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Description Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to my tutorial:

How To Make An Uke!

I'm sure that you're familiar with what an Uke is, right?

No?

Well how about an explanation!

"Uke" is a term that BL fans should be familiar with. To put it simply it is the "Submissive" one in the relationship, characterized by thier cuteness. "Seme," a term you will also see in this tutorial, is the "Dominant" one in the pair.

So how do you make your own Uke?

In Ten Easy Steps we will show you how, everything from thier personality to thier looks!

1.) The Hair.

An Uke's hair is a prominent feature, as it is in any manga or anime character. It is notorious for being soft, silken, fine, ect. ect. ect. It is commonly a lighter color. (Light browns or Blondes) I've chosen a dirty blonde here. More importantly, the style. An Uke's hair is messy, ruffled and overall adorable. It's typically about mid-length between the shoulder and the ears. Also, bangs are an attribute for increased amounts of cuteness.

2.) The Face and Skin.

An Uke will always have a pretty/cute/adorable face. That's it. To put it plainly, it's a Baby Face. Round or heart-shaped visages are practically a must.

Skin is almost always baby soft and free of any blemishes. Ever. At all. (Once again this is typical for any manga or anime character.) It's usually very light and fair, but for some reason still obtains that healthy glow. We will never know why. Just accept it as a mystery of life.

3.) The Blush.

Ukes are almost always blushing. When I say almost always, I mean ALMOST ALWAYS. Especially in the face of thier Seme. However, Super Uke Blush Mode can also be activated in the face of a Potential Seme, or in extreme embarassment... Or moderate embarassment... Or light embarassment... Or-

*ahem* Anyway, it depends on thier personalities (See step six.)

4.) The Mouth.

An Uke mouth is, like everything else about him, small and cute. (The author of this tutorial is currently desparate for synonyms for cute and will be consulting her thesaurus momentairly.) There's almost always an emphasis on the bottom lip, for Maximun Adorability.

5.) The Eyes.

Eyes are, as an unwritten rule, large and soulful. Often times described by thier semes as "Tearful orbs" (See "Crying" on step eight) or "Deep pools of beauty" and other such phrases. Most of the time they're a light color like most of the Uke's other attributes, synonymous to the angsty Seme's laments of "You are my light" and other such expressions.

6.) Personality

This is very important! Pay close attention. The Uke is a confusing character, as they can harness a multitude of personalities. Here are a few examples:

The Sporty Uke, characterized by thier athletic qualities.

The Reversible Uke, characterized by thier ability to switch from Uke to Seme (a rarer and rarer occurence in BL manga, but it's out there!)

The Perpetually Happy Uke, a bright and shining individual with a smile that could blind the sun. May or may not have OMGSUPERDUPER angsty past.

The classic Whiney and Unconditionally Loving Uke, which granted is not a very catchy title, whom is usually paired with the Cold And Uncaring Seme With An Angsty Past. (*coughSHUICHI*cough*) To say that they're wrapped around thier Seme's little finger is being KIND.

There's also the Combination Of All Of Them but I am not getting into that as it is too confusing.

Finally, there's the Uke With Catlike Qualities.

7.) Catlike Qualities?

You must be wondering- "What are you talking about? My Uke is human, not a catboy!" (Though some Ukes are catboys, but I'm not getting into that.) That's where you're wrong! You see, certain elements of Ukes, depending on their personalities, are catlike. Thier athleticism for the Sporty Ukes, thier sexiness for the Reversible Uke, their cuteness for the Perpetually Happy Uke, and thier willingness to dress in ridiculous outfits involving cat ears for the Whiney And Unconditionally Loving Uke.

Some of these Catlike qualities are common in thier speech (Ending or having the word "Nya!" in their sentences) or thier physical features. For this Uke, I've made it his mouth. However, this is entirely optional.

8.) Crying

Ohhh boy. The crying. Ukes cry. That's the short and short of it. It really depends on thier personalities, (see step Six) as different personas of Ukes cry in different degrees, but they all do.

For example, the Sporty Uke will cry if they lost a match in a game, which really isn't often.

The Reversible Uke's crying is in between a Seme and a Whiney And Unconditionally Loving Uke. Not a terrible lot, but it's there.

The Perpetually Happy Uke doesn't cry much, it's usually just fake tears if thier feelings get hurt. However if they have an OMGSUPERDUPER angsty past, the only time they cry is when said past is revealed.

The Whiney And Unconditionally Loving Uke cries... erm... would it be exaggerating to say "All the time"?

The Uke pictured above is most likely either the Perpetually Happy Uke or the Reversible Uke (or even somewhere in between) as he is not crying. Whether he has an angsty past or not has not been confirmed.

9.) Body type

Do I even have to really say it? Small. Cute. Adorable. (Slightly muscular if it's a Sporty Uke.) Occasionally unnaturally long legs. That's it.

10.) Clothing

An Uke mostly wears bright or light colored clothing, and most of the time wear just a little jewelry like a necklace or a bracelet or two. Thier outfits can range from ridiculous amounts of elaboration or can be just a baggy pair of pants and a shirt. (I went with the latter here as I am lazy.) However in some circumstances, your Uke will be put in some rather... unique outfits. It depends on the genre or maturity of what you're intending, but it can be a catboy ensemble, a french maid outfit, various dresses, a kimono, a skirt, a schoolgirl outfit (one of the most common) a wedding dress... You get the idea, but it really depends on the... erm... nature of thier Seme. *cough*


Well, on that slightly awkward note, this tutorial is officially over. Raspberry-Heaven is NOT responsible for any unwanted glomping, hugging, kissing, "Awww"ing or "Kyaaaaa!"ing that may occur in the face of your Uke. Because believe me, that WILL happen.
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Comments: 224

SexySickness In reply to ??? [2008-02-25 09:01:25 +0000 UTC]

I always wondered what the hell an uke was... thanks!^^

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blackmoongirl In reply to ??? [2008-02-16 01:23:27 +0000 UTC]

I love the ukes they are so adorable...well of coarse they're suppost to be and the Semes are suppost to be smexy that is why i love BL

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HinoOrihime In reply to ??? [2008-02-10 01:46:36 +0000 UTC]

I loved this and the picture was cute!

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Sarrin In reply to ??? [2008-02-09 21:27:42 +0000 UTC]

Huh. My characters tend to be pretty queer, whether they're male or female, but my knowledge on the terms is kind of lame. What's the difference between yaoi and BL, since you say there is one?

Although I have to admit, this is some seriously kickass satire. I laughed a couple of times. Especially at the line about the seme lamenting that the uke is his light and all. It just...made me crack up.

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YOYYOY In reply to ??? [2008-01-12 18:10:10 +0000 UTC]

Do you have one of these on semes?

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YOYYOY In reply to ??? [2008-01-12 18:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!!! This helps a lot! Long story, but it helps me out a great deal!

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Ataia-ue In reply to ??? [2007-12-19 09:13:07 +0000 UTC]

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Ecosauna In reply to ??? [2007-12-19 02:41:33 +0000 UTC]

such advice goes off to make own uke i think im going to have fun with this!

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MyWhimsicalAlter In reply to ??? [2007-12-04 21:53:01 +0000 UTC]

lol. sweet. that was simply hilarious, and SO true!! yfangirl here. guilty as charged.

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hyper-okami In reply to ??? [2007-11-22 03:20:59 +0000 UTC]

83 Lololol-Cuttte! Helps me to know that I've been makin' my ...ukyish?? charater right
Hahahaaa- Catboy's my fav :3

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Queen-Of-Emptiness In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 13:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesome
I want a "Cold And Uncaring Seme With An Angsty Past" too...
Nice work, and your uke is cute

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onigiri14 In reply to ??? [2007-11-16 14:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, you forgot the angsty ukes, y'know like Roxas from KH, Cloud from AC

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Nightcat06 In reply to ??? [2007-10-10 22:21:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you darling <3 I used your tutorial for this:
[link]

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Okashi99 In reply to ??? [2007-10-05 23:44:21 +0000 UTC]

I knew Raito was the uke!
xD

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Nightcat06 In reply to ??? [2007-10-03 23:28:27 +0000 UTC]

Omg srsly make a Seme.
This tutorial is awesome! <3

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bbear27 In reply to Nightcat06 [2007-10-15 21:18:57 +0000 UTC]

Yes make an Seme one please??

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bbear27 In reply to ??? [2007-09-23 12:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Hahahh!! This amused me alot. Oh shuichi.

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vampiregurl94 In reply to ??? [2007-09-15 03:05:41 +0000 UTC]

wow! thats spot on! it made me laugh tho cuz it made me think of all those characters from random TV shows that i like to toy with in fanfics by making them really uke! haha

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melloni In reply to ??? [2007-08-24 19:31:13 +0000 UTC]

Heehee... I thought this was serious at first, and until I realised I had a massive :/ -raising eyebrow- expression on my face... -dumb- >////<
Nya... nya... Awwww, I love that word! That's it, now my own personal uke is going to say that all the time. :3 Nya. Nya!
Hah, hahaha... hah... erm, yes.
Nya.

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Satanisa [2007-08-17 19:02:59 +0000 UTC]

That's great and made me smile^^
uke... Poor, lovely uke

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the-osakan In reply to ??? [2007-08-05 20:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Nee hee hee hee.... My friends sent me teh link and it made me laugh. It basically describes all off the ukes I've made and or manipulated into being an uke. (Mah friend usually makes the semes...) But what about all of the fantastical ukes. There aren't only teh catboys (Though they are loved.) And you forgot to mention the essential pure-ness of their hearts. ^^ But I love it and I want to huggle the uke you drew! *huggles teh uke*

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PurpleInkBlot [2007-07-27 20:50:56 +0000 UTC]

XD Fun for all. I'd like to see a Seme tutorial.

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IsolinaBlack In reply to ??? [2007-07-22 17:59:27 +0000 UTC]

LMAO. This is HYSTERICAL, but completely true. xD And no, none of what you said was an exaggeration. At all. Lmao.

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Meow-chan14 [2007-07-15 09:52:26 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely had to fav this.

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IsolatedDarkAngel In reply to ??? [2007-07-12 01:37:14 +0000 UTC]

lmao! Ukes in a nutshell! Oh, but you forgot the Fiery Uke. ^_~ Not very common but they're out there. And if you haven't yet made a Seme tutorial, please do! In fact, I'm gonna go check your stuff for it right now. *points* To the gallery! *bounds off cackling*

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GoldenKorat In reply to ??? [2007-05-22 04:55:50 +0000 UTC]

*LOL* That's it in a nutshell! ^_^- You do a seme yet? You should keep doing tutorials! It helped me explain yaoi to a few friends of mine and convert them to fangirls and fanboys~! ^_^ *gives cookie*

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HikariSakuraChan In reply to ??? [2007-05-03 02:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh gosh I never knew much what 'uke' meant until I searched on for "uke" on Deviantart and like *Poof * your tutorial appeared! XD
Well I had to click on your tutorial because it really caught my attendtion. Since I was wanting to know more about it. O.O

Your tutorial helped me to understand what an uke is... ^__^
& I like to THANK YOU for typing all about it! :]

I really liked and enjoyed reading your "How To Make A Uke tutorial."

& I think it'll be nice to read a "How To Make A Seme tutorial." That'll be interesting to read about. XD

Btw your drawing (up there) does fit to the tutorial!

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Ori-chan7 [2007-04-30 04:26:46 +0000 UTC]

uhm...Kya?
haha this is funny. i will share it with my friends...none of us are Uke fans, 'cept for an unnatural obsession with the Twins from Ouran Host.
*tick tick tick*

KAORUXHIKARU KAWAII

sorry. i need ot go watch an episode now. (slinks away sadly)

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burmawaffle In reply to Ori-chan7 [2016-10-19 12:03:13 +0000 UTC]

I bet everyone's saying IT'S YAOI!

IT'S BROTHERLY LOVE, GOSH, GET IT RIGHT!
 

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MimiroXLee [2007-04-30 02:50:11 +0000 UTC]

YAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't draw guy on guy crap to save my life...........

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Beastiewolf [2007-04-13 21:58:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh my WORD! O.O;
I must fave this. I have an uke of my own and he just fits the "Whiney and Unconditionally Loving Uke" completley. XD I show show this to every yaoi fan I know!

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Red-EyedWolf [2007-04-08 00:32:52 +0000 UTC]

This is so funny and true! I hope you make a Seme one!

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Abelin-chan In reply to ??? [2007-02-06 22:12:10 +0000 UTC]

And now I've learned something new:3 hehe, thx^^

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music-is-luv In reply to ??? [2007-02-06 13:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness you got this thing tottally right! Wow. That's sooooo awesome!!!!

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Aquarius21294 In reply to ??? [2006-12-22 17:29:33 +0000 UTC]

Well, this was a helpful tutorial!

For some reason I was thinking of Naruto while reading that...XD

You should make a Seme tutorial.

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NoMoreTearsToShed In reply to ??? [2006-11-25 00:27:35 +0000 UTC]

Nya, this is cute you should make a 'How to Make A Seme'. That would rock my socks!

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kittentiger [2006-11-10 06:03:29 +0000 UTC]

WOOT! i loved it can't wait to read the Seme one!

i only hav the first volume of Legal Drug.. . must remember to get the second one. . . . hmmmmm...

much luff! i thought of Edward Elric for just about every one of them.
but that's just me.

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cutesensei [2006-07-02 19:04:06 +0000 UTC]

this is adorable!!!
i must add it to my favorites!!! <3

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sunlight-reflections In reply to ??? [2006-03-16 06:17:16 +0000 UTC]

"Whiney and Unconditionally Loving Uke". I love it. And I instantly thought "ZOMGTHATSHUICHISHINDO!" even before I finished reading the sentance.

And I completely agree with you on the Legal Drug front. How could they deny it? The BL just jumps out at you from every page!


...Besides. We all know that the magnificent CLAMP are suckers for that kind of thing. So no matter what they do or say about it, we're going to be completely skeptical of them

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Raspberry-Heaven In reply to sunlight-reflections [2006-03-16 18:09:53 +0000 UTC]

Suspiscion has aroused many an important discovery, so why SHOULDN'T we be suspiscous of CLAMP? Ohohohooo... And yes, I did have Shuichi in mind when writing that, I suppose it was very obvious. *giggle*

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MissKokamon In reply to ??? [2006-03-08 21:48:05 +0000 UTC]

As a professional uke creator, I must say, this tutorial is pretty accurate >.O I should sue you for giving out the recipe, however. *sues you for all your atistic talent*

You forgot the most important ingredient however! But i'm not telling ^__^-

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Raspberry-Heaven In reply to MissKokamon [2006-03-08 22:32:52 +0000 UTC]

*sigh* Great, now I am curious! What is the secret ingredient for the Uke?

*smile* Thank you for the comment!

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MissKokamon In reply to Raspberry-Heaven [2006-03-09 00:27:06 +0000 UTC]

the fact that they, for the most part, act like children >.>

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Raspberry-Heaven In reply to MissKokamon [2006-03-09 03:12:03 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh! I forgot that key detail! Darn, now that is going to bug me. Oh well. Ahahahaa....

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aPPlejaZZ In reply to ??? [2006-03-08 10:33:08 +0000 UTC]

lmao... this is too funny lol

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ObsessedLove In reply to ??? [2006-02-15 20:13:28 +0000 UTC]

Dude you are brilliant! XD

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sasunaruh8ter123 In reply to ??? [2006-01-29 23:45:09 +0000 UTC]

oh!! freakin awesome!!!!!! i finally figure out what the hell an uke is! And i thought of naruto on all those descriptions...

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Raspberry-Heaven In reply to sasunaruh8ter123 [2006-01-30 00:06:57 +0000 UTC]

*laugh* Really? I didn't think of Naruto to be honest.

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sasunaruh8ter123 In reply to Raspberry-Heaven [2006-01-30 20:25:49 +0000 UTC]

really?? @_@ oh... maybe it was just me

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Raspberry-Heaven In reply to sasunaruh8ter123 [2006-01-30 21:56:03 +0000 UTC]

No, other people did too. *laugh* Poor Naruto. Thanks for the comment. ^_^

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