ボーイズラブ

noun

boys' love; BL; male-male romance fiction

A genre of comics, novels, and other media depicting romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, primarily created by and for women. Often abbreviated as BL. Compare with やおい, which is an older term with a more explicit connotation.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from boys love

See also: ＢＬコミック · やおい

• 彼かの女じょはボーイズラブの漫まん画がをよく読よんでいる。

  She often reads boys' love manga.

• このボーイズラブ小しょう説せつはとても人にん気きがある。

  This boys' love novel is very popular.