Calendarlive.com, a division of the LA Times, recently had an article about fanfiction or “non-canonical” stories that expand the Sherlock Holmes stories. In this article, the author references similarities with doujinshi and Yaoi. I never really thought that Sherlock Holmes and yaoi would be referenced in one article.

From the article:

“Only a small number of doujinshi have made it to America, but in Japan they’re the subject of major conventions. Many of them are straightforward adventures for popular characters from such anime as “Trigun,” “Rurouni Kenshin” and “Full Metal Alchemist.

But yaoi stories, gay romances between young males written by and for women, are enjoying a vogue. These tales involve not only Japanese characters, but Western ones, including characters from “Harry Potter.” “

Hehe, uh oh…the word on the Harry Potter slash is spreading. :icon_cool:

While the article is mostly about how the new Sherlock Holmes stories don’t measure up to the original, “real” stories, I found it quite interesting that manga was used as a reference. Is this a sign of increasing acceptance? Perhaps.

Update: The L.A.Times archived this article, so you can’t read the whole thing without paying.

You can read the whole article here

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