 Deborah Shamoon said that "the borders between yaoi, shōjo manga and ladies' comics are quite permeable", suggesting that fans of BL probably enjoyed both homosexual and heterosexual tales.Kazuma Kodaka, in an interview with "Giant Robot" suggested that the Japanese yaoi fandom includes married women who had been her fans since they were in college.Dru Pagliassotti's survey indicates that loyalty to an author is a common factor in readers' purchase decisions.