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Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].

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Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}.{{Yuri|Genre}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].



See also the DistaffCounterpart, {{Yuri}}. Contrast and compare with {{Yaoi}}. Example works that aren't Bara but attract a strong Bara fandom are listed under FanYay.

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* ''BuildTiger'' A doujin series written by GammaG.
* ''LegendOfTheBlueWolves'' is a rare, perhaps the only, yaoi OVA that has Bara elements. It mixes bara and {{Mecha}} together. It tells the story of Leonard and Jonathan, mecha pilots that are fighting in a war against the [[AlienInvaders Apocalypse]], while they go through all sorts of tribulations such as rape and betrayal.
* ''Manga/KusoMisoTechnique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").
* Kijima Hyougo is a female mangaka who writes a mixture of both yaoi and bara... a major slab of which tends towards the bara end of the scale. Definite notable Bara-focus stories include the anthologies ''Glocatore, Hokaku Keikaku'' and ''Bachi Bachi''. Also includes a fair smattering of not-so-softcore S&M, so please heed the warning!

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* ''SugarShooter'': An [[{{H-Game}} erotic]], {{bullet hell}} [[ShootEmUp shmup]].

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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-men_%28magazine%29 G-men]]'' is a Japanese magazine aimed towards men who prefer 'macho' or muscular men, also including manga. G-men's publisher also puts out most of the current bara manga magazines.
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* ''Manga/KusoMisoTechnique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").
* Kijima Hyougo is a female mangaka who writes a mixture of both yaoi and bara... a major slab of which tends towards the bara end of the scale. Definite notable Bara-focus stories include the anthologies ''Glocatore, Hokaku Keikaku'' and ''Bachi Bachi''. Also includes a fair smattering of not-so-softcore S&M, so please heed the warning!

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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-men_%28magazine%29 G-men]]'' is a Japanese magazine aimed towards men who prefer 'macho' or muscular men, also including manga. G-men's publisher also puts out most of the current bara manga magazines.
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'''Bara''' is a genre of manga and art for gay and bisexual men, usually (but not exclusively) made by gay or bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|ed trope}}, {{subvert|ed trope}} or {{invert|ed trope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.

Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]]. Note that, like most MangaDemographics, Bara is defined in terms of the target audience, not the authors or the subject matter; there are women who write Bara and are published in Bara magazines, while the rare few stories by gay male authors about gay men which are intended for a general (presumptively heterosexual) audience are not usually classified as Bara.

Although gay men's general-interest magazines have published occasional manga stories since the 1970s, the first all-manga gay magazines to become commercially successful date only from the early 2000s. The two major commercial publishers at the moment are Furukawa Shobu (a publisher of gay men's magazines) and Oakla Shuppan (a yaoi publisher that also has some bara manga magazines). ''Kinniku Otoko'' (literally "Muscle Man") is one of the manga magazines that focuses on this genre. Gengoroh Tagame is an example of a well-known artist.

Other popular and well-known artists include {{Gamma| G}}, Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Takaki Kyou has also got a lot of popularity with the kemono bara crowd. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).

Unlike {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s, Bara fans don't worry about {{shipping}} and are not so vocal about it either. Monogamy and chastity are usually total non-issues in bara, where EverybodyHasLotsOfSex as easily as they live and breathe, as if it were a hello or a handshake.

FanYay plays an important role on the bara fandom, since official works were quite rare until recently, so fans have to rely on {{Doujinshi}}, FanArt and FanFiction.

Tropes commonly associated with bara are:

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Always played dead straight along with...
** ImAManICantHelpIt
* BadassBeard: Optional.
* TheBear: Optional.
* BigBeautifulMan: Optional, though there is a particular fetish for "muscle gut" -- a muscular but flabby gut.
* BiTheWay: In quite a number of stories, men have revealed they have interest in or have had long-term relationships with women prior to them hooking up with their present male love interest. A similar situation exists in conventional {{Yaoi}}; [[EveryoneIsBi bisexual inclinations of any degree are often portrayed as the 'default' situation]].
* CarpetOfVirility: Although it is optional.
* DownerEnding: [[{{Mangaka}} Gengoroh Tagame]] is (in)famous for this approach. Some stories of his contain a BitterSweetEnding, but YourMileageMayVary on what you consider to be bittersweet.
* {{Kemono}}[=/=]FurryFandom: A lot of Bara works are also Kemono, or contain Kemono characters. This is by no means universal though.
* {{Leatherman}}: Though by no means required.
* ManlyGay: Bara is no country for [[CampGay effeminate]] [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]].
* PeripheryDemographic: Female fans do exist, to the point where a couple short-lived manga anthologies catered to both male and female Bara fans. In Western countries, sometimes the female fans run to Bara to escape the oft-unrealistic depictions of men in yaoi. A handful of female artists ''draw'' bara too, such as [[http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/user/dragmire/ Dragmire]] and [[http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/user/ivybeth/ Ivy Beth Gladstone]].
* PlotWithPorn: Done very well in most stories.
* RatedMForManly: [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]], yeah.
* ([[WalkingShirtlessScene Walking]]) ShirtlessScene: Sometimes this occurs even before intercourse is engaged
* STDImmunity: As all the stories are fictitious, condoms don't really matter...[[IkeaErotica not that they would hurt either]].

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'''Bara''' is a Japanese genre of manga and art for gay and bisexual men, usually (but not exclusively) made by gay or bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Note that, like most MangaDemographics, Bara is defined in terms of the target audience, not the authors or the subject matter; there are women who write Bara and are published in Bara magazines, while the rare few stories by gay male authors about gay men which are intended for a general (presumptively heterosexual) audience are not usually classified as Bara.

Bara can cover any topic but most focuses on romance and / or sex.
Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend is more likely to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes feature manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|ed trope}}, {{subvert|ed trope}} or {{invert|ed trope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time dynamics; e.g., frequently the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.

Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]]. Note that, like most MangaDemographics, Bara is defined in terms of the target audience, not the authors or the subject matter; there are women who write Bara and are published in Bara magazines, while the rare few stories by gay male authors about gay men which are intended for a general (presumptively heterosexual) audience are not usually classified as Bara.

Bara]].

Although gay men's general-interest magazines have published occasional manga stories since the 1970s, the first all-manga gay magazines to become commercially successful date only from the early 2000s. The two major commercial publishers at the moment are Furukawa Shobu (a publisher of gay men's magazines) and Oakla Shuppan (a yaoi publisher that also has some bara manga magazines). ''Kinniku Otoko'' (literally "Muscle Man") is one of the manga magazines that focuses on this genre.

Gengoroh Tagame is an example of a well-known artist.

artist. Other popular and well-known artists include {{Gamma| G}}, Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Takaki Kyou has also got a lot of popularity with the kemono [[PettingZooPeople kemono]] bara crowd. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge Female fans do exist, to the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), point where a couple short-lived manga anthologies catered to both male and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).

female Bara fans.

Unlike {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s, Bara fans don't worry about {{shipping}} and are not so vocal about it either. Monogamy and chastity are usually total non-issues in bara, where EverybodyHasLotsOfSex as easily as they live and breathe, as if it were a hello or a handshake.

However, FanYay plays an important role on the bara fandom, since official works were quite rare until recently, so fans have to rely on {{Doujinshi}}, FanArt and FanFiction.

Tropes commonly associated with bara are:

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Always played dead straight along with...
** ImAManICantHelpIt
* BadassBeard: Optional.
* TheBear: Optional.
* BigBeautifulMan: Optional, though there is a particular fetish for "muscle gut" -- a muscular but flabby gut.
* BiTheWay: In quite a number of stories, men have revealed they have interest in or have had long-term relationships with women prior to them hooking up with their present male love interest. A similar situation exists in conventional {{Yaoi}}; [[EveryoneIsBi bisexual inclinations of any degree are often portrayed as the 'default' situation]].
* CarpetOfVirility: Although it is optional.
* DownerEnding: [[{{Mangaka}} Gengoroh Tagame]] is (in)famous for this approach. Some stories of his contain a BitterSweetEnding, but YourMileageMayVary on what you consider to be bittersweet.
* {{Kemono}}[=/=]FurryFandom: A lot of Bara works are also Kemono, or contain Kemono characters. This is by no means universal though.
* {{Leatherman}}: Though by no means required.
* ManlyGay: Bara is no country for [[CampGay effeminate]] [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boys]].
* PeripheryDemographic: Female fans do exist, to the point where a couple short-lived manga anthologies catered to both male and female Bara fans. In Western countries, sometimes the female fans run to Bara to escape the oft-unrealistic depictions of men in yaoi. A handful of female artists ''draw'' bara too, such as [[http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/user/dragmire/ Dragmire]] and [[http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/user/ivybeth/ Ivy Beth Gladstone]].
* PlotWithPorn: Done very well in most stories.
* RatedMForManly: [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]], yeah.
* ([[WalkingShirtlessScene Walking]]) ShirtlessScene: Sometimes this occurs even before intercourse is engaged
* STDImmunity: As all the stories are fictitious, condoms don't really matter...[[IkeaErotica not that they would hurt either]].
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* ''LegendOfTheBlueWolves'' is a rare, perhaps the only, yaoi OVA that has Bara elements. It mixes bara and {{Mecha}} together. It tells the story of [[YaoiGuys Leonard and Jonathan]], mecha pilots that are fighting in a war against the [[AlienInvaders Apocalypse]], while they go through all sorts of tribulations such as rape and betrayal.

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* ''CableAndDeadpool'' comes damn close. In fact this could be combined with NaughtyTentacles in that one scene.
** Many muscular superheros who get slashed with each other in fandom could fall under this as well.
* TomOfFinland's comics can be seen as an early Western version of bara, as sexually oriented comics by and for gay men with a strong {{Bear}} or {{Leatherman}} aesthetic.
* [[http://bonesmen.blogspot.com/ J. Bone]]'s pin up work definitely counts.
* Ralf König's comics are basically German bara. The film version of his ''KillerCondom'' series delights in the trope.



* ''ChubPan''
* ''VideoGames/MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.



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* BlurTheLines is all about chubby chasing and bears. Completely runs on AuthorAppeal, showing lots and lots of plumber's cracks (he describes it as the gay version of cleavage).

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* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them extra packages. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[{{YMMV}} You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.
* CaptainGerBear.



* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-men_%28magazine%29 G-men]]'' is a Japanese magazine aimed towards men who prefer 'macho' or muscular men, also including manga.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Quaintance George Quaintance]], who is also known for his homoerotic art and was an inspiration to Tom of Finland.
* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s song "Mann Gegen Mann" is an ironic ode to this, especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQTQHMKFRA0 the video thereof]]. Highly {{NSFW}}.

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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-men_%28magazine%29 G-men]]'' is a Japanese magazine aimed towards men who prefer 'macho' or muscular men, also including manga.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Quaintance George Quaintance]], who is
manga. G-men's publisher also known for his homoerotic art and was an inspiration to Tom puts out most of Finland.
* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s song "Mann Gegen Mann" is an ironic ode to this, especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQTQHMKFRA0
the video thereof]]. Highly {{NSFW}}.current bara manga magazines.
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* ''KusoMisoTechnique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").

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* ''KusoMisoTechnique'', ''Manga/KusoMisoTechnique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").
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'''Bara''' is a genre of manga and art made by gay and bisexual men, for gay and bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|ed trope}}, {{subvert|ed trope}} or {{invert|ed trope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.

Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].

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'''Bara''' is a genre of manga and art made by for gay and bisexual men, for usually (but not exclusively) made by gay and or bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|ed trope}}, {{subvert|ed trope}} or {{invert|ed trope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.

Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].
Bara]]. Note that, like most MangaDemographics, Bara is defined in terms of the target audience, not the authors or the subject matter; there are women who write Bara and are published in Bara magazines, while the rare few stories by gay male authors about gay men which are intended for a general (presumptively heterosexual) audience are not usually classified as Bara.
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* ''VideoGame/MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.

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Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri|Genre}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].

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Bara evolved from illustrations and manga in gay men's general-interest (and/or pornographic) magazines, which partially accounts for the differences in style and tone, as well as the generally short story length. It is generally considered a separate genre from yaoi; many Japanese bara artists would be offended if their works were called yaoi. The term was popularized by a Japanese gay magazine called ''Barazoku'' (lit. rose tribe), the same magazine that coined the term ''Yurizoku'' (lit. lily tribe) that later became {{Yuri|Genre}}.{{Yuri}}. See the {{Wikipedia}} on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_(genre) Bara]].



Other popular and well-known artists include [[GammaG Gamma]], Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Takaki Kyou has also got a lot of popularity with the kemono bara crowd. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).

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Other popular and well-known artists include [[GammaG Gamma]], {{Gamma| G}}, Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Takaki Kyou has also got a lot of popularity with the kemono bara crowd. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).
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* MoneyShot: Could range anywhere from average to anything butbut.



* {{Tom Of Finland}}'s comics can be seen as an early Western version of bara, as sexually oriented comics by and for gay men with a strong {{Bear}} or {{Leatherman}} aesthetic.

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* {{Tom Of Finland}}'s TomOfFinland's comics can be seen as an early Western version of bara, as sexually oriented comics by and for gay men with a strong {{Bear}} or {{Leatherman}} aesthetic.



* ''Videogames/{{Meat Log Mountain}}'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.
* ''SugarShooter'': An [[{{H-Game}} erotic]], [[BulletHell bullet hell]] [[ShootEmUp shmup]].

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* ''Videogames/{{Meat Log Mountain}}'': ''VideoGame/MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.
* ''SugarShooter'': An [[{{H-Game}} erotic]], [[BulletHell bullet hell]] {{bullet hell}} [[ShootEmUp shmup]].



* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them extra packages. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.

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* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them extra packages. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary [[{{YMMV}} You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.
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* ''MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.

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* ''MeatLogMountain'': ''Videogames/{{Meat Log Mountain}}'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.
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* ''Kuso Miso Technique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").

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* ''Kuso Miso Technique'', ''KusoMisoTechnique'', a one-shot, was one of the earlier baras by famous mangaka Junichi Yamakawa, and the source of the yaranaika meme. It's SoBadItsGood. Because of it, the phrase "Yaranai-Ka?" is now synonymous with bara and gay sex (it means "Shall we do it?", but it's used by men only. If a girl uses it, expect laughs), hence its inclusion as the page-quote. A warning that this manga is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ("kuso" = "shit"; "miso" = "a type of soup").
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* Kijima Hyougo is a female mangaka who writes a mixture of both yaoi and bara... a major slab of which tends towards the bara end of the scale. Definite notable Bara-focus stories include the anthologies ''Glocatore, Hokaku Keikaku'' and ''Bachi Bachi''. Also includes a fair smattering of not-so-softcore S&M, so please heed the warning!

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* Kijima Hyougo is a female mangaka who writes a mixture of both yaoi and bara... a major slab of which tends towards the bara end of the scale. Definite notable Bara-focus stories include the anthologies ''Glocatore, Hokaku Keikaku'' and ''Bachi Bachi''. Also includes a fair smattering of not-so-softcore S&M, so please heed the warning!
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* Kijima Hyougo is a female mangaka who writes a mixture of both yaoi and bara... a major slab of which tends towards the bara end of the scale. Definite notable Bara-focus stories include the anthologies ''Glocatore, Hokaku Keikaku'' and ''Bachi Bachi''. Also includes a fair smattering of not-so-softcore S&M, so please heed the warning!
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* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean extra packages]]. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.

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* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean extra packages]].packages. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.
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Other popular and well-known artists include [[GammaG Gamma]], Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).

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Other popular and well-known artists include [[GammaG Gamma]], Jin, Kazuma, Manya, Takeshi Matsu, Inaki Matsumoto, Ron-9 (who drew the top picture), Takakunozomu, and Matsuzaki Tsukasa. Takaki Kyou has also got a lot of popularity with the kemono bara crowd. Outside of Japan, there is also Braford (Argentina), CaptainGerBear (Canada), Forge the Wielder (USA), Furry Revolution (Italy), Galen (Spain), Grisser (Thailand), Gez Tank Skunkrat (Mexico), Ralf König (Germany), Kupopo (USA), Kyuuhari (Malaysia), Rrowdy Beast (USA), and TomOfFinland ([[CaptainObvious Finland]]).
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* ''{{Rammstein}}'''s song ''Mann Gegen Mann'' is an ironic ode to this, especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQTQHMKFRA0 the video thereof]]. Highly {{NSFW}}.

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* ''{{Rammstein}}'''s Music/{{Rammstein}}'s song ''Mann "Mann Gegen Mann'' Mann" is an ironic ode to this, especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQTQHMKFRA0 the video thereof]]. Highly {{NSFW}}.

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'''Bara''' is a genre of manga and art made by gay and bisexual men, for gay and bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|edTrope}}, {{subvert|edTrope}} or {{invert|edTrope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.

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'''Bara''' is a genre of manga and art made by gay and bisexual men, for gay and bisexual men. In Japan it's more commonly known as "gei comi", "gei manga", or "menslove". Bara generally features mature and realistic(ish) relationships, rather than overly {{melodrama}}tic soap opera plots. Bara plots tend to be simple, short, and to cut to the chase, [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre If You Know What I Mean]]. Since AllMenArePerverts (doubly so [[AllGaysArePromiscuous if they're gay]]) plays it hard here, bara is always very explicit, to the point that "Bara {{Hentai}}" is a redundant phrase. Another important characteristic is that bara emphasizes manly and muscular (sometimes [[TheBear hairy]]) characters with varying degrees of [[BigBeautifulMan body fat]], as opposed to the [[{{Bishonen}} androgynous and effeminate boys]] commonly found in {{Yaoi}}. It also, usually, tends to {{avert|edTrope}}, {{subvert|edTrope}} {{avert|ed trope}}, {{subvert|ed trope}} or {{invert|edTrope}} {{invert|ed trope}} the {{Uke}} and {{Seme}} dynamics eg. most of the time the {{Seme}} is someone younger and much "cuter" looking.



[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''ChubPan''
* ''MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.
* ''SugarShooter'': An [[{{H-Game}} erotic]], [[BulletHell bullet hell]] [[ShootEmUp shmup]].

[[AC:Webcomics]]
* BlurTheLines is all about chubby chasing and bears. Completely runs on AuthorAppeal, showing lots and lots of plumber's cracks (he describes it as the gay version of cleavage).

[[AC:Web Original]]
* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean extra packages]]. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.
* CaptainGerBear.




[[AC:Web Comics]]
* BlurTheLines is all about chubby chasing and bears. Completely runs on AuthorAppeal, showing lots and lots of plumber's cracks (he describes it as the gay version of cleavage).

[[AC:Web Original]]
* A new TomOfFinland, Israeli {{Deviant ART}}ist [[http://davidkawena.deviantart.com/ David Kawena]], is infamous around the internet for making extremely well done and detailed drawings of muscular "Disney Princes" in speedos, also giving them [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean extra packages]]. Please keep your inner childhoods in check. [[YourMileageMayVary You will either be inherently aroused or scarred for life]], as {{Rule 34}} is wont to do.
* CaptainGerBear.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''ChubPan''
* ''MeatLogMountain'': A Dating Sim game with phallic & homoerotic imagery and manly men literally everywhere.
* ''SugarShooter'': An [[{{H-Game}} erotic]], [[BulletHell bullet hell]] [[ShootEmUp shmup]].

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