From Japaneseやおい(yaoi), an abbreviation of "Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし (“no climax, no point, no meaning”)). Support Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the wordyaoi. ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Wikipedia AcronymDefinition YAOIYama Nashi, Ochi Nashi, Imi Nashi(Japanese roughly meaning: no climax, no resolution, no meaning) YAOIYoung Academics on Ice(Yaoi anime faux explanation) ...
Yaoi is considered a Japanese term, but it was derived as an acronym to represent the Japanese phrase “yamanashi ochinashi, iminashi” which translates in English to “no climax, no point, no meaning.” The defining factor of “yaoi” is that the story and drawings always focus on the ...
Yaoi (やおい?)[nb 1] also known as Boys' Love, is a popular Japanese term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by female authors. Originally referring to a specific type of dōji
Yaoi manga is a genre of Japanese comics and graphic novels that primarily features male-male romantic and sexual relationships. The term “Yaoi” is an acronym for “yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi,” which translates to “no climax, no point, no meaning.” However, this phrase is used...
queer existence uses time and space in a form that challenges the normative ideals of development and maturity, and growth and responsibility, perhaps we may be able to identify the reason why the “no climax, no punch line, no meaning” of yaoi depicts existence in the “here and now,”...
No point, No meaning, No Climax Yaoi (???) is a genre that focuses on male/male relationships. The genre originated in Japan and encompasses manga, anime, novels and dojinshi. Boys Love (???, Boizu Rabu?, but usually rendered as English, occasionally spelled Boy's Love or Boys' ...
Yaoi manga are a type of Japanese media where many yaoi anime are adapted from. Yaoi typically includes some element of ‘ecchi’, which means dirty or naughty in a sexy way, but also centres on the romantic story between male characters. ...
An Introduction to Japanese Subcultures View Course I can still clearly recall what motivated me to draw that: I had a desire. First, I loved those male anime characters. Second, because I loved them, I wanted to get my hands on them in a concrete way—in other words, I wanted to eng...
The word yaoi is derived from the first syllables of each word in the expression, "yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi," which means "no peak, no point, no meaning," and originally referred to self-published fan comics (dōjinshi). Later, it came to be used for dōjinshi with sexual ...