@avy BL without sm** is called shounen ai bro. Yaoi focuses more on sexual stuff, shounen ai's don't. Those two are one of the main sub genre's of BL. Do some research before correcting me.
@Jinxx while you're right that it's the original meaning of yaoi, the meaning has changed in the recent years. Yaoi is now used to describe ANY bl, so most people think of yaoi as boys love rather than smutty boys love...I wasn't even trying to correct you I was trying to explain why that person thought so- it isn't there fault when the meaning changed in the recent years....
@Jinxx still sorry if my reply came of as rude or that I'm saying you're wrong, you are right but they had a reason too. Alot of people think yaoi is just boys love rather than sm** bl due to tiktok and insta jokes
