sho-ai translates to boys love, right? so technically, everything that depicts "boys love" is sho-ai.
yaoi stands for no plot, no climax, no resolution. therefore, the perfect description for a smut. however, some of those smuts still have plots and whatnot.
and i think all this arguments about the tag is completely useless cause in the end, if it's not implied in the main story, it's not gonna be included.
yaoi and sho-ai tags are completely trivial matters when you know as a reader that there's a possibility that it might not happen just based on the story itself.
sho-ai translates to boys love, right? so technically, everything that depicts "boys love" is sho-ai.
yaoi stands for no plot, no climax, no resolution. therefore, the perfect description for a smut. however, some of those smuts still have plots and whatnot.
and i think all this arguments about the tag is completely useless cause in the end, if it's not implied in the main story, it's not gonna be included.
yaoi and sho-ai tags are completely trivial matters when you know as a reader that there's a possibility that it might not happen just based on the story itself.