Yes! I've been waiting for this for so long! Hopefully we'll actually get some answers about what was up with those penguins and bears from the first series

Er, for the story itself, it's interesting. You can definitely see the influence of both Ikuhara and Morishima in how it's told

Yes! I've been waiting for this for so long! Hopefully we'll actually get some answers about what was up with those penguins and bears from the first series

Er, for the story itself, it's interesting. You can definitely see the influence of both Ikuhara and Morishima in how it's told

The first series? this is a sequel to something!?

Oh wow, Ikuhara's latest project is a collab with Morishima? This is going to be glorious.

Current expectation: Kureha is actually a bear.

Yes! I've been waiting for this for so long! Hopefully we'll actually get some answers about what was up with those penguins and bears from the first series

Er, for the story itself, it's interesting. You can definitely see the influence of both Ikuhara and Morishima in how it's told

The first series? this is a sequel to something!?

It was announced as having some kind of connection to Mawaru Penguindrum

Yes! I've been waiting for this for so long! Hopefully we'll actually get some answers about what was up with those penguins and bears from the first series

Er, for the story itself, it's interesting. You can definitely see the influence of both Ikuhara and Morishima in how it's told

The first series? this is a sequel to something!?

It was announced as having some kind of connection to Mawaru Penguindrum

ah kk thanks

I just figured bear was codename for lesbian. But hey, I know nuthing.

I just figured bear was codename for lesbian. But hey, I know nuthing.

Well... For Yaoi the real life/eastern equivalent of Bara would be Bear, mainly to describe some fat hairy dudes, so i imagine that girl could be quite haOH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGE

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wut

A vampire, a werewolf, anything ... but a bear?! fuck logic.

I just figured bear was codename for lesbian. But hey, I know nuthing.

Well... For Yaoi the real life/eastern equivalent of Bara would be Bear, mainly to describe some fat hairy dudes, so i imagine that girl could be quite haOH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGE

what does "haOH" mean? all I could think about is hydroxide (OH^−) ... sorry if that's such a stupid thing to ask. lol

I just figured bear was codename for lesbian. But hey, I know nuthing.

Well... For Yaoi the real life/eastern equivalent of Bara would be Bear, mainly to describe some fat hairy dudes, so i imagine that girl could be quite haOH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGE

what does "haOH" mean? all I could think about is hydroxide (OH^−) ... sorry if that's such a stupid thing to ask. lol

ha(iry)-- OH GOD THE MENTAL IMAGE.
He cut himself off mid word.

there needs to be more bears in yuri manga, theres just not enough

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I'm not quite sure what it is I'm reading... ah well, whatever.

TIL that Arche and Telos are both terms from Aristotelian philosophy. Arche refers to the beginning or cause of something, and Telos is related to its purpose or end. So I guess this is, like, an alpha and omega sort of thing. Pretty sure the bear part has no actual meaning, though.

I'm not too fond of Morishima's art, but this one looks a bit better than her usual work, somehow. Now to see where this will go.

For what it's worth, in German "Bär" (German translation of bear) is sometimes used as slang for a woman's vajayjay. So perhaps she's not a big hairy gal, but can transform into a huge vagOHMYGODTHEMENTALIMAGE!

So this is the long-awaited Yuri Kuma Arashi...the unlikely collaboration between the (to me) world's greatest yuri manga artist, Morishima Akiko, and the mad avant-garde genius behind the better parts of Sailor Moon, my favorite anime franchise Revolutionary Girl Utena, and - much less satisfyingly on the yuri front - Mawaru Penguindrum, Ikuhara Kunihiko. What on earth will come of this alliance??

Well, considering it's Ikuhara, this first chapter was actually surprisingly straightforward. No doubt Morishima is a stabilizing influence, or at least I hope so, although it might simply be that - much like Utena, so many years ago - Morishima is essentially doing what she wants in the manga, and Ikuhara will do what he wants in the anime, both working from a very loose agreed-upon framework of themes and characters.

Long post short, this could either be incredible or a trainwreck, but it'll be very interesting to keep an eye on.

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Wtf am I reading...
bears?
In for Ikuhara

I just figured bear was codename for lesbian. But hey, I know nuthing.

And yeah that's what it looked like to me too.

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The girl was a bear... o_o
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-23/utena/penguindrum-ikuhara-reveals-yuri-kuma-arashi-anime

This is so weird, not sure if I'll keep up on it.

last edited at Mar 26, 2014 3:07PM

This comic needs some kind of special new tag... It's not a "WTF Am I Reading?"

What it needs is a "Huh?" tag.

Guys, guys. Plot twist. She actually IS a bear!

Hah, first thing I thought of once it started going down the alien-bear path was that song from Game of Thrones.

ohh yeah! it would be an incredible twist if she answer "you smell like honey" and began to dance

Wait, WTF I'm imagining this affected me

Woo! A new one, hoping this will be rather decent on updates...an interesting one...that is...

WOAH! Ikuhara, you rock as always!
Here's the metaphoric alphabet I captured from the first chapter. It should help you decipher the meaning behind the lines.

arche = beginning, origin
telos = end, purpose, intention, goal

be transparent = to be not needed = to have no telos (purpose) in life, no reason to live = to be normal = to not stand out

bear = someone outstanding, out of norm, deviant = gay/lesbian = someone extraordinary = someone special
bear = beginning and end of the world = outside the world's shell (watch Utena for the reference) = outside the boundaries of the world as the person perceives it = outside the norms set by a society

to be eaten by a bear = to have the world's shell broken/to break the world's shell = to see the boundaries of the current world, step outside, discover a new world for oneself = coming out = accepting yourself for who you are

to find someone = to find someone despite them being transparent = to find someone special = to make someone needed = to create a reason for living for someone = to become a soul mate for someone = to see someone standing out, not normal, someone from the end of the world = to love someone

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That's some deep stuff going on