![]() Tanbi as a term and concept predates male-male romance manga that emerged in the 1970s, having originated to describe prose fiction depicting homosexuality by authors such as Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. ![]() Tanbi works are typically defined by their poetic prose and unusual kanji, such as Chinese characters appropriated into Japanese script. June ( ジュネ, Japanese pronunciation: ) Derived from the eponymous male-male romance manga magazine first published in 1978, the term was originally used to describe works that resembled the art style of manga published in that magazine. ![]() It has also been used to describe amateur works depicting male homosexuality that are original creations and not derivative works. Yaoi ( やおい) Coined in the late 1970s by manga artists Yasuko Sakata and Akiko Hatsu, yaoi is a portmanteau of yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi ( 山なし、落ちなし、意味なし), which translates to "no climax, no point, no meaning".īy the 1990s, the term had largely fallen out of use in favor of " boys' love" it has been suggested that publishers wishing to get a foothold in the June market coined "boys' love" to disassociate the genre from the publisher of June.
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