There’s still some angst, of course, but from the ones I’ve read, the sex tends to be more on the fun (or, at least, the inconsequential) side.īara manga is also becoming popular among fujoshi who would like to see some guys with more meat on their bones than your typical willowy teenagers that populate most yaoi aimed at them. Sevakis answers: Hey! You’re a gay dude that likes bara manga? I’m a gay dude that likes (some) bara manga! It’s almost like we’re the target demographic or something! Since bara manga is written mostly by gay men for other gay men, it doesn’t have a lot of the same issues that yaoi manga has - namely that the boys don’t act like boys, and that everything is super melodramatic and dripping with angst. When Justin Sevakis at Answer Man is asked: I confess that I really like bara manga because of its incredible art style, sexy situations (depending on the subject), and most certainly its appeal to gay male readers such as myself.
A quick primer for the uninitiated Yaoi although the more commonly known term for traditional Japanese style anime/manga boy love comics was mostly created by girls for other girls and although that’s changed especially in recent years, Bara means that it’s made by men for men. Yaoi/bara/bl art and artists have exploded in recent years.
