Does korea ban or dislike overt M/M relationships in its fiction?I know they have weird ruels around censoring knives and genitalia.Here's why I have this question.These 2 side characters (sinu and jake) are from lookism, one of webtoons more pop

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korea and BL Anonymous 09/04/24 (Wed) 22:14:51 No.3609

Does korea ban or dislike overt M/M relationships in its fiction?
I know they have weird ruels around censoring knives and genitalia.

Here's why I have this question.

These 2 side characters (sinu and jake) are from lookism, one of webtoons more popular translated manhwa.

I'll be blunt Lookism isn't really a BL. In general, romance definitely took a back seat, and the story has been completely derailed recently while it turned into a shonen fighting manga.

But there's clearly romantic tension between some male characters. Like its all but outright stated that one character Jay Hong, is in love with the main character Daniel Park. Jay Hong also was apparently disowned by his father for being gay, but this isn't explictly stated but only heavily implied.

But in contrast when a male and female like eachother, the story spells it out much more explicitly.

Anonymous 09/04/24 (Wed) 22:44:50 No.3610

Isn't that just fujobait?
Lookism is basically the Korean version of shounen, it has fujobait as much as any other shounen.

Anonymous 09/04/24 (Wed) 23:00:54 No.3611

i feel like an ass but i've never been able to get into korean webcomics as usually the proportions are so exaggerated and jarring, the way women are always drawn pisses me off too

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 01:58:46 No.3614

>>3609
>Does korea ban or dislike overt M/M relationships in its fiction?
No? It has an enormous BL webtoon industry.

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 02:03:52 No.3615

Dunno about bl, but Korean comics are definitely more prudish than their Japanese and Chinese counterparts. For example, the likelihood of a manhwa with “brother” in the title having incest is like a 10% chance. And even then, it’s probably inseki.

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 02:39:13 No.3616

>>3615
Yeah, I've noticed this. I'm a certified slop enjoyer and in all the Korean webtoons I've read I've ran into BR incest once and they weren't even the main couple. JP/CN runs circles around them when it comes to taboo dynamics.

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 20:51:52 No.3619

>>3614
i wonder if its because it would have some fans angry about it?

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 20:58:01 No.3620

I thought it was Korea where the term "bl drift" started, where web novels would slowly start shifting from het to more fujobait in order to grab that audience.

Anonymous 09/05/24 (Thu) 21:13:00 No.3621

>>3620
Never heard that term before but it's a nice descriptor of the phenomenon.