And...?

[telophase]

Why is it that none of you either pointed this essay out to me or posted it to manga_talk? Hmmm?

Comments

[the-z.livejournal.com]

Hey! Thanks for pointing that out. I'm pretty much of the same mind that most 'yaoi' manga is completely yawn-worthy, but I appreciated the cultural observations made in that essay.

Out of curiosity, have you read Antique Bakery yet? I can't remember everyone on my friend's list who has, but it's such a jewel of the genre it's worth a look.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

It's one of the more sensible articles around, especially as you say in not viewing it as some weird phenomenon that indicates something lacking in the reader. But it's got the same problem as all articles based on translations. English BL manga isn't just the tip of the BL iceberg, it's a couple of ice cubes floating in the iceberg's wake. General judgments made on such a tiny amount of data (biased to the soft stuff through publishers' decisions, further skewed by translators' spin) are more likely to be off than on.

I really miss manga bonbons. That indicated, at least visually, the variety of what's out there.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

URgh. I think LJ ate my post so sorry if this shows up twice. I really don't agree with the classification of Hana-kimi as shonen-ai. There wasn't really anything shown with a boy/boy relationship until volume 14 and that was more of a side story then anything with the main characters. Unless I have misread something/don't remember something.