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What is a Salaryman (and its relation to BL)?
If you read Boys’ Love (BL) manga, “salaryman” might be commonly used in various series you have read. The phrase…
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What is Jingai?
“Jingai” is an umbrella term referring to fictional characters or fiction genres that depict non-human beings. From elves to incubus,…
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What Does “Bitch” Mean in the BL Context?
“Bitch,” in the context of Boys’ Love, is one of the terms now commonly used following the popularity of a…
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What is 801?
801 is a widely accepted code for the word “yaoi” used mainly among fans of the BL genre, especially within…
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What is Yaoi Day?
What’s so special about August 1? Internationally, it is the start of World Breastfeeding Week. In Japan, where dates are…
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What are Scanlations/Aggregator Websites?
*Note: futekiya is a legal publisher and platform of BL manga. This article is intended to give a brief overview…
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What is Coupling and Shipping?
Coupling (CP) is a term used within the doujinshi community in Japan that is as popular as the term “Shipping”…
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What is Gachimuchi?
“Gachimuchi” is a term commonly used by Japanese-speaking fans to talk about the sub-genre of gay or BL manga depicting…
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What is Bara?
“Bara” is a term commonly used in English-speaking manga reader communities to generally describe a genre of manga depicting romantic…
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What is Geicomi?
“Geicomi” refers to the genre of erotic comics published and marketed to adult gay men. Frequently called “gei manga” (ゲイ漫画),…
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