Media & EntertainmentJapanese-style 'boys love' dramas captivate Thai women
Line TV's 'Y Series' gains 20m viewers and fans across Southeast Asia
Line TV, a unit of the Japanese social media company, distributes more than 30 "Y Series" dramas in Thailand.
MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer
November 14, 2020 14:00 JST
BANGKOK -- Gay love stories involving two impossibly pretty young men, a long-established literary genre in Japan known as yaoi, or "boys love," have become a pop culture phenomenon in Thailand. The adapted Japanese import has captured the imagination of women and girls in Thailand.