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&#;Go For It, Nakamura!&#; Is an Adorable Comic About a Gay Japanese Teen
It’s almost like we’re in a modern renaissance of queer anime and manga (or Japanese animation and comics). Titles like My Brother’s Husband, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness and Yuri!!! on Ice have broken out to become mainstream hits. The latest unleash that has us excited is Go For It, Nakamura!, a manga about a young gay teen who tries to work up the courage to befriend his crush.
The English-language edition of Go For It, Nakamura! came out on July 3, and it’s already been getting positive reviews. The novel collects the original story, published in the Boys-Love (also known as yaoi or BL, the genre name for comics for women about gay men) comics anthology Opera.
Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei, tells the story of Nakamura, a timid high-schooler who falls in love with Hirose, his classmate. Unfortunately, they don’t know each other, and Nakamura would desperately love to change that — but he’s worried that his klutziness might turn Hirose off. Also, Nakamura has a pet octopus. (That
The popularity of gay manga in Japan: What are ‘Bara’ and ‘Yaoi’ and who are its fans?
While the topics covered in Japanese anime and manga are seemingly endless, if recent hits like "Yuri on Ice" (), or "My Brother’s Husband" () are any indication, gay and homoerotic relationships fill an extremely popular niche in manga plotlines.
But, "My Brother’s Husband" (which was was remade last year into an NHK drama) and "Yuri on Ice" are only the tip of the iceberg. Earn ready to blush, gasp and kyaaa! as we delve into why gay manga is so popular, and how to navigate an already huge international fandom.
Gay manga subgenres: BL and Bara
Gay manga has two major subgenres, not to mention the gigantic variety of plotlines ranging from futuristic dystopian societies to gay cops fighting crime and finding love. "Yuri on Ice" and "My Brother’s Husband" are wonderful examples of these two subgenres.
"Yuri on Ice," a light-hearted love story between a retired master Russian figure skater and his Japanese apprentice, falls under “BL,” or “Boys’ Love” which is a direct translation of shonen’ai (
From my memory, it always felt appreciate BL anime existed as a genre for as distant as I can remember. Before BL dramas or movies became mainstream, BL animes and mangas were like the first frontier, depicting male romances in fiction even when it was taboo in society.
In anime, the BL genre is closely related to yaoi or shounen ai, which are labels that describe a very similar type of story. Yaoi is more explicit, shounen ai is more innocent, and BL tends to be the best of both worlds. This genre is a popular niche among certain demographics. I don't love using the term fujoshi, which has somewhat negative connections. Let's just say that people with adj taste usually observe BL animes!
Despite its long history, there is surprisingly not a lot of anime to see in this genre. Trust me, I've done my analyze on this topic, searching high and low for some BL anime recommendations. You'd be amazed and disappointed at how little the selection there is compared to all the other genres.
And since the selection is so petite, this makes it even harder for a good anime series to appear along.
Bara Genre
"A rose by any other name would be just as muscular."
Barais a Japanese genre of manga and art, usually (though not exclusively) made by and for gay or bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei komi" (gay comics), "gay manga", or "men's love". Notice that, like most Manga Demographics, Barais defined in terms of the goal audience, notthe authors or the subject matter; there are women who verb Baraand are published in Baramagazines. By contrast, the unique few stories by gay male authors about gay men which are intended for a general (presumptively heterosexual) audience are not usually classified as Bara.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. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called Barazoku (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term Yurizoku (lit. lily tribe) that later became Yuri. It