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girls' love

genre of fiction in Japan dealing with romantic love between young women in a manner considered less sexualized than is yuri fiction
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Summary

girls' love is a genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fiction[3]
  • Said to be the same as: yuri[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shōjo manga[5]
  • Short name: GL[6]
  • Name in kana: しょうじょあい[7]
  • Different from: yuri[8], girls' love[9]
  • Name: 少女愛[10]

Why It Matters

girls' love is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_girls-love_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{girls' love}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/girls-love}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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  1. 12d ago · Kordishal · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Shōjo manga
    Different from → yuri, girls' love
    Instance of → genre
    Wikipedia languages → ['eo', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ru', 'sk', 'sv', 'uk']
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: genre"
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