noun
yaoi; boys' love media
A genre of fictional works, primarily manga, anime, and novels, focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically created by and for women. The term originates from the phrase ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし (no climax, no punchline, no meaning), originally used in doujinshi circles.
彼女はやおい漫画をよく読んでいる。
She often reads yaoi manga.
同人誌即売会でやおい本を買った。
I bought a yaoi doujinshi at the comic convention.
The female-female equivalent genre, often called 'yuri' or 'girls' love'.
From the phrase ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし (no climax, no punchline, no meaning), coined in doujinshi circles to describe early amateur works that focused on male-male relationships without complex plots.