Split Personality Yaoi -- Frequent much?

[Ouka of Heaven and Hell]

I've just noticed! Has anyone else realized how frequent it is for a character in yaoi/shonen-ai to have a split personality??
I mean, think about it.

Yuki from Gravitation.
Ritsuka from Loveless.
Sora/Yoru and Sunao/Ran from Sukisyo.

I can't think of any else, but name some if you can. Do you think that split personalities make the shows better, or is it getting old?  

[angelBmine]

its makes them hot. whee

thing is, its always a different kinda story, so as long as there are lots of twists and lots of angst...im pretty much good. mrgreen  

[MooMooJuice]

Um, no offence, but I don't think three characters count as frequent. ^^;;;;

And, no, I've never really payed attention. ( But then again, I also read very few yaoi/BL stories )  

[Neftusare]

I think it makes the a little Mysteries wink  

[For-Chan Cookie]

I don't think 3 titles out of a gazillion counts as lots of split personalities.

Not to mention that Yuki doesn't have a split personality, he's just a b*****d.

Also, I'm iffy about calling Ritsuka someone with a split personality. He has some sort of amnesia. He's not walking around with two or more personalities that alternately reveal themselves in different situations. Also, for the record, Loveless is not yaoi, or even boy love.

So, no, there's not a lot of split personalities in yaoi. You just don't seem to have read/watched a lot of yaoi.  

[Bertram Silverwebb]

On the subject of Yuki Eiri having a split personality: I could swear that there was a few lines in the manga - not the anime - where Yuki tells Shuichi point-blank that he blacks out and doesn't remember having said things later. Generally, it's when he's said sweet, kind things to Shuichi or admitted his love. Either he's got two personalities or totally yanking Shuichi - and the reader's - chain in a case of serious denial.  

[SilverMaple]

Eh... You mean like schizophrenics in yaoi? Because I've never encountered them... neutral  

[Claire_Hiwatari]

It makes the yaoi better when someone has a issue. That way the couple can over come it.  

[Where the 3 Rivers Meet]

It's a conflict. A story has to have conflict to be good, but I think they need to maybe try adding different conflicts.  

[BiawKasai]

Come to think of it, aren't those stories mostly drama genres?

Generally speaking, those titles have a sort of schitzophrenia in them to increase the dramatic-ness of the story. I mean, sure lots of fanfictions are like that, but aren't those all drama's too? confused

But, yea, split-personlities are still extremely hot!  

[For-Chan Cookie]

Bertram Silverwebb

On the subject of Yuki Eiri having a split personality: I could swear that there was a few lines in the manga - not the anime - where Yuki tells Shuichi point-blank that he blacks out and doesn't remember having said things later. Generally, it's when he's said sweet, kind things to Shuichi or admitted his love. Either he's got two personalities or totally yanking Shuichi - and the reader's - chain in a case of serious denial.

But you must take into account that Yuki is a drinker. It's probably a side effect of his drinking. He gets affectionate just before he blacks out. It could be a side effect of illness, but its probably a little of both with a side of denial. It' ain't just a river in Egypt kids, it's Yuki's way of life.  

[LadyNox]

Yuki Eiri doesn’t have a MPD. He would need a whole lot more than a few black outs and a traumatic past. Those two symptoms can be attributed a whole number of reasons that have little to do with MPD and/or schizophrenia. Also if he did have a dissociative disorder, I think Tatsuha, Mika, Tohma and even, Shuichi would have made mention of it at some point. It’s kind of hard not to notice when someone you’ve known for a long time and/or live with starts acting incredibly different than how s/he normally acts.

Also when Eiri’s nice, he’s still a bit of an a**. It can be considered Eiri-like. Another personality wouldn’t do things in an Eiri-like way. Like Forchan Cookie’s said, the black outs can be attributed to drinking.

Finally, I don’t consider Maki Murakami the kind writer that wouldn’t exploit something like that, fully and outrageously.

I'll say the same for Ritsuka. The anime gave no indications to any dissociative disorder. Mostly he's suffering from some kind of amnesia that was probably caused from a traumatic event. That and a crazy mom have thoroughly screwed with his mental health but he's got a pretty secure hold on reality.

PS: MPD is not and will never be schizophrenia. They are two completely different disorders.  

[Ryosei_Hime]

I have to agree with the above post fully. I have MPD myself. I think I'd know it in a series if I saw it. And Ritsuka does have amnesia but as far as being crazy - I've gotta say it's his mother whose nuts. XD
^^; Anyways, I don't think it's frequent but I don't read a lot of Manga and in comparison to other people I haven't watched a lot of truly Shounen Ai or Yaoi shows. I mostly deal in slash of non-shounen ai shows. So I couldn't say for sure. Sukisyo's the only one I know of with real MPD inflicted characters.  

[Firey Mitsuki]

-cant put into words-

"opposite attracts"

mrgreen  

[Ichinilla]

Split personality theme= overused.

Though, the best example of split personality in my opinion is Sakuma Ryuichi from Gravitation.