Girly men of anime

People who are first introduced to anime would noticed that much of the anime in existence has quite a few girly men in them. This is partially due to the fact that these men exist for fanservice, but it’s not only fanservice. I think there are other reasons as to why androgyny exists in anime, but I won’t go into that with this post. This is actually meant to highlight some of my favorite girly men in anime. :P

Maximillion Pegasus (aka Pegasus J. Crawford)
Series: Yu Gi Oh, Yu Gi Oh GX, Yu Gi Oh: The Movie

He’s girly because of his effeminate appearance and his mannerisms. And the long hair only adds to this, and I mean come on he seems so camp. :)

And next we have:
Zoisite
Series: Sailor Moon

Now I know the story, originally Zoisite was a male character, but his sex was changed to female. I mean, honestly we can’t have two guys liking each other. ;) But in when Zoisite was male, he still behaved in an effeminate manner.

Sesshomaru
Series: Inuyasha

We all know Sesshomaru is a total badass, but we can’t deny that he at least looks girly men. Besides, some of the most effeminate men in anime have been some of the most admired badasses.

Sailor Starlights
Series: Sailor Moon

Duh!!! Guys who transform into girls. :)

If you have more girly men you’d like to share, please feel free to do so.

I want you

Hey, I think I found a decent video for your viewing pleasure. Hope you enjoy. :) Have a nice weekend!!!!

Delaying the video

Hey folks, I won’t be posting a video, but I’ll sure to have one up on Saturday. I want to find a really good one. I’m also kind of busy, so I have to cut down the time I spend on You Tube. So look for it. :)

Yaoi Manga Recommendation: La Esperanca

Yeah I wanted to recommend another manga that many yaoi fans would enjoy to read. I recommend La Esperanca by Chiyusa Kawai. I enjoyed reading it because I liked the characters, Georges is liked by just about everyone, he is essentially a teachers pet. However, another student named Robert becomes a student at his school, it would seem that he dislikes Georges, but it’s much more deeper than that. He is also fascinated by him. Without giving away too much of the plot, you may find the series to be intriguing, there’s lots of character development as well as issues the characters will ultimately have to confront. La Espernaca is really good for those yaoi fans who enjoy a wonderful plot than a nice hot steamy sex scene.

Busy week for me

Yeah I’m in the process of looking for graduate school and work and such. *Sigh* sometimes I wish I can put aside these things and live in my yaoi fantasy world. :(

Random yaoi

Enjoy! :)

Yaoi Manga Rankings

Just took a look at the daily rankings of the most popular yaoi. You may be surprised at them. I actually read a few of the titles.

Amazon yaoi rankings

Yaoi around the world

The BL/yaoi fandom is not only popular in North America or the Western world in general. The fandom has grown in other places such as Thailand. The estimated readership is around 80% (don’t really know how true this is) but being a y-girl as they call it in Thailand is difficult. This article that was published several years ago demonstrates why it is hard to be a yaoi fan in Thailand. Bans on BL/yaoi manga isn’t something that’s new.

From what I have read yaoi is also banned in Singapore, because there are sodomy laws on the books. While there are censorship issues involved with this fandom, that hasn’t stopped fans from enjoying it. It’s really interesting to see how much the fandom has grown. I would like to research the reasons why fans world wide appeal to yaoi.

Now what is the state of this fandom in Japan? As far as I know the fandom is still going on, probably not as much in the West, but it’s still quite popular. This is merely a reflective post (I’m going to be writing these more in the near future ;) ) and I’m going to watch and see how far this fandom will go.

Another attempt at a fanfiction blog

Yeah I have created another yaoi fanfiction blog. I have tried this before, but I didn’t devote too much time to it like I thought I should. So now I’m going to try again. I call it Passionate Yaoi, which mainly consist of hard yaoi. Though I will try my best to keep it tasteful.

Passionate Yaoi

Why bookstores don't sale yaoi

Like many yaoi fans, we to have to get our yaoi from online scanlations, borrow from friends, and if you’re a fan with some disposable income you have to go online. If you’re lucky, you may be able to find some yaoi at your local library. But not in bookstories, particulary large chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders. The comic book stores in my area don’t sell BL manga. Other than that, I don’t havea hard time getting yaoi manga.

So what’s the deal with booksellers not wanting to sell yaoi manga? Is due to the fact that’s it’s too explicit? The only explicit yaoi manga I saw at a major bookseller is FAKE but it was shrinked wrapped. But these days, I can’t even find a shrinked wrapped one. Of course I get them online, but sometimes I would rather purchase my manga in store. I guess ratings don’t aren’t enough anymore. So if someone can help understand the reason for this, I would be ever so grateful. :D

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