Episode 35: What is BL? Revisited

The 8OH1 Podcast

BL Garden DFW에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 BL Garden DFW 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

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This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms.

What makes a work BL? In 2022, this is a difficult question to answer. BL Garden revisits the topic of an early 8OH1 episode to discuss the the shift in label conventions, how BL is defined outside of Japan, and just how serious the "love" part of "boys' love" is.

Titles Mentioned in This Episode

Banana Fish by Akimi Yoshida
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a Girl by Azusa Banjo
I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero by Nore
Killing Stalking by koogi

Supplemental Reading

"The Author of "Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata" Tells the Secrets To Making Things Cute - When the love for your characters inspires you." | Pixivision
"Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas" | Japan Times
Kwon, J. (2021). The past, present, and future of Boys Love (BL) cultures in East Asia. In Transnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture (pp. 96-112). Routledge.

「Sponsor Information」

Rotten Blossoms is a LGBTQ+ positive publishing company focused on localizing self-published, Japanese BL/Yaoi/Shonen ai works for the western market.

Check out their amazing catalog and follow them on Twitter!

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