On Fanlore, users with accounts can edit pages including user pages, can create pages, and more. Any information you publish on a page or an edit summary will be accessible by the public and to Fanlore personnel. Because Fanlore is a wiki, information published on Fanlore will be publicly available forever, even if edited later. Be mindful when sharing personal information, including your religious or political views, health, racial background, country of origin, sexual identity and/or personal relationships. To learn more, check out our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Select "dismiss" to agree to these terms.
Girls' Love
| Synonyms: | GL |
| See also: | Yuri, Femslash, Shoujo ai, Boys' Love |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Girls' Love (ガールズラブ gāruzu rabu) occasionally spelled "Girl's Love" or "Girls Love," or abbreviated as "GL," is term used in Japan to mean the depiction of attraction between women within anime and manga. It can be used interchangeably with the yuri; however, it is primarily used by the publishers rather than fans.[1] On PixivEncyclopedia and by some fans, GL is used as a label to describe pairings by gender.
Notable Works
- Revolutionary Girl Utena (少女革命ウテナ Shoujo Kakumei Utena) - Surrealistic Anime, Manga, and movie.[2]
- Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers 青い花), Lesbian High School Drama [3]
- Citris - A 2018 GL manga illustrated by Saburouta.
- Bloom into you (Yagate kimi ni naru) a manga romance by Nio Nakatani.
- The Rows Of Cherry Trees (さくら並木,Sakura namiki) - A one volume novel from 1957 thought to be a progenetor of modern Yuri Manga.
- Maria-sama ga Miteru - (Maria watches over us) Novel and Manga and Anime series about a Catholic girls school. illustrations by Reine Hibiki. [4]
- The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - ( 気になってる人が男じゃなかった (Hepburn: Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta)) - manga by Sumiko Arai.
References
- ^ Interview: Erica Friedman, Archived version "While fans and artists sometimes use yuri, publishers use "Girls' Love," in English."
- ^ Wikipedia page [1]
- ^ Wikipedia page [2]
- ^ Wikipedia page [3]