In Japan, the term has largely been replaced by the rubric Boys' Love ( ボーイズラブ Bōizu Rabu ?), which subsumes both parodies and original works, and commercial as well as dōjinshi works. "attacker" ?) who pursues the uke ( 受け lit. The main characters in yaoi usually conform to the formula of the seme ( 攻め lit. Originally referring to a specific type of dōjinshi (self-published works) parody of mainstream anime and manga works, yaoi came to be used as a generic term for female-oriented manga, anime, dating sims, novels and dōjinshi featuring idealized homosexual male relationships. Yaoi ( やおい ?) also known as Boys' Love, is a popular Japanese term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by female authors. File:Yaoi Books by miyagawa.jpgīooks on display at a San Francisco bookstore.
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