PW Comics Week asks yaoi manga-ka Youka Nitta, creator of Embracing Love, a question that has occasionally occurred to me: What do her parents think of her work?
YN: Once I started writing it, I would often leave it lying around, to see what they would say. They avoided the entire subject.
PWCW: What do they think now?
YN: In the last few years, with the success of Embracing Love, they realize that I’m working hard and that my work is recognized by fans.
And for those who would disapprove in this country, she has this to say:
Even in Japan, reading boys’ love isn’t something that parents encourage. One fan (in Japan) told me that her parents found her boys’ love books and gave her a lecture. Later, her parents apologized because they had read [her books] and found there was a real story and actual romance. If young people like to read boys’ love, maybe more parents should read it. I don’t feel that there’s something wrong or bad about boys’ love. I want to communicate to parents that I’m not trying to write erotic stories, but stories that show human love and emotion.
