What does “Kifujin” mean?
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Who is “fujoshi”?
- “Fujoshi” is the dominant customer of BL (Boys Love) whose share in the Manga industry has become so large that it cannot be ignored. Recently, many movies of which the main characters are “fujoshi" have been released. “Fujoshi” is becoming more socially recognized. More Japanese celebrities have publicly said they are reading BL works.
What is fujoshi emergent?
- "Fujoshi Emergent: Shifting Popular Representations of Yaoi/BL Fandom in Japan". Boys' Love Manga and Beyond : History, Culture, and Community in Japan. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626740662.
What is “Kakure fujoshi”?
- In addition, it is said that there are a lot of people who are “fujoshi” but pretending not to do so in daily life. Such people are called “kakure (hidden) fujoshi（隠れ腐女子）”.
What does “Kifujin” mean?What does “Kifujin” mean?
The meaning of the original word for “kifujin（貴婦人）" is “lady", and the “fu" uses the kanji “腐（rotten）" like “fujoshi". However, in the 1990s, the BL (boys love) market developed rapidly, and now this genre is an important sector for the manga industry.
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What is fujoshi emergent?What is fujoshi emergent?
"Fujoshi Emergent: Shifting Popular Representations of Yaoi/BL Fandom in Japan". Boys' Love Manga and Beyond : History, Culture, and Community in Japan. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626740662.
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Who is “fujoshi”?Who is “fujoshi”?
“Fujoshi” is the dominant customer of BL (Boys Love) whose share in the Manga industry has become so large that it cannot be ignored. Recently, many movies of which the main characters are “fujoshi" have been released. “Fujoshi” is becoming more socially recognized. More Japanese celebrities have publicly said they are reading BL works.
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What is a fudanshi or fukei?What is a fudanshi or fukei?
Men who, like fujoshi, enjoy imagining relationships between characters (especially male ones) in fictional works when that relationship is not part of the author's intent may be called fudanshi (腐男子, "spoiled boy") or fukei (腐兄, "spoiled older brother"), both of which are puns of similar construction to fujoshi.
