So, I was gonna ask about that Liz to Aoi Tori thing 'cause I thought it featured these two characters, but apparently it features two other characters. Goes to show how little I know about Hibike... well, still, I am kinda curious. How overt is the yuri in that movie, if there's any at all? Does it continue the tradition of bullshit bait from the anime, or is it a legitimate relationship? I remember reading someone hailing it as a revolution for the yuri genre, but I've probably just hyped myself up too much over one person's ramblings...
Anyhow, I thought this thing was pretty good even though, again, I never watched the anime. Their relationship was pretty messed up, but it is fun to read about messed up relationships every once in a while.
The movie hasn't been subbed yet, it was released in theaters in April so it might take a while. But as far as I know the pairing has more potential than Kumiko x Reina since it doesn't have guys involved.
It's definitely not the revolution of yuri but it does have a lot of subtext pairings, Mizore x Nozomi (the ones from Liz to Aoi Tori) being one of the gayest ones and Asuka x Kaori too since the latter seems to be canon in the novels.
That's sure a relief. I wouldn't want such a seemingly promising relationship to end with one of them dating a terrible teacher (Reina does date whatever-his-name-is-Sensei, right?). It's a shame that it's just subtext, but I didn't really expect anything else from this movie... still, I think it would have been a legitimate revolution if it were truly confirmed yuri. Like, if they confessed their love to one another and kissed. Apparently, the director's pretty popular and I'd assume the movie has a big budget (as expected from a KyoAni film), so it would have been amazing if an actual big budget yuri movie was made rather than a subtext movie... but it sadly seems like it's not meant to be.
And, wow, I had no idea that there was a canon lesbian relationship in the novels. Based on how the writer apparently treated Kumiko and Reina's relationship, I didn't really have high hopes for anything else... I'm still probably not gonna read them, but that's pretty cool nonetheless.