Dedicated to the troubled otaku community, "motigi Bar" Night 3: A scared fudanshi

You can read my manga "Gay Fuzoku no motigi-san: Sexuality wa Jinsei da" (motigi of the Gay Sex Industry: Sexuality is Life) on pixiv Comic or buy it in stores from August 9th.

You could say I am a former professional athlete in the gaylimpics who got lucky. Experiences in that field? I had quite a few.

Anyways, today I received an e-mail from a man.

Let's go through this compelling e-mail together, shall we?

First of all, although I speak of my self as a hybrid & new-comer gay who enjoys gay videos and yaoi, I must admit that I do not know many authors or creators of such. I also am no expert on the uses and lingo of the community. 

I'll use this question as an opportunity for me to gather some new knowledge.

Certainly, the yaoi community has many things in common with the gay one. I think that both have a very long history and in both, you can see veterans calling themselves those despicable names they used to be addressed with back in the day when things were harder and they used to fight for the rights they have now. I, too, feel like it's something definitely bigger than me and that I could never grasp the depth of it in its entireness. It's definitely interesting, I'd say it arouses me as much gay videos do.

My guess is that in these very communities some people tend to form niches and it's only natural for different people who are not familiar with their beliefs to confront them and for these confrontations to lead to some controversies. And I think that that happens because there is basically no rule in those niches, as they were never meant to have any, being nothing but the extension of a comfortable place to those who created them. 

Also in the gay community, everybody knows that "this bar is frequented by this certain age, body-type and style-kind-of guys" even if nobody ever says it out loud. It's only natural for people who don't know about it so sometimes cross that invisible line. Think of a guy who likes "bigger" men stepping into a bar full of twinks. He would sure feel out of place.

If someone were to step into one of those niches and start up a fight with no respect for who belongs there, surely such a thing would only lead to confusion. If you think about it, I feel like most of the controversies are nothing more than an exhibition of the right to protect something.

As a Fudanshi (a boy enjoying male-romance works) in the yaoi community, you surely represent a minority and might feel isolated or scared by people fighting, but try and think about it the other way around: if people keep fighting like this, it's because they have many things to protect, and you should respect the entire community for that. 

And if you feel like it's too much, lose yourself in the gay video heaven for a while! Or, better, you could come here and watch some with me!

Don't run away!!! Hey!!! Wait!!! (Now imagine me clumsily chasing you)

Author: motigi

Publisher: KADOKAWA

Publication Date: August 9, 2019 (Fri)

Price: 1,080 JPY (tax incl.)

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