Dat Shigurui reference...haha.

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Everything I've ever heard/read regarding seventhstyle has shown them to be fucking hacks...all of their actual news can probably be gotten from somewhere else, so it's a joke to consider them a 'source' which is remotely credible.

Yuri Hime and the newly founded Mebae are the only yuri magazines to speak of.

I've been curious for a while as to the official status of Sakura, which came out this year in January. I picked up a copy of vol.1 myself due to the special Sakura Trick chapter which was included, but with such little attention from the yuri community I guess it must not've sold very well (it's been more than 6 months since the first issue too). For a yuri anthology from Houbunsha, it admittedly also feels much less ambitious/serious than Tsubomi; flipping through the volume, the only notable/familiar yuri artist I recognized aside from Tachi was Hirao Auri (of Manga no Tsukurikata). The contents themselves are not bad, although it's a bit hard to get attached to oneshots.

I guess it would also be safe to assume that Dolce is kaput as well? The first two volumes came out 8 months apart and stopped as of January 2013.

In any case, Hirari dying is indeed a goddamn tragedy but I wouldn't necessarily panic regarding the general health of the genre. According to Okazu's latest review in any case, Yuri Hime at least is doing pretty well. It's always nice to have other magazines to bring something different to the table but still, we're not exactly running out of new things to read or artists to follow just yet.

w00t. This was pretty vaguely Terumoko, it was nice. Haha shit, its like I can't even conceive of Kaguya and Mokou's entire existence and relationship except romantically. They are simply such kindred souls.

I'd be damn thrilled if Tooyama Ema actually did yuri...I still have fun with her ongoing shoujo series (Watashi ni XX Shinasai) and I fondly remember the one subtext series she did, Hyakuen.

The Yuri Project release page notes that ch. 4 is part of a production they're doing with the drama club. Given that the chapter title is also given as "Pirates Edition" I don't think the new setting should be that surprising.

Reimu so sultry here: http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/rei_mari_no_yoru#8. Stories about these two just stepping over that ambiguous boundary line of friendship are my favourite.

No comments? This was cute. Sisters moe.

I've already read this on danbooru, but I might as well post my thoughts here as well. Can't say this is as good as the others. It's more brutal, but it's not justified. The Buddhist temple situation was net positive with nobody actually getting hurt. Canni-can disposed of people who were going to commit suicide anyway and used them to maintain the peace. This, they skinned a child alive and then ate him for... what? Ceremony? There's no higher purpose here, no white to go with the black, no yang to the yin.

Felt like the comments I made on Canni-can are relevant here. Although Yakumi Sarai's works are pretty brutal, I think the ones that focus on human consumption/cannibalism highlight the perspective that eating humans is merely an extension of the brutality of eating (and by extension, living) in the first place.

Eating meat is brutal. Eating humans is exceptionally brutal. With the latter, comes the karmic weight of having consumed a sentient being for your own self-benefit. But that karmic burden is neither good nor evil. It simply is. It is up to the various beings (in this story, youkai and gods) who resolved to take on that weight to determine what they go on to do with their existences. (Well, as far as the Touhou universe goes in any case, if they fail to properly live up to that burden, may they be judged by Enma in Hell.)

The tengu and gods partake in human offerings, certainly, for the sake of ceremony. Essentially it is an act symbolizing their higher existences and karmic burden. Who knows if they live up to that pretention. But it also makes sense for such a ceremony to be the means by which Sanae ascends her humanity. Overall, I'm not sure if I could pick out particular favourites from amongst Sarai's works, but I don't think this one was bad.

I'm rather fond of this page/line (top left panel): http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/canni_chan#33. It gets at the heart of all of Yakumi Sarai's cannibalism stuff, I think. The act of eating itself is already, regardless, an act of inviting/accepting karma. The act of eating humans is simply an act of inviting/accepting exceptional karma.

To savour one's own misfortune through the act of eating is certainly the mark of an exceptional gourmet. I guess that the main effect of this story though is to underline the inefficiencies/compromise of Yukari's system. You cannot savour the consumption of a 'life' which is basically already dead. It is not incorrect to say that the existences of the youkai who abide by that (Gensoukyou's) system are painfully neutered.

Locodol is extremely gay as of episodes 2 and 3. As for Hanayamata, it's got strong subtext as well, although I'm personally more into it for the gorgeous visuals and dancing.

Yama no Susume is having sub issues, but is really just too heartwarming. Episode 2 was amazing. I also happen to be following Momo Kyun Sword; with the large emphasis on the opposing roles of Momoko and Onihime, perhaps we can expect some rivalry shipping.

Although, this latest chapter happens to be a oneshot. I ended up rereading some of the earlier chapters anyway though, and had a great time.

I agree that this feels like one of Morishima Akiko's best collections, and that I'd probably say that after any one of her works (lol). As for this particular story, it was fun to get the actual story/context around the drama club President, and Fune and Miruki are very cute (haha, that confession was too awkward). I also have to say, that those names are way too over the top, lol: Hoshiumi Miruki, Amakawa Fune? Very great fun regardless.

As expected of Tamatsuu. This was really good, I'm looking forward to more post-Rebellion stuff from them.

Technically, "Satsuki-chan to Ryuuko-chan" (or English, "Satsuki-chan and Ryuuko-chan") is what's written on the first page of this set. Still a relatively non-descript title though, especially considering the tags, so not a big deal.

Hayashira Shizuru drew this, whoa. First time I've seen a complete departure from her style like this but I suppose it's plausible.

Haha. The second carrier division and the fifth carrier division are cute too. Pretty much all of the carrier divisions would make great yuri couples. This was nice.

^ The art/animation style is sometimes a bit awkward, but overall I think it's okay. Maybe they did it on purpose (to show Naru as an average girl?) or it might've just been an awkward angle.

Note on the series' title, since I finally figured it out after watching the anime -- it comes from an abbreviation of the names of the 5 main characters: Hana, Naru, Yaya, Machi, Tama.

I really loved the first episode, and am pretty hyped for the rest. The visuals and music are gorgeous, and I also found the voice acting very effective. Good stuff.

Was somewhat surprised to see that ep. 1 covered 4 manga chapters though. I guess the adaptation pace will be somewhat fast. Not necessarily a bad thing but it look like the manga will be fairly quickly left behind.

Just a simple celebratory message.

"Congratulations: The completion of the "Akuma no Riddle" anime!!
Thank you for a wonderful production!
2014.6.21 Akiko M.
Each episode was so interesting I ended up dying of moe. ♡"

A Passing Shower has an older girl taking charge after getting turned on by the non-assuming skinship of a younger one
^Slight variations. No love involved, just hornyness indeed.

There's a distinction between being attracted to someone and being horny. I don't have a problem with either, but the point is that there's nothing actually wrong about yuri based on attraction. A oneshot about characters that just met will predictably not have a full-fledged romance or anything but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with stories about girls just falling in love with/becoming attracted to girls.

Aside from that, the list I provided was based on your description of "girl forces herself on another, and the latter falls in love/accepts". If your actual complaint was about the amount of love then:

Watch out for Drunks has a workplace kouhai standing up for her stolen innocence/chastity
^Slight variations, girl A forced herself on girl B then girl B forces herself on girl A
No love involved, just hornyness.

That's actually wrong, it's love/collapsed admiration from one side and drunkenness on the other

My Girlfriend has a quiet girl respond to a (big) surprise confession
^Kinda what I described...

This isn't true because it was the girl who got confessed to who made the first move, and the confessing girl had been in love forever

In Munasawagi no Houkago the quiet/non-otaku girl has always been in love with the cosplayer

And taking into account the earlier mentioned 'A Cold and After That' and 'This is a Great Hug Pillow', you can't really say that Minase Ruruu's works don't contain love either.

Basically it comes down to taste, but IMHO Ruruu's reputation is well-deserved.

Minase's art and humour are top tier, not sure what else you're trying to find from oneshots. Sure, her plots can basically be reduced to 'two girls find themselves attracted/confess to each other' (it's yuri after all) but your summary can hardly be applied to all of them.

Cold and after that has a childhood friend accidentally confessing during the other friend's fever
A Passing Shower has an older girl taking charge after getting turned on by the non-assuming skinship of a younger one
Watch out for Drunks has a workplace kouhai standing up for her stolen innocence/chastity
My Girlfriend has a quiet girl respond to a (big) surprise confession
etc.

There are certainly a bunch of other mangaka I love thanks to their longer stories but Ruruu is easily top tier within her primary domain of original oneshots. Her writing is actually notably cliche-free and original with surprising consistency considering the fact that none of her stories make any substantial use of drama.

For the record, the other two 'Vampire Sakuya' doujins previously uploaded here are actually a sequel to these two stories:
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/maid_and_the_bloody_clock_of_fate_lunatic
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/luna_dial_maid_to_chi_no_unmei_dokei_lunaticalpha

I'm in agreement that the series is rather well written. The exploration of the various implications/possibilities of Sakuya (and Marisa, Reimu etc.) surpassing her humanity are all rather interesting. The last story leaves off with Meiling also progressing into vampirehood under Sakuya (with the attendant implications of her martial arts skills joined with vampire strength), and Sakuya gradually growing independent of Remilia. Seemed like the series could have had the makings of a compelling action/drama series to me.

Man, I'm still so fond of Takahashi Mako's work. You can say that it's angsty/depressing as fuck, and like, shit, a lot of it is, but it's also freakin' beautiful.

Really loving this story so far. I don't have a problem with Morinaga's longer, more lighthearted pieces but the writing in this one has a gripping quality of being concise and directed. The correspondence of each chapter's themes with its title is quite neat -- I'd be comfortable calling this Morinaga's best ongoing series.

Hirosawa's a pretty interesting addition to the story, and I'm also quite glad Morinaga took the trouble to make Kaori a sympathetic character. Even Miu's other two friends I can't begrudge too much since it seems they might not know what they're getting in for (since they switched off Fujiwara for apparently actually going out with a girl, I will laugh if Hirosawa has been privately inducting her fans to the 'garden of lilies' in the meanwhile ;P).

As for Fujiwara herself, I think it's true that we can have the expectation that she will come to like Miu eventually, but it's not clear at all for the moment how we will get there.

Thanks to Yuri Girl 1001 for the release! I'm looking forward to the other works on your schedule as well, but there's nothing quite like this feel of classic Morinaga.

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So, with the two recent uploads...I think

http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_maid_and_the_bloody_watch_of_fate
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_maid_and_the_bloody_watch_of_fate_extra
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/maid_and_the_bloody_clock_of_fate_lunatic
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/luna_dial_maid_to_chi_no_unmei_dokei_lunaticalpha

Are all part of the same series (in the given order). Based on the cover pages and for the sake of naming consistency, I think it would be fine to rename the latter two doujins to "The Maid and the Bloody Watch of Fate -Lunatic-" and "The Maid and the Bloody Watch of Fate -Lunatic+ alpha- Lunar Dial" (or maybe "Lunar Dial: The Maid and the Bloody Watch of Fate -Lunatic+ alpha-"), but I guess that depends on your policy regarding keeping the original scanlation titles.

Additionally, I noticed this
http://dynasty-scans.com/series/time_of_the_full_moon
empty series page; not sure if you guys are in the middle of uploading it. Since I remember reading (and rather enjoying) that series before, but not if I'd read it from this site, I thought I'd mention it.

Ahh, why is Marisa so awesome. Broing it up with Reimu, being moved by things, thinking about things; being so utterly human. This doujin really makes me feel like a fangirl (boy. whatever. :P Have to admit that Marisa is one Touhou I will probably never sexualize).

I agree that the children of Miare are blessed with a purpose, that her life is not something to be pitied. That doesn't make Marisa's action at the end any less remarkable though. Bringing Akyuu out to look at non-Gensokyou things for her own interest, to even temporarily take in/wonder at the world beyond her allotted duty/purpose. An insignificant/meaningless act of compassion, that essentially does nothing but to make Akyuu's day a bit brighter. Not to overstate this story, but that last page does leave me breathless.

Haha, er, feels kinda awkward being the one who sparked off all of the bullying discussion. I stand by what I said back then, that I would get more enjoyment out of this story if it portrayed a mutual/consensual relationship, but I didn't necessarily want to encourage a censorious environment which would prevent positive discussion of the story later.

Basically, I stand by the statements that parts of Esumi's behaviour definitely constitute bullying. Stuff like forcing Emu to run thirty laps around her school in a swimsuit, or getting soda all over her clothes at a school without a shower, are definitely way beyond the lines of what could be called 'teasing'. However overall I actually found the second chapter to be more palatable than the first one, if only thanks to the greater development in what makes Esumi tick.

On that topic: I agree another poster that the privately arranged outing to the amusement park had the markings of a date. It was interesting to find out that such an outing was what Esumi considered a personal birthday present. Somewhat subjectively, I felt that Esumi's harrassments at the amusement park were less than what we had seen at the school. Most importantly however, I felt that the glimpse into Esumi's home life seemed to present the possibility that she and Emu could develop a more genuine connection (Esumi definitely feels estranged/overwhelmed by her brother's behaviour, which seems to make her relationship with Emu her only tangible/significantly notable human connection). These factors allowed ch. 2 overall to give me a more favourable impression.

I do think it's concerning that, to this point, Esumi has not shown a single instance of caring for/respecting Emu's personal free will or desires. However, I don't think it can be questioned that Esumi's interest in Emu is sexual/romantic, given her description of her response to Emu back in ch. 1 ("arousal"), and the sexual aspect to a fair degree of her harassment (getting undressed, etc.). So, in general the series feels like it is probably slowly/gradually moving towards a romantic relationship, with some disconcerting elements (Esumi's complete lack of concern for Emu's free will) to be hopefully resolved in the future. If that issue doesn't get resolved or seem like it's being developed towards a resolution, then I think that I will set this series aside as a distasteful comedy, but for now I'm still fairly willing to see where the author goes with it.