DY4Y posted:

1. Lumielle is the 1st king's daughter. The first king was the first covenator but the wish he made to enter said covenant lead to him becoming a monster or whatever (it's been over 3 months since I read it so don't remember it exactly). Lumielle entered her covenant to stop her father iirc

I see. Tbh I did kinda zone out when she was explaining her backstory and didn't really rewatch it again. I did go to check stuff again right now, so for now what was said in anime about how contract works:

Lumielle: Do you know what does it mean being spirit contractor in this country?
Euphie: By fulfilling a contract with a great spirit of immense power, you represent the authority of the royal family.
Lumielle: That is the legend of the first monarch who founded the Kingdom of Palettia. The one who succeeds in making a contract with a spirit can even start a new royal family. That's right. Even overcoming the legitimate heir to the throne to become a new monarch.

I assume that's the same concept as how monarchies have worked irl as well. A dude claims the monarch has lost their mandate from heaven and then overthrows their dynasty and replaces it with their own. In this case the spirit covenant is the mandate from heaven so technically any covenator could establish a new dynasty if they get enough support from the rest of the nobility (and populace).
Regardless, Euphie still did get adopted. Quoting from the epilogue of the 3rd volume: "After our presentation, the palace had issued a formal announcement that Euphie had become a spirit covenantor and would also be adopted into the royal family. Her name had changed from Euphyllia Magenta to Euphyllia Fez Palettia, and she was now officially a princess."

In the novel at least Lumielle's past was properly told only when she was talking to Anis about it. Chapter 8 to be exact if you wanna try reading it.

“My father wished for the happiness of the people. He wanted to free them from suffering. To that end, he dedicated his soul and became a king who was one with the spirits.” Lumielle paused there, glancing down at her feet to conceal her grief. “Through that covenant, my father drew on the power of the spirits to create magic. In order to increase the number of people capable of wielding magic, the covenant expanded to encompass more individuals. Everyone did their very best to alleviate the hardships endured by their brothers and sisters. Such was the beginning of the royal and noble lineages.”

“You must be able to imagine how I felt as I watched my beloved people succumb to ever greater greed, as my king invaded other countries, annihilating them without so much as raising an eyebrow, never suspecting that he wasn’t acting to secure his people’s happiness. I didn’t question it at first, but that’s what a spirit covenant is. They create monsters blind to everything but the wish that they sought to fulfill.”

“So I destroyed him! My own father! Because I had become convinced that what he was doing was wrong!”

I cut out a lot but that's a fairly good summary.

And with that I'll conclude my explanation because I don't want to open up that book ever again

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Alice gear really went too far, you can't air this smut on tv.

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Alice Gear should fill the void that Eiyuu-ou, Bu wo Kiwameru never even bothered to fill, such a shame because the manga was pretty neat so far but the anime was so lackluster, the trailed seemed good because they used some cool still poses but it only cared for the action leaving a lot to be desired when it comes to characters interaction, writing, history and the two protagonist were Goku level of good but dumb, major enemies, questions and interesting plot lines were left in the air to face some (again) lackluster last minute out of nowhere enemies and the worst time... absolutely not a single yuri teasing at all, not even subtext, the protagonist kept the same taste from previous life but doesn't care at all now, instead we get 2 brocoms girls, one hyper jealous girl who's as useless as her fiance, the co protagonist shipping his brother and the brother obviously falling for the protagonist and lastly glass guy x dog girl... Come on now.

Sure, it never promised to be yuri, people like me just implied that would be natural considering the situation but damn... Removing the yuri, the subtext, the ecchi fanservice, and the cool monster designs too with generic copy and paste CGI was too much!

@DY4Y

The novels were very heavy in info dump-- I personally had to slow down and reread several parts because of that lol. That being said, I'm still hopeful for a season 2. It seems like the directors and story boarders really combed through the novels and tried to be succinct in what to embellish and what to keep from the novels to the anime.

Ah, Birdie Wing S2. Aoi just making immediately sure we know what this whole thing is really about - getting that kiss.

okay so the OP for Otaku Elf is a straight fuckin' bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXEpLEK75V8

Heavenly delusions with nameless lesbians.. They are going first, aren't they?

World Dai Star has me pleasantly surprised and intrigued. I expected standard idol-anime-ish fare but the cute co-protags, snazzy animation and neat twist at the end of ep.1 got my attention.

Kind of an odd season; plenty of yuri and plenty of CGDCT, but not much crossover between the two

G-Witch and Birdie Wing remain as gay as ever, and are fundamentally action series

Yuri is My Job is, of course, an actual yuri series. I think the anime is a bit better than the manga, even after factoring in that it's a bit uglier now(1). The downside being that this is WataYuri, a story about generally unlikable people having uncomfortable relationships with each other

(1) I don't understand why they went with that animation style. They're making it easy to animate at the cost of detail, but it's a dramedy that doesn't need much animation. And the compositing is just bafflingly bad

alice gear aegis Expansion is the crossover point; cute girls being gay. Pity that it's awful

World Dai Star is a technically-not-idol story, and pretty well put together. The promotional material made it look pretty gay, with the emphasis on close dual protagonists. ...It turns out that while they are close, their relationship is significantly odder than the expected quasi-romance. It wouldn't be hugely surprising if some yuri pops up in this one, but at the moment there's no sign of it

Otaku Elf is possibly the best new series of the season. Funny, looks good (an increasingly rare attribute), heartfelt. And unless it diverges significantly from the manga, entirely devoid of romance

Kizuna no Allele is setting up a het romance. Which... why? Even the CGDCT fans that aren't actively hoping for yuri tend to get pissy when dudes show up. And it's not like the show has much hope for other demographics: Ai's not around enough for her fans to be happy(2), general vtuber fans won't appreciate the bizarre way the medium is depicted, romance fans aren't going to have enough to enjoy. I'd say pure idol fans won't necessarily find it off-putting, but it genuinely has the worst music I've encountered in any of these shows

(2)Kizuna Ai doesn't seem to have much in the way of hardcore fans that'll devour anything she's associated with. Unlike pretty much all vtubers that followed her, the way she presented herself discourages parasocial relationships

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Is that tea dude really a dude? I found kinda hard to tell, but I suppose I can just look up the VA.

The character could potentially be an enby, but the VA is male, at least. ...Non-binary representation would be neat, but not enough to make me want to watch the show

huh, odd. A show with only female characters[aside from him] and its mostly popular[Vtubers] with men. To then give a male love interest..

Apparently P.A. works is cooking again, I don't know tho https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/929062632382672936/1098046335665569812/20230418_204148-COLLAGE.jpg
Anime: Skip to Loafer

^Didn't really get that kind of feeling from them, but I certainly wouldn't mind if it would actually go there.

Can you believe it? https://twitter.com/animetv_jp/status/1386257163132227587?s=20

This is two years old

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The angst in G witch is getting so so good, Sunrise never disappoints when it’s about yuri !

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So I just got around to watching Lycoris Recoil yesterday and it was so much better than I could have expected. I actually watched the whole thing in one day, which is practically unheard of for me.

I can't recommend it enough.

edit: Also I've been watching Birdie Wing and it's the perfect amount of nonsensical sports anime bullshit.

...and also the opening makes me laugh because it sounds like the singer is saying "penis line, penis line!" and I have the sense of humor of a 7 year-old.

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So checking out the all girl shows... and its very slim pickings

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

And

Genjitsu no Yohane -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-

Thats it

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I hear we can expect a bit of subtext in Atelier Ryza? But, yeah, summer is way lighter on yuri and yuri-adjacent shows than the seasons surrounding it. Honestly pretty weird

I hear we can expect a bit of subtext in Atelier Ryza? But, yeah, summer is way lighter on yuri and yuri-adjacent shows than the seasons surrounding it. Honestly pretty weird

You know we live in good times when the lack of yuri anime suddenly feels weird.

the fall season is going to have at least 3 yuri shows so we won't have to wait long lol

Some blushing in Miko and the Elf ep 12. Not sure if they were just embarrassed or there was something more going on.

World dai star coming in strong with a yuri kiss in the finale[yeah it was in a play].

Now its your turn, Gundam.

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