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This document provides a literature review of research on Boys' Love (BL) manga in Japanese. It cites several Japanese works from researchers like Fujimoto, Hata, Hori, Ishida, Mizoguchi, and the English language anthology "Boys' Love Manga" that have explored BL manga through textual analysis and discussions of genre and fandom. The review touches on works addressing the sexuality and gender dynamics portrayed in BL manga as well as fan responses to claims that the genre promotes anti-gay discrimination.

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This document provides a literature review of research on Boys' Love (BL) manga in Japanese. It cites several Japanese works from researchers like Fujimoto, Hata, Hori, Ishida, Mizoguchi, and the English language anthology "Boys' Love Manga" that have explored BL manga through textual analysis and discussions of genre and fandom. The review touches on works addressing the sexuality and gender dynamics portrayed in BL manga as well as fan responses to claims that the genre promotes anti-gay discrimination.

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Hata, Mikako. 2014. BL manga kenky no tayka ni mukete sakuhin kenky no gaikan to tenb
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Hori, Akiko.

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2013. On the response (or lack thereof) of Japanese fans to criticism that yaoi is antigay
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Horie, Akiko. 2010. Kurimoto Kaoru/Nakajima Azusa June kara guin saga made [Kurimoto
Kaoru/Nakajima Azusa From June to Guin Saga]. Tokyo: Kawade shob shinsha.

Ishida, Minori. 2008. Hisoyakana kyiku <yaoi/boys love> zenshi [Secret education: A pre-history of
yaoi/BL]. Kyoto: Rakuhoku shuppan.

Levi, Antionia, Mark McHarry, and Dru Pagliassotti. 2010. Boys Love manga: Essays on the sexual
ambiguity and cross-cultural fandom of the genre. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Mizoguchi, Akiko.

2003. Sore wa, dare no riaru? Yaoi no gensetsu kkan o seiri suru kokoromi [Whose real?
An attempt to organize yaois discursive space] Image & Gender vol. 4 (2003/12): 27-55.

2007. Msryoku no potensharu rezubian feminisuto janru to shite no yaoi [The potential of
delusional power Yaoi as a lesbian feminist genre]. EUREKA, Stokush Fujoshi manga Taikei
[Special issue: fujoshi manga system]. Vol. 39 (7): 56-62.

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