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

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While the topics vered Japane anime and manga are seemgly endls, if recent hs like "Yuri on Ice" (2016), or "My Brother’s Hband" (2014-2017) are any ditn, gay and homoerotic relatnships fill an extremely popular niche manga plotl. But, "My Brother’s Hband" (which was was rema last year to an NHK drama) and "Yuri on…

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Bara is siar to Yaoi (also known as Boys’ Love or BL Japan), and picts homosexual relatnships between men.

This poetic piece go above and beyond tradnal genre boundari and offers somethg much more substantial than typil gay romance stori. Not only is this story bound to brg a se to viewers’ fac, but also tackl real-world issu such as homosexualy and taboo topics morn society. Wrten by Tadao Nada, follows the story of Katsuya and Jiro – two gay lovers that meet the aftermath of World War II.

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The narrative sh light upon var social and psychologil aspects, such as genr rol, homophobia, existentialism, and more, while providg an entertag read. It follows the story of Hira, a young gay man who tri to own his inty as a gay person.

It was one of the early works that showed rpect for homosexualy by prentg both Hira and Ye’s love story whout judgment or prejudice. Japane ics, or manga, are replete wh same-sex pairgs – but are they actually as gay as wtern rears might terpret them to be? While LGBTQ+ reprentatn appears, at a glance, to be prolific, not all queer characters or relatnships are necsarily as herently gay as they appear, and not all “gay” material is tend for a gay rearship.

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When to manga featurg same-sex stori foced on male pairgs though, there’s an add layer of plexy to navigate, so this week’s Comics Corner we’re takg a look at the differenc between some of the most mon “gay” Japane ics, or manga, genr.

BL manga have typilly featured svelte, betiful men, often wh androgyno featur – although recent years ’s bee slightly more mon to fd more diverse body typ – and stori that tend towards homoeroticism and emotnal drama than anythg overtly pornographic. Yaoi is perhaps the most monly heard term when to gay manga the wt, to the extent that “yaoi” is almost an umbrella term self.

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