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The term is an acronym derived from yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi , meaning "no climax, no resolution, no meaning." Most Yaoi readers are female, as are most of the writers. (A joke backronym has it standing for Yamette, oshiri itai! - "Stop, my butt hurts!")
Nowadays, the term is often used in a general way to refer to male-male sexual or romantic content anywhere in the galaxy of anime, manga and fan fiction based on these; usually of a more hard-core nature than shonen-ai.
Some of the characters who are most common subjects of yaoi include: The boys of Gravitation; Kaworu and Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion; the characters of Gundam Wing, especially Heero and Duo; the boys of Weiß Kreuz and Gensomaden Saiyuki, Kyo and Iori from The King of Fighters; Vincent, Sephiroth and Cloud from Final FantasyFinal Fantasy ( Japanese: Fainaru Fantajii is a very popular series of role-playing video games produced by Square (aka Squaresoft), now Square Enix. The Final Fantasy video game franchise originated in Japan in 1987 (with Final Fantasy I and was brought; Subaru, Seishiro, Kamui, and Fuuma from X/1999; Naruto, Sasuke, Neji from NarutoNaruto can be: Naruto, Tokushima a city in Japan. Naruto (anime/manga) an anime/ manga series which is very popular in Japan, North America and Europe. It stars Uzumaki Naruto. It is aired on TV Tokyo, which is a major channel in Japan.; and Yzak, DearkaAthrun, and Kira from Gundam SEED. Generally speaking, if it features bishonen, they will be featured in yaoi.
Over the years, gay-themed comic strips inspired by and referred to as yaoi have been adapted as a sub-culture in North America, with writings and art displayed on websites devoted to it. Notable American yaoi series include the web comicWeb comics are comics that are available on the web. Many of these web comics are exclusively published online, while others are published on paper but maintain a web presence or archive, for either commercial or artistic reasons. Web comics run the gamut Boy Meets BoyBoy Meets Boy is a yaoi web comic by K. Sandra Fuhr. It is a humorous strip based on characters from the artist's earlier, darker strip This Is Home''. Some of the principal characters include: Mikhael (Mik) Rasputin a 25-year-old millionaire artist; Harl by K. Sandra Fuhr, hosted on KeenspotKeenspot is the largest single publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. Founded in February of 2000, it is the home to over 50 popular comics crossing multiple genres and artistic styles. Keenspot is also the curator of Keenspace, a free online h.
The term "BL (Boys Love)" is more often used in Japan than the term Yaoi.
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