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Tag Archives: Yuri
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
Kashimashi is a yuri anime with a difference. The main character is Hazumu, who is accidentally killed by aliens and restored to life. The problem is that they make a mistake and he returns to life as she. It’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Yuri
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Citrus
For the benefit of newcomers to the world of anime, there is a fairly popular subgenre of anime known as yuri, which focus on lesbian relationships. These tend to be gentle affairs, but this 12 episode series from 2018 is … Continue reading
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Tagged Citrus, Fanservice, Lesbian, Yuri
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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (Season One)
Both Love Live! and its sequel Love Live! Sunshine!! followed basically the same storyline, with an idol group with nine members being assembled, with the goal to make their school famous and save it from impending closure. There were different … Continue reading
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Tagged Love Live!, Nijigasaki, School Idols, Yuri
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Mysteria Friends (Anime Review)
Originally titled Manaria Friends, but retitled Mysteria Friends by Sentai Filmworks for the international market, this short anime series combines slice-of-life with fantasy. It is inspired by a chapter from a computer game that also spawned its own anime, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Manaria Friends, Mysteria Friends, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Scum’s Wish
I nicknamed this anime “Misery and Tongues”, and anyone who has seen it will know exactly what I mean by that. To deal with the misery bit first, it’s a series that focuses on unrequited love, and how physical attraction … Continue reading
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Tagged Fanservice, Love triangle, Scum's Wish, Yuri
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New Game!
I have mentioned the Bechdel test a few times on this blog, a measure of the representation of female characters in fiction, film or television. There does of course exist the concept of the Reverse Bechdel test, which asks whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Bechdel Test, New Game!, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Mikagura School Suite
Eruna Ichinomiya makes her decision about which school to attend based on a picture of a hot girl in a brochure. I’m sure at her age I would have considered that a perfectly valid way to make life choices. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Mikagura School Suite, Yuri
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Hidamari Sketch
Slice-of-life is a widely misunderstood genre, and I often see anime series mistakenly categorised as slice-of-life simply because they are not hugely dramatic by Western standards. But there is no point having descriptions for things if we misapply them, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Hidamari Sketch, School, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Serial Experiments Lain
When schoolgirl Chisa Yomada commits suicide, several girls from her school start to receive emails from her after her death. One of those girls is Lain, our focus character for this anime series. She is not very computer savvy, initially … Continue reading
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Tagged Serial Experiments Lain, Yuri
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Re-Kan
The title of this anime series translates as “Sixth Sense”, so it’s understandable that the DVD release goes with the original Japanese title rather than the translation. Anyone coming to this series expecting anything creepy or mysterious would be disappointed. … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Ghosts, Re-Kan, Slice of Life, Yuri
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Ms Vampire Who Lives in My Neighbourhood
Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from the realities of life and watch something that is just a silly bit of fun. The title of this one might give you a clue that it falls into that category. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Ms Vampire Who Lives in My Neighbourhood, Romance, Vampires, Yuri
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Bloom into You
There is a reasonably popular sub-genre of anime and manga known as “yuri”, which focusses on lesbian relationships. I have seen one or two of them, and it seems to me that they generally lack the maturity of their heterosexual … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloom into You, Lesbian, Romance, Yuri
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