Yaoi and Yuri

Yaoi and Yuri – Stories concentrating on male and female homosexuality respectively. Yaoi is usually intended for female audiences and in such cases the guys will be bishounen. As the terms are currently used in the US, they refer both to explicit porn and to relatively non-ecchi love stories. (Yaoi is an acronym of the phrase YAma nashi, Ochi nashi, Imi nashi, which means “no climax, no point, no meaning”. That’s because yaoi porn titles tend not to have any kind of story or characterization.) The terms are also used more generically to refer to any real or implied homosexual activity or thoughts in anime, often for comedic purposes. For instance, Shinobu in Ninja Nonsense is strongly attracted to Kaede, though nothing ever comes of it. That’s an example of mild comedic yuri. Japanese erotic anime (cartoons) that focus on male-on-male sexuality. Japan termin.