Yuri Genre: Difference between revisions

In Japan, this genre is popular enough to have found its own mainstream publishing niche. The term "Yuri" was coined by Itou Bungaku, founder and editor of the magazine "[[Bara]]zoku", a Japanese magazine for gay men, wherein he termed men the ''barazoku'', or "rose tribe", and women the ''yurizoku'', or "lily tribe". Occasionally, some fans use ''shoujo-ai'' ("girl's love") and "yuri" to indicate different degrees of explicitness. However, in Japan ''shoujo-ai'' refers to [[Lolicon|liking little girls]]. In Japan, yuri is also known as "Girls Love" ([[Gratuitous English|in English]]), or GL, a term created for paralellism to the male version, "[[Boys Love Genre|Boys' Love]]" or BL. However, neither term has particularly caught on like ''yaoi'' and ''Boys' Love'' did, so "yuri" remains used for everything ranging from works that focus on the cute and sweet side of lesbianism to full-on [[Hentai]] whose selling point is lesbians.