Old Irish: Í: island bres: beauty, worth, great, mighty.ĭespite the similarity, the name of the country Brazil has no connection to the mythical islands. The etymology of the names Brasil and Hy-Brasil is unknown, but in Irish tradition it is thought to come from the Irish Uí Breasail (meaning "descendants ( i.e., clan) of Breasal"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached. In the late 1970s, shōjo magazines devoted to the new genre began to appear and, in the 1990s, the wasei-eigo term Boys' Love or BL was invented for the genre, which replaced earlier terms such as tanbi, shōnen ai and Juné in Japanese usage.īrasil, also known as Hy-Brasil or several other variants, is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. The other influence began in the dōjinshi ( fan fiction) markets of Japan in the late 1970s as yaoi, a sexualized parody of popular shōnen manga and anime stories. Yaoi derives from two sources in the early 1970s, shōjo manga magazines published tanbi ( aesthetic) stories, also known as shōnen ai (boy love), featuring platonic relationships between young boys. Works featuring prepubescent boys are labelled shotacon and seen as a distinct genre. Although the yaoi genre is also called Boys' Love (commonly abbreviated as BL), the characters may be of any age above puberty, including adults. Material classified as yaoi typically depicts gay relationships between male characters and may include homoerotic content. The main characters in yaoi usually conform to the formula of the seme (the "top", or dominant figure) who pursues the uke (the "bottom", or passive figure). Although yaoi is typically aimed at a female audience, the genre also attracts some male readers however, manga aimed at a gay male audience ( bara) is considered a separate genre. Yaoi ( / ˈ j aʊ i/, Japanese: ), also known as Boys' Love ( BL), is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically aimed at a female audience and usually created by female authors.
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