yaoi やおい shōnen-ai 少年愛 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi#Sh%C5%8Dnen-ai A narrative or visual work featuring a romance between two or more males. The term shōnen-ai ("boy love") originally connoted ephebophilia or pederasty in Japan, but from the early 1970s to the late 1980s, was used to describe a new genre of shōjo manga, primarily produced by the Year 24 Group of women authors, about beautiful boys in love. Characteristics of shōnen-ai include exoticism, often taking place in Europe, and idealism. shonen ai shonen-ai shōnen-ais