well to me , i sorta think that bl and gl is the categorization for yaoi , shounen ai , yuri , shoujo ai , etc .
like yaoi + shounen ai goes under the bl category and yuri + shoujo ai goes under the gl category
:0 I never realized that yaoi or yuri could be the improper terms for the genre...I use both p frequently bc I figured there was no difference :’D
This is how I've always thought of it as well
I just feel like saying BL and GL is just a way to generalize the categories that encompass them. Rather than specify what to ask for. Like, I asked earlier, what's your favorite bl author, I didnt ask what's their favorite yaoi author because I don't think that there are many authors that specifically do yaoi. They sometimes do collabs for shouju and do shounen ai's so it's just easier to say it that way.
I've always assumed it as yaoi/yuri usually having explicit scenes and bl/gl being more pg13.
Same here, I usually use bl or gl when asking for recommendations because I usually ask for stories in all of the genres including shounen ai and shouju ai. Plus yaoi and yuri literally means japanese manga that features same sex "sex" so I use bl/gl when referring to manhwas and manhuas
So y’all know how people say BL and GL while other say Yaoi and Yuri?
Well what do you guys think of it?
I’ve heard before that Yaoi and Yuri is kinda like an improper way of saying BL and GL.
Well whatever. I just had to share something and ask too!
So please don’t take it seriously.
Well besides the question.
What do YOU think of it?
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