With a complete focus on yaoi themes and exclusive related interests, fans of this particular genre did not hold their breaths when it came to active audience participation.  The discussions roamed free and numerous questions were answered in what was a clear and determined effort to be as informative and educational as possible about an area that raises many eyebrows.

Yaoi-con 2004
Panels and Discussions

Bleach: Another great manga series hits the streets and achieves fandom spotlight.  Panelists discussed the Bleach story and characters about characters from a Soul Society who can see dead people, descriptions of the different spirits within the series, and explanation of the other details of the popular series released by Viz Manga and Shonen Jump.

Yamane Sensei Art Demonstration: Anayo Yamane is best known for her illustrations in numerous BL (boys love) novels and has risen to star status with her premiere manga Finder no Hyouteki in BeBoy Gold, and Ikoku Irokoi Romantan, published by Drap.  Fans of bishounen works got a chance to learn Ms. Yamane's artistic techniques of yaoi manga styles.

Harry Potter: Just when you think you've seen everything Harry Potter, there's the *other* side of fandom that beckons to answer the unanswered.  Topics included direction and character development, yaoi thoughts, pure blood vs. half bloods, and speculation on Rowlings' future chapters for the HP universe and beyond.

Fanfic Contest: Yaoi fanfiction winners unite!  Winners were announced at the panel and commentary was given by seasoned fanfic veterans about style and grace, consistent story, character development, discussion on intelligent literature, attention to detail through thoughtful imagery and sense of place, and much more.

Girls Wanna Know: Beauty and violence and a sense of undiscovered earthly manliness, qualities of romantic men that girls faint over in happiness.  So, what makes the man a bishounen?  The female crowd got their answers from men of all men with topics including silly love-making, mechanics of gay sex, massage techniques, and much more.  Yup, very yaoi.

Prince of Tennis: Tennis fans never had it so good, especially with Prince of Tennis, a current popular anime and manga series that has *surprise surprise* sexy bishounens playing fiddle to the hearts of their competitors on and off the tennis courts.  Topic also covered character reviews, doujinshis, episode discussions, and raffle prizes.

Boys Love Seiyuu: Time to get down and under the sheets or in the boardroom behind locked doors!  Fans of Gravitation, Kashono Tsuki, Kizuna, Mirage of Blaze, and Fujima Orchestra reviewed some choice favorite scenes of bishounen love-making on the audio.  Hey, girls wanna know!
Saiyuki: Fans got together to talk about one of the most popular anime series, Saiyuki, that included discussion on the characters and story of Saiyuki as well as Reloaded, Gunlock, and Executive Committee.  Topics also covered English translations of the manga, nice cover art on the manga, and much more.

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