In Eureka’s Fujoshi Manga Compendium, there’s this interesting section where they list down the things a fujoshi must read.　They called it the Fujoshi Manga Bible.  I thought it’d be best to share the list down here for fujoshi to check what these women think are titles that we fujojos must read. I’ll also try to append what’s available in English!
Tag: mmf: 801
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#801MMF: What is Boy’s Love Manga (BL)?
“What is BL?” A question I ask fujoshi who I meet here and there.
“Schmex,” is always the immediate answer that often comes with an almost mischievous laugh.
“Boy’s Love and everything that comes in between” is the most straightforward answer.
“Is that the same as yaoi,” another would ask.
“That’s the girly stuff, isn’t it?” One girl would comment which often sparks a discussion on what really makes Boys’ Love.
Boys’ Love is a term many fujoshi are familiar with yet one that easily confounds them. At times, I wonder, if it’s something we fujoshi have taken for granted. Simply because nothing is as clear as Boys’ Love manga. But at the same time, it’s a term that non-Japanese fans haven’t warmed up to.
Most of us still use yaoi and we often use the two interchangeably. Yaoi is to BL. BL is to yaoi. That fact that the English wikipedia redirects Boy’s Love to their yaoi page is telling how, outside of Japan, yaoi has better recall. And honestly, I thought for the longest time that this was the case at least until I’ve started reading some essays on BL only to find its parallels and differences.
It seems that there’s more to BL than just yaoi. And yaoi is a different animal compared to BL.
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801 MMF: Happy Yaoi no Hi!
Ladies and gents!
I’m happy to announce that finally the 801 Manga Moveable Feast is officially open! 😀
As host of this month’s MMF, I would like to invite all you enthusiastic fujoshi with so many feels to participate in this BL manga feast!
Or, you can also join the contests in the website: name your kinks or name new webcomics. The prizes are, of course, lovely.
Ash is also giving away a Shiuko Kano BL Collection, so don’t miss out, all right?
It’s a crazy party this 8/01!! Â Let’s have a fun fiyaysta celebrating this Yaoi no Week! 😀
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#801MMF Giveaway No. 2: Name your kinks
Fujojos, wat do?
I’ve been stuck in a limbo trying to find some few titles to write about without knowing, what do you fujojos exactly want?
Well other than SCHMEX, I know you fujojos can get specific. A kink meme is a litany to our needs thus here I am asking, what are your favorite kinks in BL manga?
If you give me an answer, I’ll give you a reward.
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#801MMF Giveaway No. 1: We want new webcomics!
I’ve done this last year and we’re doing this again! 😀
Last year was so much fun and with all your recs, all of us spent some sweet time reading those awesome BL recs.
But we know that that there’s more out there. And there’s more that we haven’t read. As such, I’m putting up the polls again and pooling all your powers so that we can make a 2013 BL Webcomic Rec List! 😀
How to join?
Simply reply in the comments section below or tweet @khursten in twitter with the hashtag #801BLwebrec. You can also use the same hashtag in tumblr (or you can reblog my tumblr post with your answer)Â
Like last year, Â I’ll be giving away a copy of my favorite comic from last year’s list: Tripping Over You’s The Blue Book & Love Bites to a randomly selected contributor to this list! The contributor can write down as many webcomics as he/she likes however he/she will only receive 1 entry in the raffle.Â
The contest will run from today, 24 July 2013 until 5 August 2013 at 12:00 a.m. (EST/NEW York). That would probably be 2 p.m. in Sydney on 6 August or 12 p.m. in Manila.
So bring in your recs! Make sure that they haven’t been recc’d before! Check the previous list!