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Setting & Timeline

Timeline

Future	Past - Japanese:	Heian and medieval
Current/Modern		Warring States/Feudal
Past/Historical		Edo
		Bakumatsu and Meiji (Bakumatsu-WW1)
		Taishou and pre-war Shouwa

Location

China	Middle East, Central Asia, Arabia	Fantasy Lands/Kingdoms
Europe	Other Asia	Space/Other Planets
Japan	North America	Other

Literary Tone

Plot Devices & Themes

Angels	Mythology/ Legends/ Fairy Tales	Reincarnation/ Transmigration/ Joint Destiny
Demons/Immortals/ Monsters	Occult/Psychic Power	Spirits/Ghosts/ Supernatural
Magic/Sorcery	Royalty/Aristocracy

Aliens	Experiments
Cyberpunk, virtual reality	Robots/Androids
Dystopias	Time travel

Coming of age stories	Gay issues:	Gay - Coming Out
Rich/Poor		Gay - Everyday Life
Identities (secret, memory loss, etc.)		Gay - Self Discovery

Action/
Adventure

Crime	Mystery/ Suspense	War
Fighting/Combat	Nazi	Yakuza/Gangs
Fugitive	Police/ Detective
Military	Spy/Espionage

Clubs	Theater/Stage
Dance	Music:	Classical Music
Fashion		Popular Music
Movies/TV

Sports

Baseball	Judo/Karate	Track & Field
Basketball	Kendo	Volleyball
Boxing	Swimming	Other
Hockey	Soccer/ Football

Child care	Inheritance	Parent(s)
Family conflict	Live in guests, visitors, relatives
House sharing	Marriage, Divorce, Death, Adoption

Dormitory life/ boarding school	School deliquents, gangs, hazing
Private tutoring	Student councils
School clubs	University life

Corporate, Office	Manual Labor	Politics, government, public service
Family/small business	Prostitution/Escort Services/Rent boys
Hospital	Part-time

Relationship

Number of Sets/Couples

One Set

Multiple Sets

Brother X Brother	Father X Son	Son X Father
Seme X Seme	Master X Servant	Servant X Master
Student X Student	Master X Slave	Slave X Master
Teacher X Teacher	Senior X Junior	Junior X Senior
Uke X Uke	Supervisor X Subordinate	Subordinate X Supervisor
	Teacher X Student	Student X Teacher

Type of Relationship

Betrayal/Jealousy	Love Triangle	Pseudo marriage
First/Childhood Love	Musical beds	Revenge/Retribution
Devotion/Reverence	Obsessive	(menage a trois)
Friendship	Romantic
Kinship	Physical/Lust

Characterization

Cold/Distant/ Indifferent	Intelligent	Sexually Aggressive
Cruel/Vicious/Abusive/ Crabby	Inviting/Seductive	Shy/Timid
Funny/Frivolous/ Puppy-like	Loud/Brash	Sullen/Petulant/ Protesting
Gentle/Kind/Polite/ Self-Sacraficing	Persistent/Earnest	Tramatized/ Self-destructive
Height Violating	Promiscuous/Lustful	Weepy/Weak/ Bullied
Innocent	Protective

Semes

Aloof/Cold/Distant	Persistent/Earnest	Tramatized/ Self-Destructive
Cruel/vicious	Protective	Younger
Funny/Frivolous/ Puppy-like	Promiscuous/Lustful	Weepy/Weak/ Bullied
Gentle/Kind/Polite	Shorter (violates the height rule)
Loud/Brash	Sullen/Petulent/ Protesting

Ukes

Crabby/grouchy/ abusive	Intelligent	Shy/Timid
Distant/Indifferent	Inviting/Seductive	Sullen/Petulant/ Protesting
Funny/Frivolous/ Puppy-like	Loud/Brash	Tramatized/ Self-Destructive
Gentle/Kind/ Self-sacrificing	Promiscuous/Lustful	Weepy
Innocent	Sexually Aggressive

Profession/
Background

Aliens/Robots	Law	Scientists/Futuristic professions
Angels/angelic wings	Medical (MDs, Med students, Vets)	Shopkeepers/Business Owners
Corporate/Salaryman	Middle Aged/Old Men	Sickly/Delicate
Demons/Monsters	Military/soldiers/ mercenaries	Social outcasts (murderers, drug abusers, thieves, beggars)
Food	Noble savage/ Jungle boy	Spirits/Ghosts
Furry	Non-Human	Spy/Master Thief
Hip/trendy kids	Police	Transexuals/ Cross-dressing/ Okama
Hotel business	Religious professions	Writers (Novelists, Mangaka, Porn writers)
Immortals/Wizards	Royalty/ Aristocracy	Yakuza/Gangsters

Sexual themes

Bondage	3 or more people	Sex toys
Consensual	Rape	Sexual abuse
Forceful/Forced Seduction	Romance	Shota/Shota-complex
Gang bang	Sadism/Masochism	Tentacles
Incest	Seduction	UST (unresovled sexual tension)