Yaoi Doujinshi

Yaoi Doujinshi, also known as Boys' Love Comics, are a genre of female-oriented manga that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships. Usually self-published works, Yaoi doujinshi can be original creations or parody mainstream anime and manga works. Yaoi began in the dōjinshi markets of Japan in the late 1970s/early 1980s as an outgrowth of the Shōnen-ai genre, but whereas shōnen-ai (both commercial and dōjinshi) were original works, yaoi were parodies of popular shōnen anime and manga, such as and.

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 * Possibly due to their female-oriented nature, Yaoi doujinshi are usually created by female authors.