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like, i know plenty of people have already pointed out that 'shounen ai' as a category doesn't really exist in japan and is just code for p*dos to talk about their love for little boys
but here in The West a lot of people insist on using it as a distinct category from regular yaoi, and i Thought the premise for that was that so called shounen ai wouldn't have sex in it
so
how come there's stuff tagged as shonen ai And smut? like genuinely i want to know, is there a secret second made-up meaning of shounen ai i'm not aware of?