I see that the next Itou Hachi has made something pretty good. Now we just have to wait for her signature slavery undertones and stories that get progressively more fucked up (in an interesting way but you might obviously think differently...)!

I remember when everyone considered Itou Hachi as the captain of the cute ships...ahh, almost feels like a different lifetime.

One of my photos was featured on Flickr Explore \o/ It's a new feeling watching the likes pour in. Of course it had to happen to an old photo I uploaded without thinking... Can't link to it as it's under my real name though.

Congratulations, TB! That's amazing :)

Just a friendly reminder not to let your kids play on your computer while you're logged into NSFW sites like Dynasty.

My niece once surprised me by coming in for a hug when I was tucked into the corner minding my own business on the main page. Sure enough, her eyes got stuck on the quite lewd Sweet Lips cover, at the time the featured chapter. She was like 8. Now she's a teenager and she's hella gay. I guess actions really do have consequences...

I try to empathize with people and reflect on their perspective and feelings (which is why I also want to be a writer eventually because it is interesting thinking from other people's perspectives and understanding their thoughts and reasoning).

Though tbh, sometimes it's hard to empathize with people who antagonize you without reason and keep on harassing you without trying to empathize with you or realizing what they are doing is hurtful or callous.

Well, empathy is good and all but sometimes it might be best to put people like that out of your mind, and try to avoid them when you can. Often easier said than done.

Also being less harsh with yourself and noticing the qualities you already have might help cultivate them.

I'll definitely try to do this. I think I obsess about the negatives that I forget to see the positives about myself.

Hey, you made it this far, that must mean you're doing pretty good! I don't really know how to, but it's always worth reminding yourself of all the good you are.

Woah, that's awesome. If anyone does buy them, I would be most grateful if they shared their impressions of the translation quality!

Unfortunately due to some...stuff, not all of Squiggles work ends up here. Rest assured we're getting the rest of Ouji-sama up as soon as we're able.

What the heck is this, it's amazing.

It's really light fun, only with a lot of sex (and no taboos).
Looking at this relationship chart should make it downright obvious:

Hey Ke_Zukulenzia, I'm sorry but given the content I had to remove those images from the thread. You're perfectly welcome to continue discussing it, but if that case presents itself, I believe one of the appropriately subversive threads would be best.

How can someone become a better person?

Serenata's got some good tips. I think the first step would be determining what it means to be a "better person." Personally, I think cultivating empathy within yourself is helpful no matter who you are. A useful "how" might be to broaden the range of people you interact with, or to develop a habit of reflection, upon your own thoughts and the outward expression of others.

I do wonder why Yatsude talks like a southerner...does she have a Kansai Dialect and the Scanlators have translated it with a Southern Accent?

The choice of a southern US accent has never made sense to me. Kansai dialect is noticeably faster than others, but southerners talk slower than northerners in the US. The single reasoning I've ever heard is that both Kansai and southern dialects are the second most plentiful as far as the number of people who use them (this was years ago, so those numbers could very well be off now). It would make more sense (to me at least) to use a dialect that replicates the feeling of Kansai, rather than the number of people using it. Something like a Boston accent or New York accent would more accurately convey the fast-paced, pronunciation-bending feel. Being able to consistently convey that through only text would be another matter, though.

When discussing Kansai with some just earlier today, I said almost this exact same thing (or tried to, anyway). Spot on! And what a great follow-up this comment had, too!

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I go back and forth on her character, but this top panel about had Subaru stealing my heart. Pretty nicely-paced story, also looks like it will carry on a while longer, even with the new series launching alongside it.

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We're always up for getting more yuri doujinshi from underrepresented fandoms!

Well, 600 years later, a vampire arose and somehow, we got some discussion links! I'm using the titles exactly as they were communicated to us at the time, so if there aren't caps, that's just how they're published. I also may not have all of them - so if anyone has any to add or notices certain works missing, feel free to say so here and I'll add them as well.

the moment i realized i wasn't straight

there are many ways to be gay

Born This Way

On the topic at large, I do believe they were received with resounding praise at the time, in much the same vein as her Twitter posts have been!

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Her art and strips in DeviantArt & Pixiv are fine, but her main work is the webcomic "Lovin' Sis" which has already reached Season 3. If we had to tag it in Dynasty, the tags would look something like:
Yuri - Het - Lolicon - Shotacon - Bondage - Sibling Incest - Parental Incest - EXTREMELY NSFW.
or whatever similar tags exist, lol.

Talk about not for the faint of heart...maybe it needs What the fuck am I reading as well?

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Okay, well. I think this situation mostly resolved itself, but I'm going to remove the bulk of your final reply Zexalfan, if only to avoid a continuation of this disagreement. Lilliwyt, I understand that sometimes we post without thinking things through, but this is at least the third time I've seen you make negative remarks about this ship on a piece featuring them. Let's try not to make that any more of a habit, please. All around, some words were said that need not be, but all is well that ends well.

With that said, it is certainly in everyone's best interest if we avoid shipping wars in all cases. These particular arguments are just not worth the larger trouble they create. We've suffered enough tragedies in the 2015 Love Live wars, that is not a mistake we wish to repeat again. Thank you.

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Cherokee tradition says that it is unhealthy meat which may make you weak & sick.

QED. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't think that such disparaging, off-hand remarks at the expense of other users add much value to conversation.

This paragraph serves no purpose other than attempting to stop the post being flagged as spam. It'll be ironic if it works.

Welcome! Glad to see you eventually made the leap. Feel free to get in touch if the spam filter is acting up - it's adjusted every now and then and sure enough, it does sometimes cause unexpected troubles!

Fixed, thanks. And thanks so much to GUMI and Marigold for keeping at it with this series!

Thank you for sharing, 2SpiritCherokeePrincess.

No harm done. Thank you as well, I appreciate the response. Take care.

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Cre58a, I would highly recommend not jumping into threads with harsh generalizations about broad swaths of people. All 5 of your posts follow this same incendiary track, it won't do to continue in this manner.

Throbelisk, try toning down your aggressiveness, as it tends to inflame and prolong discussions that need not be. Each of your posts here displays an escalating lack of respect for your opponent and their views. Disregarding the sanctity, or lack thereof, of your broader position, this escalation undermines both your arguments and the thread at large. While the former is what it is, the latter is unacceptable.

Take care, everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving to the American comrades! Be safe.

Has there been any indication of when this will conclude? It has been over a decade and as great as it is the relationships can only be teased so long

It's fucking wild this has been running for a decade now, the only other yuri I can think of off the top of my head that is still going after a decade is Yuru Yuri. But to badly answer your question I have no idea lol, haven't seen anything on Kishi's twitter signaling an end is in sight anyways. A lot of these relationships feel like they have a long way to go.

Pretty impressive that the series has survived so long, especially considering 4 magazine jumps (though, for such a long-running series, this isn't that unusual). I remember a time, perhaps a year ago, perhaps two, when the series appeared to be in danger. Kishi tweeted out that the continuation of the series would strongly depend on volume sales. Cue a few first-hand stories of otakus going to buy out their local bookstore, only to find that someone else already had. Thankfully, haven't heard nor seen any talk of trouble since!

Actually addressing the length of time for pairings - looking at page counts, I don't think the length of pages that characters have waffled on extends that far beyond other works in the genre. Yet it can feel quite unprecedented when considering the length of time, though.

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Good points, all. I especially appreciated those other artists you mentioned, though as I considered further, there were quite a few more I would add to the list. Perhaps surprise was an improper emotion. We've seen so many strong serialized artists come out of the Touhou scene or fall out of it, I suppose Yonurime's significant longevity separated them in my mind as an outlier. Given that I don't quite follow the scene anymore, this may too be inaccurate.

Writing new, original stuff is... hard and often punishing, especially when you have to pitch it to heartless, market-obsessed publishers instead of a warm community of adoring and supportive fans at conventions. There's also the merciless scheduling of serializations, the push to test well with major demographics, the demands and standards of editors, and a million other obstacles.

I would add, briefly, that publishing original content is gradually becoming easier. Speaking solely from the yuri community, publications like Galette, and anthology collections like Yuri Liquer offer significant, semi-traditional avenues. Then there are web publications, self-publishing through Pixiv, Twitter, or even monetized platforms like Booth. Of course, even if we assume a desire, there are surely some who would find none of the options available to them acceptable.

At least Yonurime's still producing manga as of last year

And of course, I'm forever grateful to any artist who sticks with it!

Lots of stuff to address but for now I'll just go with the most recent ones.

The link back to the chapter or series at the top of the forum threads has gone missing. The name is still there, but it's not a link. This is on my android phone. It's still missing even if I tell it to use the desktop site.

Never mind, it's back. What happened?

Okay, I figured it out. The link is only there when I'm logged into the site. Is this a recent change? Is it supposed to be this way?

Yes, this change was made within the last month or so for technical reasons. It is possible that in the coming weeks or months a nicer solution to the technical issue(s) will be found, but for the meantime this is just how the site will operate. It is very likely the links will not return for non-registered users, so I do apologise for the inconvenience!

Let people use some sort of api to download/search manga and series etc.
Maybe $1 per user ?

Sorry, I'm not aware of this being a possibility in the near future.

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I was surprised, while digging, to find almost no evidence of Yonurime ever branching out to original works. Surely the quality of art, construction and writing is strong enough for publication? Yet their work remains pretty safely contained in a handful of doujin spheres. All I managed to find was a listing for chapter 8 of Yuliquer Alxohol x Yuri, sadly untranslated!

It's actually a reference to this optional scene where the party finds an abandoned baby and Rita and Estelle take care of it for a day. Warning: sugar overload. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeEJufI8GkI

Tfw you were an Xbox kid and never even knew this existed in the Definitive Edition...Thanks so much for sharing! Really made my day. I guess you can tell it's quite late in the game, given how chill Rita is when Estelle is flirting with her...

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Click Upload Request and send us a link to check it out!

The March 2020 releases were exclusively done by one member of the boards, who requested them and asked that they be uploaded under the Gaku Gaku Animal Land name. Unfortunately, Gensokyo is dead.

There were a lot of structural and circumstantial issues that more or less pointed this way for the last 3 or 4 years (at least) before the site finally disappeared for good. At the end, there weren't more than a handful of part-timers left. Thanks so much to everyone who ever participated on voile, it was a blast. Really is extraordinary how much was accomplished.

And it's now fixed on our end too. Thank you Goggled Anon!