Thread: Gravitation

I understand Eriadd. I myself forget there's a difference sometimes.

Actually...... in Japanese terms Gravitation is Yaoi, just not of the hardcore variety.
I read an interesting article on the orgins of Yaoi on the net a few weeks back.
Appartenly the term "shouen-ai" in Japan is a very outdated term used to describe a brief genre of manga that was written around the 1980's.
Yaoi and "Boys Love" as it's now called in Japan, steamed from the original Shounen-ai manga from that period.
But over in the west, like America, the term Shounen-ai has now been adopted to mean the lighter romantic stories while the term Yaoi has been reserved to only describe the hardcore, nonstop stuff.
So yeah..... I don't know what to call Shoune-ai and Yaoi now.

Originally Posted by Hikari Sakurai

Actually...... in Japanese terms Gravitation is Yaoi, just not of the hardcore variety.
I read an interesting article on the orgins of Yaoi on the net a few weeks back.
Appartenly the term "shouen-ai" in Japan is a very outdated term used to describe a brief genre of manga that was written around the 1980's.
Yaoi and "Boys Love" as it's now called in Japan, steamed from the original Shounen-ai manga from that period.
But over in the west, like America, the term Shounen-ai has now been adopted to mean the lighter romantic stories while the term Yaoi has been reserved to only describe the hardcore, nonstop stuff.
So yeah..... I don't know what to call Shoune-ai and Yaoi now.

This is very interesting, I dont know what to call it either.

um..... i find Gravitation so emotional... i kinda cried... lol yeah i am kind of a cry baby but i just find it so romantic... my heart hurts like hell lol.... well my fav character is Ryuichi because i find him so kute!!!

well the anime is good the sence of style is also good the characters personals I have to double and I just like shuichi he is tight.
what I am saying he rocks my sox!!