You seem to be using lesbian and yuri as two words with completely different meanings. Could you explain how you define the two? If I'm reading it correctly, are you banking on a focus to the romance as a defining trait for a yuri show?
Yes here I'm using yuri as it is used for a yuri magazine => romance between girls. So no in my opinion it's not because there is a lesbian in the show or because it's talking metaphorically about how lesbian are treated in society or other lesbian matter that it is yuri. Not that I wouldn't like these kind of manga.
I won't say that I never use the word for other things, i'm not inflexible but when it's too far away from it (I consider being too metaphorical moving away here), even if there is a "bear" "eating" a girl in a sexual explicit way because the girl have a gorgeous smelI just after having eaten ohter girls, I can't see it as yuri.
But once again I didn't see more than episode 2 (or maybe 3, I don't remember) x)
Uh, then isn't it a little premature for you to judge whether a show has any yuri or not, based on 1 or 2 episodes? If I did that, I would have missed out on anime like Sengoku collection, where all the yuri more or less appeared somewhere in the middle to much later on. ^_^;
Anyways, Yuri Kuma Arashi is a yuri show. These are facts. Whether or not a show is yuri, isn't defined by one's perception of the genre, but whether there is any actual yuri going on (Canon, strong subtext..etc). In Yuri Kuma Arashi's case, YES, it has canon yuri romance. Not just that, but the plot actually revolves around it, which is rare to see in anime these days, as the trend is subtext yuri stuff at most or yuri that is limited to side characters.
However, you don't have to like the series. It also does require a bit of analyzing to get the full context, plus it's visual portrayal may not tickle everyone's fancy. If this is not to your cup of tea, you should watch something else! :D
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