GL: The full name is Girl's Love, which refers to the love between women and can also represent lesbianism.

BL is the abbreviation of BOY’S LOVE. It cannot be translated as the love of boys, but the love between boys. Generally speaking, it refers to the romance between a boy and a boy or between a man and a boy. It pays more attention to the description of emotions, focusing on LOVE and plot development, and the portrayal of psychological characters. Generally more innocent, mostly happy, Wen Jing's works have relatively few H scenes... It is a "gay" comic with a fantasy and unrealistic color that is drawn by a female writer for female readers. It is called "Danmei" in Japan. Comics", which are called "B L" comics in Taiwan. So the so-called "Gengmei complex" refers to the B L complex. Specifically, BOY'S LOVE. The same is true for GL

Both GL and BL belong to a type of non-mainstream culture, that is, subculture. Danmei comics should have entered mainland China as early as 1991 or 1992. Most of them are relatively subtle. The representative works are CLAMP's "Sacred Legend", "Tokyo Babylon" and "X-Men". Later, pure Danmei comics appeared on the Chinese market. What must be mentioned is the classic Danmei - "Jue Ai" (Ozaki Minami). Starting in 1997, Danmei novels entered the mainland. Entering the 21st century, the development of mainland Danmei has also entered a new starting point.