@Faust Yeah, success in Japan is more important, but i think success overseas plays a role in it too. I mean, Citrus is quite popular outside of Japan and it got an anime. Obviously it sells well in Japan too, but i don't think many studios would want to make an anime of it if it they wouldn't be able to sell it overseas as well.

Anyways, yeah YagaKimi is apparently doing quite well in Japan, so we're one step closer to get an anime of it. I think a lot of that depends on whether Citrus and Netsuzou Crap does well this year, which i think it would do since they're quite "eye-catching" for anyone not interested in yuri.

@Gudetamago KyoAni would be a good choice, if they don't KyoAnize the character designs the same way they did with the Dragon Maid, they would be my top choice too. BTW, whats wrong with Deen? Is it because they make yaoi anime?

Thanks a lot for opening the thread leann, i love dramatic series that end on a good note as well, so this thread is heaven for me. Well, except for the ones Utoptia posted.

I'd like to recommend these:

Linkage - This is an anthology, so even if its not completed, most of the chapters are one-shots.
To Where The Rail Goes - I won't spoil this one-shot, but this exactly what you're looking for.
Dandelion Among Lilies - Pretty good series about a couple living with the sister of one of the girls.
Not For Sale - This might not be for everyone, but don't let the tags fool you. This one its quite cute.
One Who Depicts Love - Cute story about a girl writing a romance novel about the life of a delinquent.
Kuroyome - This might have been suggested already, so, sorry for putting it again.
Sayonara Folklore - Not that dramatic, but it still what you're looking for.
A Girl In Ultramarine - It can be considered open-end, but i think the ending its quite conclusive.
Hoshikawa Ginza District 4 - Probably has been recommended as well, so, sorry again.
Indigo Mermaids - If you don't mind extremely lewd stories, this one is quite dramatic.

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My honest thoughts? It's extremely clear that none of the thee girls have the slightest interest in the girl that likes them. Like, their loves aren't just normal unrequited, they're super mega ultra unrequited. I can't see this love triangle going anywhere. Only potential romance in my opinion is the glasses guy and Tsukasa's brother.

I mean, thats the only place to go if you don't want to break anyone's heart. To me, it seems that Kotooka is the one who's going to get the happy ending. I'm basing this opinion on nothing but yuri tropes alone, the girl who's suffering the most is always the one who gets to have the happy ending in most yuri stories, and to me that would be Kotooka since she probably cries herself to sleep every day since she thinks she would never be able to be truly happy in love and that is thanks to some traumatic experience in the past. That alone screams yuri winner to me. If i were to bet right now, i'll bet 2 bucks that she wins the Tsukasabowl since i'm broke af.

(https://snag.gy/fvX5bD.jpg)\

I know I ranted about the cover a lot, but tbh, I'm still really happy to be holding a copy in my hands rn, finally
Oh and this is to show how it looks like lmao, like I was really surprised the first time I saw it. If I hadn't known about it beforehand, well, it definitely looks like a het shoujo romance manga, it's super misleading haha. It's eye catching I guess, and I bet readers unfamiliar with the title were definitely surprised when they picked it up out of curiosity, like surprise gay

I laughed more than i should at that last line. But yeah, i guess its just a way of "bait" unsuspecting people into buying yuri manga. Hopefully, it sells well enough overseas so that way we can get a YagaKimi anime sometime soon.

No, don't get me wrong - she's free to draw all what she wants. I just told that if she starts drawing some het-manga this may for me (i speak only for myself) really painful and disaster. I love Kazushiro and her work, so, for me it being somehow "betrayed". But i don't say that she "betray" me or something. I just leave this place and start crying in my pillow alone. And continue love her. Painful love, yeah.

P.S. Don't get me wrong again. I really don't mind about "het and other stuff" (even if i dislike this) in yuri manga (if it have a yuri-ending ONLY, not the het one). I just don't get this stuff, if some mangaka like Kazushiro, who a "pure yuri-mangaka" starts doing another stuff like het or rape or something. That's what i'm talking about. Conservatism. ))

P.S.S. Damn, my english sucks.

I understand. I think i would feel like that if my favorite yuri artist, Takemiya Jin, started doing a het series too. Well, not crying on the pillow bad, but i'll definitely feel like i might not see another yuri story from her if she gets to passionate of succesful with that story.

P.S. Don't worry, your english was not bad at all.

I'm honestly OK with Kazushiro drawing whatever she wants. Just wait for this series to complete and hope the next one is yuri.

I think people are OK with Kazushirto drawing whatever she wants too. This is not her first het series at all. It's the baiting part everyone is complaining about, which is quite rare for her to do it.

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Minase Ruruu.
BTW, i don't mind if Kazushiro-sensei draw neutral story without yuri or het, but if it's a yuri-baiting or het, so, for me it's a real disaster. I don't wanna lost Kazushiro-sensei, she's our "Sacred yuri-mangaka" after all.

I don't mind if she even draws het, she's free to do that, but if she starts baiting people, thats when it gets bad. I'm choosing to believe that the yuri would come eventually, since i don't think she'll bait us after writing so much yuri stuff.

Phil posted:

I think I'll just see if this gets continued. The first chapter was rather strange with the whole "appreciating girls" and "I don't dislike you because you don't mind my stupidity". And maybe I'm going face blind but the faces look really alike.

e: on the other hand, this might be one of those gag series where no progress in the relationship department ever happens anyway.

That's my bet! is just a gag so if it turns yuri or het we will only know (and maybe) in the end or in some bonus time skip chapter.
But... Yeah, I was going to read it but when I saw the synopsis I didn't feel like it anymore, and now I find this, is almost funny

I don't think Kuzushiro would just bait a part of her audience if she didn't intend to deliver in the future. But i think its best to just wait to hear some spoilers in the future.

BTW, did you read it?

Yeah, I'm a sucker for happy endings or complete endings. I've been burned by too many bad/bittersweet endings that come out of no where. If I don't get that at least for the main characters, I feel like I've wasted my time.

I feel the same. I mean, i get some open-ends are alright, Like i said before, i don't usually dislike them since it doesn't affect the story, but in this instance, leaving it open-end feels that the author didn't know how to finish it and just left it like that for people to speculate themselves instead of delivering one himself.

While it could be considered bittersweet, To me this felt very open-ended. She just assumed her "I like you" was different than her "I like you".

It definitely was very open-ended. I don't usually dislike stories with open-ends but this story feels like it could have a clear het ending and would've still been a good yuri story. But since its not clear at all, i hate stories that makes you wonder if the girl gets a happy end or not.

@Ropponmatsu I see, i guess you're right. I thought it was a bigger gap.

Sad to see something good get dropped just because it's not about girls kissing.

I mean, its not like the translators are getting paid to translate stuff for us, so i don't mind that they drop series they don't personally like.

About the "baiting," maybe she's thinking of making this a yuri story down the line? I don't think Kuzushiro ever baited yuri fans before in any of her non-yuri series, so thats why i think that could be a possibility.

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Aww, that was cute. Should this have the Age Gap tag seeing that one is in middle school and the other one is about to enter university?

The artist line-up its quite the sight, really looking forward to it. It definitely looks like 2017 is the year of yuri.

@TheObsoleteMan

(http://i.imgur.com/Fu7kYG2.png)

I think I made the perfect cover, gaiz.

Nice, now it looks like a Lord of the Rings yaoi doujin.

Chap 28 is available in French, for those who can't wait. :þ

The return of the girl from chap 26. Aaand it seems like we have our first (real) love triangle in AnoKiss. Quite a peculiar one too.

I know i shouldn't have skipped all those french classes in high school.

I might be the only one who thinks this, but i'm kinda glad to see a love triangle in this series. I need my share of drama in every series i read.

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@Black Paw Pretty good first post, welcome to the forums :)

Anyways, i do not think Kotooka was going to talk about something like that at a restaurant. It's just a way of pushing Tsukasa more towards Washio since she would be heartbroken and Tsukasa would obviously try to make her feel better. I think she was just going to tell everyone that she started dating a new guy and that she was serious about it, thats why the topic is never brought up again.

About the ending, i believe the ending would have at least one girl with her hear broken and for some reason i'm heavily leaning towards Washio as to being the one heartbroken. She would try to get closer to Kotooka in an attempt to win her over, but instead would hear the truth about why she wants to fall in love with a guy so desperately and how she feels about Tsukasa. I used to believe that Kotooka would be the one who would get Washio and Tsukasa together in the end since she's the balance of the group and everything, but after seeing how she actually cares about Tsukasa and how she probably has suffered in the past due to her "weird" feelings, i think she's going to be the one with the semi-happy ending. Or at least i hope so, a friendship ending is also likely, but less interesting to me.

I do get why she's so focused on her 1st crush,

It's not her first crush. That's plot device-kun.

I kinda wonder if plot device-kun isn't Kotooka, it might be too convenient but I almost expect it as it's so common a plot device.

Doesn't fit her character. If anything, it might be Tsukasa since she actually collects items with food printed on them.

Although, i wouldn't be surprised if that guy turns out to be completely irrelevant to the whole story past the scene where Washio explains why she fell in love with him.

I do get why she's so focused on her 1st crush,

It's not her first crush. That's plot device-kun.

Oh yeah, i forgot about that guy. Well, i could see why she's so focused on her 2nd crush.

That's what love does to us, we become selfish because our emotions and feelings ruled over us and the only thing we want is to be with that person. Moreover, Washio is heartbroken causing her thoughts to become disarray and she can't think straight. Honestly, I can relate when I was a teenager, I neglect my friend, the one who supports me because I focus too much on trying to get the attention of someone I was in love with but she likes me as a friend. But hey! I gain +1 life experience. Nowadays, I don't go, "She is rejecting me!!! I must try to find a way to catch her KOKOROOOO!!" shit. (sorry for my bad Engrish)

Maybe it's just me, but i've never neglected any of my friends whenever i was in love. Especially not the ones who supported me the most. I do get why she's so focused on her 1st crush, but imo, she's letting that emotion cloud her vision of the people around her. Luckily, it seems that she's starting to change for her sake and not only for Kotooka's sake, so at least theres that. She really needs to let her go though, it would hurt her way more in the future if she realizes who Kotooka really likes.

BTW, Bad engrish? Dude that was great, i would never have guessed you're not a native speaker if you didn't pointed out.

I didn't find Washio's POV chapter as endearing or interesting as the ones from Kotooka. I found her kinda self-centered since she only cares about ending up with Kotooka and doesn't really thinks what would happen with the only person who is supporting her. Still, i really liked chapter 16, it looks like Asakura had some sort of "troubling" feelings for Subaru when he acted all cute, hopefully those feelings continue to grow in future chapters.

BTW, Happy New Year to everyone!! Hope you have a good holiday.

The ending was really cute and sweet. This whole story was extremely melodramatic, that i can't help but love it. I hope the author of this one has more yuri stories out there, because i absolutely love the art style.

I think we can all agree that the guy is related to the sister in some capacity. Maybe he used to be dating her or maybe he was just the male equivalent of Sayaka to Touko's sister and he knows some deep shit about her sister and might try to help Touko out. I think the reason they focused a lot on Yuu's repressed feelings this chapter was because she might start to express some of those feelings because she might get jealous of Sayaka or the new guy.

@Alextasha Thank god it was just a misunderstanding. I really thought someone updated her blog once again to say such terrible news. Luckily, is nothing of the sort.

This was extremely sweet and cute. I'm kinda hoping there's at least a sequel to this one out there.

Casey WTF!? Where did you heard that?