Kai's answer (2)

24, aromantic+asexual male, white, software developer and author+artist from Boston. I accidentally read a yaoi when I was 19, and became a regular reader about a year later because I wanted a break from shounen's obsession with boobs and to expand my genre readings in general.   3 reply

As an asexual aromantic dude, not having scantly clad women in mainstream manga's obsession with boobs is nice sometimes. Otherwise, yaoi cracked open my interest in love stories, helped me to understand healthy/unhealthy relationships (granted, this was personal research because few yaoi acknowledge rape), and encouraged me to diversify character ......   reply