We really need to address how Joseimuke Boys Love and Men’s Love are not the same thing and are distinct genres even though both feature m|m and are factually not even published the same way at Comic Market and Sunshine City in Tokyo. To not address the distinction between the certain BL studios like Nitro+Chiral, Langmoar and similar doujin software products that become fujoshi/fudanshi cosplayer outfits. Also suspiciously this wiki does not even bring up dansou, fujoshi crossplay, chuusei, visual kei punk subculture, women’s Otome style BL feminist media ties, Comiket, and how Gay Manga for men isn’t even in the same section is scary to witness as, it is part of the reason cosplayers (Cosplay is Not Consent) are harassed at comic conventions and similar events. The bishonen/ikemen and the shonen/dansei archetype are not even the same thing so please elaborate why this Wiki does not tie the Joseimuke BL content to its respective Otome/TL sister category. This is terrifying to me bc it’s not just “aesthetic preferences” it becomes dansou performers mostly please fix it. My Comic Market doujin software and comic circles in Japan are Heart Lock & Key and Broken Blush Dolly and I work with BL mangaka for girls. Commercial BL, Men’s Love, and underground BL with visual kei ties are not even the same content even though it features male-male please address this. Also why are hermaphroditic anatomy traits not even addressed for Joseimuke BL titles. It is causing misogynistic harm to cosplayer performers. Thank you. I have also documented Japanese doujinshi soft and Joseimuke BL categories that have been suspiciously erased in English as follows:
> Kamisama
> Tenshisama
> Kodona
> Boylesbian (not as common but exists)
> Ouji-san
> Erotic Body Horror
> Dansou no Reijin/Dansou
> Man Futanari
> Hermaphrodite
> Avant-Garde
I am not sure how to respond in the comments on this Wiki so I apologize but I will post it here:
I have checked the Yaoi part of the link you have linked me to, with shock. Its lack of relation to Otome and shojo manga is part of the problem I have identified. It doesn’t specify its shojo demographic or history at all!
However…
Thank you so much for this invitation and for your openness to expanding these terminology articles to make them safe for the community and more culturally accurate. It is incredibly validating to hear that the wiki is looking to build out these sections to become truthful.
As someone who works professionally in the BL mangaka and dansou cosplayer space, I have long felt that the lack of clear, in-depth terminology and demographic placement is a missing piece of the Cosplay is Not Consent puzzle—not just for historical accuracy, but for the safety and well-being of the mostly female creators and performers who bring these androgynous archetypes to life. The current ambiguity left up to interpretation often leaves performers such as me, vulnerable to harassment by outsiders who do not understand that joseimuke and dansou culture exist as a distinct space from media intended for men and manipulating fujoshi with forced transmasculine narratives is extremely harmful and threatening to female geeks in the community.
I would be honored to help develop these articles as someone who works there. I believe that providing clear, Japanese to English encyclopedic overviews for terms like shojo bishonen, the gachimuchi dansei archetype, and the nuances of seme/uke (attacker and receiver) will provide the necessary cultural context to protect the integrity of the genre and the people within it. It also lacks the nuance that these women’s BL characters call eachother Tachi and Neko like GL characters do.
I appreciate your offer of feminist support, and I will certainly reach out if I have questions about the editing process. I am eager to get to work on these pages to ensure they are a helpful, authoritative resource for the community.