Over the past years, love stories depicted in literature and movies have almost become boring clichés. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, they live happily ever after (or some variation of this). But what if boy meets boy and they fall in love, don’t they deserve to be happy, too? Yes, they do! Hey, welcome to 2022 when, after the global health crisis struck, we presumably have embraced everything unexpected, and hopefully even the unforeseen turn of typical love stories, including the Boys’ Love phenomenon.
The boys’ love genre (or simply BL) has become increasingly popular and has rapidly become a global phenomenon. This genre, which originated from a Japanese manga, anime, and video games series, depicts the amorous love of two male characters, usually in a sexually candid form. The increasing interest of young enthusiasts in masculine homoerotic storylines inspired…
