Allaiyah's definitions

Hide

Equilly popular with former drummer Yoshiki, this former guitarist saddened all of Japan. He was rich & had a new album he was working on, hardly depressing. He came home drunk one night & hung himself with a towel. Many believe he was murdered but it couln't possibly have been an "accident" A large museum was deticated to him after death.

Ironically, Hizumi from early Madeth Gray'll died on the same day. Also, a friend of Hide's from early Das:Vasser died in a car crash on the way to his funeral.

by Allaiyah February 29, 2004

Eroica.

Eroica Yori Ai wo Komette is one of the few mangas that can be classified as both shounenai & BL because of how long it's been in publication. Starting in 1978 & still being written to this day.

When writer Aoike Yasuko took a long break in the 90s doing gawd knows what, she picked the story up again with a different art style. She actually managed to convert her art from retro to modern (sadly), & the fans still wait to see if Dorian will ever get Klaus, hoping to heck it doesn't end abruptly like her amazingly funny series; Ibu no Musukotachi.

If you're a BL/shounenai/retro manga fan, you've GOT to add her stuff to your collection!

by Allaiyah February 29, 2004

Ningyo

Ningyo; Japanese title for Asian merfolk. Once depicted as man-headed fish who cried tears of pearls, modern Ningyo are depicted like merfolk, only with webbed fingers & ears, long fingers with claws, razor shapr teath, & a bad reputation with fishermen for knocking over boats & stealing whatever they find. While Ningyo have a taste for human flesh, whoever eats their guts (said to be the best part)will live forecer but eternally crave to eat Ningo flesh forever.

Petshop of Horrors (OAV & manga), the latest Peter Pan movie, Mermaid Forest & Mermaid Scar (OAV & manga)

by Allaiyah January 14, 2004

Totetsu

Japanese name for Taotieh; an Asian creature somewhat similar to the Minotaur & Satyr, only it's tall & more human looking; save the claws, tail, & huge horns. They are agressive & ferral demons who attack hikers, goats, & rabbits.

Petshop of Horrors & countless Japanese original sites.

by Allaiyah January 14, 2004

BL

In Japan, BL is the "modern" term for Shounenai, deffinition meaning "Boys love."

No matter how you spell it, english or kanji, you will get NOTHING on shounenai on a Japanese search engine, save dead sites refurring to retro mangas from the 70s & 80s.

by Allaiyah January 14, 2004

shounenai

Retro term once used in Japan to depics softcore romantic relationships between men, aimed for women's entertainment (& not for mockery either). Some people who have touble adjusting or reading Japanese or staying updated still call it Shounenai, but now it's called BL.

Go to Google.om, switch settings to Japanese language only, type in BL. You'll gets tons & tons of links. For you buffs who know katakana & cut-&-paste, try adding wods like gallery & illust for picture BL sites.

by Allaiyah January 14, 2004

Tenshi

Short for Tenheishi. Japanese angels. Deffinition; Sky Soldier. They have 2 sets of wings & throw spears at people. Common tenshs of today usually have only 1 set of wings or 2, bt one set of wings are actually feathery wing shapped ears.

Japanese history texts & countless anime/manga/CG sites.

by Allaiyah January 15, 2004