Fujoshi (腐女子, "Rotten Girl"^?) is a pejorative Japanese term for female fans of manga and novels that feature romantic relationships between men. It is also a homophonous pun on fujoshi (婦女子, fujoshi^?), a term for respectable women. The name originated with members of the demographic, who self-deprecatingly refer to their way of thinking, which perceives homosexual relationships between male characters in stories that do not include homosexual themes, as being "rotten". Manga )   (pl. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Look up Homophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

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Fujoshi are females who enjoy imagining what it would be like if male characters from manga and anime, and occasionally real-life male performers as well, loved each other. The label encompasses fans of the shōnen-ai (boys love) genre itself, as well as the related manga, anime, and video game properties that have appeared as the boys love market began to develop. The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Manga )   (pl. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...

Older fujoshi use various terms to refer to themselves, including as kifujin (貴腐人, "noble rotten woman"^?), a pun on a homophonous word meaning "fine lady", and ochōfujin (汚超腐人, ochōfujin^?), which sounds similar to a phrase meaning "Madame Butterfly". These labels were coined in the same self-deprecating spirit as fujoshi, but as fujoshi is better known, it is often used to refer to female otaku as a group. This usage is growing in popularity with the Japanese media as well as people who would not consider themselves otaku. Madama Butterfly (or sometimes Madame Butterfly in English) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set in Japan. ... Otaku ) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive hobbies, most commonly manga, anime or hentai. ...