gay male romance fiction bara 薔薇 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18655723 A genre of Japanese comic art which focuses on male same-sex love, as created primarily by gay men for a gay male audience. Bara can vary in visual style and plot, but typically features masculine men with varying degrees of muscle, body fat, and body hair, akin to bear or bodybuilding culture. While bara is typically pornographic, the genre has also depicted romantic and autobiographical subject material, as it acknowledges the varied reactions to homosexuality in modern Japan. gay manga gay male erotic fiction