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Detail of the cover of ‘Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It’ (image courtesy Fantagraphics Books)
Amidst the magical girls and sentient robots that dominate the Japanese graphic novels and comics known as manga, pockets of intrigue and eroticism lie. Not just octopus fucking and sailor-suited school girls, either. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, published by Fantagraphics Books, profiles the big stars and brave pioneers in the bara subgenre of manga, which stylizes burly male-on-male sex/love. Unsoiled, directional, and graphic, Chip Kid’s wondrous cover design and layout perfectly reflects the layouts of modern magazines, making for a smooth, enjoyable experience.
It should be pointed out that we’re not discussing yaoi here, a rather popular subgenre also known as “boy’s love,” which is much more delicate, romantic, and focuses on decidedly feminized boys. Bara is fuck-you-in-the-face hyper-masculine homoerotica with authentic autobiographical story lines that touch on the reality of homosexuality in Japan,
Discussing Depictions of Male Homosexuality in Japanese Girls' Comics, Gay Comics and Gay Pornography
Wim Lunsing
- Introduction
- A number of papers in English have discussed the genre of sh&#;jo manga [Japanese girls' comics] known as BLB (boy loves boy) manga in which gay male characters figure prominently and which were first published in the s. However, little attention has been paid to developments in the s, let alone the s, resulting in an outdated depiction of the genre, with, for instance, a stress on the foreignness or otherworldliness of the situations described.[1] McLelland[2] takes the discussion further to include newer manga situated in the display but insists that the depictions are equally not representative of actual gay existence, as they are over-romantic. The same gesture is made about Japanese films and television shows depicting homosexuality, which, like the manga, are mostly aimed at a female audience.[3] Answers to questions such as who reads the genre and why have been sought in women's resistance to patriarchy,[4] igno
Heart-warming Japanese manga ‘I Think Our Son is Gay’ is now available in English
Tired of sifting through superficial boys’ love manga disguised as LGBT storylines? A recent series by manga author Okura might be more your speed. ‘I Think Our Son is Gay’ has received hundreds of glowing reviews since it was first published in Japanese in The series now has three volumes as well as a newly published English edition for international readers.
As you could probably guess from the title, the story is centred on a mother who has a growing feeling that her eldest son, Hiroki, could be gay. As Hiroki enters his first year of high school, homemaker Tomoko notices small clues that suggest her son has more interest in boys than girls. Rather than jumping to her own conclusions or questioning Hiroki directly, however, she resolves to give him the space to discover his identity in his own time and contemplates the best ways to support him.
As a slice of life manga, ‘I Think Our Son is Gay’ is an upbeat and humorous chronicle of the awkward
Anime and manga depicting sexual images of children spark calls for review of classification laws
Two South Australian crossbench politicians are calling for an urgent review of classification laws, after discovering videos and comic books sold in Australia that depict sexual images of children, including rape scenes.
Key points:
- Comic books and videos involving child exploitation are available in Australian shops
- Two MPs want classification laws changed to ban them
- A store owner says he chooses not to sell products he decides are not suitable
SA Top Upper House MP Connie Bonaros has been investigating Japanese anime and manga publications and verb many for sale that she believed should not have got past the Classification Board.
"They are effectively regulating this material verb they would a video game or like they would a film, but they are doing so in isolation of our criminal law," Ms Bonaros said.
"Our federal criminal code clearly says that this material would verb the definition of child exploitation material and therefore should not be availab