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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 Omegaverse?
Omegaverse is a subgenre of erotic fiction in which social relationship in the universe is based on “wolf’s hierarchy.” It…
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What is JUNE?
JUNE is one of the terms used to describe male/male romantic fiction in Japan. The word, coined in 1978, has…
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How to Join a WEB Autograph Session (Part 2)
In our previous post, we shared the general process involved when joining WEB autograph sessions. Now that we have laid…
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What is Danmei?
Danmei is one of the terms used to describe male/male romantic fiction written in Chinese for Chinese readers. Non-Chinese fans…
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A BL Fan’s Guide to WEB Autograph Sessions (Part 1)
You have probably seen your favorite BL manga artists, authors, and even publishers post about WEB autograph session (WEBサイン会 or…
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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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