In this month's episode, to celebrate our birthdays: we're finally talking about Axis Powers: Hetalia, the fandom, the shipping, the less than stellar fan behavior and whether this titan of early fandom is worth watching! Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelfImportant Links:https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Our 18+ Discord: https://disco…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss naming conventions in the boy's love and …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by the super talented, Blerdy Otome, to discuss …

In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola talk about the career of famed mangaka Nakamura Asumiko, the perils of recommendations in especially early yaoi fandom and the performative angst that was a huge part of 2000s fujin culture. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelfOur 18+ Dis…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.In this month's episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss piracy in BL fandom, the death of …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf We're back with our first guest of the year: Sam from the incredibly important Fujoshi.Info and of several ac…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. We're back! Join hosts Amanda and Carola as they discuss the queer shipping side of some of your favorite We…

In this month's episode and the final episode of 2023, we're gonna talk about hauls, haul culture, capitalism and what turned hauls from social fun to social performance. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. This month, hosts Amanda and Carola are here to talk about a very "serious" condition: Fujin BrainRot. We're…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.Let's get spooky! Join hosts Amanda and Carola in a very long and very informative conversation about villain…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola talk about a podcast favorite: Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga. …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola go back to their roots to talk about BL fanfic, writing conventio…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola celebrate their birth month by tackling the important topic …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola are joined by famed BL and queer media scholar: Dr. James Welker, …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola talk about their experiences writing BL and yaoi, the "glamo…

In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola talk about their blindspots in the wide world of BL and yaoi fandom and discuss haul culture, overly enthusiastic fandoms and being in the right headspace to try new things. For more visit: theyaoishelf.com Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot…

The bell's ringing, class is in session! Today, your hosts are ready and eager to talk about school life BL, high school and university AUs, why school life series are still top of their class. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media cr…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, we're talking about fluff; why it's good, when it can be bad and why Amanda specifi…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this Season 4 premiere, Amanda and Carola discuss some vintage BL titles they love and promise not to jus…

Join Izora and Charls on a deep dive into the works of the incomparable KJ Charles, MM romance writer extraordinaire. If you think historical romance isn't your cuppa, you are incorrect! Izora and Charls explain at length why KJ Charles sets the standard for the genre and why you should be giving these series a try. KJ Charles titles: Magpie Sequen…

Just let teenage boys be crusty sometimes! Join Curio and Izora for a peek into Bad Boys Happy Home by SHOOWA and Okujima Hiromasa . Bad Boys Happy Home is a manga available from SuBLime. Titles mentioned: Megumi & Tsugumi by Si Mitsuru - manga available from Renta! and SuBLime Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato by Scarlet Beriko - manga ava…

Existential crisis in 3... 2... 1... Join Curio, Kit, and Izora as they review the Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer! In space, no one can hear you uwu. Titles mentioned: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Earth Fathers are Weird by Lyn Gala Enemy Mine (1985 film, non-MM) This episode is sponsored by DLSi…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, …

It’s Action! It’s Adventure! It’s Romance! It’s a viral best-seller! Join Lynn, Prof. Hot Mess, and Britt on a journey to Dick Fight Island by Ike Reibun in today’s minisode. Listen to the end for a special giveaway from Media Do International! Titles mentioned: Dick Fight Island by Ike Reibun – BL manga from SuBLime Yarichin Bitch Club by Ogeretsu…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. [This episode is sponsored by YiggyBean Books: https://yiggybean.com/] This week's episode is all about prob…

Join Izora, Koi, Kit, and Charls as they review The Scum Villain's Self-saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu! Listen to the end for a special giveaway from Media Do International! Today we learn one of life’s most important lessons: You can you up, No can no BB (你行你上，不行就别BB). Titles mentioned: Danmei Novels – all from Seven Seas Danmei! The Scum Vill…

Titles mentioned: Love Stage by Zaou Taishi and Eiki EikiBy BL Garden DFW

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. To celebrate October, we're going over some spooky and horror BL and ask the age old question: is this fetis…

Today in honor of Carola's 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, we're gonna talk about side characters and rarepair! Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Follow u…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode, Amanda and Carola enlist the help of very special guest and literal BL Scholar, Dr. Thomas …

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode, to celebrate us both being older, we're going to talk about the site's we left behind on ou…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Today we're going to talk about tags, tagging and whether this is indeed fetishization? Follow us on Twitter…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode hosts Carola and Amanda talk about queerbait: the who, what, where and why and ask in their …

"You think Darkness is your ally? You've merely adapted the dark. I was born in the...." JK wrong story. Dark Rise (not Dark knight Rises) is the newest novel by CS Pacat. Join Izora, Charls, and Mel as they discuss all it's twist and turns! Titles Mentioned The Lighting Struck Heart by TJ Klune All of the MXTX books published by seven seas Grainel…

This episode is sponsored by DLSite Garumani! Please use our special link: https://dlsite.jp/e3fr2bx _ And enter the code ‘theyaoishelf’ to receive 30%off on your first purchase when you register! Thank you to DLSite Garumani for sponsoring the show! In this episode, hosts Carola and Amanda discuss why many fujin are not so straight anymore and the…

Join Izora, Britt, & Lynn for the exotic and colorful title Birds of Shangri-La by Ranmaru ZariyaBy BL Garden DFW

Are Mullets trending? Is Mink Shrek in disguise? Join Britt, Professor and Charls as they reviewed the Mega-popular game Dramatical Murder! What about the Anime you ask?... We don't talk about the anime. Titles Mentioned Lamento - Nitro + Chiral available from JAST blue Sweet Pool - Nitro + Chiral available from JAST blue Togainu no Chi- Nitro + Ch…

Join hosts AuthorCarola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode, Amanda and Carola discuss seme and uke: the characteristics, the tropes and why it may not b…

Kit remind us of helpless ukes and handsome semes in this long ago title Skyscrapers of OZ by Takakura and Yoshino Somei. Titles Mentioned: Golden Cain by You Asagiri Published by Be Beautiful Honey Catch by Wang Tao Perfect Blend by Lucky Animals and ameray Hot retribution by Wang TaoBy BL Garden DFW

Come join Mel and Puzzle to learn why you shouldn't be a stranger to this BL movie!By BL Garden DFW

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode, Amanda and Carola talk about some of the tropes, roles and more in fanfic that we absolutel…

Join Izora, Charls, and Midnight as they review Like the Beast Available now on Futekiya! Titles Mentioned: New york New York by Marimo Ragawa coming soon from yen press Banana fish by Akimi Yoshida Available from Flower Comics Blue sky complex by Kei Ichikawa Available from futekiya Lucky number 13 by Yamamoto Kotetsuko Toritan by Yamamoto Kotetsu…

Gentlemen do prefer blondes ... or at least Riki does. Join Charls and Puzzle in reviewing this classic Ai No Kusabi.By BL Garden DFW

The Tyrant Falls in Love by Hinako Takanaga Hitorijime My Boyfriend by Memeco Arii Don't Be Cruel by Yonezou Nekota Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama Junjo Romantica by Shungiku Nakamura Fourth Generation Head by Scarlet Beriko Hey, Class President!! by Kaori Monchi webtoons Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane…

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this episode your hosts are joined by literal fantastic BL scholar Aeri of Queerioes fame to talk about a…

Mel, Lynn, and Kit discuss the ever popular title Given by Natsuki Kizu available on Cruncyroll Title Mentioned: Given by Natsuki Kizu (Crunchyroll) Dick Fight Island By Reibun Ike (Sublime) Hitorijime my hero by Memeco Arii (Amazon Prime) Dakaichi by Hashigo Sakurabi (Funimation) Junjou romantica by Shungiku Nakamura (Funimation) I Hear the Sunspo…

A beautiful story of romance, astronomy, and necromancy, Puzzle and Lynn introduce and discuss the webcomic Novae by Jen and Kate/ Kaiju. Novae by Jen and Kate/ Kaiju. Teahouse by from Emirain Triping over you by Suzana Marcum and Owen White Always raining here by Hazel and Bell O human star by Blue Delliquanti…

During our holiday break we wanted to share with you a true classic all the way back from 1978! Charls is here to tell you all about this piece of BL history. While this title is not a true BL, BL can tie a lot of its roots to this gem. ANAL All Nippon Airlines by Kei Azumaya - June title President Momoi kun by Higashi Nishada- June title Gaukun Ha…

In this episode, we cover just how we became the fujin that we are. We talk shipping wars, our first series and the things that made us into the proud elder fujin we are today. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more …

FINALLY. We're gonna do it. We're talking Gravitation. Let's go. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/…