Yaoi is a Japanese publishing genre that encompasses manga, novels and short 
stories produced by female artists and writers for the enjoyment of female readers. 
It's a fantasy form which focuses on the romantic, emotional, and above all, sexual 
relationships of guys together. The word yaoi is derived from the first syllables of 
each word in the expression, yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi, which means 
"no peak, no point, no meaning,” and originally referred to badly drawn 
self-published fan comics (doujinshi). Yaoi is similar to the American genre of 
slash (m/m pairings based on popular tv series, movies or books), but typically 
with more of a visual aspect.