so guys, are men into romance? or only sex?
Well, I prefer having both. For some reason sex stuff without the characters loving each other really bothers me... I just can't get into it. And the ones I most prefer have a nice mix of both along with sweet fluffyness and flirtyness. It's nice, makes me feel nice, puts me in a good mood, I like that.
On the question--guy here. I have no idea why yuri isn't more popular with men (well, I guess they're afraid of "feelings" and like that, whatever). But I mean, straight guys and lesbian girls have this fundamental thing in common: We both like girls. Right? So it stands to reason that romance between girls is better than some shounen romance with some drip of a male lead getting in the way. How do more guys not see this simple obvious point?
Lovely chapter. I knew from the beginning this would be great--Takashima Hiromi's previous manga wasn't yuri, but it was so cute and sweet that it was obvious she'd be a great fit for yuri manga.
A general reply to the on-going conversation:
Main problem could be that the yuri guys get exposed to at first is usually the animes (aside from many fan-service yuri scene) which are mostly soap opera quality dramas. And when they ask around or get something suggested it is the same stuff, I watched (more like tried to watch) the animes and read the mangas ppl suggested, none of those worked for me. It's probably better to give em something different, like say Sakura Trick, it was different, easygoing, couples getting together early, it was full of sweetness, and cuteness. Dudes I know found themselves surprised cuz they liked it.
I guess most like to self-insert themselves into the role of the male character, hence why male characters in romance are quite dull, these characters seem to be just "pants" for the male audience to wear (popular Twilight review reference!). Guess self-insertion is more of a thing with porn, its always a generic male character with short black hair who you almost never see through the whole thing, except for his penis which is almost always present...
Personally I find that guyxgirl romance is waaaay too samey, it is all the same experience to me. I was never into romance all that much, the only part of romance I like is where the typical romance stories end: Where the characters get together... Thats where I usually find myself the most entertained, so it's usually 1 or 2 episodes of what I like when its anime (being generous there, most just instantly end there). I found this out with Mysterious X Girlfriend cuz they get together there in ep1, tho I wish it wasn't so fucking weird!!!... I noticed that many yuri mangas+doujins have characters get together early or already together, guess that is why I am here, yuri hits me in the right spot +girls are cute... put 2 girls in love with each other and the cuteness is multiplied x2.
Well, in the end I might just be part of the minority with my really specific tastes and not know what I am talking about when trying to speak for males in general about the subject.
OH GOD! WALL OF TEXT! Thought I was gonna type like 2 short paragraphs when I started...
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