Would the show Monochrome Factor be considered yaoi?!
Question: Would the show Monochrome Factor be considered yaoi!?
A couple of friends were having a fight one says Monochrome Factor is a yaoi because it does have guyon guy kisses and the other says it isn't!. They have confused me!. And I was wondering if anyone knew if it is or isn't a yaoi!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
I've only watched 5 episodes so far (was waiting for IIDX, but looks like they mysteriously disappeared!?) but from what I've seen so far, I would say Monochrome Factor would be considered shounen ai, not yaoi!.
The way I understand it (might not be correct since I'm not really into BL), yaoi is more explicit!.
"Yaoi and shōnen-ai are terms that are sometimes used by western fans to describe the contents of one title in the genre!. Here yaoi is used to describe titles which contain sex scenes and other sexually explicit themes!. The counterpart, shōnen-ai, is used to describe titles that focus more on romance and do not include explicit sexual content!. This definition of yaoi sometimes clashes with the usage of the word to describe the genre as a whole and the subject is often a cause for debate!."
--> http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Yaoi#Usage
also, ANN, Wikipedia, and AniDB all say it's shounen ai, not yaoi:
http://www!.animenewsnetwork!.com/encyclop!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Monochrome_!.!.!.
http://ani db!.net/perl-bin/animedb !.pl!?show=anime&aid=5585
[take out the spaces, I get the 999 error otherwise]Www@Enter-QA@Com
The way I understand it (might not be correct since I'm not really into BL), yaoi is more explicit!.
"Yaoi and shōnen-ai are terms that are sometimes used by western fans to describe the contents of one title in the genre!. Here yaoi is used to describe titles which contain sex scenes and other sexually explicit themes!. The counterpart, shōnen-ai, is used to describe titles that focus more on romance and do not include explicit sexual content!. This definition of yaoi sometimes clashes with the usage of the word to describe the genre as a whole and the subject is often a cause for debate!."
--> http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Yaoi#Usage
also, ANN, Wikipedia, and AniDB all say it's shounen ai, not yaoi:
http://www!.animenewsnetwork!.com/encyclop!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Monochrome_!.!.!.
http://ani db!.net/perl-bin/animedb !.pl!?show=anime&aid=5585
[take out the spaces, I get the 999 error otherwise]Www@Enter-QA@Com