What is Boys' Love?
1.
Boys' love (BL) is the common term used by the publishing industry to categorize works focusing on male/male relationships marketed at women. Historically these works were referred to as
-both commercial and amateur works
-works with no sex
-works with sex
-doujinshi about adolescents with little or no sex
-works in all types of media - manga, anime, novels, games, and drama CDs
-characters of all ages (not limited to 'boys')
-related terms such as
While early fans of BL were probably fans of
Gravitation is a great example of BL.
2.
Mixed with man love, creates
Man-boys' love
See