 I hear ppl have a big distaste for BL. I remember being at MAL Christmas event and ppl were putting BL as a genre to avoid, sometimes even on the forum, people don't show a big interest in it. As someone who doesn't care about what genres offer, but rather what every individual anime does in said genre. I see no reason to dislike BL. So, what are the reasons? |
| What I find attractive is plump butts and most oppai. Dudes lack an attractive ass, curves where it matters, and a body structure that interests me. It is a sex preference thing. Beyond that, it is hard to relate to bishounen boys. |
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| I'm not interested in it, kind of hard to explain why, I think it's just a preference issue. |
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Different folks, different strokes. We all have our individual preferences. I have several friends who are totally into BL, but personally I'm more of a yuri-fan. |
NextUniverse said: I hear ppl have a big distaste for BL. I remember being at MAL Christmas event and ppl were putting BL as a genre to avoid, sometimes even on the forum, people don't show a big interest in it. As someone who doesn't care about what genres offer, but rather what every individual anime does in said genre. I see no reason to dislike BL. So, what are the reasons? I also don't understand such people. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards this genre, I don't know. |
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| Honestly, just looking from the outside in - seeing popular artwork, reading synopses, learning about popular tropes - a lot of it seems terribly rapey. And as much as I wouldn't mind reading or watching a guy x guy romance, I don't have the motivation to slog through the swamp of terrible smut and portrayals of unhealthy relationships to find a few good titles that would interest me. |
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| For me personally I just don't like romance in general. There are some romances that I have enjoyed but the usual formula of stretching the "confession stage" to the length of the series bores me to tears (admittedly I tend to avoid romance so its a self reinforcing bias but I do also feel like I've seen enough to at least have an opinion). I don't have a problem with BL specifically, but if I am 100% honest In my mind a friendship story is better than a romance so I do sort of subconsciously reject the idea of BL. Then again I've basically only seen banana fish as far as BL goes so I literally don't know what I'm talking about, I guess the bottom line is nobody has sold me on why I should care about BL when I (mostly) don't even care about regular romance. |
| Ah, another provocative thread under the guise of a pacifist one. It has become a bad tradition. |
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| all those homophobic people are now drooling over the dandy dilf chadman ossan from isekai ojisan |
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| BL is not something i have ever been into, nothing I have ever been thinking of watching. I'm not into dudes doing dudes. But after watching Anime for a few years, like 13, i got myself into watching Given and after that I have watched a few more BL's. Only watched one so far that i actually like, as the slice of life aspect of the serie was point on, the romance was done correct. It was a well written short OVA or movie that I end up watching. I have even watched some new 18 + Anime where the devil has a dude as a sex slave, rather bad done in every damn way's possible. But I have end up watching a few, most of them is garbage in my view, as I'm not into it guys doing guys. But if it ends up as well done even i can like it. |
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Sotara said: NextUniverse said: I hear ppl have a big distaste for BL. I remember being at MAL Christmas event and ppl were putting BL as a genre to avoid, sometimes even on the forum, people don't show a big interest in it. As someone who doesn't care about what genres offer, but rather what every individual anime does in said genre. I see no reason to dislike BL. So, what are the reasons? I also don't understand such people. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards this genre, I don't know. I don't understand people who don't like drinking alcohol, running through the streets naked, licking butthair etc. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards these innocent activities are the reason. Same energy. I hope your brain gets better someday. |
Weeaboo_Bomber said: Sotara said: I also don't understand such people. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards this genre, I don't know. I don't understand people who don't like drinking alcohol, running through the streets naked, licking butthair etc. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards these innocent activities are the reason. Same energy. I hope your brain gets better someday. I am totally fine an my brain is in excellent shape, thanks for worrying! scarlet_snake said: I think it comes down to preference, I can't really point out why I hate BL but I can't seem to get into it. It is preferences and normal for every person to have own likings to something. ryo-san said: all those homophobic people are now drooling over the dandy dilf chadman ossan from isekai ojisan I also think so! Nillwas said: BL is not something i have ever been into, nothing I have ever been thinking of watching. I'm not into dudes doing dudes. But after watching Anime for a few years, like 13, i got myself into watching Given and after that I have watched a few more BL's. Only watched one so far that i actually like, as the slice of life aspect of the serie was point on, the romance was done correct. It was a well written short OVA or movie that I end up watching. I have even watched some new 18 + Anime where the devil has a dude as a sex slave, rather bad done in every damn way's possible. But I have end up watching a few, most of them is garbage in my view, as I'm not into it guys doing guys. But if it ends up as well done even i can like it. I understand you. I also don't like BL earlier, but when I saw Banana Fish little by little I start reading and watching such works. I recommend you to watch Sasaki and Myano. It is shonen-ai and slice of life anime series which was adapted from the manga of the same name. It is very light and positive series which gives you enormous amount of great and amazing emotions! It is a fantastic series indeed! |
MemoreJul 30, 2022 2:26 PM
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| I don't have anything against, its just not my preference and not a genre that appeals to me. |
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Weeaboo_Bomber said: I know this must be a huge shock for a "non-binary" alphabet person but there are lots of people in the world, particularly straight men, who are not religiously into shows about dudes touching other dudes balls while squeaking. To be more serious, many people aren't even into dudes cuddling with each other or they don't like romance/slice-of-life shows at all, but I understand that it's more conveniant to assume that such people are homophobic. Btw, I'd say there are a lot of straight out bad yaoi anime which are only bait-material for sweaty yaoi-fangirls and sexualize the characters. Yeah, women are like that, too. Next shock, huh? Nah, I was once unironically accused of being homophobic just because I said I wasn't interested in watching gay shows. |
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Sotara said: Weeaboo_Bomber said: I don't understand people who don't like drinking alcohol, running through the streets naked, licking butthair etc. Maybe their own fears or prejudices towards these innocent activities are the reason. Same energy. I hope your brain gets better someday. I am totally fine an my brain is in excellent shape, thanks for worrying! scarlet_snake said: I think it comes down to preference, I can't really point out why I hate BL but I can't seem to get into it. It is preferences and normal for every person to have own likings to something. ryo-san said: all those homophobic people are now drooling over the dandy dilf chadman ossan from isekai ojisan I also think so! Nillwas said: BL is not something i have ever been into, nothing I have ever been thinking of watching. I'm not into dudes doing dudes. But after watching Anime for a few years, like 13, i got myself into watching Given and after that I have watched a few more BL's. Only watched one so far that i actually like, as the slice of life aspect of the serie was point on, the romance was done correct. It was a well written short OVA or movie that I end up watching. I have even watched some new 18 + Anime where the devil has a dude as a sex slave, rather bad done in every damn way's possible. But I have end up watching a few, most of them is garbage in my view, as I'm not into it guys doing guys. But if it ends up as well done even i can like it. I understand you. I also don't like BL earlier, but when I saw Banana Fish little by little I start reading and watching such works. I recommend you to watch Sasaki and Myano. It is shonen-ai and slice of life anime series which was adapted from the manga of the same name. It is very light and positive series which gives you enormous amount of great and amazing emotions! It is a fantastic series indeed! If you (or your brain) were fine, you wouldn't have to lie by implying that people who aren't into yaoi have "fears" or "prejudices". You accuse people without any proof of generalizing yaoi while generalizing the said people. And you don't even see what you're doing. I also don't think that bombarding people with anime trailers will make anything better. You should just get over yourself and let people like what they want. I thought this was THE motto among all-too-good and tolerant people like you. Please think before you write. |
| Yaoi is the best genre and we need more of it please. The smuttier the better I read like several a week ๐คค |
Weeaboo_Bomber said: Sotara said: I am totally fine an my brain is in excellent shape, thanks for worrying! It is preferences and normal for every person to have own likings to something. I also think so! I understand you. I also don't like BL earlier, but when I saw Banana Fish little by little I start reading and watching such works. I recommend you to watch Sasaki and Myano. It is shonen-ai and slice of life anime series which was adapted from the manga of the same name. It is very light and positive series which gives you enormous amount of great and amazing emotions! It is a fantastic series indeed! If you (or your brain) were fine, you wouldn't have to lie by implying that people who aren't into yaoi have "fears" or "prejudices". You accuse people without any proof of generalizing yaoi while generalizing the said people. And you don't even see what you're doing. I also don't think that bombarding people with anime trailers will make anything better. You should just get over yourself and let people like what they want. I thought this was THE motto among all-too-good and tolerant people like you. Please think before you write. I am absolutely fine, thanks again! I recommend to watch one work in such genre NOT TO YOU, BUT TO COMPLETELY ANOTHER PERSON. Just relax and stop worrying about me. Thanks again! Sphealz said: Yaoi is the best genre and we need more of it please. The smuttier the better I read like several a week ๐คค Sealshark122 said: BL is my favorite genre i can watch/read it all day eveyday I like this genre too. |
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| I don’t hate it but I want my husbando to fuck me, not some other guy ๐ |
Weeaboo_Bomber said: RobertBobert said: Nah, I was once unironically accused of being homophobic just because I said I wasn't interested in watching gay shows. Your comment = this thread in a nutshell. Some people are really touchy when it comes to not liking their favorite anime/genre. I wouldn't even bother much about people who want to make you feel bad about such stuff. Well, that's just a universal accusation. If you want to watch a show about friendship and you don't like the shippers' persistent attempts to make it gay, then you're a homophobe. That is, either you accept their preferences and desires, or you are a bigot. |
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LeonhartAugust said: I don’t hate it but I want my husbando to fuck me, not some other guy ๐ Lol, I'm not the only one who calls obsession with gay content spiritual NTR. |
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| People who avoid queer themes altogether are obnoxious. However, I get why a straight guy wouldn't be into Dick Fight Island, in the same sense High School DxD does nothing for me. |
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liebert_ said: I just don't like genres focussed on romance. Anjuro said: For me personally I just don't like romance in general. There are some romances that I have enjoyed but the usual formula of stretching the "confession stage" to the length of the series bores me to tears (admittedly I tend to avoid romance so its a self reinforcing bias but I do also feel like I've seen enough to at least have an opinion). I don't have a problem with BL specifically, but if I am 100% honest In my mind a friendship story is better than a romance so I do sort of subconsciously reject the idea of BL. Then again I've basically only seen banana fish as far as BL goes so I literally don't know what I'm talking about, I guess the bottom line is nobody has sold me on why I should care about BL when I (mostly) don't even care about regular romance. Pretty much I feel similar, although I've been told Banana Fish is more about a deep platonic relationship than a romance? Then again, I've never watched it myself... Yes, it is about platonic relationship. I call it Bromance. No sexual relationship were shown in the series. Although author hints that their relationship is also sexual. You can think as you want about their relationship. |
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liebert_ said: Sotara said: Yes, it is about platonic relationship. I call it Bromance. No sexual relationship were shown in the series. Although author hints that their relationship is also sexual. You can think as you want about their relationship. I see, thanks for the information! :D You are welcome anytime!! Thanks for asking!! |
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| I hate gay and it feels disgusting. Besides who needs BL when there are tons sweet and adorable straight romance. |
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| Because I could watch yuri if I want something gay. |
| homophobia and prejudice. obv no one is excepting them to read titles like dick fight island. but not wanting to read not even a wholesome one without any esplicit thing (or even kissing) like ganbare nakamura-kun? come on |
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liebert_ said: I just don't like genres focussed on romance. Anjuro said: For me personally I just don't like romance in general. There are some romances that I have enjoyed but the usual formula of stretching the "confession stage" to the length of the series bores me to tears (admittedly I tend to avoid romance so its a self reinforcing bias but I do also feel like I've seen enough to at least have an opinion). I don't have a problem with BL specifically, but if I am 100% honest In my mind a friendship story is better than a romance so I do sort of subconsciously reject the idea of BL. Then again I've basically only seen banana fish as far as BL goes so I literally don't know what I'm talking about, I guess the bottom line is nobody has sold me on why I should care about BL when I (mostly) don't even care about regular romance. Pretty much I feel similar, although I've been told Banana Fish is more about a deep platonic relationship than a romance? Then again, I've never watched it myself... Dunno, it definitely came off as a bit saucy to me, sexual tension was definitely there. I'm surprised to hear of a fellow romance apathetic, I thought I might be the only one. |
| It's not that I don't like it. I just don't go out of my way to read/watch it a lot. The last BL anime I finished was Sasaki to Miyano and I enjoyed it. |
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samsince04 said: It's not that I don't like it. I just don't go out of my way to read/watch it a lot. The last BL anime I finished was Sasaki to Miyano and I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed it! It is more of a slice of life series than BL for me. I wish more such works be written and adapted into anime series! |
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| Just not something I care to watch. Simple as that. No deeper reason, just not for me. But to be fair, I don't really care about the romance genre in general. |
Laxative said: I'm not a homo, that's probably the main reason I don't like it as a genre. Many hetero people read and watch BL genre. It is not connected with one another. |
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Anjuro said: liebert_ said: I just don't like genres focussed on romance. Pretty much I feel similar, although I've been told Banana Fish is more about a deep platonic relationship than a romance? Then again, I've never watched it myself... Dunno, it definitely came off as a bit saucy to me, sexual tension was definitely there. I'm surprised to hear of a fellow romance apathetic, I thought I might be the only one. Even if there was tension, it was never acted upon. I advised it to several heterosexual male friends and 4 out of 5 liked it because the story is not about romance, but the story of Banana Fish. |
| The stain of red that colors the pavement Painted with blood of somebody you love Is this the sacrifice for the broken Losing the purest of what's in your heart |
Laxative said: What I mean is that I simply don't like it since I'm not gay, also I don't think the majority of straight people enjoy BL so to say it is not connected is weird. Maybe you are right. I understand you, thanks for clarifying it. Wusel-chan said: Anjuro said: Dunno, it definitely came off as a bit saucy to me, sexual tension was definitely there. I'm surprised to hear of a fellow romance apathetic, I thought I might be the only one. Even if there was tension, it was never acted upon. I advised it to several heterosexual male friends and 4 out of 5 liked it because the story is not about romance, but the story of Banana Fish. Indeed, amazing story, I agree! I recommend to watch Banana Fish to all who like detective, drama and mystery genre! I still hope that Garden of Light will be adapted into anime series too... Although I know that in that case very unpleasant truth will be revealed... |
MemoreJul 30, 2022 3:26 PM
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Weeaboo_Bomber said: What is your actual mission in this thread besides missionize people to join your cult? I also highly doubt that you know (many) heterosexual people. No mission of course and no cult. I am not gay, thanks for worrying. And my life doesn't concern you. |
MemoreJul 30, 2022 3:29 PM
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Weeaboo_Bomber said: Sotara said: No mission of course and no cult. I am not gay, thanks for worrying. And my llife doesn't concern you. You spend hours defending yaoi (even if nobody attacked that genre) and trying to get people into it. Moreover you accuse people who don't like that genre of "being afraid" or "having prejudice" and if people like me confront you with that, you avoid giving a proper answer. People like you are the epitome as of why normal people can't stand SJW's, alphabet-people or borderline-gays. What? You are totally wrong. I never defended anything and accuse others, stop imagine things. I am not gay. I don't intend to reply to such false accusations. It is your own problem for not liking something. I also don't like some genres and it is normal. Have a good day. |
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| I just don't. I don't see why I necessarily should either. You are free to like what you like, but that by no means that I have to agree. Beyond that it is a political and religious question for me, so I won't comment more than this. |
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| It's just because I'm not interested in watching boys love |
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