Fujoshi: Rotten or Respectable

Well, a Fujoshi is a woman who likes manga and novel with a homosexual male (yaoi or also called Boys Love 'BL') theme. A Fujoshi is almost like an Otaku, many Otakus are considered Fujoshi and the difference between them is forgotten.

The reality is that Otaku means being a fan of something, so if you’re Fujoshi you are an Otaku, but it doesn’t mean it’s the same the other way around. Anyway, they are almost synonymous in Japan and if you ask what a Fujoshi is, the answer will be a female Otaku, although it cautions that not all yaoi fans are otaku, as there are some more casual readers.

Men who, like fujoshi, enjoy imagining relationships between characters in fictional works when that relationship is not part of the author's intent may be called fudanshi or fukei, both of which are puns of similar construction to fujoshi.

The problem is that if you’re a female Otaku and you are not into that kind of theme, you might not find it very funny to be called a Fujoshi.

The movie “How to date an Otaku girl” tells the story about a Fujoshi (here, they are synonyms as the title describes it as Otaku), and shows the protagonist imagining certain scenes with her favourite male characters and her boyfriend or best friend.

One particular scene shows two singers who carry this theme and how the fans fantasize about them.

Manga and anime of this type are called B-Love that means love between boys. The industry has found a market in this and has created bands, series and games for the fans of this genre.

Finally let’s analyze the word Fujoshi:

Fujoshi=rotten girl
and
Fujoshi =Respectable woman

WHAT????

Yes, the difference lies in the kanji, because the pronunciation is the same.

腐 女子 = Rotten girl

妇女 子 = Respectable woman.