Yuri refers to a manga/anime genre involving love between women, but opposite of what fans are expecting after the show’s title was announced, “Yuri!!! on Ice” subtly features love between men not women. Although it is not directly categorized as Yaoi, viewers can easily spot many Yaoi fan service scenes in the series.
Modern talking one in a million (yuri on ice yaoi)
The anime is really a treat for Yaoi fangirls but still some anime fans are confused especially in the “gayness” surrounding the show. If you haven’t decided to watch “Yuri!!! on Ice” yet, here are some reasons to push through with this anime:
Yuri has been around for a while. It existed in the 1970’s but only began to pick up traction in 1990, and then really became popular in 2000/2010. I don’t know the numbers for yuri, but in Japan the Yaoi genre earns about 200 million USD out of the nearly 2 billion USD the manga industry generates as a whole. Since yuri is less popular that Yaoi, you can imagine it makes a little less annually.
