| Is such combination even possible? I was shocked the first time I saw Yaoi anime (Gravitation) ~10+ years ago. The anime was fine and dandy until the elevator scene. I regret not finding out what genre it was, and my mind was forever scarred. Fast forward to 2012. I decided to actually give yaoi a go, but I could barely finished 1st ep of Junjou Romantica. Switched to Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and had to drop it half way through 1st ep. I'm also relieved to say that my manhood did not twitch even once. (srs) I'd say it's a viable way to explore your sexual preference. xD Now, I don't mind BL in a comedy sense where the producers made it clear to the viewer that it's 100% unrequited and will never developed further; it's just there for shit and giggles every now and then. I'm curious to see what you straight male out there who enjoys watching Yaoi have to say for having this unique preference. |
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| Not really, lol. |
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Shirtisred said: Not really, lol. Yup. I liked Demon Diary, for example. |
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| Straight male enjoying Yaoi? Does not compute. |
| You're homophobic. I probably am as well to an extent, but not enough to not enjoy homosexual love stories. Do I want to see two guys banging? Not really, but that's because it's not a sexual experience I can relate to or have any interest in (I don't mind if there is kissing or implied sex, etc). I can appreciate a love story between two males and actually find them quite interesting, considering the amount of extra obstacles there are in comparison to conventional relationships. They can be equally as touching as conventional love stories, or arguable moreso. It's just more gender roles bullshit, like almost every thread that begins "do any guys..." or "do any girls...". If you're going to begin a thread with that, don't. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Yaranaika? |
| What do you think you're piloting? Great Mazinger? Dangaioh? For Pete's sake, this isn't some robot cartoon whose main character is an autistic kid or some punk. - Kiichi Goto, Mobile Police Patlabor |
toybox said: Yaranaika? omfg |
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flaxman85 said: I'm also relieved to say that my manhood did not twitch even once. (srs) I'd say it's a viable way to explore your sexual preference. No one gives a shit about your "manhood" except you, by the way. You sound like you're just glorifying your straightness. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Kissed said: Straight male enjoying Yaoi? Does not compute. |
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Kissed said: Straight male enjoying Yaoi? Does not compute. ^This |
Kissed said: Straight male enjoying Yaoi? Does not compute. Exactly. |
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| If you mean in the hentai sense then no. I have seen normal "yaoi" before just depends on the anime overall though |
| Don't enjoy it actually,Not bothered by it either,But to be honest i would rather watch yaoi than yuri. |
Akito_Kinomoto said: Yup. I liked Demon Diary, for example. Reading lifeless manga is not the same was watching anime, but do report back after you've seen one. Post-Josh said: You're homophobic. I probably am as well to an extent, but not enough to not enjoy homosexual love stories. Do I want to see two guys banging? Not really, but that's because it's not a sexual experience I can relate to or have any interest in (I don't mind if there is kissing or implied sex, etc). I can appreciate a love story between two males and actually find them quite interesting, considering the amount of extra obstacles there are in comparison to conventional relationships. They can be equally as touching as conventional love stories, or arguable moreso. It's just more gender roles bullshit, like almost every thread that begins "do any guys..." or "do any girls...". If you're going to begin a thread with that, don't. Easy there princess. is it that time of the month already? (yes joke) "I'm homophobic"? I'm completely fine with male couples taking it up the ass, get married, and take it up the ass some more. It doesn't bother me one bit as long as they stay away from my butthole. (not a joke) "Gender role bullshit"? -Why are you so butthurt about this? There's nothing to be mad about. I'm just asking a question we all already know the answer to but in a more specific way. If I were to exclude the 'straight male' part, then what's the point? Yaoi is enjoyed all kinds of people. It's just a speculation that 'straight male' category is the least likely to enjoy it. Post-Josh said: No one gives a shit about your "manhood" except you, by the way. You sound like you're just glorifying your straightness. Wow bro can't you take a joke? Notice you're the only one so far that's greatly offended by this. Relax your vagina a bit will you? I'm just asking a simple question and means no harm. |
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| Your example is Shounen-ai. That stuff is simple enough to follow as long as you get how relationships work, it doesn't if it's male/female, male/male, or female/female. I watch Shounen-ai and am fine with it. Non-hentai yaoi is also watchable. |
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flaxman85 said: stuff Sorry, I am relaxed. I just swear casually. Threads like this are made almost every day and they all come down to the same thing. People's inability to understand sex, gender, and sexual preferences do not determine who someone is/ what they are allowed to like. And yes, you are homophobic if you were "scarred" by two males having sex and were relieved that your "manhood" stayed intact. Not to mention the wording you generally use and your lame jokes make it more obvious. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
flaxman85 said: Akito_Kinomoto said: Yup. I liked Demon Diary, for example. Reading lifeless manga is not the same was watching anime, but do report back after you've seen one. Maybe when I have time. Good yaoi manga seems much easier to find. |
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| I have not watched any Yaoi and I do not plan to do so either. I just know I wont like it :p |
| I'm a straight girl and I don't even enjoy it. |
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| I've have yet to come across any yaoi anime or manga that seemed very interesting to me at all, but for the most part, romance isn't really a genre that I am a big fan of regardless. I guess the closest I've come to enjoying something of the sort was Houkago Hokenshitsu. I haven't really looked into it much at all, but it still seems to me that most stuff that features gay/lesbian romance focus a lot on the fact that they are not straight relationships. What I mean to say is that I think they focus too much on the "taboo" of the relationship to the point that it gets in the way of the story. I think a good example of doing the opposite of this would be Not Simple. In Not Simple, one of the main characters is gay, but it isn't really a strong force in the story at all. They don't treat it as something different, but rather more in the way of instead of a character that happens to have a girlfriend, he happens to have a boyfriend, and I think Not Simple is an amazing manga. TL;DR - I wouldn't mind it if done well, but I don't think most people do it well in my eyes, but it is not something that I would seek out regardless. Also, Not Simple is great. Well, hopefully that made a bit of sense at least. |
| 私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです |
| I'm indifferent towards the genre. I don't enjoy it, and I certainly don't want to watch it, but I'm not a yaoi hater or anything. Just not for me. For what it's worth, I'm not a massive yuri fan either, but I do enjoy a nice yuri every once in a while. |
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Okazaki93 said: Post-Josh said: flaxman85 said: stuff Sorry, I am relaxed. I just swear casually. Threads like this are made almost every day and they all come down to the same thing. People's inability to understand sex, gender, and sexual preferences do not determine who someone is/ what they are allowed to like. And yes, you are homophobic if you were "scarred" by two males having sex and were relieved that your "manhood" stayed intact. Not to mention the wording you generally use and your lame jokes make it more obvious. You can think something is gross and still tolerate it, doesn't mean you're homophobic. I'd be decently freaked out if I saw two guys fucking, but it's not like I'm against it or anything. Also this is just a thread asking a simple question, you are over-analyzing it to death. Too bad the shit the op uses as example isn't 2 dudes bangin'. It's all shounen-ai romance stuff. Couple that with the fact him saying BL is okay only when it's comedic and in small doses, he comes off a little homophobic. IN theory one could think it's gross and tolerate it but this topic isn't about theory. |
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Okazaki93 said: You can think something is gross and still tolerate it, doesn't mean you're homophobic. Also this is just a thread asking a simple question, you are over-analyzing it to death. Yes it does (tolerance =/= acceptance) and since when is trying to get to the root of the problem considered over-analyzing? There's no point in having a discussion otherwise. This isn't always the case, but when someone claims over-analyzing it just makes me think they are uncomfortable with actually thinking about whatever. To clarify the homophobic thing though, I'm not saying it makes you or anyone else a bad person. I know I'm homophobic myself, it's near impossible to not be growing up as a straight male (in most places, I'd think). There is a world of difference between someone recognizing it/trying to combat it and the op, however. |
JoshAug 15, 2012 7:52 PM
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Anime_Name said: Okazaki93 said: Post-Josh said: flaxman85 said: stuff Sorry, I am relaxed. I just swear casually. Threads like this are made almost every day and they all come down to the same thing. People's inability to understand sex, gender, and sexual preferences do not determine who someone is/ what they are allowed to like. And yes, you are homophobic if you were "scarred" by two males having sex and were relieved that your "manhood" stayed intact. Not to mention the wording you generally use and your lame jokes make it more obvious. You can think something is gross and still tolerate it, doesn't mean you're homophobic. I'd be decently freaked out if I saw two guys fucking, but it's not like I'm against it or anything. Also this is just a thread asking a simple question, you are over-analyzing it to death. Too bad the shit the op uses as example isn't 2 dudes bangin'. It's all shounen-ai romance stuff. Couple that with the fact him saying BL is okay only when it's comedic and in small doses, he comes off a little homophobic. IN theory one could think it's gross and tolerate it but this topic isn't about theory. Ah okay fair enough, I didn't know what those titles were so I just assumed it was full on fuckage. Also as for the root of the problem, I don't really think there is a problem, it's not like he said he hates gay people or anything, he just doesn't like to watch them do da dirty (whether it's kissing or fucking), which is understandable to me. But I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. |
Post-Josh said: My vagina is bleeding. Listen lady, people can like whatever the hell they want; I'm not judging them. When certain groups of people became minorities that the majority do not accept, then it becomes an interesting/controversial topic to discuss. You're assuming I'm with the 'majority' when in fact I'm in the 'I don't give a shit' category, just like you. And there you go again with that negative attitude towards homophobia, "Scarred" in this case just meant it was a surprise because I was not expecting it to be a yaoi anime. My jest about my huge penis (100% fact) also showed no indication that I despise people with same gender sexual preference what so ever. Also, did you not comprehend when I clearly stated that you guys can have butt-sex all day every day, and it would not bother me? I swear kids these days get butthurt about every little thing for reason. |
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| I've never heard of such a thing, but I think it'possible.. Can't a straight female become aroused watching two girls go at it? But i suppose that's not the same thing as taking a preference to a whole genre since sexual response is involuntary.. |
uzu-dragons said: Can't a straight female become aroused watching two girls go at it? Yupp. |
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Okazaki93 said: Ah okay fair enough, I didn't know what those titles were so I just assumed it was full on fuckage. Also as for the root of the problem, I don't really think there is a problem, it's not like he said he hates gay people or anything, he just doesn't like to watch them do da dirty (whether it's kissing or fucking), which is understandable to me. But I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. It's not the not liking part, it's the attitude. Check out his colorful misquote of Post-Josh. He seems to be sabotaging your defense at every turn. |
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| I seen Decedents of Darkness when I was younger but I didnt understand what was going on though. |
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Okazaki93 said: Anime_Name said: Too bad the shit the op uses as example isn't 2 dudes bangin'. It's all shounen-ai romance stuff. Couple that with the fact him saying BL is okay only when it's comedic and in small doses, he comes off a little homophobic. IN theory one could think it's gross and tolerate it but this topic isn't about theory. Ah okay fair enough, I didn't know what those titles were so I just assumed it was full on fuckage. Also as for the root of the problem, I don't really think there is a problem, it's not like he said he hates gay people or anything, he just doesn't like to watch them do da dirty (whether it's kissing or fucking), which is understandable to me. But I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Sorry this was bothering me so I have to point it out- Only one title that the OP mentions is shounen ai. Sekai Ichi and Junjou are both yaoi. Even in their toned-down anime versions, it can't be called shounen ai.. There's too much black censorship and implied sex to bunch them in with that genre. |
| I have never even tried to watch Yaoi. I have a feeling that all of them are just gay dudes having sex. |
| Hmm I have not watched any anime yaoi. However I have read a ton of manga involving trap action, and I am a straight dude. |
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uzu-dragons said: .Okazaki93 said: Anime_Name said: Too bad the shit the op uses as example isn't 2 dudes bangin'. It's all shounen-ai romance stuff. Couple that with the fact him saying BL is okay only when it's comedic and in small doses, he comes off a little homophobic. IN theory one could think it's gross and tolerate it but this topic isn't about theory. Ah okay fair enough, I didn't know what those titles were so I just assumed it was full on fuckage. Also as for the root of the problem, I don't really think there is a problem, it's not like he said he hates gay people or anything, he just doesn't like to watch them do da dirty (whether it's kissing or fucking), which is understandable to me. But I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Sorry this was bothering me so I have to point it out- Only one title that the OP mentions is shounen ai. Sekai Ichi and Junjou are both yaoi. Even in their toned-down anime versions, it can't be called shounen ai.. There's too much black censorship and implied sex to bunch them in with that genre. Manga, yaoi. Anime(and certainly just the 1st episode of each as mentioned here), shounen-ai. I wouldn't say can't when this site and others list them as shounen-ai. |
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Anime_Name said: Manga, yaoi. Anime(and certainly just the 1st episode of each as mentioned here), shounen-ai. I wouldn't say can't when this site and others list them as shounen-ai. As I said, despite what this site and other label them as, the tones in SIH and JR are much heavier than what you'd find in actual shounen-ai titles. You do have a point about the 1st episodes though (but in Junjou the guy does get borderline molested but apart from that it's very tame). |
| I haven't seen any, but I don't think I would like it since I don't like when there's homosexual sex on shows like Spartacus and The Tudors. |
flaxman85 said: Post-Josh said: Colorful misquote Listen lady, people can like whatever the hell they want; I'm not judging them. When certain groups of people became minorities that the majority do not accept, then it becomes an interesting/controversial topic to discuss. You're assuming I'm with the 'majority' when in fact I'm in the 'I don't give a shit' category, just like you. And there you go again with that negative attitude towards homophobia, "Scarred" in this case just meant it was a surprise because I was not expecting it to be a yaoi anime. My jest about my huge penis (100% fact) also showed no indication that I despise people with same gender sexual preference what so ever. Also, did you not comprehend when I clearly stated that you guys can have butt-sex all day every day, and it would not bother me? I swear kids these days get butthurt about every little thing for reason. Nice reading comprehension. He said that he was homophobic and not in the I don't give a shit category. He also said that being homophobic doesn't make you a bad person so there's no negativity being directed toward homophobia either. Rather, as he and Anime_Name pointed out, it's the mindset in dealing with it that makes the difference. And if you are in the I don't give a shit category then why are you taking offense at a jab directed toward something you're not (IE, homophobic)? As for the rest of your post, I'm going to have to go with Anime_Name on this one. And before you pull out the kids getting upset card, I'm pretty sure you used an alt to take offense at an analogy I made with Japanese voices and Stockholm Syndrome. Here you singled me out for using manga as an example yet left alone other people who brought up reading themselves. You honestly think nobody is going to call you on your shenanigans? And you're seriously older than me? What has the previous generation created. It makes me so depressed. |
Kyouko_AyaseAug 15, 2012 10:26 PM
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| As a straight male, I can say I can WATCH yaoi, but I wouldn't go out of my way to do so. Closest thing I got to that was No. 6. But yuri on the other hand, I can't even watch without either sleeping or extreme boredom. I'd have to say it's not such much as I find yaoi disturbing, but more that I like my character relationships to be straight. |
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flaxman85 said: more stupidity Do you not see how "they can have as much butt-sex all day every day, I don't even care" sounds questionable? You can't help but reinforce stereotypes in almost every sentence you write. The fact that you keep associating being "butt-hurt" with being a woman doesn't exactly help your credibility either. Also, save the "don't get upset" "calm down" "butt-hurt" "easy there killer", and whatever other last resort expressions you have in your Xbox live Call of Duty dictionary. I'm cool and collected, and even if I wasn't pointing it out wouldn't be useful. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Post-Josh said: flaxman85 said: I'm also relieved to say that my manhood did not twitch even once. (srs) I'd say it's a viable way to explore your sexual preference. No one gives a shit about your "manhood" except you, by the way. You sound like you're just glorifying your straightness. Can you calm down |
| This back and forth you guys are doing is cute. |
pjxel said: Can you calm down No, never and how dare you even ask that of me. Shuhan said: This back and forth you guys are doing is cute. Thanks, generic third party guy. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| This is a family website |
Post-Josh said: Shuhan said: This back and forth you guys are doing is cute. Thanks, generic third party guy. no problem cutie |
| this question gets asked a lot. i dont get why its important to know |
| They wouldn't be straight males if they wanted to see men kissing each other and playing with booty holes. |
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pjxel said: This is a family website I don't know any families that have MAL accounts, personally. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| I had a straight male friend who didn't mind it if the guys were girly enough. |
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