Comments on: Are Korea’s netizens upset over Japanese boy-on-boy manga? http://indiehunk.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/koreas-netizens-upset-over-japanese-boy-on-boy-manga/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: indiehunk http://indiehunk.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/koreas-netizens-upset-over-japanese-boy-on-boy-manga/#comment-158 indiehunk Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:41:28 +0000 http://indiehunk.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-158 Hello Pii Thanks for the comment. Well, Hetalia does not include explicit Boy-on-Boy action, it is considered to be "BL," due to the fact that most of the featured characters are attractive male, and they involve in close male bonding actions. For example, the playfulness of Italy towards Germany fuels the fantasies of BL-lovers. Because of this, the Japanese newspaper in general has referred Hetalia to be "BL." Now that you mention it, the author may not have necessarily wanted it to be a BL. However, he does know how to draw up some attractive guys..... Greece is pretty hot. Hello Pii
Thanks for the comment.

Well, Hetalia does not include explicit Boy-on-Boy action, it is considered to be “BL,” due to the fact that most of the featured characters are attractive male, and they involve in close male bonding actions. For example, the playfulness of Italy towards Germany fuels the fantasies of BL-lovers. Because of this, the Japanese newspaper in general has referred Hetalia to be “BL.”

Now that you mention it, the author may not have necessarily wanted it to be a BL. However, he does know how to draw up some attractive guys….. Greece is pretty hot.

]]> By: Pii http://indiehunk.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/koreas-netizens-upset-over-japanese-boy-on-boy-manga/#comment-155 Pii Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:05:54 +0000 http://indiehunk.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-155 XD Hetalia is not BL. There is no blatent romance and sex going like your generic BL titles and it doesn't deal with being gay. Hetalia is a satire about history, which happens to be a popular slash pairing target for fans due to it's large and majority male cast and easy-to-interpret alliances/friendships between countries. But I doubt it was ever intended as BL by the author outside of satire and silliness. XD Hetalia is not BL. There is no blatent romance and sex going like your generic BL titles and it doesn’t deal with being gay. Hetalia is a satire about history, which happens to be a popular slash pairing target for fans due to it’s large and majority male cast and easy-to-interpret alliances/friendships between countries.

But I doubt it was ever intended as BL by the author outside of satire and silliness.

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