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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:31, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Bara (genre)

 * ... that the style of contemporary art known colloquially as bara belongs to a history of homosexuality in Japanese visual art dating back to shunga of the Edo period? Source: Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It (2014, Fantagraphics)
 * ALT1:... that in Japan, bara is a pejorative term for gay men roughly equivalent to the English language term "pansy"? Source: Gay Manga!; Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It (2014, Fantagraphics)
 * ALT2:... that a scanlation of the bara manga Kuso Miso Technique has gained popularity as an Internet meme? Source: ZakZak (in Japanese)
 * Reviewed: Polanie (computer game)

Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:04, 10 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article obviously good, hooks interesting - may seem basic but obviously the genre isn't widely known. All cited, though two from the same offline source (taken in GF because of GA status, presumably already checked out). Striking ALT1 because it's about the word "bara" rather than the actual genre - if rephrased to be the etymology, another alt hook would be ok. Out of ALT0 and ALT2, ALT0 (original hook) is preferred because its definitely about the genre and not just one work of the genre (which is framed as a meme, to boot). Kingsif (talk) 17:20, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for reviewing! My preference is for ALT0 as well. Morgan695 (talk) 15:46, 12 April 2019 (UTC)