I have to wonder why anyone thought sticking a spring onion up your butt would help cure a cold. Or, who knows, maybe it actually does help. I might have to give it a go the next time I get sick.

@ Ghost Shogun

I might be misremembering, but I think that More than Friends? briefly tackled all this societal bullshit during the arc in which Acchan gave Kasumi the cold shoulder for a bit 'cause she was worried about what society would think. I love random connections between an author's work as much as anyone else, but it just strikes me as a bit weird that Acchan's worried about that in a world where reporters express their love for lesbian relationships on live television, apparently conservative families (based on the fact the family in Yuri Family wears... whatever those things are. Yukata? Kimono? I dunno) are perfectly fine with lesbian incest among their ranks, and no one in general really gives a shit other than the obligatory "B-but we're girls?!?" I don't know, I might just be thinking too deeply about this; perhaps, things are significantly better for queer peeps in Mochi's Japan but there's still a fair bit of discrimination? ... WHY AM I OVERTHINKING THIS SO MUCH?

Edit: Of course, I'm going on the assumption here that all of Mochi's things are set in the same universe, which may or may not be true. Kana's appearance in Video Rental Shop, Pranking the Prankster, and (I think it was just a name drop but close enough) Twin Sisters indicates that those at least are confirmed to be related. I think we can assume that GL of the Dead and White Knight and Black Knight are not set in the Mochiverse, but I'm sure you can just come up with some BS like "there was magic in the past, now it's dead and the world's normal" and "there's a zombie apocalypse in the future" to slot them into the timeline... I sure hope GL of the Dead isn't in the Mochiverse though since pretty much everyone we know and love would probably get killed.

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What's that manga where a high school girl runs an electronics shop in Akibahara and her childhood friend finds her and becomes her maid (I guess it's like Kobayashi-san, just without the gay and the dragons and the fairly deep lore... I mean, the main female character even has a fairly unconventional occupation like Kobayashi)?

This was one of the few series I ever dropped. I decided to read this Bonus thing to see if there was any yuri, but, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S YAOI! I mean, I have absolutely no problem with cross-dressing yaoi (I freaking love Nisekoi Boyfriend and Prunus Girl) and their relationship is admittedly super cute and much better than any of the yuri relationships, but, still, this is yuri for God's sake, come on now.

It's reporter Mochi au Lait! And, boy, I sure do hope that their parents watch their program. I just know it'll end up like Tamamusi's Yuri Family, and every family is better if it's like the one in Yuri Family. Perhaps the parents even knew all about their relationship all along but didn't say a word.

Edit: I'm sorry, Tamamusi's thing is Yuri Otaku Family while Mochi's thing is Yuri Family. Please excuse my grievous error, I beg of you all.

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Does anyone know how to check the budget of yuri VNs and how well they did in the West? And in Japan too, I suppose. I'm curious to see how well stuff like Nurse Love Addiction and Kindred Spirits did... 'cause, you know, if they do well, they might consider making more yuri VNs and putting in the effort to translate them. All I know about how well yuri VNs did is that A Little Lily Princess didn't do as well as Hanako expected; that said, Hanako has always put out a fairly steady stream of solid yuri VNs with a fair bit of interactivity and she is the leader of the freaking Hella Yuri group, so I don't doubt that they'll at least continue to make more yuri VNs. Razzart has already made two solid yuri VNs as well as two optional yuri VNs that aren't good from what I hear, so I think they're good too. I'm more concerned about Alienworks (the devs of Highway Blossoms) since this is their first outing and they're focusing on a het thing right now. I can't deny that Human Reignition Project looks pretty intriguing, but, still, YURI.

On a somewhat related note, sure wish there was a yuri game out there like Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator... I thought it was a joke at first, but I hear it's actually a pretty heartwarming game written by queer folks to boot. I mean, it's not like a straight person can't write gay stuff (I believe the writers of Highway Blossoms are straight dudes and that turned out to be amazing), but it adds that extra dash of authenticity, I feel. Also, it became super fucking popular. I don't doubt that's in part because of the Game Grumps, but, still, just imagine if, I don't know, Dream Mommy: A Mom Dating Simulator became number one on Steam. Heck, maybe that'll even be their next game... and I actually would enjoy that too, it's not like there are any VNs out there that let you play as a gay mom courting other gay moms. Actually, the more I think about this, the more I think that this would be the best game ever made. MAKE IT HAPPEN, GAME GRUMPS, MAKE IT HAPPEN. Though, either way, I'm glad Dream Daddy became so popular. We've already seen a surge of lesbian VNs in the past two years and there's probably been a corresponding surge of gay male VNs too. Hopefully, the success of DDADDS will impel others to make queer games. I guess the problem with that is that you're gonna have a bunch of people trying to cash in on DDADDS (wait, holy shit, I just realized) which will lead to a bunch of shitty queer games, but, frankly, we already have a few of those, and I'll take shitty queer games if it leads to more queer games in general.

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Interesting, I've never heard of this before, but it's apparently "a pure romance story between girls with a language barrier" according to the VNDB page (https://vndb.org/v21321). Even more interesting news: SukeraSpace, the developer, is apparently a girl's love game developer (https://vndb.org/p6944). Let me repeat that: IT'S A FUCKING GIRL'S LOVE GAME DEVELOPER. I don't think any other company out there makes solely GL games (if I'm wrong, please correct me), so I find this amazing. Hopefully this does well (and, well, is good) so that SukeraSpace stays afloat and can continue to bless us with more yuri Vns.

Dang, us game aficionados (I refuse to say gamer but game aficionado just sounds idiotic... well, whatever) have been really spoiled in the past two years, huh? On Steam alone (I'm looking at Hella Yuri's recs, so it's obviously pretty limited), there's been Highway Blossoms, Starlight Vega, Sweet Volley High, A Wild Catgirl Appears, Love Ribbon, Nurse Love Addiction, Kindred Spirits, Flowers, Stargazers, Sakura Space, Sakura Dungeon, Ladykiller in a Bind, Moekuri, Queen of Thieves, Pygmalion, Nights of Azure, A Little Lily Princess, Strawberry Vinegar, and probably some more I missed. Their quality is definitely debatable (ahem, Sakura games and Catgirl), but the fact remains that THEY'RE GAY, YAY. The more concerning issue is that pretty much of all of these VNs are Western except Nurse Love Addiction, Kindred Spirits, Pygmalion, and Flowers and thus have much lower budgets than your usual Japanese VN does, but, hey, I'll take what I can get... and I still have a ton of options since I only have Strawberry Vinegar, Highway Blossoms, and Catgirl. Ah, if only I were rich... I could buy all the $40 yuri VNs that I want...

On the topic of Japanese yuri VNs though, I recall there was one called SeaBed or whatever that looked intriguing. Let's hope that Japan continues the trend of producing solid non-shlocky yuri VNs.

https://mobile.twitter.com/anokonikiss/status/890540881811447808
I don't really trust that blush on Aika's face >.>

So, what I'm getting from this is that Aika really is in love with her niece. To that, I have this to say: YES. BRING ON THE AUNT/NIECE INCEST.

I have a few dumb things to say/ask about this whole VD fandom thing.

1. While this is cool news and all, I do have to wonder how reliable 4chan of all places is. Are there are any, you know, more reliable sources? It does seem pretty interesting, and I would like to read more about this phenomenon.

2. Maybe the devs will learn from this and include even more yuri in the sequel?? I never played the first one 'cause I'm too poor to afford it, but I heard it's mostly subtext. Now, as I said, I haven't played it, so I'm probably wrong, but, still, the more yuri the better.

3. I wonder if the sequel will be any different to accommodate for the unexpected female fandom. I mean, I think this proves more than anything else that women can enjoy ecchi-filled games, action games, and ecchi-filled action games just as much as men can but you never know what the dumbasses in charge will do.

4. I got to say that I couldn't stand Valkyrie Drive... the anime, that is (apparently, that's Mermaid, I thought the game was Mermaid, but, nope, it's Bhikkuni). Soul Eater was one of the first manga I ever read, if not the first, so I was pretty excited for Soul Eater... WITH LESBIANSSS. Alas, the first episode just had a bunch of prolonged, unnecessary sex scenes and very little action that was poorly animated to boot. None of the characters really struck me as particularly interesting either. I mean, I thought the love-fueled transformations or whatever would involve saucy kisses, not... full-on sex scenes. Now that the anime's over (well, been over... for like a year and a half), I have to ask: is it worth watching?

On a related note, I'm more tolerant of oversexualized BS in games though... but only if the game in question is actually a good game. I hear Bhikkuni's not a bad hack-and-slash game, so maybe I should just cough up the money to buy it at some point.

While I'm a bit sad since that Gal/Otaku thing was actually fairly interesting, but, let's face it, this dude was a horrible scanlator and seemingly a horrible person (I say seemingly 'cause, yeah, it's not right to judge him just 'cause of one incident when I don't know anything else about him). I think we can only hope that a better scanlation group picks up the Gal/Otaku thing. That said, I do wonder what happened to them.

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no, this isn't a gay website. If you check our nsfw tags, it's just a bunch of gal pals hanging out with each other and doing normal things girls do with each other as FRIENDS.

nsfw = not sex females wriggling

Such lies. We all know that NSFW actually means Neoconservative Sisters For... Wizardry... yes, that's definitely what that means.

@Shynaku

Oooh, okay, that makes sense. I played a few of the games in which Alice appears (I think Perfect Cherry Blossom was one of 'em) and I never even noticed those things on her fingers. I guess it makes sense that she uses some random things rather than her... psychic abilities or something.

@ Madame_Firenze RIGHT, THE HANDMAIDEN! I had completely forgotten about that thing, but I really need to watch it soon. Thanks for reminding me about it!

Heh, I just noticed now that it says "Tuesnday." This thing is still freaking amazing all the same, but, yeah, that just stuck out to me.

As a Korean, I have this to say: "WHY CAN'T KOREA HAVE MORE GAY SHIT AND LESS OVERDRAMATIZED CRYING FEST SHIT ON AIR, I THINK I'D ACTUALLY LEARN MY OWN LANGUAGE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY OF MY ANCESTORS IF THERE WERE MORE GAY SHIT. BRING ON THE GAY SHIT, KOREA, BRING IT. AT LEAST THE USA HAS A MODERATE AMOUNT OF GAY SHIT ON TV AS OPPOSED TO KOREA WHICH HAS PRETTY MUCH NOTHING ASIDE FROM THAT LILY FEVER THING OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT PROBABLY SUCKS ANYWAY SO I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WATCHING IT EVEN IF IT IS TRANSLATED (i dunno if it is, maybe i'll check later)." (on a related note, if there is some good korean gay shit out there (as in TV shows, I already know about all that good gay shit on lezhin), please tell me).

I know what you're wondering now: did I really need to go into all caps for this? And the answer to that question is: yes. Yes. Absolutely.

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You know, I think I'd be a bit pissed off if I were that blue-haired girl (Urukaze or Hamakaze, I dunno). I don't know the first thing 'bout swimsuits, but that looks like a pretty nice one and to have the strap thing cut would be horrible! That said, I'm sure the strap thing could be easily fixed and it led to lotsa sex anyway, so I guess all's well that ends well and all that.

Seeing images for Kindred Spirits always makes me sad 'cause I know it'll be many, many years before I'll have the money to spare to afford it. :( That said, as long as they don't spoil anything, I'm good. I guess I did get that whole Yuna and Hina spoiled (I thought for sure that she would hook up with Ano based on the demo but apparently not) and which of the trio was the one in love and who she's in love with (frankly, I forgot their names already, so it's not a big deal) and I foolishly read Itou Hachi's semi-sequel 'cause I'm an idiot, but, you know, I just can't resist.

Also, I don't know anything about Liarsoft, the company that allegedly published this game, but it seems like all of their other VNs are het. Perhaps the success of Kindred Spirits will convince them to make and localize more yuri things? (I don't care if it sold like shit, IT'S STILL GONNA HAPPEN).

I'm loving all the twists in yesterday's batch of images. It's like the great M. Night Shylamanananan says: Everything is ten times better if it has a plot twist, except yuri, which is five thousand times better if it has a plot twist (yep, he definitely said that, no lies lie in this post).

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"WHOA, THAT'S FUCKING DISGUSTING, YOU PERVERT!! I LOVE YOU!!!"

I eagerly await more twists from this author. I can only hope that they'll upload a continuation of the beautiful love story between these two girls every day 'til the end of time.

Oh shit, this fellow made A Flower and A Star! I think that was one of the first yuri manga I ever read. It's been like two and a half years since then, so I figure now's as good a time as ever to reread it.

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What is /jp/? Is it, like, the 4chan Japanese board (I guess 4chan's boards are equivalent to reddit's subreddits? I dunno though) or something? You know, I think this would be a good time to ask why 4chan's yuri board is called /u/. I mean, I'm sure there's a reason behind it, but why not go with, I dunno, /y/ or /yuri/ or something along those lines.

Dang, that's the best commentary I've ever seen for a yuri image, perhaps even the best I've seen for any image ever made. I do have to ask though: who is that person pushing Reimu? It seems that Yukari's pushing Marisa, but, yeah, I don't know about the other person.

I'm not really sure what this whole "Docking" thing is, but, well, I guess that's my fault for not watching Vividred.

Can we just delete this trolling thread?

Why do that when you can just out troll them?
Shitposting is an art after all

Wow, that surprise loli anal licking thing or whatever sure was a surprise. I guess seeing lolibooru should have clued me in, but, damn, I wasn't expecting something like that...

Also, I don't really have a problem with this kinda trolling. I mean, I found it pretty funny, actually, and it certainly beats unoriginal Pepe memes or Nazi memes or whatever. At least this has some semblance of originality and irony.

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Oh shit, here I was about to say "Hey, why doesn't this have the yuri tag?" and then THAT happens. Whew! I don't know if it's still considered yuri if one of 'em's dead but, well, it's close enough for me.

Who are these peeps anyway? Are they just random people or are they from another series or something? I might be thinking of another manga, but this is the one that had an Adventure Time cameo, right? The cameoing girls look vaguely familiar, but I can't recall their names.

They are the couple from the author's NSFW yuri doujin series.

Ah yeah, that series! I remember it being nice and cute and smutty... I don't remember much else though, so now is as good a time as ever to reread it!

Also, I can only hope that these two girls' relationship eventually gets on the same level as that between those girls... I mean, perhaps without the sex 'cause I don't believe this is a porn mag but everything short of that would be great.

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