Yaoi (やおい), primarily known as boys' love (BL) (ボーイズ ラブ ) in Japan, is a Japanese genre focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.

Yaoi also attracts male readers, but manga specifically marketed for a gay male audience (bara) is considered a separate genre.

There have many crossover titles between bara and yaoi in this section.