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April 21, 2026Japanese Cultural Studies

Azusa Nakajima and the Era of JUNE Focusing on Nakajima’s ‘Yaoi’ Critique in 1990s

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This paper examines Azusa Nakajima's critiques of yaoi and their influence on the boys love genre as presented in JUNE.
Analyzed Nakajima's publications focusing on yaoi critiques in relation to JUNE magazine and its historical context.
Compared Nakajima's perspectives with contemporaneous cultural phenomena, like otaku culture and amateur doujinshi.
Nakajima's critiques reveal a significant cultural discontinuity in the history of boys love in Japan.
Her views positioned yaoi as a discommunication fantasy rather than a subversion of power dynamics in JUNE.
The influence of Nakajima's critique has been overshadowed by the rise of amateur doujinshi culture.

Implication

This analysis highlights Nakajima's critique of yaoi in JUNE, indicating its profound cultural implications.

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Hyojin Kim (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e9b77885696592c86eb501 https://doi.org/10.18075/jcs..98.202604.005

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