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boys' love 

Boys' love (BL) is the common term used by the publishing industry to categorize works focusing on male/male relationships marketed at women. Historically these works were referred to as June, but most commercial works are now called BL. It is used as an umbrella term for:

-both commercial and amateur works
-works with no sex
-works with sex
-doujinshi about adolescents with little or no sex
-works in all types of media - manga, anime, novels, games, and drama CDs
-characters of all ages (not limited to 'boys')
-related terms such as yaoi, shounen ai, tanbi, June, and original June

While early fans of BL were probably fans of doujinshi, most Japanese fans on the net these days appear to be fans of commercial BL work - there are over a hundred such works published every month, more than two-thirds of them novels and the rest manga. BL novels are immensely popular - the number of novels published each month outnumbers pmanga] tankoubon by about 2 to 1.
boys' love by Bunneh February 1, 2004
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boys' love 

Mixed with man love, creates NAMBLA
boys' love by Kung-Fu Jesus May 9, 2004
Commonly just BL is the replacement for Shounenai. Americans seem to have difficulty telling the difference, so here it is.

SA: The men are always effeminate both in appearence & personality, gay men didn't like it much, & unhappy endings were common. Contrary to perhaps even my own previous postings, this art is not COMPLETELY dead, some shounenai slips through the press. If it's new & fots this description, it's still shounenai.

BL: These days the men are more masculine both in looks & tude, gay men like it too, it's usually less dramatic, more sexual, & tends to end happily.
Shounenai: Ibu no Musukotachi, Kaze to Ki no Uta, & anything else from the 70s & early 80s.

Boyslove: Ai no Kusabi, BNSH, Gravitation, Fake, Ja-Dou, Psycho Blast.

Border line: Anything that lived through both periods. For example, Patalirro, Zetsuai, & Eroica are STILL being written & have made distinct changes to fit the times.
Boys Love by Allaiyah June 25, 2004

i love boys

Person 1: I love boys
Person 2: we can no longer be friends
i love boys by Ghfjfyfgjffffkgch October 24, 2023

National love country boys day 

I love national country boy day is the best and the hottest realist men you could ever find. Them damn city boys can't do anything.
"Hey guys it's February 27, National love country boys day!"

I love the boys 

A reference to the pure ched feeling when going bardownski on a rocket while packing upper deckies “I love the boys” is also a slang term for ferda
I love the boys. I love the boys let’s go wheel
I love the boys by ..&3&3 October 4, 2022

To All The Boys I Loved Before 

A romance movie that I love very much. I wish my love life was like this. Noah is super cute and Lara Jean is an amazing actress! They are both great! If you haven't watch "To All The Boys I Loved Before" then you're missing out! Btw Noah is very hot as a kid in the movie and he's hot grown up too! He got dem abs if u kno wat I mean!
Dude have you seen the movie "To All The Boys I Loved Before?
No I haven't!
You should watch it!
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