… the following discussion of what I argue are the boys love images of Taisho and early Showa
era artist, Takabatake Kashō (1888–1966), in order to consider boys love as an element …

… appropriate, the figure of the beautiful boy in boys’ love manga acts as “a disruptor of …
through identification with the beautiful boy characters. Manga critic Fujimoto Yukari explains that …

… a viable subject for serious academic research, Boys’ Love manga, or BL, has proven to have
… provide a historiographical overview of BL manga development in Japan, addressing the …

… The Japanese manga genres Boys’ Love (to be known from … revolve around love relationships
between beautiful boys. BL … men in love and having sex with each other in the manga BL/…

… Based on interviews with 30 female readers of BL (‘boys’ love') manga conducted in Taipei
in 2005, this paper analyses the BL scene in Taiwan from the perspective of its social utility …

… Therefore, when Tokyopop, a US publisher of Japanese manga, released several new … to
as "boy-love manga" to the US comics market. As the name suggests, boy-love manga present …

… anime and manga outside Japan resulted in boys’ love transcending the boundaries of the
… As the Internet became more accessible, manga fans with this special interest in boys’ love …

Boys' Love (BL) is an umbrella term for a cluster of genres originating in early 1970s Japanese
popular culture which portray male-male sexuality largely by and for women. BL manga …

… Magic Land’ are published in ‘J-BOY by Biblos’ (2006). This is an English-language anthology
of original Japanese manga (comics) of the genre known as Boys’ Love (BL).The cast of …

… : 1) Boy’s love manga promotes gay relationships and increases the amount of people who
approve of said relationships, and 2) Boy’s love manga … I believe that boy’s love manga does …