The Advote's Tiara Chiaramonte breaks down the basics and giv an troductn to the fascatg world of gay Japane ics.
Contents:
- YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS
- THE POPULARY OF GAY MANGA JAPAN: WHAT ARE ‘BARA’ AND ‘YAOI’ AND WHO ARE S FANS?
- JAPANE GAY ICS GROW POPULARY AROUND ASIA
YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS
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Bara is siar to Yaoi (also known as Boys’ Love or BL Japan), and picts homosexual relatnships between men. Yaoi (pronounced "yah-oh-ee") is a term typilly thrown around the g of the geek muny, but what is this gay Japane phenomna?
THE POPULARY OF GAY MANGA JAPAN: WHAT ARE ‘BARA’ AND ‘YAOI’ AND WHO ARE S FANS?
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JAPANE GAY ICS GROW POPULARY AROUND ASIA
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… * gay japanese comic *
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