This was actually not a bad episode, especially compared to every other one lol, and I was totally right, Ginko really is fucking fantastic. I love her even more than I thought I would. Not to mention this series FINALLY told some jokes that were actually pretty funny (besides shaba-daba-doo which is just fucking brilliant and never ceases to make me laugh). New neighbor noodles, for some unknown reason, fucking killed me lol. All in all, really nice to get some developments in this series, I really feel that before this ep (and to a lesser extent the last ep with Lulu) this series has really just not been doing anything since Sumika died, besides killing off random bears in disguise.
Kureha continues to disappoint me though, although I got to admit that I cheered when she rejected her entire class like that the first time they tried to apologize although she went ahead and made me retract my cheer when she gave in like 5 fucking minutes later lol.

I think the thing we have to take away from this is that Kureha is not the main character. Ginko is. :3

Dis guy/girl gets it lol. Ginko foreva, I'm relatively certain that every other character could literally just drop dead and I wouldn't really mind. EXCEPT SEXY. HE HAS TO LIVE NO MATTER WHAT. THE WORLD CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT HIM lol.

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Uh...the last one is an actual chapter. You act like I'm not the one translating this or something. Seriously, slow your roll, player. You don't even like this series anyways, haha.

OH YOU'RE TRANSLATING!? Well in that case my bad, normally theres like an Uploader thing or something under your name, so I kind of just assumed you were guessing. Well, in that case you got any spoilers filled with news I'd like to hear for this miserable Yuri fan? lol

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This was actually not a bad episode, especially compared to every other one lol, and I was totally right, Ginko really is fucking fantastic. I love her even more than I thought I would. Not to mention this series FINALLY told some jokes that were actually pretty funny (besides shaba-daba-doo which is just fucking brilliant and never ceases to make me laugh). New neighbor noodles, for some unknown reason, fucking killed me lol. All in all, really nice to get some developments in this series, I really feel that before this ep (and to a lesser extent the last ep with Lulu) this series has really just not been doing anything since Sumika died, besides killing off random bears in disguise.
Kureha continues to disappoint me though, although I got to admit that I cheered when she rejected her entire class like that the first time they tried to apologize although she went ahead and made me retract my cheer when she gave in like 5 fucking minutes later lol.

Calm your tits, YLF, series isn't over like other comments mentioned...not to say that the author doesn't basically rushes out an ending in three pages wink

Um, the series is over tho...isn't all that's left just one more extra? Which will probably be just as porn-y as this one was. And either way, the fact that she chose the sister in the end IS THE PROBLEM. And they're not gonna just change her decision in the extra and even if they do then that really just makes it worse so...also, I'm not a fan of threesome endings, I really feel they are just dumb and halfassed and really just a way for authors who are too lazy to make an actual decision to wrap things up. That's not to say you can't like threesome ends or even the author's motivation, but that's really just my take on it. So, in summary, there's officially no hope for me for this series anymore no matter what they do in the remaining extra (which will most likely be nothing).
Also, if you saw my reaction when they released the last ACTUAL chapter then you know that this IS me calmed down lol. There are few series that have disappointed me as much as this fucking one did.

last edited at Feb 2, 2015 7:30PM

is there a lesbian island somewhere...

Where ever it is, I call dibs on being the Prime Minister.

I'll be Minister Of the Interior!

And oh, the interiors I'll minister to...

There's a place called Lesbos, which is where the word lesbian originated from and is home to one of history's most famous lesbian erotica writer. CLOSE ENOUGH. LET'S ALL GO NOW.

Um....I think this was a happy ending...but I mean if you really think about it...the whole point of the trip was to go into the forest to get impregnated...which means theres random men wandering around just raping every female they encounter...and these two now have to live in the forest so....yeah, its really not all that happy when you think about it....

"It's like a thick tampon stirring me up "
List of things not to say in bed, number 121

LMAO +100 XD blah blah semen this/that blah blah get me pregnant oh baby!! says no lesbian ever lol. unless they are borrowing a friend to have a baby with their gf? idk lol. that was really dumb though lol.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the author of this just wanted us to not like this by the time it ended lol.

This was really just the worst possible way to end this series. It really fucking was. Even some of the incest people in this here comments section (not to mention, the ones I know irl) agree that this was a bad ending for this series. Really fucking disappointed too, because this series had some great potential.

It's legitimately hurting me that this is still literally just all subtext lol.

Wait a second. Has this been translated already a while back? I'm pretty sure I've already read it though...maybe I read the raw and just forgot then...

That was a pretty fantastic special so is it just these that are getting translated or are the other actual chapters getting translated at some point as well? I feel like I've asked this before but I have, either not seen the answer, or completely forgot, so if you could bear with me plz, that'd be much appreciated.

Thanks to the anime having skipped so many chapters, I really don't know at what point I'm reading anymore. Also, kinda wish that Inugami would show...ANY kind of loyalty to Nekoyama. Yeah...I'd like that...

Also, I don't think you really understood what I meant. I meant that, just because this series is, first and foremost, just one big metaphor, does not mean these characters do not matter at all.

Read again, I understood you just fine.

Penguindrum, a series I actually kinda liked

So if these characters do something that I think it is truly horrible, then I'm still not gonna like that character, aka Lulu (and the fact remains, that the most recent ep did change the motivation we had been told she had for doing this in earlier eps).

I bet you think the Child Broiler from Penguindrum were really physically breaking children into glass pieces.

The fact that you posted that second half at the end there, just proves that you really didn't understand me at all and, frankly, that means continuing this with you is just a little bit pointless. Like we could keep trying to convince one another but, let's be honest, neither of us are going to cave and that's really just fine. Because the fact of the matter is, that even if our opinions are complete and utter opposites of one another, I'm entitled to my own opinion, just as you are entitled to yours and, unlike you apparently and a couple others here, I won't hold that against you nor mock you for it. That doesn't mean I'll stop raging tho lol. I'll probably be right back here next week ranting about some other thing lol. Actually, it's looking like we might be finally getting any information on Ginko so that might not be the case.
But seriously though, if you ever want to argue or even just discuss something with me, or more generally with anybody, don't resort to trying to mock them, even if it is just sarcastically. It really makes you seem less legitimate and, I honestly don't think you are anything less than legitimate, because you clearly seem to know what you're talking about, which only makes it even sadder that you'd resort to it.

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Right now, I really fucking hate it. So much. Especially this last ep, not only did it kind of negate what little character development we had on Lulu, but it also made it seem like REPEATED ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN ADORABLE YOUNGER BROTHER WHO DID LESS THAN NOTHING WRONG is totes okay as long as you feel bad about it. And bullshit like that enrages me to no end. Regret does not make horrible crimes okay. Why some animes seem to think that is the case will never cease to piss me off.

I hated you from the beginning. So much. Especially this comment of yours, not only did it kind of negate what little personal information we had on you, but it also made it seem like REPEATED ATTEMPTED UNREASONABLE RAGE UPON AN ADORABLE SHOW WHICH DID LESS THAN NOTHING WRONG is totes okay as long as you feel bad about it. And bullshit like that feeds the trolls to no end. Invisible principles do not make horrible emotions okay. Why some people seem to think that is the case will never cease to surprise me.

I loved you from the beginning too. So let's cross the wall of severance and become true friends. Here's the treat. Now you gotta give me a kiss. C'mon, your promised kiss. Kiss me. Kiss me!

I know that you were being intentionally hateful and all, but (and this may be a bit hard to believe lol) I am usually a reasonable person and I understand why you'd respond with hate directed at me. Do I think it's reasonable? No, especially since you don't actually know me but whatever. It's the Internet and that's just how people tend to be. But keeping all that in mind. I gotta give you some props on your mockery. That was some impressive mimicry of my comment. Good job. Like no sarcasm. I actually am a little impressed.
That ending doh. Yoooooooooooou sunuvabitch! lol

This seems to be a common occurance with Takamiya Jin, good start great middle with a crap ending. Not that it didn't make sense...just could've been much more interesting and less generic then it was.

THANK YOU!!!! THIS HAPPENS SOOOOOOOOO OFTEN WITH HIM..... like seriously.... it always starts off amazing and then he just completely bombs the ending... its really getting annoying.... I read 15 chapters of this AND had to bare the ungodly long time for the next chapter to come out and he ends it with this bull.... like srsly? what a waste of time....

I really can't remember a single one of HER other stories that ended even remotely like this, so I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I didn't like the ending to this though, so I will give you that.

He or she never said Jins other stories ended LIKE this, what they meant (and I ABSOLUTELY 100% AGREE WITH) is that Takemiya Jin is not very good at endings. She has the tendency to make some pretty crappy endings, not always, but increasingly often. Which really sucks because, I think we all agree, she is GREAT with the story, we all love the way she writes and develops the characters, but she's just SO BAD with endings.
And, speaking personally now, for me, an ending can really make or break a series. If an ending is PARTICULARLY terrible then it made the ENTIRE series not worth it. People say "it's all about the journey not the destination" but frankly I think that's a load of crap. If I go on a fucking journey to find a chest of gold and I find a whole lot of bills or death, THEN I'M GONNA BE HELLA FUCKING PISSED. DON'T CARE HOW FUN THE TRIP THERE WAS. So not worth it at all. For example, Gurren Lagann was one of my all time favorite animes, but thanks to that fucking terrible ending (IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES NO LESS) I literally just can never recommend it to anybody ever lol. Like friends will ask me about it and I'll just go "NOPE. Don't do it, it's totally not worth it."

Ugh. I really just find the relationship between these two...so annoying...

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I'm not talking about lel symbolism. Yes, it's part of it, but what I'm referring to is more in-line with how the story is presented. Dream-like sequences with excessive flasback scenes and overdramatic voice acting along with badly dressed theatric costumes. Half of the things you see happening aren't really physically happening, so it's only logical for me to question why you're taking everything at face value.

As for the characters, I personally am finding them more likable with every passing episode (more specifically Ginko and Lulu).

Everything in this paragraph will be extras, the for your information kind. Morishima Akiko really has nothing to do with the anime version of YKA. If you like her work, cut your expectations or wait for the manga scanlations. Ikuhara might be using it to tell his story, but at the core of it all, this is not a yuri anime. At least, not the kind you seem to be looking for. As for sales, that is the last thing Ikuhara is looking for. This is, afterall, his third series in 20 years. He's merely using this as a medium to say whatever the hell he wants to.

Also, the caps really does nothing for you.

Yeah, I found out that Morishima Akiko had little to do with the anime after the first episode came out and I had had my fill of "WTF this is not what happened in the manga!?" lol. Also, literally half my comments have been with me coming to terms how this isn't gonna be the savior yuri anime so you really don't have to repeat it for me lol nor do you have to tell me that Ikuhara does not care about sales because I know that he also did Penguindrum, a series I actually kinda liked, not loved, but liked and that made it clear how little he cares for popularity lol. The issue I had with the yuri anime part is that ALL I KNEW about the anime is that its being adapted from a Morishima manga and some guy named Ikuhara (whom at the time, I was unaware was affiliated with Penguindrum) was attached as well.
Also, I don't think you really understood what I meant. I meant that, just because this series is, first and foremost, just one big metaphor, does not mean these characters do not matter at all. These characters are still doing these things and remain the focus of this series, even if they are metaphors or symbols or whatever the hell kind of literary device you want to call it. So if these characters do something that I think it is truly horrible, then I'm still not gonna like that character, aka Lulu (and the fact remains, that the most recent ep did change the motivation we had been told she had for doing this in earlier eps). As for Kureha, she has literally done nothing in the series yet besides mope and whine and question everything, so I'm just gonna stick with burning indifference towards her lol. As for Ginko, like I said before, she hasn't really done anything yet, so I'll refrain from deciding how I feel about her.
Also, the caps are not meant for my argument. They are solely meant for emphasis in that, I am well aware that my comments tend to drag on for days and sometimes even repeat things lol and I use the caps as a kind of flag or something, like "Hey, look at this, somewhere in here there is, in fact, a point and not repetitive babbling" lol. Altho I am aware that I occassionally tend to go overboard with them. New keyboard and I can barely reach the caps lock key lol.

last edited at Jan 27, 2015 5:01PM

That teacher was actually pretty horrible. Like seriously? Mistreats the child the entire year (even says she's not good enough to be a princess, like I get it was an accident, but SERIOUSLY!? You said that TO A LITTLE GIRL!?) and then manages to completely forget she's leaving and make her feel horrible...Like when the narrator was was talking about when the teacher said she really, really liked her, that "she may have even meant the opposite." Yeah, I agree. I think your teacher actually kinda hated you lol.
Damn tho...such a good little girl...the world needs more children like this one...

Honestly, if the show enrages you so much, you should stop watching it since it's obvious you're not enjoying it. Unless you get enjoyment from being full of rage and high blood pressure and stress lol.

I'm honestly not even sure why I'm still watching at this point lol. Maybe its cuz we really don't know ANYTHING AT ALL WHATSOEVER about Ginko yet. But for some reason, I am pulling hope out of my ass. Hope that I did not even know I was still capable of feeling. Also, cuz I have nothing better to do with my time than to watch a yuri anime lol.

That is literally the only reason I'm sticking with the anime too (well that and because it goes against my principles to drop a yuri series lol). Right now, I really fucking hate it. So much. Especially this last ep, not only did it kind of negate what little character development we had on Lulu, but it also made it seem like REPEATED ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN ADORABLE YOUNGER BROTHER WHO DID LESS THAN NOTHING WRONG is totes okay as long as you feel bad about it. And bullshit like that enrages me to no end. Regret does not make horrible crimes okay. Why some animes seem to think that is the case will never cease to piss me off.

I'm honestly baffled that this is how you saw the episode. If you want to even attempt to find any enjoyment in this show, you probably should stop taking everything that happens at face value. Otherwise, might as well just save yourself the trouble and drop it.

I already know that this series is just FULL of symbolism, but what I don't understand is why that is supposed to make it any better? Yes, that's cool, everything actually means something else. Incredible. If only I found that entertaining. Also, I'm just really struggling to find anything to like in these main characters. So far they have been completely and utterly unlikable (besides the judges, sexy, cool, and beauty whom i find absolutely hilarious, and I will give the series props for that). The only main character that I don't dislike (Lulu) or just plain feel intense indifference (Kureha) towards is Ginko because she hasn't even actually done anything yet. At all.
And I'm still watching this series, because FOR SOME FUCKING REASONS I have hope it'll get better towards the end. I have no idea why. Maybe its because Morishima is involved in it, I don't know. I've already shattered my three episode episode rule, but I have hope. Besides, I really have no life (THANKS COLLEGE!) so I have nothing else to do with my time besides rage at this point lol.
I really do think that my severe, severe saltiness at how badly this series crushed my expectations of it as a yuri anime are affecting, slightly, how I feel about it. Because lets face it, there's no way this anime is gonna be successful enough to get a repeat performance. There aren't enough people capable of seeing past the sheer fuckery to the symbolism, much less enough people who would actually like that kind of thing for this series to be particularly successful. My hope for the savior of yuri animes has been crushed....I wanna "lol" but...I'm just so sad...lol

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Despite the anime being so strange. I can't wait for the next episode because they might come out with a real plot that we understand. I was pretty pissed for a good 10 min about how I didn't understand the plot and not being the same as the Manga. Either way I realized that the Anime still has so many episodes to go and we'll probably get a better plot if we pay attention to the little metaphors and details. Can I say this reminded me of madoka magica and "ME! ME! ME! "?
Also now growl and shock will be my new thing to shout at school tomorrow.

That is literally the only reason I'm sticking with the anime too (well that and because it goes against my principles to drop a yuri series lol). Right now, I really fucking hate it. So much. Especially this last ep, not only did it kind of negate what little character development we had on Lulu, but it also made it seem like REPEATED ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN ADORABLE YOUNGER BROTHER WHO DID LESS THAN NOTHING WRONG is totes okay as long as you feel bad about it. And bullshit like that enrages me to no end. Regret does not make horrible crimes okay. Why some animes seem to think that is the case will never cease to piss me off.
But yeah, back to my original point, I'm sticking with this anime because I have some slight hope that AT SOME POINT this series will stop enraging me and just do something, ANYTHING, that I actually like. I mean, LITERALLY ANYTHING. A SINGLE SECOND OF SOMETHING I LIKE. So far the best thing this series has had going for it is "KUMA SHOCK" and that got old halfway through the second episode.
I recently realized why my hatred for this show instills so much rage in me, when, were it any other series, would just be like "Yeah, whatever, I don't care for it. Its because when they announced this series, in my head, I kind of made it, like, the savior of yuri animes. Like this was FINALLY the yuri anime, that was ACTUALLY gonna be great, and FINALLY encourage people to make more yuri animes. Like how could it possibly be bad, I thought to myself. Morishima is a part of it and she's a super well known and beloved yuri mangaka, right? So how could it be bad? Then the first episode got released and I....I just....a small part of my soul just...died...like shriveled up and spontaneously combusted right there in my chest...I'm not sure I've ever been this spiteful towards something in my entire life.

I'll never understand why this series is so fucking fantastically perfect.

Read this a few days ago. It seriously needs a sequel, especially since it didn't even really end.

I liked it but it wasn't too great because I didn't really feel like there were any emotions in it although I suppose that can't really be helped in a one shot as short as this one but still. Like in the end, the blonde girl only really accepted the other girl almost out of desperation and then, while it was implied that the black haired girl liked the blonde from the beginning, she barely even showed it. Like, it was a nice little oneshot but I feel it could've been better.
Also, excuse me while I go murder the scanlators for that Kuma Shock reference at the end. pulls out his sniper rifle Brb.

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I'm not even sure what direction this series is trying to go but I really don't think I like where I THINK its going.