Flip Flappers: Heavy Trigger inspiration aside, it's a magical girl series about a pair of close friends. And it looks like there might be some sort of fusion aspect to the transformation? They switch hair colours, at least

"Fusion aspect" never bodes well for me. It's usually more of the "kissing to gain powerzzzz" kind of thing rather than "kissing because we FUCKING WANT TO" kind of thing. Also, what is Heavy Trigger? I Googled it, but I can't find any info on it.

Girlish Number: Maybe. It's about female idols but there is a notable male presence and the writer is best known for Oregairu

Eh, I'm not gonna risk it unless yuri word of mouth comes from Dynasty or some other place.

Idol Memories: Seems to be aimed directly at older Aikatsu fans, who tend to be into yuri. And it doesn't have much of a male presence

Does Aikatsu have a lot of yuri? I heard it doesn't have too much, quite unusual for a CGDCT anime... the pairings sure are pretty popular though.

Magical Girl Raising Project: Maybe? Don't really know much about it. No male presence to speak of, though

Isn't that the Battle Royale with magical girls thing? I don't have much hope for yuri if they're all going to be killing each other.

Shuumatsu no Izetta: This one is partially selling itself on being yuri-ish. And, hey, variety

The trailer looks fairly interesting... I can't really tell what it's gonna be about from the trailer, but I'm intrigued.

Soushin Shoujo Matoi: Magical girl, childhood friends, etc. And the director seems to like yuri

What yuri has the director done? From his MAL page, it seems like all he's done is Strawberry Panic and the SonoHana OVA. Everything else is not yuri (as far as I can tell anyway).

Stella No Mahou: Season's requisite CGDCT series. Has the director of Non Non Biyori, so it might be worth watching even if it turns out low on yuri

I could have sworn this thing had the same writer as New Game, but apparently I was wrong! I guess it's just because New Game is cute girls making video games while this thing is cute girls making video games... in high school.

Vivid Strike: It's a Nanoha series... which have never been anywhere near as gay as the fandom would have you think. Not sure if it's going to be any good, either; the PV was worryingly low-budget and the director is a poor choice (great at comedy but poor outside of it, and this looks fairly dark)

The Nanoha series is not as gay as I had always heard it was? I guess that's one less anime in my backlog then!

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/bloom_into_you_ch15#4 oh gosh sayaka are you ok your shoulder looks ......disjointed looks really painfull damn you should go to the doctor

Oh yeah, I was thinking of that too when I read this chapter... what the heck is up with her right arm? Something looks really off about it.

Simple and effective.

indeed no need for edgy cinderela demi incest parental abuse stocolm syndrom bullshit

Edgy Cinderella demi incest Parental Abuse Stockholm Syndrome Bullshit? What are you referring to? Is it that A Love Smeared in Ashes thing or something else?

Also, Firefall from obscurity into actual death
https://mmos.com/news/firefall-quietly-fades-abyss

"links to the client are dead and Firefall has been removed from Steam."

Finally, a game I spent more than 4000 hours on, and ended up in utter disappointment, a colossal failure that many even forgot about.

I never played Firefall, but I can definitely sympathize with its death... a game I love dearly is ending at the end of the month... Avengers Alliance... yes, it was a Facebook game, but it felt like much more of a game than those other F2P crap games... it was a grindfest, but at least it was a fun grindfest. It actually had a good story for one, so that's something it had over all those other games. I only wish I started playing back in 2012 rather than in June 2016... I would have at least got more done, and I would have felt better about the game ending than I do now with over 100 characters left uncollected.

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There's something a little unsatisfying about this. Like they didn't really resolve the issues they had.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that too. It seemed that Fuuko didn't really think Keiko loved as a person but more as her... I don't know, doubles partner considering the fact that Keiko didn't know anything about her. I didn't really see any indication that she did start seeing her actual personality come through... I don't know, I'm bad at interpreting stuff, so maybe the fact that Keiko remembers their end of the world conversation from middle school proves that she does? Regardless, I felt the same way reading this... but at least it had a cute conclusion.

YEEESSS!!! MARIO MAKER FOR THE 3DS-No online? Great fucking job mate

No online? What's even the point of Mario Maker if you can't share and download levels...

Awwww that's great :D
(so it was a delay solely to Dynasty since other readers don't really follow that?)

Kind of unrelated, but this is why I love Dynasty so much more than other readers... aside from the yuri, awesome, clean site layout, intelligent community with involvement from the scanlators themselves (I guarantee you won't find that in most other manga readers), involved mods and admins and all, image section, and the lack of watermarks and intrusive ads... you don't know how long I've waited for the opportunity to let loose and wax lyrical about this... Anyway, I love how Dynasty respects scanlators' wishes unlike other readers who could care less. I hear that Batoto is pretty good about that as well, but I really doubt it's as good as Dynasty in all these other aspects. Batoto certainly has a lot more than Dynasty, but all I read is yuri anyway, and I'm pretty sure Batoto doesn't have doujins and other unofficial stuff.

Also, I was always wondering why these delays were getting reduced over time, and now I finally know why!

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Minutoh posted:

Also, who was Hanako thinking of in that pancakes scene? To be honest, it kind of looks like Hatsune Miku to me, though I guess it's really just the generic twintails look. I can't remember anyone who had twintails like that in the series proper, so who is it anyway?

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/yuru_yuri_oomuro_ke_ch09#4

Completely forgot about Misaki, thanks for reminding me who she is... I suppose this warrants a reread of Oomuro-ke!

Ah, everyone acts so sweet and adorable and pretty much exactly like the actual characters. I can see something like this happening in YuruYuri if Namori ever decides to make it... lewder.

Also, who was Hanako thinking of in that pancakes scene? To be honest, it kind of looks like Hatsune Miku to me, though I guess it's really just the generic twintails look. I can't remember anyone who had twintails like that in the series proper, so who is it anyway?

Notice how on page 3, Iowa's pick-up line is the same one she used on Kongou. She's screwed (figuratively, but probably not literally).

Ah, I knew I recognized that pick-up line from somewhere and I figured this author stole it from the author who made that image... this definitely makes this whole storyline thing a lot better though.

Wow, what a comprehensive list... that I'm probably never going to read because there's just WAY TOO MUCH. Nevertheless, thanks for compiling this thing!

Also, I had no idea what a "onahole" was, so I looked it up and... well, I'm really not surprised.

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I thought that PICO was Pito at first, so I thought "Huh, so Pito's gone from doing kinky dog roleplay to Touhou BDSM? I guess that's not too much of a surprise"... but then I found out that they're not the same, so that was a bit of a disappointment. Another disappointment was the fact that there was no yuri in this and it was just Touhou characters being tied up, but... that's what imagination's for. When in doubt, assume the POV character is also a girl!

Edit: Wow, I look like an idiot now. I didn't bother reading it to the end until that Alice x Marisa tag was added (that's what I get for complaining about something before I actually read it!), so I guess that Patchouli comment implies that Marisa is doing this to everyone for whatever reason?? Well, if not, at least there's some decent AliMari and Mari...Patchy (?) in it.

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hey, this is the 3rd story on Dynasty where one of the characters had amnesia. crud, anyone remember the 3rd? i think the MC was in art school or something and her love interest's attitude towards her completely changed. so there's this one, Bright and Cheery, Blank, and i cannot remember the 3rd. anyone know the title?

Art school? Wow I dont think I ever read that one

Probably Watashi no Taisetsu na Tomodachi, if memory serves.

Woah, I thought I read all of Hakamada Meru's things, but then I see this! I mean, I have terrible memory, but I am certain that this is one manga that I've never read... maybe it's just a case of anime amnesia. Thanks for telling me about this one, Nezchan!

https://yurireviews.com/2016/08/28/yuri-tournament-best-yuri-kiss-in-anime-history-round-0/

I always love these yuri tournament thingies that Yuri Reviews and Yuri Nation hold every so often. The downside of these kinds of tournaments for me is that they make it painfully clear how bad my backlog is. My game backlog is already bad enough, and then this just adds to it! Ange Vierge, Blue Drop, Ga-Rei: Zero, Kanamemo, Simoun, Mai-Hime, as well as the classics KnM and Strawberry Panic... never did get around to watching them. You know, I've always wanted to watch some good action yuri anime, and then I don't watch any of them... well, I tried an episode of Valkyrie Drive but the gratuitous sex was too much for me.

Anyway, I'm personally rooting for the YuruYuri, Sakura Trick, Sasameki Koto, Kill la Kill, and YKA kisses because... those are the only anime on this list that I've watched. I sure am glad that I've never watched High School of the Dead, Kampfer, or Sekirei though. Why are these even in the tournament... Kuttsukiboshi sounds horrible from what I've read about it but at least it's yuri while those things are just harem shit. If these kisses don't lose in the first round, then I've officially lost all hope for the yuri community (not really, I love this community).

Out of all the yuri ships in NNB, this is probably the one I enjoy the least... hell, I'll take Renge and Candy Store (what was her name again? It started with a K, right?) over this... Actually, I really have nothing against that ship as long as it's a timeskip kind of thing where Renge's an adult and all. Still, this is a great story, so I'll keep reading it! Okay, it really isn't, and it has all this weird porny crap in it which I don't remember being in Secret Flowers (now, that is a great story). Perhaps it's a side effect of being translated by a het group? You know, the thing about Secret Flowers that was so great was that it nailed Himawari's and Sakurako's characters even though it was just a porn thing. On the other hand... we have this thing. I know Natsumi loves teasing Komari and all, but this is going waaaaay too far even for her. Well, anyway, that last page seems to imply that Hotaru x Komari is gonna happen, so I'll keep reading and see what happens.

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I've always heard people use Eclipse in reference to the Blake x Sun ship and Iceberg for Weiss x Neptune, though I guess it really doesn't matter either way... since they're both terrible ships. I'll take Blake x Glynda over Blake x Sun...

Well, anyway, that ending to Volume 3 was definitely a good one for Bumblebee shippers... kind of, I guess. It at least made it somewhat more canon. I couldn't really see it happening before that whole arm cutting off thing, but it seems more probable now. White Rose still seems kind of iffy though to me... I mean, it's certainly cute and I freaking love it since it's opposites attract and everything, but I don't recall much evidence of it in the show itself (that "Don't touch me" scene was a pretty good one though). On a somewhat related note, I initially hated Arkos since, well, I generally dislike het ships... but, I don't know, all the stuff that happened in Vol 3 with the tragedy and Pyrrha's inevitable death made me like it quite a bit. One of the few het ships I came to like... and then poor Pyrrha bit the dust. Renora's another het ship I like (I blame Boop), and I'm sure they won't kill off Ren, at the very least, so... even if none of my other favored ships become canon, at least I can probably count on this one.

^
Lolita is a masterpiece, that'd be a waste not to read / watch it, even if your point of view is understandable.

Funny thing, this story reminded some people of Lolita, lolicon is basically the contraction of Lolita complex. So more than a basic loli story, Yuzumori-san may turn out to be a story that takes its inspiration in the origin of the Lolicon itself !

MASTERPIECE OVERLOAD

Well, you know, it's okay if it's yuri! Hoshizawa Ginza District is completely fine! I can't think of any other loli yuri stuff other than that thing and this thing but they're completely fine! The funny thing is that I find Yuzumori-san more interesting than Hoshizawa precisely because of its similarities to Lolita (at least I presume the whole "goddamn it i'm falling in love with a little girl" thing is also in Lolita? If not, well, uh, I guess they both touch on the consequences more than most loli anime shit? They're both filled with a bunch of rationalizations and stuff? I don't know, I'm gonna need brain bleach after reading the Wikipedia article, so I'm not going to read it)... but I'm still never going to read Lolita... I know it's a masterpiece and all, but... yeah... a yuri version of Lolita would be fine by me though.

Holy hell, reading the Wikipedia article on Lolita, and I come across Robertson Davies, a writer who up until now I really enjoyed and respected, describing the theme as "not the corruption of an innocent child by a cunning adult, but the exploitation of a weak adult by a corrupt child. This is no pretty theme, but it is one with which social workers, magistrates and psychiatrists are familiar."

What an absolutely repellent point of view, which he apparently believes applies to real life. Particularly keeping in mind that the "corrupt child" in the novel is twelve years old.

Yuck, because that definitely happens in real life. I wanted to say some more stuff, but that's such a disgusting comment that I'm at a loss for words.

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Admittedly the part where she helps Yuzumori's mom die, then "adopts" her and takes her on a cross-country trip, molesting her in cheap hotels all over Japan, then yuzumori becomes a child "art film" star is somewhat similar. Especially since so few Japanese directors are named Claire Quilty.

So, is that what happens in Lolita? Just another reason why I should stay the hell away from that thing.

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At least that whole Neptune thing only lasted for like one episode and was never brought up again. I don't remember it being mentioned after the dance episode at any rate... Also, was it confirmed that Adam and Blake hooked up in the past? I don't know, I always saw him as more of a father figure or something since he seemed much older than her, but his edgy comments during his fight with her make me wonder...

Well, even if the translator's personality isn't getting better (presumably), at least his translation is. This was a good chapter and... much more legible than the previous chapters, or maybe that was just me. I'll have to use that angel excuse one day.

who the heck decided that the 'yandere' and 'yuri' switch should be on the same circuit. it flipped so fast i had to go back and reread what happened.

hm. I kind of like oba, for as slightly crazy as she is. kind of hope she doesn't die, she's cute.

I suppose you meant Suu-chan, 'Oba-san' refers to her supposedly sexual abuser aunt.

Oh, right, Oba-san means aunt in Japanese... I was wondering why she was switching between calling Suu Suu-chan and Oba-san and that's because... she wasn't. Thanks for that little tidbit, it makes this chapter make more sense... Also makes it more interesting (and more fucked up, but I don't expect anything less from this manga).

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Ah, that was amazing. A worthy sequel to the first Romance Detective. It's a shame that it wasn't fully completed, but I don't want Nami to work on something that she doesn't want to work on and, besides, it was amazing anyway, so not many complaints here... Well, from this point on, I'm just gonna spoil everything to be on the safe side.

It was nice to see RC and RD's relationship grow from the first RD. The whole intimacy talk they had over the course of the VN was excellent and not really something common in these kinds of work. On that note, this is probably the most... uh, lewd? out of all of Nami's works. That's not really the right word, but it frankly (okay, more like implicitly) discussed subjects like sex and BDSM and all, but, you know, in Nami's signature cute style. I suppose the Leandre rose thorn thing was pretty... explicit. Learning more about their respective backstories was quite nice as well; it certainly explains why RD wasn't affected by the roses in the first one (I don't think she was at any rate; I need to reread that thing). It did make me a bit sad though, when RC had that introspective about how naive RD is and how she wouldn't really be able to handle the real world... Lovebloom is such a perfect place (aside from Lupin), but its residents wouldn't really be able to handle it... though I'm probably thinking too much about this since RC and Canary seem perfectly fine.

All the other characters were great too, of course. The Chief was as amusing as she was in the first game. Aster and Ivy were a bit archetypal but definitely made a cute couple. Delphine and Canary's relationship was adoraaaable. I would love to see more yuri bodyguard couples out there, but they're a pretty rare sight. I can't think of anything else that has something like this. I was pretty creeped out at first since Canary looked like a little kid, but her profile said she was 19, so I guess it's alright. It's just classic anime art style stuff. Not much to say about Burnette, but it looks she rekindled her friendship with Rosemary in the credits. Hopefully, it'll redevelop into the romantic relationship they (probably) had before they split up (Evidence: "My... friend", Venus' comment). Cupid was an amusing character with his whole deadpan thing; moreover, it was definitely great of Nami to give us a non-binary character. Their mom randomly showing up out of the blue was a bit bizarre, but she provided some good scenes and scenes consisting of Cupid being a badass. Leandre was an interesting character; I felt like she got talked out of her evil scheme too easily, but, hey, that's just how the story is, and everything was resolved nicely in the end. Sage and Narciso made a very cute couple as well, and Sage's whole over-apologetic thing was very funny. Lupin... well, he's the only male stalker in a yuri work (or any work, really) who I've ever not hated, so I suppose that makes him a good character.

I like that reference to Tunnel Vision too, with Magnolia and ghosts being mentioned and all. That anchorwoman was a dead ringer for Magnolia, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't her unless I was misunderstanding her first line.

Also, TRUE ENDING?!? So, that means there are other endings? I did everything that I could in my first playthrough, so I suppose I'll just have to ignore everything and just continue on with the main story if I want to get some other endings.

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This ending really lets you see how Morishima isn't used to writing such dark stories like Ikuhara intended.

Well, even the anime version of YKA had a happy ending... kind of? Though I'd concede that the anime is definitely a lot darker.

Too many feels for me. It's a painful cycle of, "Oh, how cute <3," to "Oh god, my heart. ;_;"

I wonder how they're going to get rid of that brother. Will the author just have him there 'till he needs to go? Maybe Soha and Gayoon will find another peachy place to stay at and the brother will just fade out of existence. ono

.. or maybe he'll get chased down by a pack of wild dogs. ouo

I think a fitting end for him would be to have Happy come back out of nowhere... and then have Soha beat up her brother and then have Happy rip him to shreds. Might be a bit too violent for this thing, but... it already had a bunch of violent scenes, so, hey, there's nothing wrong with adding another one in.

NO!!!!! muscles r..... NOT CUTE! * dies *