Its literal meaning in Japanese is 'boy love'. In Japan, it's associated with paedophilia and is an obsolete term. In the West, however, it's taken on new meaning to refer to the less graphic depictions of male/male romantic relationships aimed at women. More descriptive art and fiction are often referred to as yaoi. Female/female relationships are called either shoujoai or yuri, depending on how graphic they are.
Many people have different attitudes to its use. Others will demand you use the term BL/boy's love as they do in Japan, some will say it covers all m/m relationships, but most follow the above description.
Many people have different attitudes to its use. Others will demand you use the term BL/boy's love as they do in Japan, some will say it covers all m/m relationships, but most follow the above description.
by Kat January 21, 2004
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A Shonentard is a highly moronic teen or sad adult that loves and takes action shonens seriously (action shonens: anime that focus on mindless fights, lack of realism, dumb characters, and terrible everything, besides an occasionally good OST). Shonentards generally:
a). pay no mind to the fact that their show follows no logic and lacks realism,
b). act very dumb online,
c). consider seinen (seinen: opposite of shonen) that don't have lots of violence and fanservice to be boring,
d). don't like any realistic characters who lack a traumatic event from their past and are now motivated by friendship to protect the ones they love, and in turn claim realistic characters lack characterisation because of their lack of the aforementioned traits,
e). only care about their unchoreographed fights, what happens next in the senseless story, how cool a character is (character coolness to a shonentard is different from that of a normal person and usually evolves into becoming attracted to characters and mix and matching them into imagined relationships), and how good the music is, paying little to no attention to the real nuances and factors that make films entertaining,
f). buy lots of related merchandise and/or cosplay simply to boost their own fandom,
g). are easily manipulated by plot-driven shonens into thinking they're intelligent, when really they consist of lame battles of fake logic combined w/ fake emotion.
a). pay no mind to the fact that their show follows no logic and lacks realism,
b). act very dumb online,
c). consider seinen (seinen: opposite of shonen) that don't have lots of violence and fanservice to be boring,
d). don't like any realistic characters who lack a traumatic event from their past and are now motivated by friendship to protect the ones they love, and in turn claim realistic characters lack characterisation because of their lack of the aforementioned traits,
e). only care about their unchoreographed fights, what happens next in the senseless story, how cool a character is (character coolness to a shonentard is different from that of a normal person and usually evolves into becoming attracted to characters and mix and matching them into imagined relationships), and how good the music is, paying little to no attention to the real nuances and factors that make films entertaining,
f). buy lots of related merchandise and/or cosplay simply to boost their own fandom,
g). are easily manipulated by plot-driven shonens into thinking they're intelligent, when really they consist of lame battles of fake logic combined w/ fake emotion.
Various plausible shonentard conversations:
"Shonentard 1: dude did u c moribito last nite?
Tard 2: lol no try boribito"
"Tard 1: i cant wait 2 c wut hapens next on naruto
Tard 2: totaly i was so shockd when zibobo betraed the leef vilage. narutos plot twists is awesome"
"Tard 1: Bleach is geting great, Ichigo jus lerned the powerfulest attack yet, it completely destroied haf of tokyo
Tard 2: i havent watched bleach latly, i sorta like inteligent shows now like Death note, Code geass and FMA"
"Person 1: Hi, I'd like a some anime recommendations. I'm looking for something with an impressive plot, something that could make me think, some neat action (but not focused around it) and maybe some rather fancy animation or direction. Thanks.
Tard 1: most peopl say naruto but i disagree, i like bleach more"
"Shonentard 1: dude did u c moribito last nite?
Tard 2: lol no try boribito"
"Tard 1: i cant wait 2 c wut hapens next on naruto
Tard 2: totaly i was so shockd when zibobo betraed the leef vilage. narutos plot twists is awesome"
"Tard 1: Bleach is geting great, Ichigo jus lerned the powerfulest attack yet, it completely destroied haf of tokyo
Tard 2: i havent watched bleach latly, i sorta like inteligent shows now like Death note, Code geass and FMA"
"Person 1: Hi, I'd like a some anime recommendations. I'm looking for something with an impressive plot, something that could make me think, some neat action (but not focused around it) and maybe some rather fancy animation or direction. Thanks.
Tard 1: most peopl say naruto but i disagree, i like bleach more"
by donewithdumb December 15, 2010
Get the Shonentard mug.A shonenfag is a person who loves shonen (anime or manga for kids, with a very simple plot, nearly always about who's the most powerful and they last during decades (for example, DragonBall, one of the most popular shonen started in 1984 and they're still making new episodes today. ) a little too much and they're saying anything else is bad even without knowing anything about it. Similar to narutard . They're the opposite of weeb and they're sometimes referenced as normies. They often insult people when they find good arguments who demean their favorite shows.
Weeb : Hey, have you ever heard of "Your Name." ?
Shonenfag : NO I CAN'T, I NEED TO KNOW WHO'S THE MOST POWERFUL IN DBZ EPISODE 739, ANYWAYS YOUR SHOWS ARE TRASH AND YOU'RE TRASH TOO.
Weeb : Ok, normie.
Shonenfag : NO I CAN'T, I NEED TO KNOW WHO'S THE MOST POWERFUL IN DBZ EPISODE 739, ANYWAYS YOUR SHOWS ARE TRASH AND YOU'RE TRASH TOO.
Weeb : Ok, normie.
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Get the shonensexual mug.Shonen Faggot , a person who likes bad shonen anime and refuses to watch something else. Often said by weebs . Similar to Narutard
Shonenfag : I LOVE DRAGONBALL OMG
Weeb : Okay now watch Your Name. You will know something else than shonens.
Shonenfag : NO I CAN'T I NEED TO WATCH THE 718TH EPISODE OF THE 639TH SEASON OF ONEPIECE
Weeb : you shonenfag
Weeb : Okay now watch Your Name. You will know something else than shonens.
Shonenfag : NO I CAN'T I NEED TO WATCH THE 718TH EPISODE OF THE 639TH SEASON OF ONEPIECE
Weeb : you shonenfag
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