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The difference between Shonen'ai and Yaoi [as already been
asked](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2681/what-is-the-difference-
between-yuri-and-shoujo-ai-yaoi-and-shounen-ai-and-ecchi/).

However, I encountered a few more terminologies concerning anime and mangas
referring to masculine homosexuality :

  * Shōnen'ai
  * JUNE
  * Yaoi
  * Boys' love

What are the main differences between those genres?


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What is the difference between Shonen'ai, JUNE, Yaoi and Boys' love?


**Shounen-Ai** Literally translated means boys love. However, in these type of
series, it usually represents an innocent, non sexual nature of homosexuality.
Ex- 7-Ghosts.

(Taken from wikipedia)

> The term shōnen-ai (boy love) originally connoted ephebophilia or pederasty
> in Japan, but from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, was used to describe a
> new genre of shōjo manga, primarily produced by the Year 24 Group of women
> authors, about beautiful boys in love. Characteristics of shōnen-ai include
> exoticism, often taking place in Europe, and idealism. Jeffrey Angles
> particularly notes Moto Hagio's The Heart of Thomas (1974) and Keiko
> Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta (1976-1984) as being groundbreaking, noting
> their portrayal of intense friendship between males, including jealousy and
> desire.

**June** \- This name actually comes from a specific manga magazine and it
cannot be said as a genre or demographic per se.

(From Wikipedia)

> A manga or text story with male homosexual themes for women written in an
> aesthetic (耽美 tanbi) style, named for the Juné magazine.

**Yaoi**

> Yaoi (/ˈjaʊi/, Japanese: [ja.o.i]), also known as Boys' Love (BL), is a
> Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual
> relationships between male characters, typically aimed at a female audience
> and usually created by female authors. Although yaoi is typically aimed at a
> female audience, the genre also attracts some male readers; however, manga
> aimed at a gay male audience (bara) is considered a separate genre.

**Boys Love**

Yaoi and Boys-Love are basically the same thing and can be used
interchangeably


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Shonen-ai (shonen = boy, ai = love), so it's boy's love. Yaoi is mostly just
the physical side of the relationship between male characters.

June is the earliest yaoi (BL) magazine. BL means boy x boy relationships.


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