The road to world peace is paved in yuri.

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Hold on tight Kita! Bocchi's about to melt into a puddle again!

Ummm...Firefly...what's with that look? Are we gonna find Stelle locked in a basement later? Are you going to sink March to the bottom of the sea before you set it ablaze?

Awww this is so sweet. They're just hanging out together and being adorable. Maybe this was when Nina took all those pics of Subaru and then went full-gremlin trying to post them for fanservice to get more subscribers.

Ahhhh I love this so much!

Alright Takina has trained her pet out of biting and even got her a collar now. What comes next in "how to raise your Chisato"?

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Every series I'm reading is fumbling right now. I'm in despair. Even this neverending room isn't worse than what's happening in Anemone right now though.

Oh no...I've gotten like a dozen chapters behind on Anemone. Can you give me a spoiler for how it's screwing up?

There's some positives out there. I'm Sorry But I'm Not Into Yuri is keeping things steady with it's dodgeball arc.
And My Girlfiriend's Not Here Today is...well...doing what it does lol.

That's something you have to experience, honestly. I can't describe that well enough to do it justice. You can check the comments on the latest chapter on Mangadex and just gauge the temperature. That should give you an idea without having to read anything. I normally try to stay pretty measured but that one is something else.

Wow... y'all are having a meltdown in the Mangadex comments!

Being stuck in this room and dealing with the never-ending sleepover doesn't seem too bad anymore. Seems downright enjoyable compared to what's going on over there!

Every series I'm reading is fumbling right now. I'm in despair. Even this neverending room isn't worse than what's happening in Anemone right now though.

Oh no...I've gotten like a dozen chapters behind on Anemone. Can you give me a spoiler for how it's screwing up?

There's some positives out there. I'm Sorry But I'm Not Into Yuri is keeping things steady with it's dodgeball arc.
And My Girlfiriend's Not Here Today is...well...doing what it does lol.

no...not again...not like this...

The trauma from Whispering You a Love Song is seeping into this thread.

We're never getting out of this room, are we? Remember the days when this manga had scenes in places other than this room? Before the never-ending sleepover?

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^I agree with you but I feel the art posted on here seems be of characters with a wide variety of different endowments. And most of the fanart tends to not go too far in "buffing" the characters.

Amawashi's translation of Part 68 is up: https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/part-68-its-sendai-sans-fault-that-im-losing-sleep-ii/

Didn't notice while reading the MTL that Sendai totally caught Miyagi "staring at the blouse button/collarbone", which was pretty much Miyagi trying to look down her shirt.

I think this is the start of Sendai always initiating casual intimacy with the way she was stroking Miyagi's hair and then her ear later.
I think she might've been going in for a kiss when she covered Miyagi's eyes. Don't worry Sendai...you'll be able to kiss Miyagi casually whenever you want in the future. Sure, Miyagi will still often grumble and kick your shin/step on your foot, but she still allows you to kiss her.

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Miyagi's had thoughts a few times about how she's afraid that getting hot and heavy too much with Sendai will just lead to Sendai getting bored eventually and leaving her

I had somehow forgotten about this. I remembered Sendai worrying that she might blurt out "I love you" during sex so she was trying to avoid getting too hot and heavy.
Sendai will eventually get too pent up and start getting more aggressive again. Lord knows that penguin plushie is probably getting tired of seeing all the self-love Sendai's been showing herself while they're having a temporarily dead bedroom situation.

Who is Iwagaki anyway? There's a few characters that I'm not sure if I've just forgotten them or if they're new.

Iwagaki was introduced as the girl that was obsessed with Kamisada and got jealous about Toudou because of it (of course), but for whatever reason she kinda lost that characteristic? Most recently she was notable for having a beef with Yanagi :P

Thanks! I remember her now. It's hard for me to remember them unless they have a unique design or have a big role in the story.

Iwagaki just looks like a slightly more feral Yomotsuka

I was getting them confused half the time because they're practically twins in this chapter.
Who is Iwagaki anyway? There's a few characters that I'm not sure if I've just forgotten them or if they're new.

Lmao the author really wanted to go ham drawing dodgeball, huh?

I knew Fuuko was gonna turn this into some dommy mom kink...will Yuni be into it though?

Kind of surprised Nanase is still invested in being a good girlfriend? I thought she would assume Yuni was cheating again since she knew Yuni went to meet up with Fuuko the last chapter. But I suppose she would be the kind of person to find a way to blame herself for it. Makes a good segue for Yuki to get involved in the story again.

Where did you read that Nanase knew Yuni met up with Fuuko last chapter? I don't see anything that says Nanase knew about that.

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Love this artist

Yuni lost in her own world while staring hard at Fuuko

Nanase runs into her

Yuni: Hey who do you think you are to be interrupting me while I'm busy admiring the girl I love?!

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I like the localization of the title. Gone are the days of people asking "Who is Anemone and why is she in heat?"

Figured this was a new meme when I saw the Nokotan version: https://reddit.com/r/yurimemes/comments/1ez58oy/i_drew_brainrot_yuri_because_funni_meme_template/

^That makes the most sense to me. Kita's got the mega blush (including her hand) going on and it's all memories from Kita's perspective

Which even if people think Whispering You a Love Song is a completely worthless series because it doesn't focus on identity, as long as fans of the series are also pushing for real life acceptance that's ultimately the most important thing. I do think this series and others like it have value.

My initial complaints weren't just about Whispering You a Love Song not focusing on sexual orientation. I've read plenty of yuri where that isn't explored, and I'm typically fine with that.
My issue is that this manga is going out of it's way to create a scenario where not focusing on a character's sexual orientation feels like a glaring ommision.
Takeshima could have made Miki's ex a girl and it would've been just like any other fluffy yuri manga where all the girls are assumed to be lesbian. That's fine.
But she went out of her way to make Miki's ex a guy.
And have her participate in conversations where they try to define "romantic love".
And have her female senpai confess to her.
Which should naturally lead someone to at some point mentioning the role gender plays in love and attraction for her, right? Or have her get a bit introspective about orientation when thinking over her senpai confessing, right?
Well she does get introspective...over her incestuous feelings for her sister. Sigh...

Oh and I don't hate this series by any stretch. Aki and Shiho are one of my favorite couples and the art is amazing.

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^Naturally. I have a fairly active imagination but I still can't imagine a Momoka top scenario. That Nina Gremlin energy is just too aggressive.

^"I give them a cleaning every night! And I keep them in good operating order with massages while thinking about you!"

No yuri in the LNs, unfortunately.

Did you play Akai Ito first? It's the first VN in the same universe and I think it is overall better, especially for the yuri. It also explains a lot of concepts that Aoishiro relies on. Of course some routes are just better than others.
Furthermore, did you rely on the fan translation? It is much better than the official mess of a MTL.

I was using the fan translation. It was pretty solid.
This is the first time I've seen anybody describe Akai Ito as a prerequisite of sorts for reading Aoi Shiro, but then again I haven't seen that much discussion about these VNs. I would've gone with Akai Ito first if I had known.
I decided on Aoi Shiro first because:
1. The fan translation was completed as opposed to the ~90% for Akai Ito.
2. I liked the MC's design...which in retrospect was a stupid reason since you never see the MC except for a CG here and there. You'd think having read several dozens of VNs that I would have realized this but I can be quite thick at times.
3. I had read somewhere that the yuri was slightly stronger in Aoi Shiro. I should have asked in this thread first so I could've had that misconception cleared up.

Ultimately what stalled me on the VN was that the yuri was lacking. I found the actual story to be relatively engaging and the cast quite charming. The somewhat dragged out SoL scenes didn't put me off either. They weren't a chore to read because it peppered in a decent amount of banter between the characters.

But that lack of yuri...
I was most optimistic about the first 2 routes because they seemed the most viable as love interests for the MC. Since the other 3 are A blood related relative, some form of supernatural creature, and a child. The last one is particularly demotivating since it seems to be the True Route.
Yasumi the kohai's route is the closest to romance, but there's only a vague acknowledgement of feelings for her by the MC and the ending is "up to interpretation" on their relationship
Migiwa's route isn't particularly romantic despite there being a kiss. And in the ending they are literally just rivals without even the benefit of "up to interpretation" for their relationship to be anything more.

If I could ask you about your first page list, why do you have Aoi Shiro listed under "VNs with Yuri focus" and then Fatal Twelve under "VNs with majorly Yuri content"? Because personally I'd either switch them or put them both in the latter category.
Admittedly I haven't finished the other routes for Aoi Shiro (but I'm expecting less, not more yuri in these routes) and it's been awhile since I read Fatal Twelve.
Both VNs have a main plot that drives the narrative with any yuri secondary. At least Fatal Twelve has an explicitly sapphic love interest who makes her interest in the main character clear at several points throughout the story, which is more yuri than what I saw in Aoi Shiro.
Also, don't they get together in the end, or am I misremembering? Which is definitely more yuri than Aoi Shiro. In fact it's a bit of a sore spot for me as far as Aoi Shiro's concerned.

But perhaps there's some unexpected hidden yuri in the remaining Aoi Shiro routes or I'm misremembering Fatal Twelve?