It (and especially the Porn Without Plot doujinshi connected to it) also features some of the most strict, stereotypical seme/uke characterization, with the uke Shuichi eventually undergoing ukefication to the degree of Chickification and, in the doujinshi, Flanderization to the point of appearing childlike.
The series also avoids many of the more objectionable tropes associated with the genre. While the band aspect is important, the plot mainly focuses on the growing relationship between Ritsuka and Mafuyu, as well as the romantic tension between the other two band members Haruki and Akihiko. given is about a rock band and the events that occur after Ritsuka, the guitarist, is roped into teaching guitar to his spacey schoolmate Mafuyu.Nakamura's feelings for him still do take up a lot of focus. Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!: A more comedic work from Syundei, it focuses less on the romance with Nakamura's crush and more on him establishing a friendship with him first.Future Lovers, a two-volume manga series that's relatively realistic and down-to-earth compared to many other BL manga.Junai no Seinen and Men's Love follow the smutty romance of Todou Group employee Kirishima Kaoru and Mercury executive Daigo Mikihisa. Happy Yarou Wedding which follows university student Yuuhi and Professor Todou Akira (the elder son of the Todou boss) and Akira's 5-year-old son, Shouta.Fujisaki Kou is a BL author with roughly a third of her works occurring in the same Verse.Angsty, rapey melodrama, mostly about a photographer who takes some unwelcome candids of a hot yakuza boss and is punished for it. The Finder Series: A classic of the genre.It's also one of the first widely popular yaoi to softpedal the seme/uke dynamic - while it still exists with defined seme and uke, they are very close to equals. FAKE takes the Ho Yay inherent in the Buddy Cop Show dynamic to its inevitable conclusion.Endless World has drugs, sex, and suicide.Soredemo, Yasashii Koi o Suru: A spin-off focused on the couple's friend, who after falling for one of them, is propositioned by a friend to test out a relationship with another man with him.Doushitemo Furetakunai: A man recently out of a really bad relationship starts an affair with his straight boss.Dekichatta Danshi features Childhood Friends as the main couple and they raise an infant together.Crimson Spell is a hybrid of Heroic Fantasy and Boys' Love.Chintsubu is a manga about boys with talking penises.Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!.Caste Heaven is a psychological drama that's heavy on Nightmare Fuel.Very explicit and mature-themed around family duty, the ruthlessness and constant violence of the yakuza world, Revenge, If It's You, It's Okay and the problems such a relationship can cause in a very gay-unfriendly setting contrasting the sweet moments and otherwise touching developments. Bi no Kyoujin: A Yakuza leader falls for a young and clever smuggler.
Acid Town is one of the most unusual numbers on the list, being rather light on the sex (which appears as nothing but a byproduct) and very heavy on a storytelling full of dark themes such as child abuse, broken homes, violence, prostitution, drug trafic, crime and more.Furthermore, transmasculine fans may relate strongly to men being assigned feminine bodies and female social roles. While some stereotypes and cliches remain, such as characters denying homosexuality, or lack of realism with regard to gay culture, and the prevalence of rape fantasy as a common theme, modern BL often grapples with subjects like homophobia and gay identity, and has gained popularity among gay men as a result. With its roots in the chinbi (aesthetic) novels of the 1970's and doujinshi culture, commercial Boy's Love has developed drastically in terms of style and content. The word itself comes from "yamanashi, ochinashi, iminashi" (or "no climax, no ending, no meaning"), though fans have also come up with another memetic acronym: "Yamete! Oshiri ga itai!" ("Stop it! My ass hurts!") However, the term is outdated in Japan and now uses the more neutral term "Boys' Love" to describe the genre, which also refers to any gay content in general. Typical pairings have the seme and the uke roles, which signify the characters' roles during sex, penetrative and receptive respectively, and often times even dictate their personalities and masculinity relative to each other. Yaoi, also known in Japan as "Boys' Love", is a subgenre of Shoujo focusing on male homosexuality, for a predominantly female audience.