Showing posts with label reference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reference. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2013

Recommended 801 Mangaka (Manga Artists)

Here's a list of some of my favorite mangakas for various reasons. :)
This post might oddly grow as time passes, as I find more names to add to here, so keep coming back to check, 'kay?

(Not surprising that they're mostly female. Or should be at least. I dunno. :D)
 - Minami Haruka
 - Mio Junta
 - Kanda Neko
 - Sakuraga Mei
 - Narazaki Neneko
 - Amagi Reno
 - Natsume Isaku
 - Nekota Yonezou
 - Hiiro Reiichi
 - Eiki Eiki
 - Yamamoto Kotetsuko
 - Itsuki Kaname
 - Koujima Naduki
 - Takarai Rihito
 - Ichijou Lemon
 - Nekono Mariko
 - Ogura Muku
 - Kanbe Akira
 - Yamada Papiko
 - Kakine

Thursday, August 22, 2013

801 Menu (A.K.A. Dictionary)

The following is a collection of terms that us fellow fudanshi and fujoshi, or yaoi lovers, use and see often in our adventures (This is also WIP.):

Boy's Love (BL) = Literally, a homosexual relationship between two male persons. In Japanese, BL is literally translated "shounen-ai". It is not as graphic as yaoi.

Shounen-Ai = Defined above. :)

Yaoi = Pronounced "yah-oh-ee/yow-ee". Also known as Boy's Love, it is a Japanese acronym that stands for Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi ("No peak [climax], no fall [punch line], no meaning.") It is slightly different from shounen-ai, which is considered less "hardcore" than yaoi in a sexual sense.


801 = This set of numbers is a play off of the pronunciation of the word "yaoi". In Japanese, 8 is "ya" when counting objects, 0 is, well, "oh", and 1 in standard counting begins with the sound "i", like how we say the letter "e" by itself. So when you see "801", that's always yaoi coming ahead.

Seme = Literally "to attack" or "top", it stands for the male position in a sexual relationship. Also called "tachi," or "sword," as a play on the meaning of "to attack".

Uke = Literally "to recieve" or "bottom", it stands for the female position in a sexual relationship. Also called "neko," or "cat," as the position an uke can take during sexual intercourse.

More terms to come! :D