What is yaoi, boys love, shota?
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what is the difference between yaoi, boys love, and shota?
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Shota - Drawn porn involving a young boy, usually between 5 and 13, typically in Japanese anime/manga. These characters are cute, short, and innocent. In most yaoi, they are blonde. The other partner can be either another underaged boy or an adult, though adults are more common. While they do attract a fair size male audience, females are more drawn to them. While legal in Japan…it is Not allowed on this tracker!! So don't ask for it or post it.
Yaoi - Yaoi is a slang meaning 'boys love' or homosexuality that is used in the japanese language. Popular with fangirls who like their favorite anime guys to kiss. Usually stories of young boys coming of age.
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I disagree with most shota being blonde, a lot of them are dark haired as well
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(wow this looks like necroposting)
Yaoi, BL and shota are drawn gay comics, gay love stories, and simulated child porn (in that order) from the very closeted nation of Japan.
Then there's "Bara" which tends to have way less internalized homophobia and involves much less slim bodystyles. It's more comparable to drawn porn of buff or somewhat fat adult men.
I can only really recommend bara out of those and even that pales in comparison to art from anywhere else.
People in Japan are really stuck in decades old stereotypes and internalized homophobia and can't write normal gay relationships a bit.
