Finder Series

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Name:	Finder Series (ファインダーシリーズ), You're My Love Prize in Viewfinder, Finder no Hyouteki
Abbreviation(s):	Viewfinder, VF
Creator:	Yamane Ayano
Date(s):	2002 – present
Medium:	Manga
Country of Origin:	Japan
External Links:	Finder (manga) on Wikipedia
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The Finder Series (also known as Viewfinder) is a yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Yamane Ayano. The series is Yamane's breakthrough work, after she gathered her first yaoi fans with several well-received Slam Dunk doujinshi.

The story revolves around Yakuza, the Chinese Mafia and a young photographer who stumbles into this dangerous world during a job. The Finder series also made Yamane Ayano a household name in the international BL fandom, using tropes and dynamics that are considered typical for yaoi:

The Finder Series is one of those books that really captures almost everything that IS yaoi. It's got beautiful leading characters, an interesting story line, and a power play relationship between the two main characters. The character of Asami (the main character) is a huge fan favorite -- he's a combination of passion, coolness and mystery.

Example Fanworks

Meta

• Feilong – as I see him by clueless_psycho, a Liu Fei Long character essay for reflections_2 (June 2005)

Fansites and Communities

• club_sion, a Livejournal community for the Finder Series
• yamane_ayano, a general Yamane LJ community
• vf_writers, a Yamane fanfiction LJ community (member-locked)
• vf_kinkmeme, a Viewfinder kink meme
• fei_love, a Fei Long LJ community
• by_your_hand, a Yoh LJ community
• Captured, a Viewfinder fanlisting (archive link)

External Links

• Finder no Hyouteki | Finder Series on Archive of Our Own
• Finder Series on FanFiction.Net
• Finder Wiki at Fandom.com
• Finder Series at TV Tropes