>>43196287Yaoi is an old term for self published fanworks consisting of a sex scene and little else usually due to page limitations and horny (if you wanted a full romance then prose doujinshi covered it). Shoujo means 'girls' and is a demographic under which some BL fall because BL is written for a female audience. Geikomi are comics for gays, Bara was a single magazine of these cited as a breakthrough publication but not a genre. Geikomi and BL have a lot of crossover these days so some publishers divide them up into dramas, gachimuchi (chubby muscly), and real life trivia for gay interest, and idealised or fantasy romances on the other side for whoever wants it.
Josei, the adult form of shoujo demographic, is less distinct as many series by female mangaka will feature in magazines labelled as seinen but have cross appeal. In a similar way to shounen getting stereotyped as only battle or harem series seinen gets pigeonholed as ecchi ultraviolence with hamfisted political themes, when the reality is there's too many publishers touting the demographic for all older readers to generalise. There's a constant phenomenon of seinen manga being dubbed shoujoshit in the west because it's romance with a female protagonist or features a group of cute men. It's more likely for a BL to be considered josei but BL manga do jump from genre mags to seinen mags because seinen is such a marketing free for all.
Shoujo and josei are still alive as ever though. The problem English speakers face is the attitude towards them that kills translation and exposure. It's a death sentence. Yumejoshi (husbandofags) are typecast as otome fans only because otome game (dating sims where you play the little girl) adaptations have boomed through Crunchyroll and Funimation, and we're now aware of the screaming masses popular franchises have. But big idol series aren't necessarily otome, as drama CDs and rhythm games they try to hit all tastes. Yumejoshi just... like boys.
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