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Boys' love fandom

Boys' love (BL), a genre of male-male romance media originating in Japan that is created primarily by and for women, has a robust global fandom. Individuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities such as attending conventions, creating and/or posting to fansites, and creating fan works such as fan fiction and fan art.

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Fujoshi and fudanshi

Yaoi and slash

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Boys' love fandom

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples5
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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yaoi fans bl manga fujoshi fandom female men anime japanese gay women japan rotten slash also fan fudanshi heterosexual love

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
attending conventionsinstance ofIndividuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities0.80text
creating and/or posting to fansitesinstance ofIndividuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities0.80text
and creating fan works such as fan fictioninstance ofIndividuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities0.80text
fan art.In Japaninstance ofIndividuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities0.80text
fans of BL are referred to as fujoshiinstance ofIndividuals in the BL fandom may participate in activities0.80text

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