No sex? :((((

shounen ai ;3

thats an outdated term! you should just use fluffy BL or pg 13 BL!! lol

Eh i dont think it matters that much i think everyone still uses it

Its just a harmful term that isnt even used in Japan brah like do you see sites like Lezhin or Tappytoons using "Yaoi" or "Shonen Ai" no they use BL! :)

sorry i dont really understand how its harmful isnt it just a term. and lehzin and tappy toons are international companies they cant exactly use japanese terms when describing genres so BL is used as a substitute and umbrella term

yaoi is still yaoi every where, and shounen ai is generally used internationally, while bl is used in japan. it is used in japan because shounen ai sounds weird to them. they use the english version, just like we use the japanese version because saying boys love (which is the direct translation of shounen ai in case you didnt know) sounds a bit weird. its not that deep man.

umm.. just so you know... they're probably in middle school

y'all never listen to asian people smh

I didn't really need it in this story, not every story has to have smut in it? If you want smut there are extra tags for it

for me, 'fluffy bl' can still have smut. fluffy just sounds like story will be wholesome

Yeah I know what you mean but I kinda didn't need a smut scene in this story. I was fine reading it without them having sex actually

i haven't read this story yet but i won't mind if there's no smut! i prefer no smut in general so i look for stories with the lone Shounen Ai genre tag to differentiate it from smutty ones. not that i hate yaoi/smut... it's just not my preference :)

There is nothing wrong with it people can have preferences xD I hope u will find some cute stories ^^

ahh thats so true thank you :) I still use yaoi tho oop-

100% sure you come from Tiktok
Anyway, the term BL mixes porn/fluff/smut with feels/thriller.. EVERYTHING
Shonen ai is the genre i like. I don't like sex scenes because they make me cringe deal with it
Nobody's gonna stop using yaoi/shonen ai just because some random kids on tiktok decided it was bad while it's just how the industry works

bro i don't use tiktok

Really?? Cuz the ones who started this come from Tiktok lmao they're becoming real annoying

While i agree that yaoi isn't that good of a term and can be replaced with "+18BL" i still think "shonen ai" should still be there
You see, straight manga got: hentai, josei and shojou. I don't think it's right to just use the term BL it's confusing