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Apr 17, 2014 5:17 PM
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This manga is tagged as yaoi... but isn't this shounen ai?

I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't yaoi equate to MAN'S love? Meaning ADULT MALES? And shounen ai is supposed to be for BOY'S love right? o.0 Aren't the two male leads.... boys? >.<
Apr 17, 2014 9:39 PM
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I've read yaoi manga that had nothing more than kissing... and barely even that...
Apr 18, 2014 12:08 AM
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Yaoi and Shounen-Ai are the same thing.

Stop pushing stupid mal definitions.

Shounen AI is a weaboo way of saying Boys Love which can include intercourse.
Apr 18, 2014 8:05 AM
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But they're NOT the same thing... and I'm not talking anime. I'm talking manga. All the shounen ai manga I've read involved BOYS. All the yaoi manga I've read involved MEN. Series that have involved love or whatnot between BOTH had BOTH tags.

If they meant the same thing, then there wouldn't be TWO tags. There'd only be ONE. There's OBVIOUSLY some difference.
Apr 18, 2014 8:06 AM
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And according to mangafox, (and many other manga sites), yaoi means man's love and shounen ai means boys love...
Apr 18, 2014 8:10 AM
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Hmm... I may have misdefined the words.. but if you're definitions are more accurate than lots of series have been mistakenly genred. >.<

(I'm also very new to this). Also, there's probably a tendency where children don't go hardcore while men don't go softcore. haha.

Eitherway, I was just surprised to see children go hardcore. I hadn't seen that before, so maybe I've seen that tendency as an absolute. Ah well. Whatever.
Aug 3, 2014 1:36 AM
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DarkAngelz said:
And according to mangafox, (and many other manga sites), yaoi means man's love and shounen ai means boys love...


Nope!
Shounen Ai means boy love boy like { Holding hands, Kissing, love story, dating etc }
Yaoi means Boy love Boy or man love man like { Sex, Rape, French kiss, and they are for 18+ }

Shounen Ai can be publish in Shoujo magazine but Yaoi should be published only in Yaoi Publisher xD Hope it help you.

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