Why do women love this heated love story about gay hockey players? Look no further than the manga known as Boys Love, or yaoi , a decades-old genre of queer male romance written largely by women, for women. In the bonafide phenomenon that is “ Heated Rivalry ,” no interview with the stars or series creator Jacob Tierney can escape one question: why women would flock to a series about the turbulent romances of gay hockey players. Truth is: For those of us who consume anime and manga, the