what is a word like yaoi or yuri, but for boy x girl?
from lystopad@mbin.twink.men to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 12:07
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Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 28 Sep 12:36 next collapse

Hentai?

lystopad@mbin.twink.men on 28 Sep 12:39 collapse

this implies sexual (which yaoi and yuri usually not necesarily imply), and doesn't imply heterosexual

Lumidaub@feddit.org on 28 Sep 13:23 next collapse

Yaoi and yuri at least used to denote explicit sex? Has that changed? Non-sexual was shounen ai and shoujo ai in Western fan parlance (Japanese terms are more varied).

Edit: a tongue in cheek meaning of “yaoi” was/is “yamete oshiri ga itai” (stop, my butt hurts)

lystopad@mbin.twink.men on 28 Sep 13:36 next collapse

nowodays they usually doesn't

I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 14:31 collapse

Haha, no. Those are hentai genres dude. Ecchi still counts.

loppy@fedia.io on 28 Sep 16:54 collapse

Funnily enough, yaoi actually is an acronym, I think referring to stereotypical yaoi stories:

Yama nashi, Ochi nashi, Imi nashi

"No climax, no resolution, no meaning"

Lumidaub@feddit.org on 28 Sep 18:31 collapse

Yep, basically “plot? what plot?” More evidence that it meant VERY nsfw things ;D

BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 28 Sep 16:58 collapse

Yaoi and yuri only refer to sexual, shōnen ai and shojō ai are what you’re looking for

proti@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 12:52 next collapse

vanilla? I suppose?

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca on 28 Sep 12:56 next collapse

Using classic genre labels, would it not just be romance? Yaoi and yuri are special labels specifically because they’re “out of the norm”

Zachariah@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 12:57 next collapse

Is there a Japanese equivalent word/term for either of these genres?
romance
rom com

Edit:
I found these referring to movies:

恋愛 (ren’ai) - love, romance

ラブコメ (rabukome) - romantic comedy

From: skdesu.com/…/vocabulary-japanese-about-cinemas-an…

leviathan@feddit.org on 28 Sep 16:43 next collapse

ecchi I guess (if you’re horny), or just romance

QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works on 28 Sep 19:18 next collapse

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theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 21:17 collapse

Het