| So recently, I was looking at my MALgraph and noticed something rather perculiar. On my genre weight list, I noticed I had 1 anime with "Yuri" and 6 anime with "Shoujo Ai" watched. This lead me to discover that the use of Yuri/Yaoi vs Shoujo Ai/Shounen Ai is not standardized on the genres for some entriess on MAL. I found these definitions here on MAL. Yaoi/Yuri: Anime whose central theme is a sexual relationship between two [same gender characters]. This implies Hentai. Shoujo/nen Ai: Anime whose central theme is about a relationship (or strong affection, not usually sexual) between two [same gender characters]. Shoujo/nen Ai literally means "girl/boy love". So that being said, it can be inferred that: 1) -Yuri/Yaoi should only be applied to Rx rated entires. 2) -Shoujo/nen Ai should not be applied to Rx rated entires. 3) -Yuri/Yaoi and Shoujo/nen Ai are mutually exclusive. Using advanced search, I got these results (only in anime. Did not do manga): 1) -Yuri/Yaoi should only be applied to Rx rated entires. NOT Rx Rating, Yuri. 12 results - Fail. NOT Rx Rating, Yaoi. 21 results - Fail. Condition FAIL 2) -Shoujo/nen Ai should not be applied to Rx rated entires. Rx Rating, Shoujo Ai. 0 Results - Pass. Rx Rating, Shounen Ai. 0 results - Pass. Condition PASS. 3) -Yuri/Yaoi and Shoujo/nen Ai are mutually exclusive. Yuri + shoujo Ai. 4 results - Fail. Yaoi + Shounen Ai. 11 results - Fail. Condition FAIL Alternate Solution As posted in post 2 of this thread, there is a link to a thread that suggested the removal of the Shoujo/nen Ai tag all together and replacing them with Yuri/Yaoi. Although the purpose THAT was suggested ultimately is different, it would also have the effect of fixing the issue brought up in this thread. |
GodelSep 5, 2014 9:25 AM
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Serhiyko said: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=759295 Thanks for input, but different thread for different purpose. I actually do NOT support the removing of Shoujo Ai/Shounen Ai genre category. If it comes down to that I can live with it. The point of this thread is that genres in the MAL anime DB as defined by MAL's own definition of genres are inconsistant and should be fixed. I do understand the purpose of that thread too. If MAL is moving to be more eastern, that would be the obvious choice of action to take. Buuut for now, just fixing the things they way they are rather than just changing them all together. (Changing it would be a much easier fix too though, tbh..) |
GodelSep 5, 2014 8:56 AM
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