But the main appeal of shoujo-ai is how cute and pure it is, so sex isn't something I see the genre broach a lot.
Is somebody gonna tell them?
Can’t we get a pinned post on this topic? Otherwise, there is . . . confusion, denial, sadness, repetitive posts upholding specious arguments, cross-cultural cross-talk, and did I mention confusion?
[Unlike in some other venues, for a variety of complex reasons the term “shoujo-ai” is not used on Dynasty.]
In this case, multiple criteria for “yuri” status have been fulfilled, including, but not limited to:
- Two girls falling in love with each other
- Confessions of mutual love proffered and accepted
- Indirect kissing via water bottle
- French kissing
- Dating, in public
- Dating, bedroom makeout session
- Hand holding, simple
- Hand holding, intertwined fingers
- Hand holding, reverse intertwined fingers
- Indirect kissing via self-finger-kiss followed by hand holding
Even if “shoujo-ai” were a thing on Dynasty (which it is not), this series would have been “Yuri First-Class with Oak Leaf clusters.”