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It annoys me when people turn great bromance friendships into yaoi or shounen ai... the friendship is so pure and wonderful and yet they want to look for some sort of sexual undertone or ulterior motive? :/ Geeze people.

What's wrong with yaoi and shounen-ai (and yuri and shoujo-ai when it is about two girls)? From your words it seems that they are "dirty" as long as you mentioned them as a contrast of the "pure" friendship. What is annoying imo is how any time any thread could be used for some genres bashing. Let ppl read what they like, what is the porblem?

Agreed. As much as I'm not fond of 13-year-old rabid yaoi fangirls who go haywire at the sight of male-to-male contact, I am equally not fond of genre-bashing. What's a few fantasies got on you? Leave the genre be. 😀

I definitely meant the adult fans of the adult manga, not the minor ones. 😉

Lolz, but I go haywire too despite of my 36 years. 😀

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It annoys me when people turn great bromance friendships into yaoi or shounen ai... the friendship is so pure and wonderful and yet they want to look for some sort of sexual undertone or ulterior motive? :/ Geeze people.

What's wrong with yaoi and shounen-ai (and yuri and shoujo-ai when it is about two girls)? From your words it seems that they are "dirty" as long as you mentioned them as a contrast of the "pure" friendship. What is annoying imo is how any time any thread could be used for some genres bashing. Let ppl read what they like, what is the porblem?

I'll get the generic angry comeback out of the way: I can say whatever I want! It's the internet! @$%#&#&$%! D8<

Anyway I was not trying to bash anything. I have read yaoi and shounen ai, I was just saying it annoyed me when it was used in fanworks. And of course people are allowed to read whatever they want, I'm not the internet police, I don't care what other people do.

Also, I was not suggesting that yaoi/yuri or shounen/shoujo ai was "dirty" as you said, I was saying that the introduction of sex and lust was spoiling the friendship in my opinion. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Bromance.
Can't really say why, but for example when I see the two characters from "Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name" making out in fan art, I'm slightly... disturbed, for the lack of a better word. I have nothing against yaoi stuff, it's just... it doesn't feel right when bromance is turned to romance! I suppose that's just a fan's pairing, but that's what most "bromances" turn into for fans. That's why they read them, or so I've found. I'd love to stand corrected.
I suppose I'm off topic, as I'm speaking more for when fans turn Bromances into Romances than just the genres themselves.

So, yes, my preference is Bromance. My vote made it equal at 18 vs. 18!

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EDIT: There are also good things to romance too though. In plenty of situations people are best friends and also in a romantic relationship (I know this bromance thing deals with same sex friends, but think of samesex couples, they can be friends and lovers). Also in a lot of cases (not all) the person you marry is someone you cherish over all other people, your friends, you could say they are your best friend. Though, this isn't often the case in casual dating or romance.

Sadly, it is true.:/ In the real life the lover is not seen as a friend too, no matter of the sex of the partners. As if the human mind cannot look at someone as at friend as long as he/she shares the same bed. I think that accepting the parntner as a friend too could only strengthen a couple.

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It annoys me when people turn great bromance friendships into yaoi or shounen ai... the friendship is so pure and wonderful and yet they want to look for some sort of sexual undertone or ulterior motive? :/ Geeze people.

What's wrong with yaoi and shounen-ai (and yuri and shoujo-ai when it is about two girls)? From your words it seems that they are "dirty" as long as you mentioned them as a contrast of the "pure" friendship. What is annoying imo is how any time any thread could be used for some genres bashing. Let ppl read what they like, what is the porblem?

I'll get the generic angry comeback out of the way: I can say whatever I want! It's the internet! @$%#&#&$%! D8<

Anyway I was not trying to bash anything. I have read yaoi and shounen ai, I was just saying it annoyed me when it was used in fanworks. And of course people are allowed to read whatever they want, I'm not the internet police, I don't care what other people do.

Also, I was not suggesting that yaoi/yuri or shounen/shoujo ai was "dirty" as you said, I was saying that the introduction of sex and lust was spoiling the friendship in my opinion. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Everyone have the rights to say whatever he/she wants but this doesn't mean the things he/she says are always right. In that point of view we cannot blame Hitler because he also had said whatever he wanted. Personally I always estimate if the things I'm gonna say would offend someone and I say/write them in such way to be seen that I do not intend to.

Why love in friendship to spoil it but friendship in love is to be seemed as an upgrade?

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First option for me 🙂

I adore how (in fiction, of course - I doubt it could ever happen in RL) two people (be they guys or girls) have this unbreakable bond and trust each other completely. They might get married (to other people, of course ^^), have kids and lead completely different lives, but when they meet again after many years apart, they still understand each other perfectly...So beautiful! I wish it was possible in real life!

Yep, I like to dream about this kind of thing... 🤣

As for romance - I don't like straight, gay or lesbian romance. To me, it seems to be the kind of thing that is based solely on physical attraction and not on a firm belief in, and understanding of, the other person. That doesn't mean I don't read romance manga / novels etc. - I do, but I read them out of sheer curiosity, and can never bring myself to feel attached to any of the characters.

By the way, please don't flame me for that, okay? I'm not saying that romance is wrong or impure or anything - I just don't like it, probably because it holds no personal appeal for me.

I voted for bromance by instinct, but can anyone recommended a bromance manga to me? I don't think I read a lot of bromance manga though I mostly read romance manga...

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First option for me 🙂

I adore how (in fiction, of course - I doubt it could ever happen in RL) two people (be they guys or girls) have this unbreakable bond and trust each other completely. They might get married (to other people, of course ^^), have kids and lead completely different lives, but when they meet again after many years apart, they still understand each other perfectly...So beautiful! I wish it was possible in real life!

Yep, I like to dream about this kind of thing... 🤣

As for romance - I don't like straight, gay or lesbian romance. To me, it seems to be the kind of thing that is based solely on physical attraction and not on a firm belief in, and understanding of, the other person. That doesn't mean I don't read romance manga / novels etc. - I do, but I read them out of sheer curiosity, and can never bring myself to feel attached to any of the characters.

By the way, please don't flame me for that, okay? I'm not saying that romance is wrong or impure or anything - I just don't like it, probably because it holds no personal appeal for me.

The romance (usually started with physical attraction) is something more primary, it doesn't depend of the personal desicions and that is why some ppl call love a "mystery" or "blind". There are some cases when a romance is started because of adoration/gratitude to someone but basically the physical attraction is the leading. The friendship is something secondary, it can be ruled from the thoughts and personal desicions/choices and that makes it more close to the mind than to body. In some cases close friendship causes romance (regardless of the gender) but they are rarity.

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And bromance still foreva. <3 Though the poll results have been surprisingly close...
(currently B: 28, R: 27)

Bromance (as in really close friends of any gender). I just think friendships are stronger, in my experience. My oldest friend has been beside me for 11 years and we have survived things a romance never would. Even nowwen we live 6000 miles apart, when we do get to talk it is like we're still livng together. (I'm a girl btw). My brother has had the same 2 best mates for about as long, 12/13 years and they are still like brothers despite growing up, getting g/fs, moving away.

I'm not saying Romance doesn't last, my parents have been together 25 years, my grandparents 51, so I am aware that relationships can run deep, but those relationships are always built on friendship first. My parents grew up together and were friends long before they were a couple.

In fiction (of any kind) this bond gets portrayed as something unrealistically perfect, especially in romance, which bugs me, but my main problem with romance is that it just seems to dominate people's lives. I know guys and girls who are totally incapable of being without a partner, it's like their friends aren't enough for them. I've read manga where girls have a minor panic about what to say on a date, every conversation is folowed by a minor meltdown in case anything embarassing was said, it just strikes me as pathetic. I mean I've been there, jumping up stairs after the first kiss and throwing my entire wardrobe onto the bed before a date, but I've never totally freaked out because the guy I like smiled at me. I know that somethings you can only get from someone you like, it's a totally amazing feeling to have, however I've never understood why some people can't be happy without it. Those kind of people seem to go through partners like they would socks, which would never happen with friendship, so I think romance makes people a little too dependant on others. Maybe I'm just missing out though.

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I think Bromance is stronger, really. I mean, I've had this childhood friend for 15 years now, and I hardly ever talk to her (she's never on facebook! D<), but whenever we get together in RL I understand her perfectly, and it's not awkward or anything at all, and I only see her once or twice a year. Honestly, I don't think a Romance could survive something like that and not be incredibly awkward.

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In manga: Huuumm, I would have to think about it, but both seem fine to me, as long as it is something well done

In real life: Romance without a shadow of doubt.
Bromance is just a part of Romance, there is no romance without Bromance(friendship).

Lovers(not in the sense of dating but loving eachother) are above all else best friends.

Edit: I will make the answer better: Love is just not as common as bromance, wich doesnt make it less.
So every 6 years old can understand it :

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voted bromance because the relationship is much stronger 😃

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