Anonymous #1 8w

What does bara mean

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Anonymous #2 8w

its yaoi but intended for men

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Anonymous #2 8w

as a loan word (i.e. how we use it in English) it’s used to refer to BL / yaoi content featuring muscular and/or chubby guys, usually more typically masculine-looking than the characters in BL, and by association we also use that term for the characters themselves

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Anonymous #2 8w

usually thought of as being created by-and-for gay men, whereas yaoi is usually by-and-for women there’s been pushback against this term by bilingual academics though, mostly citing the fact that “bara” is also used as a homophobic slur in Japanese

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