Yaoi: then vs. now
Girls don't want boys, girl's want...boys and more boys? Juné Manga has just released their stats outlining the differences between yaoi fans of the past and yaoi fans today.
Juné has not only brought this genre to the West, but the publisher hopes to blur the lines between comics for women and comics for the LGBT community. Their new genre "yabara" combines the words "yaoi" and "bara", and plans on combining the erotic tone of bara with the story driven character development of yaoi. This new infographic provides a study on female based fandom as a whole, and the direction it's going in with the addition of LGBT input.
Very interesting and I noticed the change in trends over the years. I’m relatively new to the genre, having discovered it over 5-6 years ago, parallel to my interest in “twink” gay porn (I ran a BelAmi studio fan blog for close to 4 years before shutting it down) . Still love my twinks/pretty boys whether in anime/manga or live action . I love seeing the diversity now in the genre. And though I don’t have the interest in it myself because of my personal taste, I feel it a duty to help support any and all diversity within the community. It can only grow as a result and that’s an awesome thing.