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Shounen Ai and Yaoi are Different Things!

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Post #113910 - Reply to (#113897) by funkmu1
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4:31 pm, Jan 19 2008
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Im sorry I didn't mean shonen-ai, I realize that's not pedophilia, I was talking about YAOI with older guy and younger boy. Sorry for poor misleading grammar.


My point still stands, but I prefer 2 old men or 2 young men together in yaoi. I don't mind younger and older mix though. I'm still not in danger of advocating real-life pedophilia.

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7:58 am, Jan 26 2008
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Yaoi has more than one definition and no one can claim theirs is right. I use the word yaoi the same way the Japanese use BL so to me Okane ga nai and Gakuen Heaven are both yaoi.

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I just get annoyed when people who know nothing of shounen-ai and yaoi make claims of certain series.

Example: I had a friend who was disgusted that I read Loveless, stating that I was reading "yaoi." Since the series is in no way yaoi, I tried to inform him that it was shounen-ai, which is not nearly as graphic. Unfortunately, he's extremely stubborn and close-minded, so he didn't believe me when I told him that shounen-ai and yaoi were two completely different things until another person backed me up. It was ridiculous.




yeah, people shouldn't be like this with things they don't understand.


There IS a differance between yaoi and shounen-ai.. So I'm annoyed too when people relate/say them as the same thing.
But people just back of and let everybody to enjoy whatever they want..


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10:58 pm, Jan 27 2008
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Oh..I didnt know there was a difference between the two..nice to know.. I had always classified series as "hard core yaoi" and "cute yaoi"..lolz.. I guess I'm more into shounen ai compared to yaoi..it still scares me a little.. eek but that'll probably change soon enough.. ;)
So..Silver Diamond (if youve read it..) is shouned ai and Gravitation is yaoi? Do I have it right? confused
Anyways..at first I had thought yaoi and the like was weird gross and thought I was weird for being drawn to it but now Im like.."what!? you dont like BL?! abomination!!" lolz.. smile wink grin I just figured..to each his/her own..right.. bigrazz

Post #119415 - Reply to (#108120) by CatzCradle
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Have you really finished reading Gakuen Heaven? At the end after winning, they actually "do it" on the beach together.


well thats gotta suck


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