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Young Japanese Women Love "Boy Love" Manga - 05-17-2007, 11:25 AM
Japan's young women are obsessed with Japanese comics (manga) packed with stories of male homosexual sex, according to Shukan Shincho.

Tens of thousands of Japanese women packed the Super Comic City exhibition held in Tokyo's Ariake over Golden Week. Super Comic City is an exhibition for dojinshi manga, fan-created comics. In two days, this year's Super Comic City attracted 92,000 visitors, 99 percent of them women.

About 40 percent of the manga on display fell under the genre of Boy's Love, which features stories about love affairs between two men.

Source: Japanese women warm to Boy's Love manga - Mainichi Daily
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Why is Yaoi so popular with women?

I mean, If I say Yuri to a girl she's all like "EWWWWWWWWWWW! LESBIANS!!" But they go off and look at Yaoi? O.o



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Why is Yaoi so popular with women?

I mean, If I say Yuri to a girl she's all like "EWWWWWWWWWWW! LESBIANS!!" But they go off and look at Yaoi? O.o


...and a guy would say eww when u mention Yaoi most times "the exact opposite" and go look at Yuri.....


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...and a guy would say eww when u mention Yaoi most times "the exact opposite" and go look at Yuri.....
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Does this article prove something to us..... *wonders*

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Why is Yuri so popular with men?

I mean, If I say Yaoi to a guy he's all like "EWWWWWWWWWWW! HOMOS!!" But they go off and look at Yuri? O.o

:P Same reasons.

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the just want more than 1 of the opposite sex

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Why is Yuri so popular with men?

I mean, If I say Yaoi to a guy he's all like "EWWWWWWWWWWW! HOMOS!!" But they go off and look at Yuri? O.o

:P Same reasons.
I peronsally don't mind reading Yaoi.

Or Yuri. But I'm not obsessed at ALL.



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fodder for conversations with gay men.. cuz a good portion of "yaoi" men definetely like to over sex it per se.. myself being one



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maybe because for girls its interesting and almost the main characters there are "bishies" or the "lolita" type........well, its always like that for girls -> yaoi and for boys -> yuri....ha3....I think so?! XD

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