Tachi
| Synonyms: | Seme (somewhat), Attacker (somewhat) |
| See also: | Sex Position, Attacker, Seme |
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Tachi (タチ) 「たち」 is a term used by Japanese-speaking media fandom for the attacker in Girls' Love and/or Yuri media, including fanworks. In a way, it's synonymous with seme, though the terms have different connotations and use cases. In Japanese, the word is LGBT slang for top and its usage came before seme. Therefore, the idea of a Tachiuke (タチウケ) was completely possible, since tachi meant, "inserts during anal sex," and uke meant, "people who want to lead in sex but are passive."[1] Although this implies the word was once used in Boys' Love, now the term survives primarily in Girls' Love and in doujinka circles. The opposite of a tachi is a neko.
History
The word likely came from Kabuki. In Kabuki, the male lead actor is called tachi-yaku (立ち役), which also means standing role. Tachi (太刀) also is a type of Japanese long sword, and tatsu (起つ ) means to "stand up" or "get erect." Comparisons with erect penises were inevitable.[2]
Later, the word was used by Doujinka to indicate the role of a character placed on the left in a coupling notation.