A lot of the manga I read play more of a "I don't care if you're a man, I like you" card, so it doesn't really bother me. Sometimes the intricacies of the specific identities of the characters seem overkill, but it is nice when bisexuality or, on a rare occasion, internalized homophobia/compulsory heterosexuality is introduced. reply
I don't hate it but I don't like it. I think it bothers me but there are quite a few elements of Yaoi that kind of rub me the wrong way. Half of me understands it Japan's attitude towards homosexuality isn't completely liberal , Yaoi is written by straight women so expecting them to be able to correctly portray the nuance of homosexual couples is p...... 2 reply
I wrote this in response to Mi Amore Anon but I thought I'd also put it as a separate post as they've responded to a lot of people discounting their feelings because other sexualities exist. I responded to their comment on their own thread as well.
I thought I'd respond to you here because I disagree with you. I agree that there are many kinds of...... 4 reply
I like yuri but I don’t read it as often as yaoi or shoujo. For me I think it’s because I haven’t gone through the stages of being picky then reading everything and then where I am now which is actually knowing the difference between good and shit. But at the same time I’ve not found a Yuri that I really liked in a long time reply
