Overall
- Pretty Much Awesome: Go on, read it! Very little yaoi gets better than this, really. Sometimes these ones even have coherent plots!
- Intéressante: Worth looking into, at least.
- Mediocre: You might want to skip over this, but if you're desperate or bored, go ahead; it won't kill you.
- Homocheese: Smutsville. Looking for a cheap thrill? Here you go.
- Crap: ...It's crap. Don't read it. It's even lower than homocheese. This means it has NO redeemable values. Not even sexy factor. That's pretty damn low.
- What the Balls?: What is this? What have I stumbled across? What have I read? It isn't good, it isn't bad, it's just a complete anomaly. Truly, I don't know what to think of this.
The Smex Factor
- Sexy Sexy: Highest rating; basically means you can see EVERYTHING. And there is LOTS OF IT. And by lots of it, I mean THAT'S BASICALLY ALL IT IS.
- Red Lantern: Sex is fairly graphic, but there isn't a ton of it. There's penis.
- Modest: Uncreative; tends to be more censored sex, and not gratuitous amounts.
- Chaste: Little to no sex, or even just implied sex. These types of stories either focus on plot or romance.
Art
- Pretty: Usually only Sumomo Yumeka and You Higuri reach this category. And Takanaga Hinako. And Yamamoto Kotetsuko and-- It's pretty, okay? (This was formerly called "Gorgeous." I feel "Pretty" is more appropriate.)
- Generic: A style commonly seen in manga or boys' love; generic pretty boys. Yamato Nase would be a good example. This isn't bad; usually it's pretty. It's just not terribly memorable or interesting. (There'll be a + or a - depending on whether it's GOOD generic, or BAD generic. It's just so....middle ground, you know?)
- Different: And by different, I mean strange. A good example of this is either Natsume Isaku, Suzuki Tsuta, Yoneda Kou or Tanaka Suzuki's work. Basically this would be an art style not commonly seen in BL manga.
- Ugly: They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder...But this is my blog and what's ugly is ugly.
