Off the top of my head, my favorites are Momono Moto, Kodama Naoko, and Imura Ei.

Those really sticky dramas are just so much fun to read.

I don't know if I have a least favorite. My least favorite yuri manga was by Amano Shuninta, but I enjoy most of her other stuff, so I can't say that I dislike her.

Okay, so it does happen. Thanks for sharing. I can understand that it might be more common in regions or cultures where homosexuality is forbidden, especially if you grow up not even knowing it exists. And I totally get that there are aspects of ourselves that take time to recognize, or that we refuse to recognize.

A lot of yuri is like this. Probably the majority of published series have characters who take ages to recognize their own feelings. I guess the main reason for that is that high school settings are so prevalent in manga.

This is exactly the kind of stories that I hate...it hurts me but well, crap stories are everywhere
("If some boy take you..." Bullshit, she HAS a boyfriend and she LiKes mEn, then go with them...crap story)

It is sad that your prejudice blinds you to the extent that you can't read what's actually happening in this manga, and have to make something up instead. This comment hurts me.

Yeah, Kaori definitely originally got upset at Emi because she didn't like the idea of her dating someone. One could argue that the reason she finally gets up the courage to confront Emi after what's apparently been years is because she overheard her talking about going to a mixer. Even back in middle school (and maybe as far back as in elementary school) Kaori had a crush on Emi and was aware of it. Emi is clearly obsessed with Kaori too, as evidenced by the dress, but clearly she'd never thought about dating her. She just wants to be by her side forever.

I find this is very common in yuri, where a character will take forever to realize that she likes someone romantically/sexually, though I wonder how common it is in real life. I think people tend to know very quickly if they're attracted to someone, even if it does take longer to realize you love them. I can't tell if this represents a common phenomenon or just an affectation of the genre.

Our little lesbian vegetable at least was aware that a mixer was an “adult” thing that would involve behaviors that would make her uncomfortable (she planned to “stay for an hour and then leave”). But Hana was shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that there was the possibility of underage drinking going on.

So the Yamada who is excited at the possibility of going to a convenience store whenever she wants is, compared to the person for whom a convenience store was a 40 minute bus ride away, the more cosmopolitan of the two.

Maybe Hana is fine with casual sex with strangers, but draws the line at underage drinking.

Didn't she went on hiatus or something? There was interview with her in Galette newspaper where she talked about it.

I don't know the details. I just know that it wasn't in the last 2 issues, and I heard that the next one will be out in May. Do you have a link to the newsletter so I can check?

What? Drama in this fluffy school life lesbian romance?

Well, it is called Hana ni Arashi, not Hana ni Ii Tenki. It's just taking a while for the storms to show up.

Well if this author draws hentai then why not go full hentai? This story is without rhyme or reason anyway

This story wouldn't be improved by having a sex scene every chapter, nor would it be improved if the sexual elements were completely removed. It's fine the way it is.

more often than not they're full of bi-phobic tropes, whether intentional or not. If anything, this particular story is an exception to the rule in that the bisexual character is actually a pretty decent person who's not unfaithful, predatory, or what have you.

The thing is, that's not even true. Sure, there are some stories that are like that, but nowhere near the majority. The assumption that most stories about bisexuals present bisexuals as toxic is wrong, just as is the assumption that most bisexuals are toxic. It's just an extension of the same faulty belief, taking a stereotype and projecting it onto the data, or selectively forgetting all the many counterexamples.

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I don’t know about others but in most stories I seen with a bisexual tag on Dynasty usually ends up having a girl heartbroken because the one she loves left her for a man. And I don’t like that so I avoid them. I have nothing against bisexuals irl, I’m just a very sexist girl.
Examples of heartbroken by going for the man:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/honey_method_the_girls_party
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/dont_forget_the_forget_me_nots
I’ve been scarred by this one https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sweet_lips_1

These are some rare happy ones:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/candy_trap
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/lady_spy_and_lady_doctor
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/i_want_to_seduce_you
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/encounter_effect

I think you have a very selective memory. If you actually go through every oneshot tagged "bisexual" on this site, the ones that end with girl-girl relationships outnumber the boy-girl ones at least 2-to-1.

Honestly I think you're missing out for being so opposed to stories about heartbreak, but that's a matter of taste. However, the plotlines of the various bisexual stories are a matter of fact, and your belief about them is simply inaccurate. The majority of bisexual tag stories on this site have one woman who previously dated men deciding to date a woman.

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https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/skeeter_rabbit_ch10#6

I like how even when she's thinking about being confronted and called out, Usa is still masturbating in Miki's imagination.

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There's one more chapter out in Japan right now (which we're working on now). For some reason there was no chapter released for Galette 8 or 9, but presumably chapter 6 will come out with Galette 10, in May.

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I like this one. Ao seems like a perfect fit for someone like Shuri. I wondered why we were shown her being cheated on at the beginning, but after reading it it makes sense. That part is there to show that for Shuri, this kind of creepy possessiveness is exactly what she's looking for.

However, are we supposed to believe that Ao just ate all of Shuri's earings? That doesn't make much sense, but we're shown her putting her mouth over them and then Shuri's ears devoid of earrings, so it's kind of the implied meaning of the imagery.

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i honestly don't expect this from 99% of yuri. it's not exactly a genre full of woke authors writing about healthy relationships. i just overlook what i can, and enjoy the nice parts. i'll put up with incest, weird power dynamics, etc, etc, if its cute enough. it's just so common for yuri to have at least one thing that bothers me, that i've gotten to the point where i just try to get what i can out of it.

that said there are some authors writing top tier stuff, but its not exactly common. (ie nakatani nio, tmfly)

That's not something specific to yuri. Most manga is like that. It's a pulp medium with all the trappings typical of pulp: fetishism, bizarrely specific genre cliches, rampant wish fulfillment, author self-insertion, etc.

A while ago I translated a two chapter series by Aoko: Nakayoku ne and Motto! Nakayoku ne. Someone has offered to clean the first chapter, and someone else has offered to typeset, but I need a cleaner for the second chapter. It's only 16 pages long, but looks like kind of a pain in the ass because lots of text and writing is printed directly over the images (plus there are lots of sex noises). I translated this a long time ago, and I'd be very happy to finally get it released.

If anyone is interested contact me by email at
schuyguy.tl@gmail.com
or on discord at
schuyguy#6894

I think this is the most normal manga of Homura Subaru's I've ever seen.

Whoa! When did this comment section became a warzone worse than the one at Citrus???

I never understand when people complain about other people discussing manga in a manga discussion thread.

If I were in those circumstances, and it was my significant other acting like Kase, then I'd strongly consider breaking up. That level of mistrust and jealousy is toxic.

In that situation, I'd first strongly consider talking to the other about it, but that may be just me... My point being, Kase's possessive tendencies are not an issue until Yamada starts finding them uncomfortable and says so (at least to herself).

Easier to just cut people off and never speak to them again. But you're right, Yamada clearly doesn't have a problem with Kase's behavior. And ultimately, that's all that matters. Also, her realization that she allowed her own irrational jealousy to drive her behavior is important, I think. Yamada had way less cause than Kase to feel jealous, and she acted in a way that ended up being worse for their relationship—she went and did something that made Kase feel bad, whereas Kase ended up showing up when Yamada needed her.

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Don’t worry, people—you’re never going to have to put up with Kase-san being too controlling while you’re dating.

I'm sorry Kase-san, it's you, not me.

If I were in those circumstances, and it was my significant other acting like Kase, then I'd strongly consider breaking up. That level of mistrust and jealousy is toxic.

On the other hand, Yamada actually seems to be as helpless as a baby, so perhaps it was warranted. It's like Kase-san is her caretaker as well as her girlfriend. That looked like a perfectly harmless (though probably really boring) event, but for Yamada, it was an existential threat. Who knows what could've happened to her? She'd probably wake up the next day drugged, pregnant, or having unwisely purchased a timeshare.

Why the hell do they need three bedrooms?

They don't. Yuna asked whether a bedroom was needed (要る) and Rena told her it was without properly understanding the question. I think Yuna was wondering whether Rena would want a bedroom of her own, while Rena was thinking about sex. The other room is most likely Yuna's office.

Okay, good. That's what I thought happened, but god is it hard to translate fragmented lines that different characters take different ways.

Still, it's weird how long they're stuck on the idea of three bedrooms, even when they begin to have lots of difficulty finding a place within their budget. You'd think they'd reassess at some point.

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Better yet I SNIFF Blackmail next lol

I don't think Hoshihara is the type to try that. Even if she notices, she'll either tease her for it or just act like she doesn't give a shit. What could she even hope to gain from blackmail?

Given what we've seen of Hoshihara so far my bet's on face_of_utter_disgust.jpg, maybe musing something about how it figures Usa's friends are degenerates too and not really giving a shit beyond that.

Oh yes, that. Or maybe she'll even be secretly jealous. "She touched my nipples earlier today! How dare you sniff her panties."

Better yet I SNIFF Blackmail next lol

I don't think Hoshihara is the type to try that. Even if she notices, she'll either tease her for it or just act like she doesn't give a shit. What could she even hope to gain from blackmail?

I thought I knew what we were in for as soon as she went back to get her gym clothes, but then things escalated.

I wonder why she hasn't asked Usa out already if she likes her that much? Surely she can't be thinking Usa is straight? She's as queer as a rainbow trout and you have to be blind not to notice that.

You know, there exist boys who have secret crushes on girls, and vice versa? Just because the object of your affection has the potential to like people of your sex doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a positive result if you ask them out. She could have all kinds of reasonable anxieties holding her back. She could even be the kind of pervert who prefers sniffing her clothes in secret to actually dating her.

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Maybe some day I will drag you into the light.