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I will never understand how the lack of STDs in (fictional)porn is something that people care about, or the lack of hygiene-condoms, etc. lol

it's not that i care exactly. more like it occurred to me while reading and i thought it was funny, because with her body count it's not that out there? and in a very much porn manga it would never ever be addressed. like the realism adds an absurdity, i guess

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joined Jul 29, 2017

I will never understand how the lack of STDs in (fictional)porn is something that people care about, or the lack of hygiene-condoms, etc. lol

it's not that i care exactly. more like it occurred to me while reading and i thought it was funny, because with her body count it's not that out there? and in a very much porn manga it would never ever be addressed. like the realism adds an absurdity, i guess

Maybe I’m just a unnuanced categorical thinker, but I guess I’ve always assumed that once you say “isekai” (not to mention “elf”) most elements of realism are pretty much fading in the rear-view mirror.

Leaping%20cow
joined Sep 27, 2017

I will never understand how the lack of STDs in (fictional)porn is something that people care about, or the lack of hygiene-condoms, etc. lol

it's not that i care exactly. more like it occurred to me while reading and i thought it was funny, because with her body count it's not that out there? and in a very much porn manga it would never ever be addressed. like the realism adds an absurdity, i guess

Maybe I’m just a unnuanced categorical thinker, but I guess I’ve always assumed that once you say “isekai” (not to mention “elf”) most elements of realism are pretty much fading in the rear-view mirror.

Also with fantasy in general, which is what I mentioned with my previous comment. If I remember correctly in the Witcher the witchers can't have kids and don't have to deal with STDs either, so sex with varied partners is fully viable. With fantasy a person can explain anything with magic, fantasy race traits, potions, everything and anything. Plus a pornographic work is generally meant to have a narrative of "sex is fun", it's usually not meant to portray the complications of sex.

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joined Mar 20, 2013

onmyway posted:

There is some het in this "yuri", but everyone is completely calm about this fact, since it is mentioned only on a few pages. It's like there's a little bit of crap in your dinner, but you don't mind because there's only a little bit of it.

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joined Nov 4, 2024

personally,I can't accept this type,especially the setting of the elf.

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joined Oct 20, 2017

her being bi doesn't bother me so much as the way the whole thing is framed. it's just Too porn lens for my taste, i think. feels like the artist is a straight dude who washes a lot of irl porn videos (the sex scenes were totally referenced from stuff like that, it's so obvious). i liked the art up until the porn started, too, because although the bodies looked nice, the expressions were so exaggerated i couldn't take it seriously. and outside of the abrupt sex, there doesn't feel like there's any chemistry whatsoever between the leads. main girl was also reading horny shoujo manga, which... is statistically likely to be het, but not guaranteed i suppose, or maybe she's reading it for the boobs and we just don't know it. without further context, it just feels like "sure i'll fuck girls too, i'll fuck anyone" x Normal Girl(tm) who's a little confused and inexperienced. and that's... the thing? we have little to no context, and what does exist isn't that good. i'm definitely not continuing this, and i wish anyone who does lots of luck. (honestly, seeing that it was lazy lily that TL'd it explained everything lmfao)

Yeah, when I saw "mostly does het" on the artist's Dynasty profile, I thought "that tracks". It has nothing to do with the elf being described as bisexual and everything with...everything else. Instead of "male gaze" yuri, I propose the term "this artist has not read a single yuri manga in their life" yuri.

There is no attraction, no connection, no sexual tension, nothing, even with 20 pages of setup. Then when the sex occurs, the human character being a girl is completely incidental, maybe even irrelevant other than her anatomy. Oh, and the elf being a girl is also irrelevant to the human girl, also except for her anatomy. Yes, the elf is an "expert" at cunnilingus, but we don't get to know how she feels about doing all of that to the human girl. The same way, we don't get to know how the human girl feels about getting all that done to her by a girl. It's like the idea of two women being attracted to each other is so alien to the creator that they can only imagine lesbian sex that emerges from a sort of gender-blind libido where "anyone will do". They leave even the most basic yuri tropes like "her eyelashes are so long", "she's so damn soft", and "she smells so good" on the table.

Even in porn, questions like "why would a human girl not kick out her house guest who just walked in on her masturbating and starts insisting to 'help' her" can have a more interesting answer than "well, she's just really horny and her roommate is a foreign sex worker who is never off the clock". Or at least one that's a bit more life-like, such as "because she is attracted to her house guest". Some of the drawings are pretty good, but there is such a gaping void instead of a story here that they might have been better as loosely connected illustrations without dialogue.

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joined Jan 14, 2020

I am utterly unconvinced by the above criticism. Yuri doesn't have to stick to standard tropes, and I found the progression relatively natural.

I'm still not sure if this is meant to be a series or not, but the last pages give extraneous details like Ayano's childhood friend (never seen or mentioned in this chapter), Ayano wondering about her sexuality, and Alice being fully bi. So maybe there's meant to be more development.

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joined Jul 14, 2016

Well, this is ironic as I chat with an 'Elf' on Twitter who managed to get her 'Dancer' class adapted by Troll Lord Games for Castles & Crusades. Still, seemed like an interesting read. Still don't get the 1 partner is clothed deal in a lot of hentai (its worse in Het cause 9 times out of 10 the dude should be getting his junk caught in his zipper which HURTS). Plus there is something to skin-to-skin contact that is heightened in physical intimacy.

joined Dec 16, 2023

I have similar criticisms as some other comments, but now kinda want this concept but done by someone who actually reads yuri

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joined Apr 19, 2024

Should this be grouped with the previous chapter of Live-in Elf?

Also glad to see that this series won't just be porn.

Leaping%20cow
joined Sep 27, 2017

Well so far this second chapter eased some of my worries about the author at least. I'm enjoying the interactions between the main pair, and the elf being clear about how she feels is nice.

Roody
joined Feb 11, 2022

Elf makeouts...

Also, Ayano, you're not a virgin anymore lol. Alice fucked you good last chapter.

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joined Aug 4, 2021

looking promising

Kuroko-railgun
joined Jul 21, 2024

I thought this was a one-shot, nice to see it being a series!

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joined Aug 1, 2011

So, the mother has to know what's happening, right? What is she thinking at this point? "My daughter invited an foreign (from another world) sex worker to live with us and now they're doing it. Huh. Guess she's gay. Whelp, as long as they remember to adopt me a grand child, and don't get to loud, good for her."

Ykn1
joined Dec 20, 2018

Nice progress, and good of Alice to hold herself back this time.

Pinekon
joined Jan 10, 2022

Excuse me, waiter? There seems to be some character development and plot in my porn

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joined Jul 23, 2014

Make out -> make up

joined Jun 11, 2021

wait this is really cute....

Charon-sml
joined Feb 14, 2016

That was cute but I was hoping for some make-up sex frankly

Beatorokken
joined Feb 23, 2014

Better than the first chapter, this is allright.

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