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Shounen Ai
Shōnen ai (少年愛, lit. 'boy's love') is a shōjo manga subgenre that focused on love stories between boys. This term was used in the '70 for the works of manga artists like Keiko Takemiya and Moto Hagio. The term was later included in the broad meaning of the most recent term used in Japan, Boys'Love.
In the present, the term shōnen ai is used by many Western readers to refer to manga works that focus on the more platonic and romantic aspects of homosexual relationships between male characters, opposed to the ones focusing on the physical side, called yaoi.
Both terms, shōnen ai and yaoi, have a di ...more
In the present, the term shōnen ai is used by many Western readers to refer to manga works that focus on the more platonic and romantic aspects of homosexual relationships between male characters, opposed to the ones focusing on the physical side, called yaoi.
Both terms, shōnen ai and yaoi, have a di ...more
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It was as if you became a burning match the moment you became mine. And I'm afraid that the remaining burning embers will disappear. I want to just blame you for choosing me... just so that you could put my mind at ease. But I am already too old... to do that now.
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― Love Tractor
― Love Tractor
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Lying... definitely isn't right. But there's no one so perfect that they only do the right thing. For instance, fighting is wrong... but I've done it, Lin Hang's done it, even Qiu Tian's done it. But it's not like we're bad people for having done some wrong things... right? In this world, having a [requited] love is rare enough... that we are one of those few... is incredibly lucky.
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― 从谎言开始 [Cong Huang Yan Kai Shi]
― 从谎言开始 [Cong Huang Yan Kai Shi]
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