In my opinion, yuri is best left to a relationship between two female characters without negative interference from male characters.
But that's just your preference for yuri. Drama and angst don't make it less of yuri.
I don't agree that all yuri stories should have all female cast. Because I like realism too.
Also in an all female cast, sometimes it just feels like the girls are "prison gay" since there are no options for them left besides girls. And it's safe, because a lot of the Japanese audience thinks that when these girls get out of this situation, they'll go back to men.
So yeah, having male characters is also good because it shows that these girls don't do it because they have no other choice for partner.
I mean, look at how harems work. There are gay undertones in a lot of them, and as soon as a male character enters, they all act like crazy to get him.
As long as they don't show the female actually having romantic feelings for the male character, or any het sx scene, I'd say it's pretty yuri. And both Hotaru and Yuma have shown that they are not actually interested in their bfs.
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