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May 19, 2022 7:21 PM
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If your most favorite anime ever had yaoi elements, would you still enjoy it just as much? Or would you not be very pleased with it? Or would it actually make your favorite anime even more based?
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May 19, 2022 7:32 PM
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even if it has queerbait or homoeroticism at its most unapologetic, it doesn't matter. it can still be potential favorite anime or otherwise, so long as it does not harm the overall quality.
May 19, 2022 7:34 PM
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That's part of the reason why shinsekai yori is my favourite anime.
May 19, 2022 7:39 PM
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I won't explain much but I like Shinsekai Yori and No.6
May 19, 2022 7:41 PM
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EndlessMaria said:
If your most favorite anime ever had yaoi elements, would you still enjoy it just as much? Or would you not be very pleased with it? Or would it actually make your favorite anime even more based?


I mean if you don't like things because it has Yaoi tag on them.

Then you probably will never liked "your supposed favorite series" since it is already yaoi to begin with. Since you probanly will avoid said show since it has a Yaoi tag on day 1.
Or do you mean that like if "One piece" suddenly become Yaoi out of the blue?

Though its not my favorite. I still like From the New World. And that show definetly "spoilers" have a surprise hard Yaoi + Yuri in it. Its a literal wtf 180. But it definitely would lose value without that plot twist.

Also I mean my non shonen jump favorite shonen manga are Air Gear and To your Eternity. They do have a pint of Yaoiness in it but they are still my favorite.

Also I forgot, Berserk. Its universally liked despite it having "Yaoi elements".
And majority went with this series never thinking it has Yaoi elements in it.
I mean it has the "ugly bastard yaoi", the "ugly bastard pedo mentally scarring, rapy type of Yaoi. It has the Bishounen×Muscle guy type of yaoi. It also slaps you with demon dicks every now and then at the same rate as it gives you boobage and ass cheeks.

Therefore I guess if the series is great, having a secret Yaoi tag don't really bring a series down a notch.
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May 19, 2022 7:42 PM
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uh thinks heavily...yes considering I love yaoi
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May 19, 2022 7:45 PM
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i'd laugh into my hand and rate it even higher
May 19, 2022 7:45 PM
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I don't know. Does ONE PIECE have yaoi element(s) in it?
May 19, 2022 8:01 PM
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Man, if only ACCA-13 had that tag...I love it and it's one of my favourites as it is. But if it did get a yaoi or BL tag, then I'd definitely be guilty of giving it an 11 if I could, lol. But the mangaka it was adapted from (Natsume Ono) has an alt handle for her BL stuff (basso, if anyone's interested), so I'm happy with that.
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May 19, 2022 8:03 PM

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Nope, unless the yaoi refers to another character (not a main character)'s relationship then I guess that's still watchable.
May 19, 2022 8:19 PM

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Not really possible because there are very few males in it.
May 19, 2022 8:41 PM
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i love yaoi so im totally fine with that
May 19, 2022 8:45 PM
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Technically, LotGH and Berserk were yaoi from the beginning. So it doesn't matter to me.
May 19, 2022 8:48 PM
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Oh no, please no gay stuff. That's absolutely disgusting!
May 19, 2022 8:51 PM

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wouldnt really care tbh, some bits in eva were radiating yaoi
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May 19, 2022 8:54 PM

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If we're talking about explicit gay sex scenes, I would probably skip them if they didn't have dialogue, as there is no real point in watching them for me. But other than that, it wouldn't affect my enjoyment.
May 19, 2022 9:04 PM
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Yuck, not a chance. Put it in the mud.

May 19, 2022 9:07 PM
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Probably not. I know I get pretty annoyed with how people always make the suggestion that Naruto and Sasuke are gay. I guess I was fortunate to have watched Naruto when I was a kid. As you get older, you see more insecurity about close friendships between men being gay. And it seems like people turn any type of relationship or no relationship at all between men into something yaoi. Deku x Bakugou is probably the most bizarre example I've seen in shounen anime considering that Bakugou was a bully to Deku.
May 19, 2022 9:07 PM

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It definitely wouldn't be my fav anime if the yaoi was prominent, but if it's more in the background it might not make a difference.
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May 19, 2022 9:09 PM

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As long as it does not ruin the story, or isn't to in your face I'm fine.

May 19, 2022 11:05 PM

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Yugioh has some Yaoi undertones and some of the designs of male characters are really...cute and feminine. I don't mind Yaoi so it'd be fine.
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May 19, 2022 11:30 PM

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Although many of the shows I tend to enjoy feature pseudo-romantic relationships between people of the same gender, the reason why I like those types of relationships is the lack of a sexual element, so no, I wouldn't still love it.

May 19, 2022 11:37 PM
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Digimon with yaoi tag?
Tanoshii Muumin Ikka with yaoi tag?

Yuru Yuri with yaoi tag? xD That would be pretty odd, lol.
May 20, 2022 12:03 AM

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More often than not, I'll pick what to watch, based on how appealing the character design is. So when there's yaoi elements in an anime, on the cover art no less, I'll know I can expect pretty visuals.
May 20, 2022 12:14 AM

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I don't mind if there is a secondary gay couple. But in anime medium are yaoi are full on gay sex, so it obviously am not interested in any such thing.
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May 20, 2022 12:25 AM
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why not
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May 20, 2022 1:14 AM

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already like yaoi, and one piece has it a tiny bit ig?
monster doesnt, but it doesnt matter, it would still be my fav with one piece
May 20, 2022 1:24 AM

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It would become the best piece of media entertainment of all the time.
May 20, 2022 1:31 AM
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May 20, 2022 1:33 AM

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idk, depends on how hot the yaoi scenes are
May 20, 2022 1:35 AM

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I wouldn't be very pleased with that.
May 20, 2022 1:38 AM

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What kind of question is this? If one doesn't like Yaoi they wouldn't even watch that kind of anime in first place let alone consider it as their favorite anime.

Anyway, you can't just put some other element in an anime and then ask if you would still like that anime, that is completely changing that anime, it doesn't remain the same, some or all the reasons for liking that anime are gone and the new elements ( Yaoi in this case) are introduced which I'm not too big a fan of.

In short, the question doesn't make sense and if gay scenes were added in my favorite animes, I wouldn't like it very much, that anime won't be in my favorite anymore but Yuri on other hand...

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May 20, 2022 1:57 AM

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No I don't want gay in my entertainment because I'm very insecure about my sexuality and secretely attracted to men's peepees, like most vocal "gay = bad" persons are

*insert a meme about conservative christian american politicians being the gayest here*


(Seriously, I guess KlK, Utena and NGE all have some level of gayness... UwU)
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May 20, 2022 1:58 AM

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Great Pretender already kinda has yaoi elements (sort of - you can't tell me Laurent doesn't have some kind of feelings for Edamame), so sure.
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May 20, 2022 3:30 AM

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Easiest no from me. I enjoy Himegoto but that's the only exception I guess.
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May 20, 2022 3:45 AM
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Well JoJo had two gay couples in Part 5!
Or at least that's how it seemed to me because they seemed closer than the average JoJo "Gay" Moments. But to answer the question directly, I think if it's a sub genre I wouldn't mind it much
But if it was a Main Genre I think I would hesitate to watch it.
May 20, 2022 4:02 AM

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Nope. Shinsekai yori had to put in a lot of effort to get away with just 1 episode...
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May 20, 2022 4:42 AM

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I mean, JoJo might as well already have the yaoi tag.
May 20, 2022 7:28 AM
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EWW NO WAY GAY PEOPLE YUCK HELL NO DAWG
May 20, 2022 7:47 AM

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If they had the yaoi tag, I wouldn't touch them to begin with. And its got nothing to do with homophobia, I just have zero interest in it...I wouldn't call a gay person "heterophobic" for not giving a damn about straight couples, because that'd be dumb.
May 20, 2022 8:02 AM

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It would honestly depend on the show and how it's done. I think Banana Fish could get away with it since it was basically already there. But plenty of anime can't like obviously grave of the fireflies for example since it would have to be shoehorned in.
May 20, 2022 8:06 AM

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If it's yaoi then one of the charas better resemble a trap somewhat/to some degree with one exception for shotas. For shotas I'm fine even if they don't look effeminate because all anime shotas are bangable traps to me without exception (though them being a trap is the cherry on top). Also, to me they're 1,000 years old, mind you.

May 20, 2022 8:19 AM

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I hate Yaoi and Yuri. So my answer is NO!!!
May 20, 2022 7:18 PM

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Well, let's take a look:
Yojouhan is already sort of gay because of Ozu so it wouldn't change much.
Haruhi looks unfitting for Koizumi and Kyon being gay.
Penguindrum is already insane with sexual stuff, so yaoi would not make a huge difference, an incest triangle would make the show better and worse at the same time.
And lastly Higurashi, with Keichi being the only male protagonist, and the other characters being way older than him, I would hardly imagine it.
Others like Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho, Houseki no Kuni and Haibane Renmei are too female focused so I doubt it would be doable.

Well, but overall, even as a gay man I dislike BL so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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May 20, 2022 7:36 PM

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If my fav anime has yaoi tag, I won't even watch it in the first place lol (few of my watched anime that got yaoi tag in my completed list is because I didn't check the details and blindly watch it). And I cannot love them if I didn't even watch

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May 21, 2022 7:13 AM

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No I wouldn't and Kyo Kara Maoh is proof of that. I used to be a huge fangirl until the manga and LN started to head more towards BL; glorifying a toxic and abusive relationship, abandoning the story and dumbing down the characters other than Wolfram for that sake. Royal Couple, my ass! I could make an exception if the relationship is actually good but BL authors don't have the capacity to write such relationships which is why I hate the genre.
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May 21, 2022 7:18 AM

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the easy answer is yes but if you think about it,
noein has isami x yuu
rahephon has ayato x sensei
ghost in the shell has gouda x kuze
eva has shinji x kaworu
death note has light x l
snk has levi x erwin
fmab has hughes x major
so yeah
May 21, 2022 7:26 AM

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If the atmosphere, the visuals and the tone is the same as in the other scenes of Mushishi I don't mind if Ginko fucks with an other male from time to time along his long journey.
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May 21, 2022 7:46 AM

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Ofc keiichi x satoshi is the only canon higurashi ship in my mind
May 21, 2022 11:31 AM

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why not. as long as the show is good i will watch
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