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Fujoshi Deka
The ''yaoi'' fandom consists of the readers of (also called Boys' Love or abbreviated to BL), a genre of male x male romance narratives aimed at those who participate in communal activities organized around yaoi, such as attending conventions, maintaining or posting to fansites, creating fan fiction or fan art, etc. In the mid-1990s, estimates of the size of the Japanese fandom were at 100,000–500,000 people. Despite increased knowledge of the genre among the general public, readership remains limited in 2008. English-language fan translations of ''From Eroica with Love'' circulated through the slash fiction community in the 1980s, forging a link between slash fiction fandom and fandom. Most fans are teenage girls or young women. In Japan, female fans are called , denoting how a woman who enjoys fictional gay content is "rotten", too ruined to be married. A male fan of yaoi is called a . The words' origin can be found in the online text board 2channel. fans have been cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaoicon Cosplayers
Yaoi-Con (sometimes YaoiCon) was an annual three-day anime convention, founded in 2001, aimed at fans of yaoi-related anime, manga, and other aspects of Asian culture. It typically took place during the Fall in California. Since the 2012 edition, its organizer and main sponsor was Digital Manga Publishing. It was known mostly for its unique events that use volunteers known as " bishounen". The bishounen were male volunteers who represented the attractive characters shown in Yaoi manga, and ran many of the events. Programming As with other anime conventions, Yaoi-Con had panels and workshops (with a yaoi twist), a 24-hour video room, a manga library, swap meet, a Dealers' Room filled with merchandise, a cosplay Masquerade and an anime music video contest. In addition, Yaoi-Con held a fan fiction contest, Bishounen Bingo, and its extraordinarily popular Saturday night fundraising Bishounen Auction. At bingo, and the auction, the bishounen volunteers put on shows and stripped to ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
