Penis ≠ Male
Lack of penis ≠ Female
There is more to this world than black and white, male and female, etc.
Although given that it says in the story that the penis just suddenly appeared, you can't honestly count this sort of thing as representative of real-life women with penises (men without penises, even less so).
This is true. Although I find futa penises to be so bizarre, both in circumstance and anatomy, that they may as well be toys with extra function. In which case there really is little impact on the gender of the character they're attached to.
To be honest, it's the futa stories where the girl comes off as more "trans-like", such as that HonoMaki one, or where it's a magic/science dildo with extra function as you say, such as in Happy Cherry 2, where I can accept the idea most easily. The ones where it's just the artist is clearly going "I want a dick in there, but I don't want a dude" are more difficult for me to accept.
But then, previous discussions here have shown that a lot of folks don't even like toys in their yuri porn. I'm a lot more accepting than the norm for those, I think.
edit: I forgot this part of the quote chain...
Uh?
I mean, why use yuri when you can call it "Limited Edition Futa Book."
Holy quote chain, Batman!
To be honest, I have long since given up on forcing anything LL related, canon or fan work, to conform to my understanding of reality. I could easily write a ten page dissertation on the subject but that would stray much too far from the topic at hand. Nonetheless, regardless of whether or not this story represents reality - which it does not, in my humble opinion, as it appears to state that Maki simply sprouted a penis rather suddenly, but I digress - my point stands that there is more than male and female and black and white, both in fiction and reality.
The author has decided to label this a yuri work. By my understanding of the genre, this would mean love between females only. Forgive me Nezchan for extrapolating and assuming beyond the presented story, but I am assuming Maki was born female and as such identifies as female. The fact that she - magically? - sprouted genitalia not traditionally associated with her gender identification has not changed said gender identification. She still identifies as female and thus I believe the work can still be described as yuri.
A simpler argument could be that the author has declared this a yuri work, therefore it is a yuri work. Q.E.D.
As for what I do expect out of LL is believable character interaction. Ooshima Tomo has established throughout her works that Nico and Maki are quite deeply in love and horny as all get out. In this work, Nico's love for Maki is clearly not limited to genitalia and I like this idea. Their mutual lust for one another also transcends traditional gender identities and they are willing to experiment with their new circumstances. I also like this idea. In the end, Nico asks if the new appendage will go away, but what is not made clear is whether or not she wants it to go away or wants it to stay. My interpretation is that Nico wants the appendage to go away so Maki may return to a state that she - Maki - identifies as normal for her; not for Nico's sake, but for Maki's, as Nico wants Maki to be comfortable in her own body. This also lends an additional reason, beyond general lust, that Nico agrees to experiment with sexual activity.
Regardless of my opinion on futanari, I love Tomo's interpretation of NicoMaki and their interactions, even if I must occasionally stretch my suspension of disbelief. But as mentioned above, I am accustomed to doing this for the franchise as a whole.
/caffeine and sleep deprived rant. yeesh...
tl;dr Nothing to see here. Ignore this train wreck. Move along.
last edited at Dec 21, 2015 4:44PM
