I’m very familiar with the history behind “fujoshi” as a term, but do you have any idea how “fudanshi” became a thing? I haven’t ever been able to actually find anywhere that agrees 100% on how “fudanshi” happened.
I don’t have any clear sources on this either, unfortunately.
I do know for a fact that fundanshi is used (and likely originated) in japan as well.
My best guess would be that it was coined in Japanese ‘fujoshi’ fandom circles to refer to members of the group who were not girls or women.
I’ll try to do some research on this and see what I come up with!
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