@Kirin As I said in my post I had no trouble realising it was a woman from the first panel- I was just agreeing with Nya that I guess it could have been 'stated' clearer.

But you are right in that that was from the persepctive of a non Japanese reader - and I doubt most manga artists give consideration to the international readers when writing their manga- tweaking for westerners can happen when it gets released there - if it ever does.

So I hadnt thought about just from her name alone it would be clear to the reader. But I will make one point on that- is Aki 100% a female name? It doesn't sound undeniably female to me. Im not sure how male/female ONLY most Japanese names are. Maybe lots are more gender neutral than western names? Sure there are lots of names that sound 100% female or male to me- like Miyuki- I'd assume on hearing it was 100% a female character- but Aki, I wouldnt be so sure of.

There are quite a LOT of Japanese names where it isnt so clear- or my assumtions have been wrong.
I'd always assumed Akira was a male only name for example but have come across multiple female Akira's over the years. Same goes for some other names I'd assumed where male or female only.

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@ Nya-chan You can see her breasts in quite a few panels (below her clothes) - very noticable in her first panel- and even naked boobs in several panels. And I thought her face looked more feminine than masculine.

I agree there are a lot of pannels when its not obvious though - and it would be better if they made it clearer by actualy saying her gender at the start..

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@echoblaze Maybe she didnt technically lie- but Im sure asumi thought she meant just for the people there.. not given out to others- even if not 'sold' publicly en mass.. Hiding them behind her back as she did tells me they didnt want her to know about it.

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I quite enjoy this series but I dont like that she lied about what the shoot would entail, promised they would not be shown, and then gives the photos out to others. If a lover shared your sex photos they promised to never show others you'd dump their ass.

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Also - i wonder where she gets custom made panties from lol

@Throbelisk btw Im assuming its not related to that image or the other 2 that seemed related- at least this one doesn't SEEM related to me.

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@schoenberg Ive been meaning to try some Sarasa pens out, i've heard they are great.

@Throbelisk Doubt it- why make it complicated? It seems to just be Alt reality.

It could be isekai or even still in gensokyo - you see tech there to varying degrees in doujins- but would they really start working in what looks like an animation studio if they came to earth- or set one up in gensokyo?

Alt reality seems the most likely and easy to explain.

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Love these 2 :)

How come any time a manga or anime do a seasonal / special one off theme, or holiday special ep, its normally pretty naff and you wish it was just a regular episode?

I did kinda forget about symphogear and nanoha- they do count, but they are still not exactly the blatent 'we are girlfriends' and on screen kissing I hope to see one day :)

@Skywallker Just to be clear in the Japanese version they are NOT cousins. They tried to hide all the blatent and subtext yuri by making them cousins and cutting stuff for the terrible western release where they also altered all their names to something dumb as well.

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And @HellAQA I gotta say that is a silly attitude imo. Touhou is an INCREDIBLE IP with amazing works. whats more there is a HUGE variety of styles of art and types of doujins in it. You do not NEED to know who the characters are or the history of all the games and world etc to just read a work. Everyone else just starts reading them. You learn all that stuff from just reading enough.

If you are a yuri fan and DONT read tohou you are missing out on like a quarter of all yuri doujins. Fair enough if for some reason you just want to ignore the IP- but dont use an excuse that makes no sense such as 'dont like the art style' when every artist has their own style.

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^Not sure what you are saying- if its good or bad- but I assume they are just joking that zuns character art style makes them look like children even though they are not?

I dont think his art style is BAD- but its kinda strange and not one of my favs. There is only an incredibily TINY preportion of Touhou work with art by zun though.. Even the cannon stories he is in the credits of, most of the time he wrote them but did NOT do the art.

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^ Yup- I think I know all the big subtext magical girl yuri ships out there- and dont get me wrong I love them :) I really love 'The demon girl next door' and really hope s2 will be great :)

But I meant a magical girl show with blatent yuri like in strawberry panic or sakura trick, with kissing and romance and dating etc!

I would kill for a season of precure where 2 of the girls actually became a couple!

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^If i got to be a magical girl I'd want to be pink too so I can relate to this girl :)

^Yup- I did think about that- its just strange for her to say she has to go in a cage for real for suggesting it lol- I'd expect a more torn between happy and sad kinda response that was less mad..

But yeah, Hana HAS worried about loosing her sweets if she doesn't have to cosplay before - even if she says she doesn't like it.

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Firstly WHY cant we have some magical girl anime with actual yuri!! :(

And secondly, why is her fairy so creepy lol?

@TctyaDDK It didnt read like that to me- Hana and the other girls woulda been more shocked / angry- and also No way Miyako would suggest she was better naked either, imo.

But maybe how it was said in Japanese meant it COULD be intereted that way, even though it wasnt how she meant it- so Hana is more mad at Miyako's poor turn of phrase that has a double meaning, but knows she isnt really saying she'd be better naked?

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I dont get why Hana is mad at the end- shouldnt she be happy Miyako says she better without an outfit?
She could assume from that that she doesn't need to cosplay any more?

That would definitely be worse than going commando. At least she can justifiably say that not having underwear was a stupid mistake, but people will assume there was deliberate intent if she's caught wearing those.

Grammar question: would it be “caught wearing those, or “caught wearing that?

Inquiring minds . . .

From a purely grammatical standpoint, it’s “those.” A single article of underwear is referred to in the plural form in English for some reason (i.e. a pair of boxers or a pair of panties). “That” is used for singular nouns, while “those” is meant for plurals. “Them” could also technically work, but that word is generally used in reference to people, so it would come across as a bit odd unless you wished to personify the g-string.

'Them' CAN be used for people but its used constantly to refer to things too right? if you are refering to multiple.
Like 'I left my bags by the door can you go and get them for me?' Or 'Did eat the buns? ' yes I ate them earlier'
or 'did you wash my panties - yes I put them in the washer.'

You cant use 'those' for any of these cases right? unless you change the sentence around. I dont know the proper rules, but I think you use 'those' before stating the noun -' can you go and bring me those 2 bags I left by the door'
whereas when you say what the thing/s are first, it switches to 'them' right?

In the case we were talking about- I think its harder to say because when you have posts in a thread the sentences are often incomplete or spread over multiple peoples posts, or assuming you know the noun from the context of the manga without saying it etc and it can get a bit wierd. I was refering to the panties just after a big picture of them in the previous post - so maybe 'them' would be ok? but i guess it doesnt feel quite right without me knowing any specific rule- like you need a clearer statement of the noun first to use 'them'.

As for why panties are a 'pair of' - it's wierd isnt it? It seems to be anything we wear that has a hole for each seperate leg is considered a pair. Its more clear with a pair of tights or trousers or similar than with panties that its like 2 seperate items of clothing for each leg, like a sock or stocking, that are just joined by an extra bit at the top?
Maybe thats where it comes from- and panties origionally comes from pantaloons which did have legs too I think?

Not sure why this applies to leg clothing and not something like jumpers which has a thing for each arm.. maybe because with a coat or jumper the majority of the item is the bit between not the '2 parts' bit, and you can have a top without arms - and never had such a thing as arms alone without the rest- whereas with trousers or stockings, the paired up element is the main part of the item and they are sometimes seperated like in stockings. Its a bit tenuous lol.

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Who eats ice lollies at night?

^^The foreman thing actualy pissed me off a bit and seemed ANTI yuri. When he thought she was 'his' girlfriend she pulled a wierd face and said 'Im a girl you know?' then he appologised for not realising. This implies for both of them that her being a man was the only option for thinking they could be a couple- she never considered for a second he might of thought they were dating as 2 girls. And the show didnt just have him mistake them for girlfriends but had to have her mistaken for a guy.

I forgot the sister visit- that was a slight hint of subtext as you say- she did indeed think they'd make a good couple.

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@Reirin The anime never had a single bit of even yuri subtext, In fact i'd say it went out of its way a few times to decry the idea.

They were close, and lived together sure- but it always kept it clearly 'friends' only. The 50 odd chapters of the manga on DS also have zero tags indicating any yuri or subtext at all.

They woulda worked great as a couple too :( had almost a married feel, even without any yuri.

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^ Or 'them'?

I'm guessing she had fetched those in to get Koguma to wear? Or at least tease her about wearing?