Yaoi[nb 1] juga dikenali sebagai wasei eigo dari perkataan boys' love (ボーイズ ラブ, bōizu rabu) atau singkatannya BL (ビーエル, bīeru) ialah genre media fiksyen berasal dari Jepun yang mempamerkan hubungan homoerotik antara watak-watak lelaki.
Contoh karya seni Shōnen-ai, asal terbit di Animexx
Walaupun ianya dipasarkan hanya untuk golongan wanita dan dihasilkan oleh wanita, namun ianya juga menarik peminat lelaki dan dihasilkan oleh mereka juga. Antara media yang mempamerkan Yaoi termasuklah manga, anime, drama CD, novel, permainan video, rancangan TV, filem dan karya peminat.
Dalam sebutan Jepun halus, kesemua tiga suku kata disebut berasingan, bagi tiga perkataan mora, [ja.o.i]. Bahasa Inggeris YAH-oy.
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