA ALSO THKS SOMETHG LLED YURI HAS A CHANCE. THAT'S GIRL-GIRL ROMANCE. SHE SAID WOULD LIKELY BE TARGETED TO GIRLS, THOUGH SHE NCED MIGHT ATTRACT A FEW GUYS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANGA ICS AT LEAST, MALE AND FEMALE ARE WELE, WHATEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS

Most prompts for gay porn, meanwhile, explibly flt to people of ambiguoly LatX scent wh an unrcut hairstyle. Is that ditive of the typ of gay porn the mols were traed on? A gay uple, as picted by Unstable Diffn.

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

JAPANE GAY ICS GROW POPULARY AROUND ASIA

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

THE GAY TEEN-BOY ROMANCE COMIC BELOVED BY WOMEN JAPAN

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

THE POPULARY OF GAY MANGA JAPAN: WHAT ARE ‘BARA’ AND ‘YAOI’ AND WHO ARE S FANS?

Alexanr Gay Artadm2021-06-09T20:31:18+01:00. Yaoi (pronounced "yah-oh-ee") is a term typilly thrown around the g of the geek muny, but what is this gay Japane phenomna?

It's a form of manga, or Japane ics/graphic novels, wh homoerotic and homoromantic them.

Whether you've wanted to know more about this queer Japane art form or your cursy is beg piqued for the first time, the followg brief gui will help faiarize you wh one of the most read gay ic book genr the world. Now Yaoi has bee a more enpassg term of any fictnal media that foc on homoerotic male relatnships. Shounen-AiJapane gay ics have a large female dience, part bee the genre tends to be featured as subplots girls' ic books.

MASSIVE: GAY JAPANE MANGA AND THE MEN WHO MAKE IT

But some of the early ics stead of the lead male characters fallg for the girl, he beme gay.

JAPANE COMICS WH GAY THEM ATTRACTG YOUNG FEMALE REARSHOTTT MANGA SUBGENRE IS GUY-GUY ROMANCE STORI WRTEN FOR FEMALE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}COMICSBY ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILOMARCH 10, 2006/4:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILOMARCH 10, 2006 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAPANE COMICS WH GAY THEM ATTRACTG YOUNG FEMALE REARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2006-03-10T21:47:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2006-03-10T21:47:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-STEPHEN-TOTILO","ARTICLESECTN":"COMICS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS: A LOT OF IC BOOKS THE DAYS ARE FOR GIRLS -- PECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT BOYS LOVE WH EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON LAST MONTH, THE POWER OF ICS TO BRG YOUNG FEMALE REARS WAS FULL FORCE. THAT PULL HAD NOTHG TO DO WH SUPERHERO AND EVERYTHG TO DO WH MANGA, THOSE SMALL, THICK DIGT ICS THAT ORIGALLY HAIL OM JAPAN AND THE DAYS DOMATE THE GRAPHIC-NOVEL BTSELLER LIST. MUCH OF MANGA'S FOC ON RELATNSHIPS AND THE LIV OF YOUNG PEOPLE -- RATHER THAN MEN TIGHTS -- HAVE BROUGHT GIRLS TO ICS A WAY THAT SUPERMAN AND THE X-MEN NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE NVENTN, GIRLS WERE ALL OVER THE MANGA BOOTHS FOR PANI LIKE TOKYOPOP AND VIZ AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO TTIFY TO THEIR MANGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BASILLY EVERY CRACK MY ROOM YOU N FD MANGA," SAID LLEGE HMAN CHRISTE RODRIGUEZ, 18, WHO ME TO THE N WH HER 12-YEAR-OLD SISTER, DANIELLE. THE GIRLS SAID THEY ARE AVID REARS OF TOKYOPOP'S "FS BASKET," A LONG-NNG SERI ABOUT A GIRL WHO LIV WH PEOPLE WHO N TURN TO ANIMALS, AND VIZ'S "NATO," AN ONGOG ADVENTURE ABOUT A BOY NJA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STARTED GETTG TO THEM MORE AND MORE, AND NOW I STARTED A WHOLE CLUB MY SCHOOL," SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"Y, I TATED HER," ADD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIRLS GO WILD FOR MANGA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMICS FEATURG MALE-MALE ROMANC ARE PARTICULARLY POPULAR WH A FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PK-HAIRED HONORA BANKS, AN 18-YEAR-OLD HMAN AT FAIRLEIGH DICKSON UNIVERSY, SAID SHE AND HER IENDS ARE HOOKED ON ALL KDS OF MANGA. "I LOVE THE 'GUNDAM' SERI BEE THEY'RE REALLY AWOME MACH, BUT I'LL GO FOR THE SAPPY STUFF TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANGA EXPERTS SAY JAPANE ICS FIRST STARTED SEEPG TO AMERIN CULTURE A BIG WAY THE MID-'90S, THANKS LARGE PART TO THE POPULARY OF JAPANE RTOONS -- ANIME -- LIKE "SAILOR MOON" AND "POKéMON." PUBLISHERS JUMPED ON BOARD, IALLY TARGETG BOYS WH STORI OF ROBOTS AND NJAS. BUT THE RECENT EXPLOSN POPULARY IS DUE LARGE PART TO PUBLISHERS WAKG UP TO WHAT GIRLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN WE STARTED ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WE ULDN'T GET MANGA ANYWHERE," SAID STUART LEVY, CEO OF TOKYOPOP AND THE ONLY ICS EXECUTIVE AT THE NY N'S PANEL OF DTRY LEARS WH SUNGLASS AND TENTNALLY UNKEMPT HAIR. "THEY SAID, 'NO WAY. YOU'RE NEVER GOG TO GET THIS STUFF THE STOR AMERI. JT GO BACK TO JAPAN AND DON'T BOTHER.' "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW TOKYOPOP'S 40 BOOKS A MONTH PRISE A LARGE PORTN OF THE MANGA WALL AT BIG BOOKSTOR. TOKYOPOP HAS ICS COSMOGIRL AND FEATURED AS STRIPS NEWSPAPERS. THE PANY HAS LLABORATED ON MANGA WH LK PARK AND COURTNEY LOVE. [ARTICLE ID="1488206"](CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OM LOVE'S "PRCS AI.")[/ARTICLE] LEVY SAID HIS PANY ALSO PLANS ON GETTG MANGA ONTO CELL PHON THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE HOPG THAT THE REARS HERE WILL BEG TO SEE MANGA AS A MEDIUM WHERE 'S VERY SIAR TO SOAP OPERAS OR WHATEVER THEY SEE ON TV, EXCEPT 'S PRT," SAID YUMI HOASHI, WHOSE PARENTS FORBA HER TO READ MANGA BUT WHO IS NOW THE EDOR CHIEF OF VIZ'S MIGHTY SHONEN JUMP MANGA ANTHOLOGY, WHOSE MONTHLY CIRCULATN OF 200,000 IS 30 PERCENT FEMALE. LAST SUMMER HOASHI ALSO STARTED EDG THE NEW SHOJO BEAT MAGAZE FOR VIZ. SHOJO IS THE MON TERM FOR MANGA AIMED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}([ARTICLE ID="1525791"]CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT SOME MANGA VER ART[/ARTICLE].){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF TOKYOPOP'S MOST HERALD ARTISTS IS 26-YEAR-OLD SVETLANA CHMAKOVA, WHO WR AND DRAWS "DRAMAN." "IT'S ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE NVENTNS AND 'S LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT," SHE SAID. "BUT THERE ARE OBSTACL: HE IS A JERK. SHE HAS A BOYIEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT BEG JAPANE, CHAMKOVA IS PART OF A MOVEMENT CHAMPNED CHIEFLY BY TOKYOPOP TO CULTIVATE NON-JAPANE MANGA CREATORS. LEVY SAID HE ULD SEE RELEVANT WTERN MANGA ARISG MUCH THE SAME WAY REGNAL HIP-HOP EMERGED FOLLOWG THE ART FORM'S BIRTH NEW YORK. FOR NOW THE TOP MANGA SELLERS ARE STILL ALL OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGAL ENGLISH-LANGUAGE MANGA MIGHT NOT BE TAKG FIRM ROOT JT YET, BUT THERE'S LTLE DOUBT THAT ANOTHER BOLD IA IS: YAOI. THAT WORD, PRONOUNCED "YOW-EE," IS A JAPANE ACRONYM FOR A SERI OF WORDS THAT N BE TRANSLATED AS "NO PEAK, NO CLIMAX, NO MEANG." WHAT REFERS TO IS A BURGEONG SUBGENRE OF GUY-GUY ROMANCE ICS, WRTEN BY WOMEN FOR A FEMALE DIENCE. THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON EVEN HELD A YAOI PANEL LLED BROKEBACK MANGA, HOSTED BY KAI-MG CHA OF PW COMICS WEEK, WHO WORE AN "I (HEART)BOYS" T-SHIRT FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YAOI IS PERFECT FOR POST-SHOJO REARS," SAID MASUMI O'DONNELL, PUBLISHER OF "BE BETIFUL," A YAOI LE OF ICS AIMED AT WOMEN 18 AND OVER. "IT GIV VERY ROMANTIC STORI AND ROMANTIC SUATNS AND PLOTS, BUT THE ARE VERY IMPOSSIBLY BETIFUL MEN. WOMEN LIKE LOOKG AT BETIFUL MEN, AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A VERY POPULAR GENRE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YAOI N RANGE EXPLICNS OM THE TWO-POLICE-TECTIV--LOVE MANGA "FAKE" THAT TOKYOPOP RAT FOR AG 13 AND UP TO THE MUCH MORE EXPLIC AFFAIRS OF "EMBRACG LOVE," WHICH IS PUBLISHED AS PART OF O'DONNELL'S "BE BETIFUL" LE. AT THE BROKEBACK PANEL, "EMBRACG" ARTIST YOA NTA EXPLAED THAT, JAPAN, THERE WAS A DIVI BETWEEN THE EXPECTATNS OF HER OLR AND YOUNGER REARS. "SHE HAS MORE YOUNGER FANS WHO WANT HARR, MORE EXPLIC MATERIAL," HER TRANSLATOR SAID. "AND THE OLR THEY GET THE MORE ROMANCE THEY WANT. AND THE WOMEN [REARS] ARE OFTEN NOT DOG SO WELL WH THEIR HBANDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LILLIAN DIAZ-PRZYBL, 26, WHO EDS TOKYOPOP'S YAOI IMPRT, BLUMANGA, SAID THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOMETHG LIBERATG FOR GIRLS WHO READ ABOUT TWO GUYS FALLG LOVE STEAD OF THE NVENTNAL GIRL-MEETS-BOY. "AS A WOMAN YOU'RE TOMATILLY TEND TO ASSOCIATE WH THE FEMALE CHARACTER THAT SUATN," SHE SAID. "EVEN THGS THAT I WOULD NSIR FEMIST AND GOOD EXAMPL FOR WOMEN YOU DON'T ALWAYS REALLY ASSOCIATE WH THAT CHARACTER. THAT MIGHT NOT NECSARILY BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE. BOYS-LOVE MANGA TOTALLY FLIPS THAT ON S HEAD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIFFANY LAW, AN 18-YEAR-OLD SENR AT BROOKLYN'S GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH, SAID SHE'S A BIG FAN OF "ONLY THE RG FGER KNOWS," A TLE OM ANOTHER MAJOR YAOI PUBLISHER, DIGAL MANGA PRODUCTNS. BUT SHE SAID SHE HAS TO BE REFUL HOW SHE LETS OTHER PEOPLE FD THAT OUT. "IT'S JT NOT A TOPIC THAT YOU JT PICK UP WHEN YOU JT MEET THEM. IT SORT OF WORKS THERE OR THEY SEE ON YOUR BOOKSHELF AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLA." SHE SAID MOST OF HER FEMALE IENDS WHO READ MANGA READ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LEADG YAOI PUBLISHERS HAVE TAKEN UTN TO KEEP THEIR TL OUT OF THE HANDS OF UNRAGE KIDS, SHRK-WRAPPG BOOKS AND VERG THEM WH NTENT-ADVISORY LABELS. STILL, LEVY SAID HE KNOWS SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE WILL EVENTUALLY GET UPSET THAT GAY MALE LOVE IS BEG PUBLISHED AS ICS ENTERTAMENT FOR YOUNG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE JT TRYG TO REPRENT ALL KDS OF STORYTELLG, ALL KDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, ALL KDS OF LIFTYL," SAID LEVY. "IN FACT, WE'RE GOG TO DO CHRISTIAN MANGA TOO. WE HAVE A FEELG IF YOU'RE READG ONE YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOG TO BE READG THE OTHER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WH YAOI TAKG OFF, WHAT'S NEXT? A NUMBER OF PUBLISHERS ARE PHG MANWHA, WHICH ARE MANGA-STYLE ICS OM KOREA. KAI-MG CHA ALSO THKS SOMETHG LLED YURI HAS A CHANCE. THAT'S GIRL-GIRL ROMANCE. SHE SAID WOULD LIKELY BE TARGETED TO GIRLS, THOUGH SHE NCED MIGHT ATTRACT A FEW GUYS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANGA ICS AT LEAST, MALE AND FEMALE ARE WELE, WHATEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Often regard as the first manga to feature gay romantic and sexual relatnships, is a dark, g of age tale, alg wh rape, racism, dg abe and homophobia. The portrayals of gay mean are cricized Japan bee they do not ever addrs that the character are gay, rather jt simply love wh each other.

This has allowed for yaoi novels to sistep Japane gay rights issu by focg on the theme of love nquerg all.