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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...
Yuri as a genre depicts intimate relationships between women, a scope that is broadly defined to include romantic love, intense friendships, spiritual love, and rivalry. [63] While lesbianism is a theme commonly associated with yuri , not all characters in yuri media are necessarily non-heterosexual; Welker states that the question whether yuri ...
Young boys (age 11 to 17) called “Chigo” served the monks sexually because female relationships were strictly forbidden. [3] In modern Japan, it is not uncommon to hear Western terms such as gay and lesbian (ゲイ gei and レズビアン rezubian). [4] Such terms differ significantly from terms used in the past and thus show a westernizing ...
Research on Japanese men's speech shows greater use of "neutral" forms, forms not strongly associated with masculine or feminine speech, than is seen in Japanese women's speech. [12] Some studies of conversation between Japanese men and women show neither gender taking a more dominant position in interaction.
Yaoi titles are primarily marketed to women, and are commonplace in bookstores (normally found in or near to the shōjo manga section). Various terms are used in Japan to refer to yaoi. The blanket term "yaoi" is an acronym for the phrase "Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi", which means "no peak, no point, no meaning".
A 1911 article in Fujin Kōron claimed that between seven and eight women out of ten had experienced Class S relationships. [10] Class S relationships were typically regarded as not a genuine expression of same-sex attraction. [6] So long as these relationships remained confined to adolescence they were regarded as normal, even spiritual. [2]
The terms primary and secondary may refer to the relationship or by extension to a partner in such a relationship. Thus a woman with a husband and another partner might refer to the husband as her "primary" and her other partner as "secondary" – or might consider both to be primary, depending on the relationships and her usage of the terms.
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