It was accident when I was in 4th grade. I was curious about the genre in kissanime and check every single genre when I stumbled "shounen-ai" and check the anime. I was shocked at first cuz it was boyxboy and also confuse but I like it anyway. After that I want more and did some digging. Then there I know yaoi/BL= shounen-ai in Google 1 reply
I actually stumbled on yaoi on accident LOL. I began watching anime first from like grade 4. After a while I found out that the anime's I liked had completed mangas attached, so I came on here to read My Little Monster, but then I realized yaoi is much more interesting ahha :) reply
God, I was so young man like I was 10
It all started with me scrolling on Facebook and I saw a Lezhin ad for this BL comic called "A guy like you" and since Jiwon (the Seme) was handksme af, I HAD TO CLICK IT
So, I only read the free episodes since its Lezhin. I was so definitely into it and looked for a website that gave all the 30 chapters. I fo...... 2 reply
back in middle school everyone was discovering it was okay to be gay via the internet (small town) and we all started reading hetalia because everyone thought of it has The Manga for the gay crowd then. Me being me, a gay man, clearly implied romance was not enough. Of course I read fanfiction and the like for hours but i wanted real animated roman...... 1 reply
Back in 2007 (17 at the time) when Veoh was all the rage for western otaku, I watched an AMV based on a Near × Mello ship from Death Note. Then I discovered a Doujinshi with them on Aarinfantasy, which opened the door to the world of Yaoi manga and eventually anime. Aarinfantasy became my safe haven for many years to come :) 1 reply
i was browsing through myanimelist.net manga genres bcs i ran out of manga to read. i was on the way to a school field trip lol. anyway i have liked bL and the sort for a while and then i saw the genre Shounen Ai and i was crazy excited like what?? is this what i think it is??? so i read Recipe no Ouji-Sama and then Junketsu Drop, i had a feels att...... reply
I don't remember how exactly, but I came across a doujinshi for Tiger & Bunny which had a lot of angst in it so it got me curious about the story only to find out that the original Tiger & Bunny isn't even BL. So to fulfill the hole in my heart, I looked for other stories about male lovers, and there you have it. reply
Technically my first yaoi was actually a shonen ai called Loveless. They had the manga at my city library & as a seventh grader I thought it was like the door to this unknown, awesome world had opened hehe. After they I got more & more curious! reply
Hmmm. I encountered YAOI when I was experimenting on a different genre. And boooooooy it got me so hooked and now I can't stop. I don't even want to stop, LOL! Honto Yajuu is my first YAOI manga, if I'm not mistaken. reply
I was on YouTube, and I saw something that said BLCD HARDCORE. Well I clicked on it, I didn't have any headphones, and I think you'll get the rest of the story. Just know that curiosity killed the cat(me) 3 reply
