I think that they should be able to without being critizied.

Well, I always assumed gay men could watch yaoi without being criticized. Isn't that what its for?

I don't want to watch it. Lol.

I thought that yaoi had more of a female market.

. . . :shifty: . . .

Wooooohooooo yaoi! :worship:
rock on! :punk:

Btw i duno why i can watch yaoi on anime, but then when i see it happening in real life it's like
:eek: :blink: :bandage: -my eyes!-shiver-

Wait yaoi is like... how to say this.. hentai for the gay? and for women?

Theres nothing wrong with a guy seeing that. But I wouldnt.

First off, most of the time Yaoi is made by males for males, and the same for Yuri (only it's females for females).

Yaoi is male to male relationships.
Yuri is female to female relationships.

Even if an anime gets a Yuri or Yaoi genera label, it doesn't mean it's a hentai, ecchi or h.

Personally, I've never seen/read any Yaoi material, though I can say I have seen some Yuri anime flicks.

Gravitation is a great anime, and I see no problem with guys watching it, it's not overly Yaoi, in my opinion, but it's funny and has a great story. If you like animes with great stories, then by all means, watch it, no matter what it's label says.

First off, most of the time Yaoi is made by males for males, and the same for Yuri (only it's females for females).

Yaoi is male to male relationships.
Yuri is female to female relationships.

Even if an anime gets a Yuri or Yaoi genera label, it doesn't mean it's a hentai, ecchi or h.

Personally, I've never seen/read any Yaoi material, though I can say I have seen some Yuri anime flicks.

wow I just got schooled:huh:

BTW I didnt mean any ofense by my previous post, thats just my idiocy popping up. it does that now and then:heh:

Never even heard the term yuri, learn something new every day.

O.o seriously? ^ I agree though that we shouldnt really be criticized for this.

Gravitation is a great anime, and I see no problem with guys watching it, it's not overly Yaoi, in my opinion, but it's funny and has a great story. If you like animes with great stories, then by all means, watch it, no matter what it's label says.

I agree with that. I love Gravitation It's so cute, and it's not any of that hardcore Yaoi stuff just softcore/bishounen(sp?) stuff. I like Yaoi, but not that hardcore stuff, just the softcore like what's in Gravitation. And I don't care if I'm a guy that like Yaoi. If you got a problem with that, then go F*CK YOURSELF!!! And I might get the 1st manga of Loveless.

Yaoi is male to male relationships.
Yuri is female to female relationships.

About the male to male relationships, doesnt Yaoi stand for Men x Men love? I mean in a perverted sense. If its relationships, dont you call it shounen-ai?

Well... I'm not japanese, but I think that's similar to the difference between H / Ecchi and Hentai.

I can only go off of what I have seen in Yuri (shoujo-ai using Hiei's naming method), all which did not include any extremely perverted scenes without it containing the Hentai seal.

As an example, Kannazuki no Miko is a Yuri anime. While it does have some scenes, there's nothing too perverse. The same goes with Traveller of Darkness (or if you prefer Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito; another Yuri). There were some intresting scenes, but nothing that was down right Hentai.

I'm just now introducing myself into the Homosexual genera of anime, so I haven't seen all that much, but I'm pretty sure that's how it goes.

Shonen-ai was just normal boy x boy love without any extremely graphic scenes in it. And yaoi is like a deeper point of shonen-ai where they don't just kiss. That's what I've always thought, anyway.

As for Yuri, well, I don't know.

shounen-ai: Technically speaking, shounen-ai is a form of professional manga, a comic book genre. Translated, it means 'boys' love.' Not 'boy love,' which could indeed be interpreted a number of ways, but boys' love, as in the act of loving and being in love without the involvement of females. In other words, shounen-ai is a professional genre devoted to relationships between a pair of fairly young, usually handsome men, and all their trials and tribulations. Usually the term doesn't apply to fanworks, like doujinshi or 'zines, at all

shounen = boy
ai = love

that's all that's to it. Boy love. Boy loves boy.