Ah, no, not quite. In Japan, there is some discussion about the exact meanings of "yuri" and "rezu" (and "GL" as well) but as for "shoujo ai" everyone knows what it means. "Shoujo ai" means heterosexual loli porn.

Here, in the English-speaking world, "shoujo ai" was at one point fanspeak for soft yuri, but it's become obsolete since then -- mainly because people found what the real meaning of the term in Japan was!

The term shoujo ai is still used quite often in the west to talk about yuri with no sexual content unfortunately, even though it makes no sense and it never has, a good example of that would be MyAnimeList which still uses both shoujo ai and yuri as categories for anime and manga, the yuri category for anime is absolutely hilarious btw since many of the anime in that category are not even yuri to begin with, they just have some lesbian sex scenes for fan-service yet somehow that counts as yuri.

Reading the LN and then coming here to read this, I just giggle at Marika's futile attempts to suppress her inner gay.

This is fun but I still can't get over how one of the character's names is a gay slur in Spanish

my bad, we'll do loan words literally from now on.

I appreciate that. Seeing the transliteration of English words rather than the English words the characters are trying to say in the first place just sets me on edge.

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my bad, we'll do loan words literally from now on.

I appreciate that. Seeing the transliteration of English words rather than the English words the characters are trying to say in the first place just sets me on edge.

Someone doesn't get sarcasm, it seems...

my bad, we'll do loan words literally from now on.

I appreciate that. Seeing the transliteration of English words rather than the English words the characters are trying to say in the first place just sets me on edge.

Someone doesn't get sarcasm, it seems...

I have no clue what you mean, when the tanks come out all references to "yuri" will be replaced with Lily.

Why did I think this was going to be slow burn? Those 100 days seem to be moving at a speed of light.

TheLubeTube posted:

"Rezu"? Come on... it's the Japanese for Lezz. A borrowed word from English. Translator didn't do their homework.

my bad, we'll do loan words literally from now on.!

I know you mean it ironically, but I would have translated it as "lesbian" at least.

Lesbian isn't an offensive word, thank you.

And there isn't even a T/N to explain what "rezu" is supposed to mean.

Also, using "Lezzie-stance" for the following wordplay would have been better, in my opinion.

You made choices for translation, and I respect that, but "rezu" makes me think of "resurrection" rather than lezz and this use, in the middle of the manga, sticks out like a sore thumb.

The first chapter I thought this might be fun. Now I'm not so sure. It kind of feels like the old style behavior modification treatment the psychogists gave gay people, to try to make them straight, only in reverse. I also don't like how Fuwa keeps pushing the money in Marika's face to make her do things she doesn't want to do. It gives the story a bit of rape-y vibe.

Is it gay to watch lesbian porn with your homies

Is it gay to watch lesbian porn with your homies

Not gay, just awkward. Watching porn, of any type, is a solo activity. Or a pregame warm up for a couple's sport.

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A story I’m not enjoying, and the decision to double-down on some bad translation decisions... Yeah, I’m dropping this.

At this rate this girl isn't going to last half a volume.

The term shoujo ai is still used quite often in the west to talk about yuri with no sexual content unfortunately, even though it makes no sense and it never has, a good example of that would be MyAnimeList which still uses both shoujo ai and yuri as categories for anime and manga, the yuri category for anime is absolutely hilarious btw since many of the anime in that category are not even yuri to begin with, they just have some lesbian sex scenes for fan-service yet somehow that counts as yuri.

Thats one of the things i despise when talking with other people about yuri, they think that yuri is just lesbian hentai or an anime girl kissing another girl while you're having sex with a guy or a dozen. When i show them stuff like Bloom Into You or AnoKiss they told me "But thats not yuri right? Theres no sex scenes in it, its just girls love stories" and while they're not wrong, they think yuri is just porn. I have yet to heard someone outside the internet call it Shoujo Ai though, i think just people on MAL call it that.

The first chapter I thought this might be fun. Now I'm not so sure. It kind of feels like the old style behavior modification treatment the psychogists gave gay people, to try to make them straight, only in reverse. I also don't like how Fuwa keeps pushing the money in Marika's face to make her do things she doesn't want to do. It gives the story a bit of rape-y vibe.

It's not really like that. Marika was always gay but she's deep in the closet and all Aya is doing is making her admit it (and choosing her as her girlfriend). Aya has a fine tuned Gaydar and knows Marika was gonna do some stupid shit, so she took advantage of that to try and show her da wae. Her methods, however, are pretty dubious but it's not like Marika can't just leave the situation since (at least in the LN) Aya makes it clear that she could just take the money and not do any work. Marika stays because, deep down, it's what she wants but she's a prideful tsundere and admitting that she's been wrong would be a blow to her ego and invalidate all of the energy she's spent protesting. The reason it feels rapey, tho, is just cuz dubcon and tsundere don't go well together

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Lesbian isn't an offensive word, thank you.

And there isn't even a T/N to explain what "rezu" is supposed to mean.

Also, using "Lezzie-stance" for the following wordplay would have been better, in my opinion.

You made choices for translation, and I respect that, but "rezu" makes me think of "resurrection" rather than lezz and this use, in the middle of the manga, sticks out like a sore thumb.

How dare they. You should totally complain to the moderators.

Yea it's more like my fair lady but girl with gaydar finds girl very deep in the closet

Akiji posted:

How dare they. You should totally complain to the moderators.

You don't need to make useless passive aggressive posts like this. Nya-chan's post was giving constructive criticism and not just shitting on the translator so there's not really a problem with it.

Is it gay to watch lesbian porn with your homies

Not gay, just awkward. Watching porn, of any type, is a solo activity. Or a pregame warm up for a couple's sport.

I tried watching porn with my girlfriend and it's awkward as hell too.

Is it gay to watch lesbian porn with your homies

Not gay, just awkward. Watching porn, of any type, is a solo activity. Or a pregame warm up for a couple's sport.

I tried watching porn with my girlfriend and it's awkward as hell too.

Makes it hard for me to believe some people watch porn while having sex, actually.

How dare they. You should totally complain to the moderators.

You don't need to make useless passive aggressive posts like this. Nya-chan's post was giving constructive criticism and not just shitting on the translator so there's not really a problem with it.

Aaand just as expected. sigh

Not seeing them in Yukiko's art style is so odd..

TL;DR - She's a Tsundere who doesn't want to admit she's gay because admitting she was wrong would be a blow to her ego

Huh so she's an Asuka?
Interesting don't think we see one of those in a while if there any yuri version I might have missed over the years.

Aaand just as expected. sigh

You were the one who brought moderators into this so I'm not sure what you expected

Aaand just as expected. sigh

You were the one who brought moderators into this so I'm not sure what you expected

Nya-chan seems to have in this forum huge powers that the rest of us have not.