When you dream to be top vs. what you really are (a bottom)

The emoji face is breaking! Must hide!

Velvet's hair is only second in ridiculousness to Velvet's clothes. Both seem impossible, but here we are.

All the cards are hearts hahaha

Although I find that a vote like that is always biased to more current shows because of emotional investment.

I think there's some truth to that but considering the top 10, that doesn't seem like a major problem here. The only bias is fujos are too stronk lmao

1. Banana Fish
2. idolish7
3. DoriFest! R
4. SoraYori
5. Osomatsu-san S2
6. YagaKimi
7. Houseki no Kuni
8. AOT 3
9. Yowapedal Glory Line
10. Hataraku Saibou

You'd probably not see it in the top spots (those fans are dedicated), but in the middle section. Still a pretty interesting line-up. We got everything from Romance, to sports, to Shounen anime here. AOT 4 will probably be top 3 in next years list tho.

YagaKimi already made a big impact, but I suppose that's natural considering the manga was already popular.

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There is an annual award in Japan, ranking the best show of a certain year. In this 523 big ranking, you can vote for up to 3 tv series and 3 anime movies, that came out between the 10/15/17 to the 10/13/18.

Bloom Into You is in that poll, ready to be voted for. So let's do it! Let's help rise the series in the best ones from this year! The title in Japanese for Bloom is: やがて君になる,

Here is the link! https://best100.animefestival.jp/

To vote, you need a Twitter account.

Y'know voting in that poll has shown me just how great a year this has been for Yuri. This may actually be the best year Yuri has ever had.

agreed! there hasnt been much yuri going around in the past, and we would be blessed if there was even subtle yuri subtext in some anime. however here we are, 2018, yuri there, yuri here, yuri everywhere! lmao

It's basically the yuri rennaissance, starting around the time Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid came out.
Aside from anime adaptations, a lot of yuri manga get licensed these days as well. It's really great~

PS: So am I seeing this right, YagaKimi is 6th place? Wow.
Although I find that a vote like that is always biased to more current shows because of emotional investment.

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Someone's drunk again

^^The heck is "ew" about this?

The perfect angels are always the thirstiest.

ASSSS.Gridwoman

Give her 5 more minutes. That's all she needs.

Nobu doesn't even move, she just enjoys it lol

Tomoko is a power bottom confirmed.

Winner takes it all... in her hands.

@acein9 The first thing I thought of when reading those words lol

Mikooo~~n

Knew I recognized the artstyle. It seems the rule about every famous yuri author starting with Touhou fanworks is true.

This is a parody of a parody. This rabbit hole is endless!
Can someone please tie that red string of fate around Touko though? She accidentally dropped it.

I really don't think it was too subtle in the manga... the world fading away and Yuu forgetting to cheer and then being too dazed to realize the race is even over, those are all pretty blatant. I guess its a bit different depending on what you expected, but that scene in conjunction with the toolshed follow up made it crystal clear to me.

@TifalovesAerith
It seems me replying with a joke was somehow too subtle as well. Maybe I learned too much from Nakatani-sensei lol

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Well, if skimping on the earlier sequences is what it took to create that race scene, then I can't complain. It's my favorite scene in the whole show so far. Which is funny because it didn't make that much of an impression in the manga.

I think I replayed that scene four times after finishing the episode haha

The manga gave it weight too though. I mean, it is clearly the moment where Yuu finally falls for Touko or rather her heart begins to realize it. That's pivotal all over! The implications are supported by the simplicity of the page. And Yuu being completely dazed afterwards was soooo good~

Heavensrun mostly covered it already. In episode 9 specifically you can really tell that most of the first half was either outsourced animation or rushed. The budget was instead used on the race and toolshed scenes to make them look as good as possible. Hope the context helps.

It would be so nice if people stopped spreading the idea that anime production is like a vending machine where "budget goes in, anime comes out"

I have seen an entire episode done by just one artist before and it looked absolutely stellar. So yeah, artistic drive can make up for a lot. Buuut... it took him 5 months to make that episode. And he was incredibly skilled.
Studios have an intense schedule and limited ressources to invest into animators. What dictates the quality of animation is time and budget (I will take artistic passion for granted, because nobody would be crazy enough to enter that horrible industry otherwise).

Consequently, as time is even more sparse than money, it's not uncommon anymore for an anime studio to outsource scenes or entire episodes to Korean and Chinese studios, because it's cheaper and allows them to focus their limited time on other episodes. Sadly it shows.

In this case Troyca has a very recognizable quality standard and style. So if they cut down on the budget for a scene you are extremely aware of it right away. This isn't a case of a different artist taking the reigns (like in the infamous 4th episode of Gurren Lagann, which was not badly animated, just different), it's clearly sloppy work. Though it's still well done compared to truly cheap animation.

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^It's not like yuri and waifu culture are somehow mutually exclusive.

BugDevil
You should try being more considerate and empathetic of others instead of talking down to them like that. She's had major problems with anxiety throughout her life, she's not in a very good state and she was basically ignored by people that she made an effort to make friends with. She decided to vent about in thread made for people that have things to get off their chest and you just told her that it's not a big deal.

Like seriously when people vent about things the last thing they ever want to hear is some sarcastic guy telling them that they're getting angry about nothing. Even in the cases where it is true it's still rude.

And I am supposed to have known any of this how exactly? Is it so wrong to assume that people I talk to are mentally stable?
This thread isn't made for venting in the first place, but I guess that's fine. If she just wanted to vent, then my replies shouldn't have mattered either though. Most of the time when a friend or aquaintance rants, engaging in conversation with them at all helps. A reality check can also set things in perspective. If it isn't a big deal that should be encouraging to most people. Realizing that you worry too much or are focusing on the wrong things is usually helpful.

I can't tell the fragility of a person's psyche from two posts. If a jovial tone and joking are counter-productive, nothing I could have said would have helped anyway. If engagement is so bad, I'll let people talk to themselves from now on.
I hope that helps.

To be fair though yuri isn't even like a special interest for me, it's just a thing I have a casual interest in that I rarely talk about. I was just hoping some of them would be into video games so I'd actually have something to discuss.

Maybe, juuuust maybe, you shoulda gone for a video-game community then... lol

I literally had no access to the internet. Barely any of my friends noticed I was gone either, so that's nice.

It's not such a big deal.

EDIT: Welp, he deleted his posts. Don't I look like a crazy person now lol

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At this point I rather wonder why you made that comparison in the first place.

I wondeeeer. Is it because we were talking about extremes in cultures and how they affect interactions and people's expectations? Me saying equality is best? I don't believe for one second that the point of my anecdote eluded you. You just want to be a dick, I get it.

I knew this would go nowhere. I'm seriously not gonna reply to it anymore unless you change threads.