Define Boys Love Meaning

Boys' Love
Boys' love (BL) is the common term used by the publishing industry to categorize works focusing on male/male relationships marketed at women. Historically these works were referred to as June, but most commercial works are now called BL. It is used as an umbrella term for:

-both commercial and amateur works
-works with no sex
-works with sex
-doujinshi about adolescents with little or no sex
-works in all types of media - manga, anime, novels, games, and drama CDs
-characters of all ages (not limited to 'boys')
-related terms such as yaoi, shounen ai, tanbi, June, and original June

While early fans of BL were probably fans of doujinshi, most Japanese fans on the net these days appear to be fans of commercial BL work - there are over a hundred such works published every month, more than two-thirds of them novels and the rest manga. BL novels are immensely popular - the number of novels published each month outnumbers pmanga tankoubon by about 2 to 1.

Gravitation is a great example of BL.
By Bamby
Boys Love
Commonly just BL is the replacement for Shounenai. Americans seem to have difficulty telling the difference, so here it is.

SA: The men are always effeminate both in appearence & personality, gay men didn't like it much, & unhappy endings were common. Contrary to perhaps even my own previous postings, this art is not COMPLETELY dead, some shounenai slips through the press. If it's new & fots this description, it's still shounenai.

BL: These days the men are more masculine both in looks & tude, gay men like it too, it's usually less dramatic, more sexual, & tends to end happily.

Shounenai: Ibu no Musukotachi, Kaze to Ki no Uta, & anything else from the 70s & early 80s.

Boyslove: Ai no Kusabi, BNSH, Gravitation, Fake, Ja-Dou, Psycho Blast.

Border line: Anything that lived through both periods. For example, Patalirro, Zetsuai, & Eroica are STILL being written & have made distinct changes to fit the times.
By Fran
Boy Love
Slang term for gay teenagers.

Stories about boy love.. a.k.a slash
By Melicent
Boy Love
when band members on stage at a concert show affection as to illustrate a part of the song they are singing

well.. one time at 'the killers' concert, brandon showed boy love by wraping his arms around mark and stroking his face..
a lot of bands do it if you pay attention
By Thelma
Boys' Love
Mixed with man love, creates NAMBLA

Man-boys' love
By Barby
Man Boy Love Society
A society of pediphiles or as they like to call themselves kid lovers. It promotes sexual relationships between men and boys and works to make such relationships between men and boys legal and promotes pediphile pride.

By Missie
North-american Man-boy Love Association
dammed fagits

yall are some dammed fags
By Tildi
Love Boi
Is a man that is willing to anything for his girl and would put his life at risk to prove himself to her

You're my love boi, I'm happy I met someone like you
By Lucilia
To All The Boys I've Loved Before
The best romcom that has come out in a while. Includes the dreamy Peter K who falls and love with Lara Jean (who was never second best). You'll fall in love with the movie and all of it's actors especially when Peter puts his hand in LJ's pocket and spins her around. To all the boys is MUCH better than the kissing booth. If you haven't read the books then you're really miss out because they are so much better than the movie (even though the movie was AMAZING).

"Have you seen to all the boys i've loved before? Well you could really say that Peter K took her to the ski lodge and freaked it."
By Allina
The Rushden Lovely Boys
Street gang originated in Rushden Northamptonshire uk, became popular after the turf war with local gang The Higham Jimmys.

The Rushden Lovely Boys are known for their upper class uniform including top hats and capes.

The Rushden Lovely Boys have a popular twitter page and ofter advise the public of any issues occuring in and around Rushden.

I hear there is a fight in the high street - better call The Rushden Lovely Boys
By Marthe