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* BigBeautifulMan: Optional, though there is a particular fetish for \
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* 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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Also, the following examples are neither Asian nor do they appear on a quick look to be Asian-influenced, and thus don\\\'t actually belong here; anyone who wants to make a GayComics index, knock yourself out:

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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]]).

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]].

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* \\\'\\\'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.

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

[[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 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.

[[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:Other]]
* [[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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* BigBeautifulMan: Optional, though there is a particular fetish for \
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* 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]].
----

Also, the following examples are neither Asian nor do they appear on a quick look to be Asian-influenced, and thus don\\\'t actually belong here; anyone who wants to make a GayComics index, knock yourself out:

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]]).

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]].

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* \\\'\\\'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.

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

[[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 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.

[[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:Other]]
* [[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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