How did Yaoi affect your perspective about relationships in general?

I think mangas in general can change so many perspectives that we got of relationships. I think happiness and love means so many different things and can be express in so many ways. It all depends on us how to express it. (ノ≧∇≦)ノ   reply

2 years ago I got into anime/manga and general. So, I had this one friend and she watched "Yaoi" and of course the newbie that I was didn't know what it was. She told me it was boyxboy relationship, I really didn't care for it and I just decided to do some research and found "Junjou Romantica" and "Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi" and I absolutely fell in love......   reply

It made me feel like an ideal world where each partner was equal in a relationship was possible, and also not possible. (possible because the idea exists. Not possible because most people would probably not go along with it. And if there are people that want to go along with it, the amount is so few that I would never be able to find them because w......   3 reply

Well made me think that relationships are really hard to maintain and sometimes you will find in the most unexpected places the affection that you were putting in the hand of the wrong person ... strange as this affection is (in the case of yaoi more "strong") But that's what makes me like them, are more adults in a way.(▰˘◡˘▰)   1 reply

It helped me see that I could keep trying to find a really good relationship and let go of so-so ones...because I could enjoy myself just as much alone, reading yaoi!   1 reply

When I first read it I was (admittedly) freaked out. After starting off with shounen-ai....I compared it to shoujo manga and I found shounen ai ones way more romantic...the situations and plots were different. There was no typical bad guy gets girl, good guy gets girl. Yeah, it was a bonus to read a manga that didnt contain a cringey panty shot or......   1 reply

my mom had always told me that same sex relationships were not normal, and were not intended to be by God. I never understood, and as a child looking up to her mother, I agreed. But my first time coming across someone who was gay was not the best experience. He was in my class, and what you would call a 'pervert'. He... sort of harassed my friend, ......   1 reply

Aaaaah, yaoi gave me so muchhhhhh...! It made me find what I really liked, and showed me the possibility for men to be all delicate, and all sweet, and all cute and that that is alright. And actually, I discovered I really liked that type of men ahahhaha. It showed me for the first time that idea of "pure love", so... when I actually experimente......   1 reply

Tbh it gives me this kind of 'raw and pure' feeling with the fact that we can fall in love regardless the gender and it's still as beautiful as hetero's love   2 reply