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Although gay men’s general-interest magazines have published occasional manga stories since the 1970s, the first all-manga gay magazines to become commercially successful date only from the early 2000s. The two major commercial publishers at the moment are Furukawa Shobu (a publisher of gay men’s magazines) and Oakla Shuppan (a yaoi publisher that also has some bara manga magazines).
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You must’ve been a huge fan of BL or Yaoi manga. But what does Bara mean, and how is it related to Yaoi?
Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men’s general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called
