Yami no Matsuei.. Wouldn't really consider that as yaoi, maybe just a shoujo anime with a little shounen-ai hints. Fav. pairings is definitely Tsuzuki X Muraki or Tsuzuki X Tatsumi. This is a great series! Both the anime and manga.. Would definitely recommend the manga series (anime can just be the side servings..). The author draws very nice drawings and her SD characters are fantastic...
Dir en grey fanfics.. any Dir en grey fans here? Okay, a bit offtopic but yes I am a big Dir en grey fan! They are the ones who got me started on jrock and I love both Toshiya & Shinya! Fav. pairing is Kaoru X Toshiya and Shinya X Die.. Agree.. deg fics are really very addictive... managed to find 2 sites full of their fanfics but finished reading all long ago so kinda taking a break back to my yaoi manga now..
As for yaoi, yes, I am one very obsessed yaoi fan here. Have a long list of fav. yaoi mangaka which just seems to get longer each days.. My most fav. being Nitta Youka. Esp. luv her Haru wa Daiteita series and When a Man Loves a Man series! Fav. character is Iwaki-san from Harudaki.
Hmm, wouldn't really consider Asagiri You as a shounen-ai mangaka.. She used to be a shoujo mangaka but later switched to writing yaoi novels and drawing yaoi stuff. One of my fav. authors too. She does great plots.
Ikoku Irokoi Romantan by Yamane Ayano is a great book~ Her guys are real bishounens! All nice and hunky.. pretty I mean... (sweat) As for Nanase Kai, not really into her style of drawings.
Basically, I read most of the yaoi manga released each month except for those with BDSM, Shota or orgy senseless plots contents or ugly drawings.. ~~" Tend to favor those with nice drawings and good plots... Nice drawings is a must though sometimes if the plot is very good I will close one eye on the drawings..
Have yet to met any fans who is really into yaoi here (sweat).. or is it I have yet to finish reading all the post? Since the thread reads "YAOI, maybe I should just start off and continue this thread.. (* ^_^*)
Here's a list of my favorite mangaka.. Anyone with similar interests please add more comment?? _(_^_)_ Would love to talk about anything yaoi.. It's a rather long list.. Probably will just name those I can remember.. too many..
Nitta Youka, Kano Shiuko, Tohjoh Asami, Yamato Nase, Higa Sakia, Enomoto Tsubaki, Asagiri You, CJ Michalski, Ishihara Satarou, Chitose Piyoko, Yamane Ayano, Monchi Kaori, Kajimoto Jun, Oki Mamiya, Odagiri Hotaru, Kousaka Tohru, Abe Miyuki, Shimizu Yuki,Takakura row, Kawai Touko, Shinba Rize, Kasuga Naoka, Takashima Kazusa, Hiiro Reiichi, Kaiya Tatsumi, Kanbe Akira, Takashi Kanzaki, Ebihara Yuri, Fuwa Shinri, Konno Keiko, Minami Haruka, Umetarou, Sakuragi Yaya, Ooya Kazumi, Sakurai Shushushu, Naono Buruo, Mika Sadahiro, Akiba Jiroo, Ishimaru Hiroko, Toramaru...etc
*Phews* Sorry for the long list... It's really just part of my list of fav. mangaka.. (sweat) New yaoi fans or people interested in yaoi but have no idea which manga to choose, you can try out series by that mangaka.. One very good site to check out the sypnosis or series released is Manga Bonbons. It has a wide selection of a lot of yaoi released, though not always very updated is a very informative site.. (^___~) Can't do without that site..
As for other yaoi fans out here, please feel free to add a comment.. _(_^_)_ I luv all kinds of yaoi talk... (^___~)