well I start with the obvious -
I want a good story/plot, good development, good development character's, and BALANCE characters. it's not only about Yaoi, I want it in any mange I read so it a mast for me.
if it's not, then I won't like it but I try to give it a chance if the plot is well build, like UN-balance character's I seen around. still ...... reply
I don't like to dismiss entire themes or plot elements 100% because even if there's a tag I'll usually avoid I can probably think of at least one exception. However, I approach anything tagged with tragedy or cheating very cautiously. I'm not a fan of sad endings at all -- I can deal with angst if things eventually work out, but when one person in ...... 2 reply
I can't stand vampire or supernatural animal┗( T﹏T )┛
I still can stand shotacon if the boy doesn't look feminine like girl ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
I also don't read yaoi with bad art. I want the characters drawn well, if not cute or handsome, at least the face is clear and not disgusting hahaha (▰˘◡˘▰) reply
I'm sort of picking but some yaoi take different level than the rest.
Similar to Boku no pico because I hate it when the character about like kid age it get worst,worst,worst when I kept reading it or threesome....like Boku no pico.
Bara....it just disgusting I mean come on the man look so unattractive and disgusting just eww.
Gang rape....no,no...... reply
I'm quite picky with my yaoi even though before I wasn't ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ so here are some things that make me drop a yaoi almost on the spot
-overly feminine uke [like to the point it's really just trap.. NO( ̄へ ̄)]
-insta-love [some can do this approach well, but most of the time it's so annoying.. like YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR X DAY...... reply
lI don't really like rape yaois. It's not romance and it's just painful to read (especially Caste Heaven). I also don't like incest and shota LiKe CAN YOU NOOOOOT. Oh and I don't really know how to classify this genre, but I just can't with Jackass! - Sawatte Ii tte Dare ga Itta yo? LikE ETF THIS DUDE STARTS LICKING HIS LEG LIKE DNASKJGLFJFEWLAI. O...... 1 reply
I was 11. (Late 2014) I was browsing through Crunchyroll on my Xbox and I was just becoming a real otaku after a year of abandoning anime and I saw Love Stage!! I thought it was a shoujo so I started watching it and I was SOOOO confused. I thought Izumi was trans and I was just like f**k this shit. Then a month or two later, Orenchi no furo jijo wa...... reply
My first anime was probably Pokémon but my first anime I watched on my own time was either Powerpuff Girls Z or Tokyo Mew Mew. My first manga was Lucky Star. reply