I get what you're saying, but people I know are even freaked out by the soft core (non pornographic) stuff.StrangerMouse said:I've never been a heterosexual male, and they're the only ones (along with other miscellaneous homophobes.) who seem to have a major problem with it, so I couldn't say. I don't watch/read yaoi that much. It's not that I have a problem with homosexuality (to do so would be in conflict with my personal beliefs and somewhat hypocritical.) but then again I hardly ever watch/read pornography or romantic stories anyway. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the genders of the participants, they're just not really my thing.
Damn Japanese, first they use the teletubbies as pornographic sex dolls, then they ruin porn itself by making it so bloody clomplicated? Gawd, I just....gawd....screw you Japan....screw you!likalaruku said:I'm 27. Been reading shounenai (classic, usually ends badly) BL (romance) & yaoi (pure smut) since I was 15. Bara is yaoi for men.
If you want to get REALLY technical, yaoi is strictly "fan characters" & June is "original characters," so yaoi only pertains to doujinshi & fanfiction. That's how it works in Japan anyway.
Most of them aren't as deep & dark as Zetsuai/Bronze (Two underaged boys who LOOK like they're in their mid 20s. Rape, stalking, fratricide, incest, bisexuality, blackmail, spousal abuse, family history of mental illness, etc.)
Then there's Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki. (Fairly softcore but still yaoi. A very long story about a student who has a crush on one teacher & then falls for the teacher's brother. He starts off as a young uke & quickly matures into a seme, which amplifies the comedy).
Guys like girl-on-girl because there are twice as many boobieslilmisspotatoes said:Pretty much what Aby said.
I find it amusing that most yaoi fans are female... I read something somewhere about it being about 'romance that girls don't feel like they have to compete with'. Het romance apparently makes girls insecure.
Is that why guys like girl-on-girl?
I think you won.Worgen said:perverted girls are good girls
Porn isn't really my thing, but I admit I know enough to say that's not an all-encompassing theme. It's like if you look for porn of Optimus Prime getting it on with Darth Vader, that's what you'll find.Lineoutt said:I just went and looked at hentai, gross. It was like S&M gangrape. WTF?
I'd agree, but I'd also mention that about half of yaoi is of pre-existing characters having sex, so if you don't like seeing things like Seifer pleasing Squall, it may be best to not check it out.Aby_Z said:It's just gay porn in manga form. If you're a homophobe, or if you don't like seeing gay sex, you won't like Yaoi. Not too surprising.