lily

Mbth: Yuri, ゆ

Nickname: girl love (GL)

Vocabulary Source: Ito Literature

Date of submission: 1924

Definition: The ambiguous relationship between lesbians and girls.

Scope of application: ACGN field

Audience: Lily controls.

Authentic lily:

There are many definitions of fake lily. Here are two main examples:

1. In the works of pseudo-Niang, the hero may be weak, which leads to the heroine (or heroines) mistaking the hero for the heroine and liking him. It is manifested as "girls fall in love with their sisters" and "Maria fever"

2, gender transformation, the hero may be transformed into a woman for some reason, and then the heroine likes the transformed man. Representative works include Girls Love Girls and Ken Pufa.

Lily and Jill:

Inspired by BL (love for boys), Lily is also called GL (love for girls).

The general view in Japan is that there is no exact definition difference between the two. Judging from the origin and development of the word Lily in Japan, Lily originally emphasized spirituality and did not exclude corporality, but some schools such as "Lily Kaori School" insisted on the definition of purity and purity of Lily. But according to the actual words, Lily and GL are used as the same concept in Japan. (The best example is Girls' Love Festival, abbreviated as GLF. This is the largest lily exhibition in Japan. According to the actual words used in official website, lily and GL have the same meaning)

In China, the word GL is mostly used in phrases such as "GL novels" and "GL radio dramas". To some extent, GL, as the classification of domestic original lily works, has replaced part of the meaning of the word lily.

At present, in Japan, because some people feel uncomfortable with same-sex sexual performance, there is a phenomenon that the lily that develops into sexual relationship is called "ガチ Lily" and the lily that has no sexual performance is called "ソフト Lily". (But in fact, this distinction is accused of discriminating against homosexuality. )

In China, the general view of most people is that Lily = ソフト Lily and GL=ガチ =ガチLily. However, for Lily Kong, who is often exposed to Japanese ACGN works, Lily =GL and Lily can be tolerated.