for those looking to see HaruMatsu, the author already stated on her twitter that the sequel will be focused on Mei and Yuzu relationship only and she's not interested in HaruMatsu :(

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last edited at May 22, 2019 7:38PM

aren't we ever gonna accept the fact that characters in fictional works aren't supposed to be perfect?

Just an fyi same sex marriage, is legal in all 50 of our beautiful United States

oh is that so, I actually thought it was most of USA but didn't know the actual number and I didn't wanna assume but glad to know it was the whole USA lol

last edited at May 18, 2019 1:27PM

Well aren't you overgeneralizing a lot there. Unfortunate as that is for you, it's not the standard at all. Asia is a pretty big place.

Let's forget other countries, Japanese girls hold each others hands and kiss each other on the cheeks frequently. And that's just "friendship". I know we Yuri fans make that "omg handholding" jokes a lot, but it's the least homosexual thing two girls can do. Unless this whole joke is supposed to be sarcastic. Then I'm sorry for bringing this up, I just found it a little weird. Even if it's a manga that's supposed to exaggerate things.

I've been wondering about that, in the Middle East women holding hands is completely normal and no one would think you're gay. I always thought it was weird in America it's stigmatized

I don't think it is necessarily stigmatized in America. I think it depends on the crowd, your in.

This ^ tbh, though it is also kind of country related. As someone living in Belgium, handholding once reaching adolescence is extremely uncommon. The few times I did see 2 girls/women walking hand in hand, they were kissing each other as well (in a pretty gay gf kind of way). Locking arms however, I would say is common (especially between girls in younger years of adolescence, or between family members) and not at all seen as gay. I feel like holding hands is more gay than locking arms.

In Middle East, holding hands/hugging/kissing is completely normal between women or girls, even between men, most of our greetings includes hugging and soft kisses on the cheeks. and in rare emotional cases, on the head(but obviously never on the mouth) no one will ever cross their mind that you're gay, unless you exaggerate in doing it. however, it's all in terms of friendliness and affability. cuz, well, we're homophobic af. and it's kinda ironic even though in some states in America homosexual marriages are allowed but it's still seen weird for same-gender people to hold hands? why? maybe they feel concious of the fact that gay people exist and they don't want to be regarded as gay, maybe? idk.

That's why, I have trouble in yuri subtext, anime like K-on, Kiniro Mosaic, Love Live..etc I could never see them as yuri or even subtext. however, some works like Manaria Friends and Mahou Shoujo Site, anyone could see that they contain yuri, because of the obvious and unusual deep fond between the characters plus the cinematography focus on the looks between the characters, blushes, deep dialogue, innerthoughts..etc while in many other anime, they depict homosexuality as a fetish, when they show pointless kisses or overly sexual gay side characters.

Edit: regarding the new chapter, I believe the reason their classmates were surprised is because they didn't think those two would be getting along, and all suddenly they're holding hands in the hallway. and I think them thinking they're going out is a bit exaggerating on the author side. I don't think IRL people would think you're gay because of that, at least in japan. and then again, I guess it depends on the country and it's culture. also, I've always been curious about the norm among yuri authors that all-girls schools tend to have girls confessing to other girls and prince-like idols. I wonder if it's true IRL or it's just made-up fantasy? I guess it's the latter.

last edited at May 18, 2019 1:20PM

Delinquent waifus >>> Diligent waifis

Just wondering do most chapters focus on AkanexRikka or there are some that are het? if there is no het then this and combined with the hints from the anime we can safely conclude that this ship is canon. at least that's what the creators want. still, don't know why they didn't make it obvious in the anime.

it was already hella cute when Koguma was the one getting flustered, and now it's 3x times cuter when we saw Hino-san get flustered.

this author is a genius.

last edited at May 13, 2019 8:16PM

Koguma is lowkey enjoying this.

ANIME RELEASE CONFIRMED https://twitter.com/bunko_dengeki/status/1125596516863725568?s=19

whooohooo! what a time to live in \ ( ；∀；)/
now we have two yuri anime annoucements!
now I only need Sekai de Ichiban Oppai Ga Suki or Bright and Cherry Amnesia anime and I'll rest in peace! WE CAN DO IT!

"wai a yu gei?"

I'm not usually against subtext, so my main problem with Hibike wasn't that it was "bait", but that it was bait AND switch

This. that's the worst kind of subtext. Kumiko barely gave any fuck about Shuuichi throughout the anime and now she's head over heels for him? that's some serious levels of forced romance crap. I don't blame the author tho, I blame KyoAni for attempting to create the shittiest yuri subtext ever.

I TOTALLY didn't expect that LGBT representation in Carole and Tuesday. it was a nice little add. Gus's ex wife was such a damn good character.

is this what I think it is?
for those who didn't notice, I believe this is a reference to the old-but-gold gay song All The Things She Said by t.A.T.u this show is a gold mine of references and that adds to it's charm.

Because of Tuesday's comments on the anime official instagram website about how she calls Roddy cute in every pic of him, I'm worried they might be foreshadowing them becoming a couple. it might not be in a romantic sense the way she's calling him cute, since she didn't give a single fuck about him in the anime and just found him to be a funny guy, and based on her dialogue it seems that she's into cool people. I think that his character is played for laughs but who knows he might get a huge development between him and Tuesday. hopefully not tho.. and suprisingly, it's not because I want yuri to happen between the main lead. for real tho, they didn't give ANY yuri hints between Carole and Tuesday, they just seem to be your typical goofy best buds, and because of that, I'm hesitated to ship them together.

last edited at May 2, 2019 8:04PM

I swear this manga is gonna kill me with cuteness at some point.

Adachi is so cuuuute <3 can't wait to see Shimamura also falling in love with her.

middle school Hinata with the same hair style as the elementary school one looks ridiculous tbh lol

so it's like this:
"u gay"
"no u"
huh?

"we both gay"

"yo mama gay"

Zexalfan posted:

Maybe I am just trying to not face the reallity but is this really the same as what happen in euphonium and amanchu?
I mean what happened in those seems way worse

Not at all, not even close

Did the authors of Euphonium and Amanchu have any yuri background like Hagino does?

IKR! it hurts way more pulling a "friendship/skinship between girls" from a yuri author.

That's exactly the opposite of what I'm thinking. It's reassuring if anything - I can't imagine a known yuri author voluntarily going Amanchu.

​I understand that what Amanchu author pulled is waaaay worse than this. that said, what Makoto Hagino did is still as bad as Hibike. "just gals being pals"..and it still hurts way more than Hibike considering that Makoto is a yuri author herself. I mean, we totally had faith in you goddamnit ;-;

Zexalfan posted:

Maybe I am just trying to not face the reallity but is this really the same as what happen in euphonium and amanchu?
I mean what happened in those seems way worse

Not at all, not even close

Did the authors of Euphonium and Amanchu have any yuri background like Hagino does?

IKR! it hurts way more pulling a "friendship/skinship between girls" from a yuri author. Makoto Hagino is clearly a yuri fan and she's not fooling anyone. she flooded her story with yuri interactions that cannot be called subtext anymore. heck even her covers are so gay if any normie saw it they will say it's a lesbian romance story. if she really didn't plan to write a yuri romance story from the beginning, why did she put all those yuri elements into her story? beats me.

welp, guess I'll stop following this manga and maybe I'll read it when it's finished to see how their "friendship" settles. I'm actually not one of those "no gay no deal" people, but she clearly wasted a great romance story potential with fantastic and well developed characters. the two main girls' chemistry is what kept me commited to reading this story every chapter release.

last edited at Mar 31, 2019 10:20AM

Anything interesting to look forward to in the spring season?

in terms of yuri, sadly, nope.

"she thoughtlessly holds my hand while we're walking like we're a couple"
whoo!! hold on there! you still SUSPECT she's a lesbo? obviously both of you are a bunch of hopeless lesbos. lol seriously those collabs are entertaining. I wonder what IRL circumstances lead to this unusual collab?? I checked Majoccoid in nhentai they seem to only do het. hope to see more of these interesting collabs tho.

you could check my lists if you want. hope they would be suitable for your tastes though.

last edited at Mar 22, 2019 10:07AM

Personally, I'd like to see a story where two girls compete over the same guy, but they have so many interactions(for example, rivalry about who's more charming/actually are friends but keep arguing..etc) that lead them to fall in love with each other and forget about the guy. I know it sounds simple and clichè but I have never seen a work that contains this premise.

last edited at Mar 21, 2019 12:18PM

^I believe this ship recieved significant damage due to the reveal of the relationship between Kotaro and Sakura.

^^even if the premise seems simple and cliche, you can't deny this manga is comedy gold. I think Chiaki already stated that Harumi's boobs is special for her and I believe the ending will be about Chiaki realizing her love towards Harumi rather than just loving her boobs.