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last edited at Oct 31, 2021 8:15PM
There's a new manga series about a girl moving to a little town and meeting a giant girl secretly living there. It looks like it could potentially have yuri or subtext: https://comic-days.com/episode/3269754496531946199
And now I'm left yearning for some sweet doujin about Black Maria and her harem that probably won't ever be drawn. Damnit, Oda! :<
When you think about it, Fate Grand Order would easily do for a VLSG harem yuri oneshot or series, which I think it could be a lot of fun. Granblue Fantasy, too: https://dynasty-scans.com/images/12379
But apparently there's none like that. Interestingly most macrophile artists will draw normal-sized characters becoming huge or tiny rather than actual giant characters. And most yuri doujin artists don't seem interested in either franchise.
This was drawn by Craytm (https://www.deviantart.com/craytm)
last edited at Sep 15, 2020 7:32AM
Is it okay having a thread about yuri and shoujo-ai-ish artwork, manga, etc. involving fantasy size scenarios in terms of the character's size? There are many different approaches to this. These come to mind, ordered from most to least common from my experience as far as I remember:
1) Normal girl x Tiny girl
2) Normal girl x Giant girl
3) Giant couple
4) Tiny couple
5) Giant girl x Much larger giant girl
6) Tiny girl x Much smaller tiny girl
7) Giant girl x Tiny girl
I find it interesting how No.1 seems to be the predominating trend in yuri, while in het shonen it seems to be No.2, like in Onideka, Super Dreadnought Girl 4946 or, back in the 1980s, Morumo 1/10. Probably because yuri is mostly a much more intimate demographic, I guess?
Personally the combination I'm the more curious about is No.5, probably because of the smaller giant being a mix of No.1's tiny and No.2's giant in her interactions. But that's seriously rare already. Can you imagine a yuri / shoujo-ai manga like that? Apple (https://www.pixiv.net/users/5950276) has some stuff this kind, usually involving growth and reversal:
This almost feels like bizarro Dr. Hitomi's Infirmary, doesn't it?
last edited at Aug 18, 2020 11:37AM
The art is really nice, and both the vampire lead and that guy are intriguing. I wonder if it will turn out to be an action yuri, personally I'm hoping so.
So far, the one vampire yuri manga I really like is Seifuku no Vampiress Lord.
last edited at Apr 22, 2019 9:12AM
The last Japanese DVD of Kobayashi-san's Dragon Maid included a postcard showing Kobayashi and Toru's wedding:
While I personally see nothing wrong with it (and I'd be glad if the series ended just like this, whatever the clothing) I've come across an article titled How anime can distort the reality of certain collectives in Koi-Nya, a Spanish otaku website that recently ceased operating, that criticizes the clothing choice as an ideological matter. Since the article is obviously in Spanish I have translated the paragraphs talking about it. What do you think of the issue?
While this illustration was made public yesterday, I'd like to start by clarifying that it isn't an isolated representation. If you have even a minimal interest in the fandom circle you will surely remember fanarts or fanfics of women getting married with the typical male dress. What's more, the very production companies and studios have already played at yuri bait by marrying their characters with strong male-female roles. I mean the Kobayashi-san chi no Maid Dragon illustration is the excuse for this article, not its raison d'être.
With this said, let's tackle the matter in question: why there's a damn need of drawing a male representation even in a clearly lesbian-intended illustration? And here's the power of image and ideas in the media at heteronormativity's service. Isn't it generating the idea that even in a female relationship there always has to be a male rol? Why not draw both characters in female clothes? I'll tell you why: this way the only justification for two women, in this case in the world of anime, to have a romantic relationship would be lost. It would stop being a fanservice play to represent a collective and give it a voice.
In koi-nya we have mentioned many times the importance of knowing to differentiate these toxic representations from the ones that really are showing the reality of the LGBT+ collective, and this tendence of drawing women in tuxedo for the simple aim of generating fanservice belongs to the first group.
Now then, in the specific debate of Kobayashi-san chi no Maid Dragon it has been said that Kobayashi, due to her personality y clothing choice, would really choose this dress, and I agree. Through the series we see that Kobayashi doesn't posess a feminity we could describe as "classical" (though the correct term is "sexist"), there exists a clear contrast in this sense between Kobayashi and Toru, even though the second is a freaking dragon. And personally I believe that characters like Kobayashi who don't fit in the typical sexualized female construction in anime are very important to define women in a plural way.
However, while Kobayashi possesses characteristics worth celebrating, I insist, her raison d'être doesn't perspire such an intention to represent a certain type of women, as feminine as any other. Her personality and way of being exist in the series to create a contrast with Toru and foment the anime's message: together, they form a family. But while we may be before a lesbian relationship, this family couldn't be more heteronormative, as while Toru (with ample breasts, a sweet voice and clearly feminine gestures) cooks and takes care of the house Kobayashi goes to the office in trousers to work and pay the expenses of her "wife and daughter". Ultimately Kobayashi-san chi no Maid Dragon doesn't pretend to show the reality of a collective (in fact, Kobayashi doesn't even feel a romantic atraction for Toru), but parody the idea of family using classical male-female roles.
In short, would Kobayashi get married in tuxedo? Maybe, but she would do it because she is constructed upon a male role within the context of the story and not because she represents a style of feminity. And this subtle difference leads to clarify a detail that could be misinterpreted in my words.
All this discourse could be seen as a generalized censure of the women who decide to get married in tuxedo, a negation of the butch movement and a defense that women "must dress as women". Evidently a relation, regardless its character, possesses countless shades and everyone is free to choose how to express herself through clothing, or even choosing that she'd rather not express herself at all. Therefore, and while asking for this in an Internet article borders naivety, I'd like to plead that my words aren't misinterpreted: I'm not censoring any woman's esthetic decisions, I'm critizing the heteronormative ideas in certain messages in this audiovisual genre. Because a character doesn't take a choice to attend her wedding in tuxedo or bridal gown, but is put in a fictional situation to convey a specific ideology or message, whether it's intentionally or not. (...)
In short, let's support that women may dress in tuxedo, that men may dress in bridal gown, and that audiovisual projects are realized where this reality is shown so it is visible, but enough of creating and fomenting messages that only feed the urge for fanservice within the comfort zone of a heteronormative audience.
last edited at Sep 11, 2018 8:27PM
I'm a simple gay woman. When I see Tamamusi, I clicked.
ME TOO!
I’m Bi, but i click just as fast too ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Same as the person above
Yeah, that got me too. :P
Can straight people join in too? :3
I dont identefy with any sex for i am a dragon.
last edited at Sep 10, 2018 3:26PM