2. Yaoi is fictional media that focuses on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships. These are usually, but not always, made by female authors and are female-oriented. It began in Japan in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s as an expansion of shonen-ai.
3. In fact the word Yaoi is an acronym created during this time by Yasuko Sakata and Akiko Hatsu. It stands for Yamanashi; ochinashi, iminashi, which means; “No climax, no point, no meaning.” There is also a funnier acronym made by female yaoi fans (fujoshi, which means rotten girl!), Yameta, oshirigaitai. Which means … … “Stop, my butt hurts!”
5. But as it gained in popularity, it grew to become a term that encompasses a wide range of things such as; manga, anime, dating sims, novels and dojinshi with both original characters and storylines as well as continuing parodies of mainstream work.
6. The main characters in yaoi are usually put into one of two catagories; Seme or Uke. The Seme male is the dominant one. He will pursue the Uke, take the leads and generally be the spoon ;3 The Uke is the submissive partner. Always on the bottom, very shy and will blush…. ….. A lot.
9. Questions: Q: Yaoi is sometimes referred to as 801, what does this stand for? A: The reason being that 8 = ya in short reading, 0=o and 1=i. Q: Name the Yaoi Pair that go with these abbreviations – SPIRK, WINCEST and THE FRYING PANGLE? A: Spock/Kirk from Star Trek, Winchester Brothers from Supernatural and Austria/Prussia/Hungary from Hetalia: Axis Powers Q: In Yaoi what is the name for the Yoghurt Pot and what is the name for the Spoon? Yoghurt Pot = Uke & Spoon = Seme