What is gay bara comics?

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Gay bara comics, also known as gei bara, bara, or men's love (ML), are a subgenre of manga that depict sexual relationships between characters who are typically muscular, hairy, and rugged. The term "bara" derives from the Japanese word for "rose," which was used to refer to gay pornography in the mid-20th century.

Unlike yaoi or boys' love (BL) manga, which are often designed for a female audience and focus on romantic relationships between pretty and feminine male characters, gay bara comics are created by and for gay men and often explore explicit and fetishistic themes related to masculinity, power dynamics, and kinks such as BDSM, wrestling, and manly passion.

Some of the most popular gay bara artists include Gengoroh Tagame, Jiraiya, Takeshi Matsu, and Seizoh Ebisubashi, whose work often features hyper-realistic and detailed depictions of muscular bodies and dynamic sex scenes. While gay bara comics have a loyal following in Japan and abroad, they can be controversial and divisive due to their graphic content and perceived objectification of male bodies.