Etymology

shounen ai

Today it means: A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males. Full definition →

Japanese 少年愛
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from少年愛
  2. English todayshounen ai

Borrowed from Japanese 少年愛 (shōnen ai).

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