Why yes, this is within my interests.

Hmmm... I don't know if this is yuri or not.

I don't think you understand that people who tag series usually look at the raws of future chapters. This is Vampiress Lord all over again.

ah, lady knights-!
i definitely lost it at the princess carry.

Desu Vult <3

This is the nerdiest pun I've seen so far on this forum. You win, good person on the internet. :D

It's Dark Souls PvP, only real life and with school girl yuri

Not enough giant armor and chaos claymores, though.

So I guess this is the manga that makes me sign up, huh?

On the HEMA, for heavy combat, my club does not take it as one hit = one point, rather you have to 'overwhelm' the opponent. The idea behind it is that in heavy armour, hitting just anywhere won't kill, so only hits where there is no armour count. Which is kind of difficult to get unless the opponent is on the floor, so... to be specific, hits between the gorget and the helmet, and at the armpit are instant kills.
Also, there's a stance with the longsword specifically against heavily armoured opponents, but you basically use it as a blunt weapon.
Also, not all 'medieval combat research' clubs do heavy armour. If you just want to train with the weapons you would need much less gear, especially with certain weapons like a rapier. If anyone is interested, it's easy to find clubs. Helpful search terms are HEMA, SCA or 'period combat'.

On the manga, I hope the fights won't go more absurd than this, but looking forward to it.

It ain't just any kinda knights, THEY'RE FEMALE KNIGHTS...WITH NOT JUST ANY OLD SLUTTY FANSERVICE BIKINI ARMOR, BUT ACTUAL SHIT THAT CAN PROTECT THEIR ENTIRE BODY

Also, not all 'medieval combat research' clubs do heavy armour. If you just want to train with the weapons you would need much less gear, especially with certain weapons like a rapier. If anyone is interested, it's easy to find clubs. Helpful search terms are HEMA, SCA or 'period combat'.

I've been in that stuff for SCA combat, it's pretty wild. Your visibility wearing a helm drops a lot.

well im in love.

Also, not all 'medieval combat research' clubs do heavy armour. If you just want to train with the weapons you would need much less gear, especially with certain weapons like a rapier. If anyone is interested, it's easy to find clubs. Helpful search terms are HEMA, SCA or 'period combat'.

I've been in that stuff for SCA combat, it's pretty wild. Your visibility wearing a helm drops a lot.

That shit sounds wild. How did you get into that?

Also, not all 'medieval combat research' clubs do heavy armour. If you just want to train with the weapons you would need much less gear, especially with certain weapons like a rapier. If anyone is interested, it's easy to find clubs. Helpful search terms are HEMA, SCA or 'period combat'.

I've been in that stuff for SCA combat, it's pretty wild. Your visibility wearing a helm drops a lot.

That shit sounds wild. How did you get into that?

Went to a demo of various SCA stuff a long ways back and started going to meetings of the local shire (now a Barony). It was a lot of fun, and I met some really fantastic people. Every other week they did fighting practice, for those into that side of it, so I had a few opportunities to try it.

tbh, plate mail is awkward, but since it's distributed all over it doesn't slow you down as much as you'd think.

Jig Pig posted:

Huh, could've sworn c1 got translated a while back. Must've just seen the raws.

I'm pretty sure there was translation of first chapter in spanish or some other language.

Also, not all 'medieval combat research' clubs do heavy armour. If you just want to train with the weapons you would need much less gear, especially with certain weapons like a rapier. If anyone is interested, it's easy to find clubs. Helpful search terms are HEMA, SCA or 'period combat'.

I've been in that stuff for SCA combat, it's pretty wild. Your visibility wearing a helm drops a lot.

That shit sounds wild. How did you get into that?

Went to a demo of various SCA stuff a long ways back and started going to meetings of the local shire (now a Barony). It was a lot of fun, and I met some really fantastic people. Every other week they did fighting practice, for those into that side of it, so I had a few opportunities to try it.

tbh, plate mail is awkward, but since it's distributed all over it doesn't slow you down as much as you'd think.

Aw that is really cool... Dang I should look into ones in my area.

Would assume the name of the school references the 16th-century fencing master Camillo Agrippa, what now with the feminine form of the name. If nothing else he would seem rather more relevant to the topic than a first-century Roman lady...

EDIT: well and there's apparently some minor 3rd-century saint by that name, but by the sounds of it she doesn't have much currency outside Eastern Orthodox circles...

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Hmmm... I don't know if this is yuri or not.

After reading it, I just thought that it was a classic case of unintentional lady-killer swooning girls all over the place by acting like a prince/knight. With lots of blushing, lots of "I will protect you" and "swoooooon", but it will never go beyond a princess carry and a hug.

I'd call that "fake yuri", or "class S" yuri. A la Maria-sama, where it's implied that it's just a harmless youth thing. The setting of an all-girl school with a system of knighthood doesn't plead for real yuri.

And the heavy ecchi content, with panty-shots, naked boobs and molestation pleads for a hentai hungry male demographic target

I will believe it's yuri if the two MC girls ever kiss or acknowledge mutual romantic feelings (and not the side characters).

Maybe some people who read ahead can give more information.

It looks like it could be yuri, it smells like yuri, but as of now, I don't think it deserves the yuri tag.

I started to reply to this, but it got sort of out of hand. Here's my response: http://dynasty-scans.com/forum/topics/12005-the-great-debate-what-defines-yuri

hahaha funny plot!

Quoting myself from the raws thread:

Just finished reading ch5. While so far, I don't think it's amazing, it definitely makes me want to read more.

It seems like it will be a sports manga, of sorts, with the club and characters aiming to become the best.

As for yuri content, it seems like it'll be lighthearted and flirty, with the obligatory sexual harassment between girls, as opposed to "romance".

The art is very nice, and the characters, while not particularly unique, are still cute, and interesting enough that you want to get to know them better. The only complaint I have about the art, is that in the action scenes, it is sometimes a little hard to understand exactly what movement the art is attempting to convey. I wouldn't go as far as to call it "confusing", just that the action parts could be better.

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As for yuri content, it seems like it'll be lighthearted and flirty, with the obligatory sexual harassment between girls, as >opposed to "romance".

What a waste. Gonna drop this one I guess. Tags are indeed misleading.

I've been in that stuff for SCA combat, it's pretty wild. Your visibility wearing a helm drops a lot.

I have friends that have been in the SCA for decades. Never was my thing, but then again, I ran around with other nuts dressed up in wool and carrying a rifled-musket to shoot at Confederates so it takes all kinds.

Still, an interesting story, though I probably would have been more interested in it if the Knight had looked like a Viking Shield-Maiden instead of a Hundred Years War/War of the Roses armored tin-can. Gimme Eowyn any day of the week!

Triarius posted:

As for yuri content, it seems like it'll be lighthearted and flirty, with the obligatory sexual harassment between girls, as >opposed to "romance".

What a waste. Gonna drop this one I guess. Tags are indeed misleading.

I will still read it for the fun, not for the "yuri".

But I don't think it will go further than girls flirting and groping each other in the locker room.

That's a HUGE bitch!!

Also, do I smell a harem coming...?

I used to fight heavy in the SCA. It was fun. Never got any good, though, mostly because I didn't own a car. Seriously, packing that armour on transit is no picnic.

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I used to fight heavy in the SCA. It was fun. Never got any good, though, mostly because I didn't own a car. Seriously, packing that armour on transit is no picnic.

That really only happens if you get steel armour. Steel is cool and I personally prefer it, but recently more and more people get ABS (i think) plastic gear, which is lighter, cheaper and easier to manufacture. Of course, it's not authentic, so some circles shun it. But just for practice, there is nothing wrong with it. And it fits into a bag easier.
Also, if you have an established group that you can trust, one person with a big enough car can carry gear for a lot of people.

Also for anyone wondering, under SCA rules, the weapons are strictly blunt, and the tips have to be either folded back, or covered with a plastic tip, as well as said tip must have three different colours, so when it inevitably falls off during combat, the marshall can spot it and call hold. (By three colours I mean white/black for the plastic tip usually + coloured duct tape + the gray of the steel although I have seen black swords.) Which, in the manga did not appear at all.

I used to fight heavy in the SCA. It was fun. Never got any good, though, mostly because I didn't own a car. Seriously, packing that armour on transit is no picnic.

My home (Seashire at the time, Barony of Ruantallan now) was known more for its cooks than its fighters. Best garlic bread in the Eastern Kingdom!

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Also for anyone wondering, under SCA rules, the weapons are strictly blunt, and the tips have to be either folded back, or covered with a plastic tip, as well as said tip must have three different colours, so when it inevitably falls off during combat, the marshall can spot it and call hold.

I never liked the idea of getting whomped on. Not really into the pain thing. ~_^ I've been on the receiving end of bayonet charges by dumbass Confederate reenactors that got a little TOO enthusiastic and that was scary as hell......

Would assume the name of the school references the 16th-century fencing master Camillo Agrippa, what now with the feminine form of the name. If nothing else he would seem rather more relevant to the topic than a first-century Roman lady...

EDIT: well and there's apparently some minor 3rd-century saint by that name, but by the sounds of it she doesn't have much currency outside Eastern Orthodox circles...

Which is funny in an ironic way, because by Agrippa's time heavy armour combat started to become obsolete due to the advances in firearms. Also, his main works focused on rapier fencing, and they revolutionised civilian fencing - in other words, heavy armour was not involved at all.