YAOI-TASTIC! Part 1 (of 1)
September 22, 2001
Author: NathanTR
The sinister side of yaoi that THE MAN doesn't want you to know about
This article was written prior to Ecchi Attack's existence, back when Sak and I ran an old site called The Fatima; hence the nonsensically outdated references to websites that, for all intents and purposes, do not exist and never have existed as far as the internet is concerned. All the old hentai-related articles were up on the former Ecchi Attack but, as I'm scraping the congealed human waste off the walls of this dilapidated shack of iniquity, I'm only putting the prehistoric shit back on if it's actually any good. Previous links are now defunct, as can be expected. ~The Editor
Welcome to the first YAOI-TASTIC update! What exactly is YAOI-TASTIC? It's a state of mind, a way of being, a state of being, a way of mind and every other fucking thing that was plastered over the OK soda cans. To put it simply it's about being horribly gay, you know OLD SKOOL FATIMA! You already know Sak and Ragu are horribly gay, but you must often ask yourself “Is NathanTR horribly gay enough for the Fatima?”
YES I AM, and if Dickchick vs. Incest wasn't enough proof, then this will hopefully quell your queer fears. YAOI-TASTIC is a series of updates that will continue
“WHOA, wait a second there Nate! I understand what YAOI-TASTIC means but what does its separate parts like YAOI and TASTIC stand for?”
Well I'm glad you asked! Lets start with the easier to describe of the two, TASTIC. Tastic is a shortened version of fantastic. Originally I was going to go with YAOI-FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC, but that sounds like I want to have sex with yaoi fans while saying fantastic and giving a thumbs up sign to all of the people watching in a subway terminal of some sort. Sorry that's too gay for me, even if it is a chick (More on this later).
Now to move on to the big one, which brings us to the subject of the day. YAOI. Yaoi is hard to describe quickly, kind of like the big bang theory. You can give a quick explanation (There was a big explosion, it's guys having sex with one another) but that really doesn't cover it all. Let's start with a full out explanation.
Yaoi
Abbreviation for “yama-nashi ochi-nashi imi-nashi”, which can be roughly translated as “no climax, no resolution, no meaning.” The characteristic feature of yaoi manga is male homosexual love, usually between characters from well-known stories. It is also known as “shounen ai” (boys' love) or “shotacom” (regarded as the opposite of lolicom). The yaoi phenomenon in some ways parallels the growth of “slash” fan fiction in the West.
Yaoi more or less began in the early '80s, associated with the magazine June. (Strictly speaking, June is a “tanbi-kei” magazine.) Today, there are several yaoi manga magazines, but doujinshis still account for the greatest proportion of yaoi in print. It is believed that doujinshis of the shounen soccer manga Captain Tsubasa were largely responsible for the growth of yaoi. As a result, Comiket is currently dominated by yaoi doujinshis, although yaoi doujinshis are thought to have already reached saturation point, according to a chairman of Comiket. Mainstream publishers are increasingly turning to yaoi anthologies to compensate for the declining sales of gekiga-based lady's comics. Nakajima Azusa (aka Masuyama Norie) is an important novelist and essayist specialising in the yaoi/shounen ai genre.
Abbreviation for “yama-nashi ochi-nashi imi-nashi”, which can be roughly translated as “no climax, no resolution, no meaning.” The characteristic feature of yaoi manga is male homosexual love, usually between characters from well-known stories. It is also known as “shounen ai” (boys' love) or “shotacom” (regarded as the opposite of lolicom). The yaoi phenomenon in some ways parallels the growth of “slash” fan fiction in the West.
Yaoi more or less began in the early '80s, associated with the magazine June. (Strictly speaking, June is a “tanbi-kei” magazine.) Today, there are several yaoi manga magazines, but doujinshis still account for the greatest proportion of yaoi in print. It is believed that doujinshis of the shounen soccer manga Captain Tsubasa were largely responsible for the growth of yaoi. As a result, Comiket is currently dominated by yaoi doujinshis, although yaoi doujinshis are thought to have already reached saturation point, according to a chairman of Comiket. Mainstream publishers are increasingly turning to yaoi anthologies to compensate for the declining sales of gekiga-based lady's comics. Nakajima Azusa (aka Masuyama Norie) is an important novelist and essayist specialising in the yaoi/shounen ai genre.
WOW! That's a lot to write about pasty white guys engaging in anal sex, and the person who wrote that didn't even mention the fact that chicks dig it more then gay guys in denial!
“Wait a second, you mean my girlfriend who thinks that porno is sick will probably like yaoi?”
The stats don't lie, my friend. BUT DO NOT TRY TO RECREATE YAOI IN REAL LIFE TO GET CHICKS! Believe you me, fucking a chick's brother in front of her will not help your situation any with the ladies - Unless you're actually cruis'n for cock, then ditch the bitch and take the brother with a slice of dad on the side!
“That's like some sort of sick and twisted game of lies. One second we're playing Scrabble, the next we're playing smear the queer and Tim keeps tossing the ball away right before he gets tackled like the fucking fag he is.”
And how my friend! And we've only scratched the surface, now let's go a little bit deeper into the enigma. Let's bring up a visual reference to work with.
