Taking Pleasure in Yaoi Manga
Sep 30, 2010
Yaoi is a category of Japanese animation and fiction that focuses on the homoerotic connection between male characters. The genre is frequently written by female writers and its targeted audience is of female readers who relish in the boy love story lines as they are also known as. The characters are usually drawn as stunning men who fall under 2 character styles: the uke and the seme.
The uke character is the much softer, gentler male character while the seme is the more assertive of the two. However, these generalized role types are not always persistent. To maximize the intensity of the story lines, some creators have applied the switching of the roles where the uke character takes on the seme behavior and the seme becomes the uke.
The appeal of yaoi among women has continuously increased due to its different take on relationships. This is in part due to the persistent boy-girl archetypal relationship in anime and manga which promptly loses its’ appeal for some female fans. For these types of fans, they discover that the boy-boy relation is much more exciting and satisfying for them.
A few fans also get joy in writing and creating their own yaoi stories. They take non-intimate characters and transform them into romantic, sexual relationships. One example is the well-known action anime, Naruto, has been the concentration of a number of fan created yaoi stories.
Yaoi maybe a small portion of the Japanese animation and fiction community still it has lent its self to well-known yearly conventions and merchandise. Each year in San Francisco, in the month of October the yearly Yaoi Convention (sometimes referred to as Yaoi-Con) is held. Here, supporters round up for 3 days to experience their adoration and love for yaoi with other liked minded folks.
During the other months of the year, enthusiasts can obtain yaoi merchandise like yaoi DVD’s, tops, character goods, accessories and other unique products from a yaoi shop.
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