This is a story about relationships in general, not any singular yuri romance. That doesn't mean it isn't a yuri manga given the characters' backgrounds and the flags going around, but it has a lot more to say than it just being a story about how the characters get together or something.

The concept of yuri as a broader category beyond just romance is already a bit controversial, so I'm not surprised that Love Bullet's unusual approach to romance causes some confusion. This story is built on what we could call a yuri "platform", with the first volume especially being conspicuous about it. The second volume takes us back to the formation of this quartet of girl cupids, to a case where they play matchmaker for straight pairings, so the yuri is now carried forward by their relationships with each other.

Yuri fans are probably not used to seeing long form stories where a pair (or multiple pairs) of women gradually grow closer on a longer shared journey, especially in manga-originals. So maybe for some it's hard to have faith in Love Bullet running long enough to pay those sweet yuri dividends. Yuri light novel series like Otherside Picnic and Virgin Road have managed to take advantage of a style of relationship development that used to be common on TV shows from before the streaming era, like The X-Files or (for a lesbian example) Xena Warrior Princess. The major M/M ships in mainstream sports and action manga like JJK and Demon Slayer also grow out of this effect. There are long-running manga-originals with a similar vibe that can be great (e.g. Idol × Idol Story, Mieruko-chan, Stupid Woman 26:00) but the leading F/F pair in those usually does not overtly cross into romance so they're less legible as this type of relationship development.

Back to Love Bullet, I think there is something compelling about this gang of probably-queer girls dealing with straight romance too as a topic. So far, it's not the boy-girl pairs that are interesting on their own, but the overall effect of the cupids "managing" them. Of course I would be glad to see non-het pairings as the focus of their future cases.

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You are telling me that Sal Jiang got jumped on twitter for this? lol Sorry to be rude but people can be so dumb, it’s not the first time I see that weird attitude from yuri fans, but we are talking about Sal Jiang here XD

Apologies I should clarify, I haven’t seen people attacking her, though I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some. When I was typing I was thinking about the general purist vibe that goes around, with Twitter and Reddit I’ve seen how people insult Battan. Turn on Love Bullet. People calling the mangaka of Dungeon Meshi homophobic for not confirming Marcille and Falin, despite her being open to fans enjoying the series how they want, and Meshi having at least one canonical lesbian/bisexual side character. There’s lots of other examples, like people attacking Dana Terrace and that whole needless drama earlier this year, social media often sucks and people are extreme.

[random anecdotes about people disliking stuff] is a very serious problem that is somehow strongly related to Wicked Spot

This is probably the messiest manga she's ever made, too much is happening too fast and I don't get why.

The first volume was great but I think this mission arc in the second one suffers from a more serialized plot being delivered in shorter bits and with an irregular update schedule. I can only hope it will read better in a binge

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That dark mountain road with a threatening aura... It's so simple but effective. I was actually a little afraid to turn the page before the last one. The stuff about animals hiding is so good too.

The Otherside is such a strange place. I wonder if we'll learn what it is exactly about in the end of this story. So far it seems like it's a place that doesn't abide by the rules of the real world, but also things like them finding these houses and meeting people makes me think there's something deliberate by someone in its construction. Outside of situations that match their psychological state getting manifested.

Well, maybe you don't remember because it's been a while since it came up in the manga, but there are various hypotheses raised by the characters as to the nature of the UBL. But from reading the novels, this is not the kind of story that is eager to provide clear answers.

Judging by this first chapter I expect this series twist to be all the girls shes biting just always had a crush on her and their just pretending to be mindslaves to get closer to her because vampire mind control isnt real

Honestly it seemed like that was the subtext of the original series, though Yura's motivation might be more like "ok fine, if I want to get with Wakana I guess I have to deal with this abject weirdo she spends all her time around"

If I was a betting woman I would not bet on an "all the dubiously consensual stuff was actually 100% consensual the whole time" reveal in something written by Mikami Teren. Even calling it a twist would be generous, given that any sort of mind manipulation is exceedingly rare in yuri manga, even including the vampire stuff.

Not that the narrative relies all that much on the mind control to provide tension anyway. "It's hot, don't worry about it" is the motto, even more so than with Mikami Teren's other works.

^^Mizuki went out of her way to present as a girl for her friend group, wanted her friends to assume that she's a girl, which is just generally a girl thing to do, with not much evidence to the contrary that I know of. (She could only be outed as trans to Ena if Ena assumed that Mizuki was a cis girl.) As for Mizuki being nonbinary, that is a separate (though not unrelated) question. "Nonbinary" is not a gender, but an umbrella term for gender identities that take more words to explain than strictly just "male" or "female".

As for pronouns, Mizuki effectively doesn't "have" any as long as she's in a Japanese environment. I prefer using she/her for her because otherwise I feel like I'm singling her out from her group just because she's trans. But I just see this as an artifact of discussing her in English, not a case of Mizuki "having" these pronouns.

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Lily's father got bad-ended under a minute. Unless he was going to say yes to the contract even knowing that his ass was going to hell

Thank you for the explanation! That makes more sense, it's been a while since I've read the part where emigration was discussed.

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I cannot recall when was the last time a manga I read has an aaaangst level that high after 25 chapters. Solving the triangle issue may not be that easy like other similar yuri with het theme in it.

I don't know about that. Hario is not a villain, but by his own admission the marriage was based on Ema being someone who needed saving and couldn't stand up for herself. I don't think he would be surprised to learn that Ema only cared for him in the platonic sense this whole time, if he hasn't already figured it out (maybe he's already said as much and I forgot). He also doesn't strike me as a guy who would guilt trip Ema to stay with him after he finds out the truth about her and Takara.

I think the creator dragged her feet a little with the mutual declaration of love because it resolves most of the main conflict. Unless the ladies start an affair behind Hario's back or a new love rival enters the stage, the story should start wrapping up from here.

It's a web novel by Inukai Anzu. There is an English translation available at Ave Lilum: https://avelilium.com/the-princess-of-our-class-is-my-puppy/

From what I understood so far, the GI allows the Circs to leave FBB, most of them just are not motivated to do so. So I wonder if there was a political shift in the GI after they tried to get rid of the decompers 300 years ago.

Professor Labubus when I get my hands on you

Niji just accelerated the inevitable, I mean it's not like Remu and Azuki could have openly dated each other without Meguru finding out

We get a panel where she sleeps with a man. But only hand holding with her senpai.

The flashback panels where the main character is depicted in bed with a guy represent a painful memory: "or I get hurt". It's meant to provide context for why it's important that the female senpai loves touching and holding her hands despite their coldness.

Like, I'm fine with calling this this one-shot subtext, but it's very short so details have more weight. The main character being hurt when that guy complained about her hand's temperature even when they were intimate seems like an irrelevant detail in such a short work, unless it's meant to imply that her favorite drinking buddy from work could be an excellent match for her, romantically and sexually. And just like with the ex-bf, the ice breaker when she first spoke to this woman was also an accidental touch of their hands which gave away the coldness of hers, but unlike him this woman was not troubled by it at all and was immediately appreciative.

I'm pretty sure it ends with the pair having their first night in together, drinking at one of their apartments (instead of the usual pub crawling followed by each of them going home separately). The main character initiates this after the she realizes that her senpai likes her hands even when sober.

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I think I'm going to find this one extremely frustrating. I'm going to eagerly read each chapter hoping this is the one where this pseudo-couple turns serious. Then being totally totally bummed when it's not.
I wish they put series like these under another tag other than yuri, so yuri purest like me don't end up banging our heads against the wall, in frustration, every time a new chapter gets posted.

I thought the subtext tag was supposed to be used for that and changed to yuri when it becomes appropriate. I figured the uploader knew something we don't (either because there are more untranslated chapters, author commentary or magazine it is published in) and that is why it got yuri right away. But if not I think subtext is more appropriate for now. Then again, I think all the author's works are yuri right? So it is probably fine. Probably just a slow burn.

I agree that looking at the work so far on its own, Subtext would be more fitting. There's definitely something going on so I wouldn't say it's not a yuri work, but it's a more subtle and indirect approach than what I'd call explicit.

As for official designation that I could find, on X/Twitter the creator promoted a preview of chapter 1 with the "original yuri" hashtag, and on Pixiv Comics the series is under the yuri category.

Given the official designation and the creator's other works, I think it's fine to keep the tag, but whether this series will go beyond subtext seems quite uncertain to me.

Seduction strategy for sigmas: play hard to get first and then switch to adorably desperate

I don't believe the premise as described in the title by itself is deterministic. If a yuri series with two gyaru protagonists is a slice-of-life story with little to no drama, that is still a creative choice. Even if the gyaru archetype is known for a no-nonsense attitude, that does not mean two characters of this archetype will necessarily agree on things or can resolve every conflict by being honest.

The "gyaru x gyaru" premise also belies the distinct character dynamic of the titular couple. That is, they are both gyaru, but also more than that (just like any good gyaru character). For example, Reina is noted as more shy around people outside of her immediate circle than Yua is, and yet she was the one who asked Yua out. It's implied that she already fancied Yua in their first year when they were in different classes. Their relationship sails pretty smoothly, but it remains convincing because of all these little details in the brief glimpses we see of it.

Other than that, being girls who embrace a more confrontational style of femininity and always stick to their guns is just how I would describe the general, most surface-level appeal of the gyaru character; though to straight people their appeal may be different in ways I can only guess. (For example, from the perspective of a lot of straight men, maybe the appeal is the fantasy of 'fixing' a girl who looks and acts like a 'slut'.)

The specific appeal of gyaru in yuri probably has to do with what the gyaru archetype embodies by default, and what changes about the archetype when it's used in yuri. If I have to ask myself, one part of the unique appeal of a gyaru character who likes girls might be that she uses this confrontational femininity to attract another girl, and is also courageous to be loud and proud about it. (The couple in this series illustrate this well.)

From the other girl's perspective, the gyaru can be a source of inspiration (in attitude and feminine skills) and a source of physical affection even at the earliest stage of a relationship. Hugs between female friends are considered normal, but compared to other archetypes I can more easily think of gyaru characters in yuri who don't hesitate to drop what they're doing to check in with a crying girl and offer a hug even if they're not friends yet.

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Ayaka offer her support to Hajime was such a lovely moment!

And dating someone that is in love with someone else isn't "cuck shit," Miki's proactively trying to move on from a relationship she can't have, (for a lot of reasons,) and Aya is swooping in with the intent to save her from that. this happens all the time in yuri and in real life. It's often what happens to secondary characters when they can't get the character of their affection. Hell, it basically happened with Aki. She was still in love with Yori, but she knows that isn't going to happen so she's trying to move on with somebody else and honestly it seems like it's going pretty well.

People who read romance stories get way too bogged down in "they met by fate on a windswept day when they bumped into each other on the street and fell in love at first sight" but a lot of real relationships are "Well, I had a crush on some guy whose name I can't remember, who didn't even know who I was, and she came after me anyway and I thought she seemed fun and interesting. We've been married for 43 years."

Very well put! Unfortunately, Miki became a lightning rod for so many people's barely related grievances.

At this point it's pretty clear that one of the main themes of this series is couples who start dating at a point when their feelings are not yet totally requited (i.e., there is mutual interest but one girl's feelings are more intense). This scenario is probably not that rare in real life but it's less commonly represented in yuri manga, so to me it's one of the aspects that makes this series compelling.

I find the way Ayaka asked Miki out and Aki asked Shiho out to be super romantic and heartfelt. Of course, as readers we know that a happy ending is almost guaranteed for all of these girls, but the characters can't see the future. So, while all dating involves some risk, these couples are a bit more explicitly aware of those risks, and I find the way they choose to give it a try regardless to be really heartwarming.

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I read this on Twitter and somehow totally missed that it was made by Odoroo Dorothy, wow

I figured from the start that this was going to be psychological drama with a lesbian main character, but the Romance tag seems less appropriate for this series with every chapter.

Maybe this needs to be clarified: the fact that something or other might happen between the female main character and the evil editor lady is already covered by the Yuri tag. The romance genre is a more specific concept; so far this story does not seem to have a pair of women heading down a journey together or in parallel, much less falling in love. Nanakusa seems to be heading down a path to destruction and we now next to nothing about Futami's trajectory. There is not much of a specific connection between them either.

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Casual dating is such a great setup for slice-of-life yuri series. The way chapter two picks up one year after this pair started dating is also oddly compelling. I know chapter one was a one-shot before the serialization, but it's a beginning that works in favor of this story more than I expected.

I think part of what makes the story feel so fresh, besides just having really solid character writing, is that theyre so open about their relationship. Secret relationships are a staple for yuri, and rightfully so for many reasons, but its nice to see a couple who can just be loud and proud to tell everyone within earshot that theyre dating constantly.

It really is refreshing! I admit at first I was a bit worried that their extremely casual and open attitude suggested the relationship itself would remain casual forever as well. That already turned out to be wrong by the end of chapter one, but every chapter since then just made me feel more silly for having doubts. That open attitude was so unusual that it totally messed with my yuri radar, even though there is nothing bad about it on its own.

Maybe it's just because I saw the Reze Arc movie recently but the eyes in this are giving me CSM women vibes. They kind of stare into my soul, but in a good way

Wow the anime really softened Futami's delusions in episode 1 lmao

So many new Sorawo faces, and knowing that they represent how Toriko sees her makes them even better

Ayooo that hugging scene felt ominous with that pose

I noticed that it was different from before, but I think it could just be that their roles have loosened up? Haruyo is the one who is more vulnerable in the interaction, the younger girl who wants reassurance, while Kasumi is the more mature girl indulging her. So Haruyo does not pull Kasumi's head to her own shoulder like before, and instead snuggles her face into Kasumi's shoulder. Her hands approach Kasumi 'from below' to wrap around her waist, instead of 'from above' around Kasumi's neck.

Haruyo acts less like the dependable older sister in general (other than the speech patterns) in this chapter, and Kasumi doesn't try to correct her. Haruyo is asking for hugs, not offering them. She's happy to accept help with studying. Kasumi is probably uncertain about their future but I think she's warming up to the concept of being someone Haruyo can lean on too.

As for why Kasumi's arms were hanging loosely while Haruyo was hugging her, instead of around Haruyo's back, or what it means, I can only guess. She's clearly not uncomfortable with the hug itself. Maybe it suggests her ambivalence, that she doesn't share Haruyo's optimism, or that being depended on is still a challenge for her.

I like this, the art is cute. But, these kinds of stories always make me wonder. Like, in these kinds of stories, the futa characters still have their normal genitals, why don't they get pleasured too?

I understand that they feel pleasure with their secondary genitals, but it never feels complete. I don't know any other way to describe it.

One possible reason is that there is an incentive to focus on the penis because that (a girl has a dick) is supposedly what the category hinges on. Why expend pages on sexual acts that don't involve it if those can be found elsewhere anyway?

Another is that it's a manifestation of biases and assumptions about penises and the people who have them. Specifically, that a girl/woman who has a penis would naturally have the same preferences in sex as the stereotypical straight man.