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I feel like the only guy who somehow enjoys Yaoi stuff even though it's targeted towards ladies. Is there any guys here who like Yaoi or BL stuff? Even though I do enjoy Yuri, there are times I find myself watching anime that's targeted towards women. Anyone else find yourselves in a place like that? Not to say anime with lots of males should be for only females and anime with lots of females should be for males.
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Feb 28, 2023 8:58 PM
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I enjoy Yaoi. I don't really know why, i just watched one out of curiosity and really liked it. I don't really use them for wank material or anything, i just like watching them.
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Feb 28, 2023 8:59 PM
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Doubt it. Guys often show their dissent on Yaoi very vocally. But as a woman, I much prefer Yuri over Yaoi cause I am also uncomfortable BL as well. 

Feb 28, 2023 9:08 PM
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Like bl Manga.. I knew everyone on Mal loves bl Manga /anime
 

Feb 28, 2023 9:45 PM
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Don't like reading or watching them, I do enjoy the panels at conventions about them when the organizers don't make them female only panels, some of the funniest things you can attend
Feb 28, 2023 10:01 PM
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like with yuri, I only enjoy the comical variant of yaoi if I see it in a regular anime but I will never go and watch some regular yaoi
Feb 28, 2023 10:02 PM
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Only if they're really girly looking.
Mar 1, 2023 12:33 AM
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There is a word for guys who like yaoi: 'fudanshi'. 

Guess they are in the minority compared to fujoshi, but there are enough of them to have their own name.

EDIT:
There is even an anime about one: 

https://myanimelist.net/anime/33222/Fudanshi_Koukou_Seikatsu

Haven't seen it yet. Just found out about it when googling 'fudanshi', lol :)
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Mar 1, 2023 12:35 AM
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I have only watched Sasaki to Miyano.

I prefer Yuri over Yaoi.



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Mar 1, 2023 12:42 AM

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I like BL, but I've realized that I don't like most BLs out there.

Mar 1, 2023 12:43 AM
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TheBlockernator said:
I enjoy Yaoi. I don't really know why, i just watched one out of curiosity and really liked it. I don't really use them for wank material or anything, i just like watching them.


What did you watch I'm curious to see why it's so popular
Mar 1, 2023 12:51 AM

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No I do not enjoy yaoi.

I theoretically can like yuri but so far I haven't stumbled upon something really likable.

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Mar 1, 2023 1:06 AM

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I'm a girl but i like and participates in the BL community since a long time and did meet quite a lot of fudanshi (guys who likes BL) here who werent all gay, bi or such far from it (even if it's ok if they are of course) i think BL is so varied as a genre it's quite hard to never find a story you like especially if your into manga and anime in general and open-minded to this style of manga especially the one with a softer focus on sex more focusing in romance and plot are pretty average manga liking guy compatible, personnaly i'm more into Loveless because of liking fantasy better than sport for the most part but i've seen quite a lot of guy enjoying Yuri On Ice for a exemple recently. They are still some reticent one but overall i think with time anime fans guys have been more and more accepting of yaoi recently.


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Mar 1, 2023 1:14 AM

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I'm not interested in actually seeing sex scenes but I can certainly appreciate the romance.
Mar 1, 2023 2:02 AM

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I do. I'm not necessarily turned on by that, but I definitely like bl more than yuri, as I've mentioned a bunch of times already.
Mar 1, 2023 2:33 AM

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i love male homosexual relationships, so yes
Mar 1, 2023 2:59 AM

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Thehaterofmal said:
TheBlockernator said:
I enjoy Yaoi. I don't really know why, i just watched one out of curiosity and really liked it. I don't really use them for wank material or anything, i just like watching them.


What did you watch I'm curious to see why it's so popular

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Mar 1, 2023 3:03 AM

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Being gay, why wouldn't I like it? And I guess my nickname makes it pretty obvious as well lol

KanekiKen523 said:
I feel like the only guy who somehow enjoys Yaoi stuff even though it's targeted towards ladies.
Also, not all BL is targeted exclusively towards women :)
Mar 1, 2023 3:37 AM

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I'm gay as well so it's kinda obvious I enjoy watching shonen ai and yaoi as long as they're well written (SasaMiya, Given, Doukyuusei, etc...)

I'd like to see a ML anime though, I'm kinda tired of all the BL tropes and they don't match my tastes in men as well
Mar 1, 2023 3:39 AM
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Yes, but it needs to be well made, a rarity in the genre.
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that definitely is bisexual tendencies but im a little homophobic or HOCD for that
Mar 1, 2023 3:46 AM

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I neither like nor dislike Yaoi.  I'm just not interested in it 

I want Yuri,, Kissing lesbians,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

Mar 1, 2023 4:04 AM
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I only watched one yaoi (love stage), and i liked it. When another one caught my attention i'll watch it.
Mar 1, 2023 11:11 AM
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Watching men being sexualized for a change is a cathartic experience. Males who recognize this delicacy prove their worth in sexualizing their own gender. 
Mar 1, 2023 11:26 AM

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Yes, we exist and the belief gay guys only enjoy bara and not yaoi is false. I don't see how most yaoi are targeted towards ladies, guys in yaoi act according to our fantasies. I felt yaoi is more complete than bara due they can have romance and sex while still look sexy unlike Bara which its rarely romantic and that genre was overrated a lot until 2020. Now, I see more gay guys enjoying yaoi too.

The whole "targeted towards ladies" is misleading in the first place considering I enjoy straight romance either josei, shounen or seinen.
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Yes, I like BL genre. There are always interesting, heart-warming and sometimes sorrowful stories and unique characters!



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Eh. Like with live action gay porn, I'm indifferent.

Mar 1, 2023 2:29 PM

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I'm a girl, but I never got why guys shouldn't like BL. I mean, I - and many other girls - like both GL and BL and it's nothing special.

Plus, when watching straight romance, I usually enjoy the ones for male audience more. Like Nagatoro or Shikimori (which I believed to be a Shojo until I found out it's not way after finishing it), as they have well-written male characters and inspiring and relatable female protagonists.
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Absurdo_N said:
I like BL, but I've realized that I don't like most BLs out there.
That's just in the nature of the genre I guess. Both BL and Straight Romance have tons of sexualized trash manga/anime. 
But the BLs rarely get an anime adaptation, so those who do are usually good - at least the recent ones. Cant say the same for straight romance...
Mar 1, 2023 3:07 PM

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Bisalissy said:
Absurdo_N said:
I like BL, but I've realized that I don't like most BLs out there.
That's just in the nature of the genre I guess. Both BL and Straight Romance have tons of sexualized trash manga/anime. 
But the BLs rarely get an anime adaptation, so those who do are usually good - at least the recent ones. Cant say the same for straight romance...


In fact, I don't like healthy BLs or the "bad" ones you mentioned, I would like more violent and frantic BLs.

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Absurdo_N said:
In fact, I don't like healthy BLs or the "bad" ones you mentioned, I would like more violent and frantic BLs.
Like, with more action and not just drama and Slice of Life?
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Bisalissy said:
Absurdo_N said:
In fact, I don't like healthy BLs or the "bad" ones you mentioned, I would like more violent and frantic BLs.
Like, with more action and not just drama and Slice of Life?


I forgot to add the "sexual" element, but that's it.
 I like slice of life, but I prefer more action.
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Memore said:
Yes, I like BL genre. There are always interesting, heart-warming and sometimes sorrowful stories and unique characters!

Ah yes, the heartwarming story tagged with Horror Psychological Yaoi. XD
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I'm a guy and i love yaoi, i could watch and read it all day. Would rather watch a show of all guys rather than all girls, more then half the time yuri is to boring for me. Yaoi is my fav.
Mar 1, 2023 4:05 PM
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Do I respect it from a far yes. Do I have interest in it no.

I am fine with Fudanshi characters I enjoyed that one short form show about it. https://myanimelist.net/anime/33222/Fudanshi_Koukou_Seikatsu It was repetitive (doesn't bother me I sat through enough seasons of Takagi to not mind it or other 4Komas that are formulaic) but it was fine enough

I kind of want to get into Yuri and Yaoi just to get an idea how they are in flow, characterisation and so on besides the 'obvious' of well duh girl girl, guy guy then normal romance/romcoms

While started with Yuri eh I don't have much motivation for them yet. I'll try Citrus and others. I keep delaying https://myanimelist.net/anime/8426/Hourou_Musuko (I know know a Yuri/Yaoi show), I'll try other but so far not sure. Even Fujoshi characters don't bother me IRL it would be different but in anime it doesn't bother me at all.

Sakura Trick annoyed me more than anything, it's not terrible but it was just so boring even compared to CGDCT shows and sat through a bunch of hits and some average shows I'm fine with even all female casts and slice of life but it had so much I don't care situations, I kept dropping it because I did not care. The side characters (Yuzu and Kaede) and even the festival episode (which surprised me) was more interesting then any other events in the whole show for me the main heroines are so not engaging, their situations are planned out so much and the dialogue made me want to skip it that's how bored I was. I'm not big into festival episodes either but it was the best I'd seen the whole runtime.
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I'm  a gay guy and love BL, but I also read/watch straight shoujo, josei, seinen and shounen romances (AS LONG AS it's not a harem series and/or mainly filled with usueless fanservice). I Just love romances in general :)
Mar 1, 2023 4:53 PM
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I'm a guy and love yaoi it's my favorite genre
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Yaoi, yuri, straight, idc I like them all. 
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My former boyfriend likes boys love. He's also bi, so ... but he would read or watch anything if the story is decent.
Mar 1, 2023 5:31 PM
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I'd say i like Bl's when they use seinen components to enhance their story. I feel like BL's that are made with women in mind, tend to be poorly written and have pretty gross scenes. Seinen BL are arguably some of the best ways to experience that medium.
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Yaoi and Yuri are usually superficial animes, that are just viewed for quick gratification. So I dont think I can enjoy a Yaoi anime, mainly because the story is meh and the yaoi scenes wont be enough to make me stick around to finish the anime.  Ill be mostly bored watching the yaoi anime. 

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I don't care for most yaoi, because I don't love the character dynamics most of the time. I'm picky about that.
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JaniSIr said:
Memore said:
Yes, I like BL genre. There are always interesting, heart-warming and sometimes sorrowful stories and unique characters!

Ah yes, the heartwarming story tagged with Horror Psychological Yaoi. XD

I didn't write that ALL BL works are easy to read. Of course, some of them deal with heavy themes. Despite that, I like them all.
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I have enjoyed some yaoi, but I definitely much prefer yuri.
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I'd say i like Bl's when they use seinen components to enhance their story. I feel like BL's that are made with women in mind, tend to be poorly written and have pretty gross scenes. Seinen BL are arguably some of the best ways to experience that medium.
Are you talking about bara? Or do you mean seinen with gay overtones such as Pet?
https://myanimelist.net/anime/37522/Pet
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seinen with gay overtones.

for ex. https://myanimelist.net/manga/141833
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I didn't know that was seinen. I suppose that means I'm more likely to enjoy it once I get around to reading.
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KanekiKen523 said:
I feel like the only guy who somehow enjoys Yaoi stuff even though it's targeted towards ladies. Is there any guys here who like Yaoi or BL stuff? Even though I do enjoy Yuri, there are times I find myself watching anime that's targeted towards women. Anyone else find yourselves in a place like that? Not to say anime with lots of males should be for only females and anime with lots of females should be for males.
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KanekiKen523 said:
I feel like the only guy who somehow enjoys Yaoi stuff even though it's targeted towards ladies. Is there any guys here who like Yaoi or BL stuff? Even though I do enjoy Yuri, there are times I find myself watching anime that's targeted towards women. Anyone else find yourselves in a place like that? Not to say anime with lots of males should be for only females and anime with lots of females should be for males.
Ur gay man, probably should touch some grass. For real.

shut the fuck up. Your the one on a forum post about this, so this tells a lot about you when your a vocal minority here.
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I didn't know that was seinen. I suppose that means I'm more likely to enjoy it once I get around to reading.

Seinen is imo the most diverse genre as it's simply just more philosophical/psychological. It focuses more on writing and themes, which nearly any good show consists of.
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