Hi! I’m a PhD student with a focus media and sexuality studies, specifically BL. Long story short yes, I 100% believe it is fine. In fact, these sort of fantasies can even be healthy, when they remain within the realm of fantasy. I’ll be leaving links to academic sources about this below. This goes with other kinds of illegal things—murder, c......
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Me: IS SOMEONE GONNA WALK IN? IS THERE A LOCK ON THE DOOR? IS THAT WINDOW TRANSPARENT OR IS IT TINTED SO PEOPLE CAN/CAN'T SEE INSIDE?
Also me: Give them a RAISEEEE they are top-notch multitaskers
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Hmm so this is weird bc my name Sarah amd I'm 25 and I hope I'm not the oldest here. I live in the United States trying work freelance as a designer working towards illustration (what I went to school for), and having to work a day job in retail. Honestly I love stories that are refreshing and that I don't encounter in real life. I love shounen ai,......
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This is funny bc I get mistaken as a S all the time. Not because I act like it, because I seem to give off that look. I blame my resting b**ch face So the way I look at S and M is more of an issue of control rather than physical pain or torment. And if I were to choose to be the one in control, vs the one controlled, I would choose the feeling of......
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24, female, half Japanese, unemployee *please give me some work!!*, "What the f*ck with this yaoi manga" is what I think the first time I read yaoi manga. and honestly, I really really hate yaoi manga, especially doujinshi. I hate them. but...... last year, when I got nothing to do with my thesis, and felt so desperate, I accidentally watched koisu......
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1) Mito has a slow makeover, but she doesn't go through an unrealistic body and image change to look like typical shoujo heroine--she is a better version of herself, and to me that's more realistic
2) The guys don't all fall for her, and even the object of her affections (kunimitsu) can turn her down while still honoring their friendship (at least until they maybe decide to eventually bring him back as a love rival lol)
3) Typical b*tchy female rival character turns out to be another human, capable of human emotion and cheering on Mito
4) Mito is self conscious, and the story is not about her overcoming her weight or anything like that--it's about herself and coming out of her shell
5) The characters from her otome game show up in real life, but aren't the idols she was expecting--one is crazy shy, the other gay, and the last one acts out as a "demon" tsundere character--it shows that reality is more complex and different than your expectations
6) Again, I love how she looks like herself still after all the chapters, and how she likes the guys she likes for their kindness over looks, and how she even gave horse-face guy a real chance (even if he wasn't what she thought) and how she is generally becoming more honest with herself. It feels real, and their decisions and reactions feel real even in typical shoujo scenarios--and I think we can all relate to Mito's fantasies that almost overlap with reality, lol! (≧∀≦)
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EXTREME late bloomer here. I just turned 48 but I started reading about 5, 6 years ago. I always read manga and watched Japanese anime since I was little (spent my very early years in Japan, my mom is Japanese). I was browsing a local Kinokuniya bookstore and saw some yaoi manga, thought WTF, how did I ever miss this? Went home and looked it up. Do......
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