/u/ - Yuri

Just gonna repost these 2 images from 4chan's /u/ sticky for some ideas.

For my own part:

Kannazuki no Miko and Mai HiME

>>1411

I'm always sadden that Aoi Shiro doesn't get more love. If we draw up a yuri game/VN list, could it possibly be added?

https://vndb.org/v710

I am still working on this, albiet slowly.

I have finished the entire five series of Sailor Moon and Onii-sama E

Sailor Moon

Is it subtext? Yes

While the main five talk about boys and openly show interest in them, the outer senshi do not.

Is it yuri? Yes

Michiru and Haruka have a canon relationship. This openly expressed in the fifth series.

Is it explicit yuri? No

Michiru and Haruka hold hands and that's as far as it goes.

Overall

If you're a fan of mahou shoujo or Ikuhara, it's worth it, especially the first three series. In my opinion Sailor Moon Super is when it reaches it's peak. After this Ikuhara and some of the other staff leave Toei to work on Utena. The following two series lack the finesse and flair that it previously had. SuperS drags on without development for far too long, despite having some great episodes amongst the filler. The opening arc of Sailor Stars is brilliant but after that it's more of the same. The obvious budget cut and drop in animation quality didn't help either.

Onii-sama E

Is it subtext? Yes

Is it yuri? Yes

Is it explicit yuri? Yes

There is kissing.

Overall

A brilliant traditional Class S anime from Dezaki. It's based on a manga written in the 70s and features darker themes, such as drug addiction, incest, destructive relationships and affairs. I'm not going to give to much away as the mystery of behind the motives of the characters is the best part of the anime.

I have also watched the first series of Symphogear, I'll post my thoughts on that in the appropriate thread. I'm currently rewatching the Utena series and Simoun.

>>3078

>Utena

The Girl that would be Prince. A classic in my view. While Utena and Antha are the main focus, Juri's whole character arc is actually quite interesting.

The fact that she's too proud or too ashamed to have feelings towards one of her female classmates means she must keep her feelings hidden, even when they're discovered. That's the whole reason she wants Anthy, to prove the miracle that two women can for a relationship together.

At least that's what I think her arc was about. Utena is notoriously showing something at face value, meaning something else and then implying something else entirely.

>Simoun

It's been a few years since I've watched the series but it was pretty good if memory serves.

>>3241

Finished the last 6 eps tonight. The final episode is still one of the best yuri episodes of all time. Really just incredibly well done especially when you consider how the manga ended. The other episodes are also very good with 8 being the most depressing. 7 drags a bit though but it's mostly just setup for 8 where everything goes to hell in a handbasket. I do like how Chikane sends Otoha away and tries to keep the mask on throughout but slips up and begins hugging her before she leaves whilst cheering her up. You also see her wrapping her affairs up that episode and leaving the student council and the archery club. She smiles the whole time which is even worse as she slowly walks her way to her grave. Episode 10 has this great calm before the storm almost dream like sequence involving Himeko/Chikane that really leaves you waiting for when Chikane decides to go full villain again toward the end of the ep. The best part of episode 11 is Chikane's speech about her love for Himeko. She does sadistic yandere better than most and it's just perfect.

The mecha both gets better later on in the show but also becomes more annoying cause episode 7 and the ones after it start featuring the mechs a bit more prominently although there are a few breaks from it to go back to the yuri. Where you fall on liking or hating Souma goes into what you watched the show for. I felt myself starting to wish he'd fuck off a bit more towards the end. I still would like to see a version of KnM without the robots because Souma and the mechs ruin the mood whenever Himeko and Chikane are having a moment. His character is honestly very two dimensional rewatching it a second time. First time I watched this I could stand him more but second time I felt he added almost nothing to the show besides tension. Chikane has a lot of layers to peal off but Souma's thoughts basically devolve down to yelling about how he is gonna protect Himeko and being a shonen protagonist. It gets annoying after a while.

That aside I still really enjoyed how good of a (fake) villain Chikane makes once she finally joins the Orochi. She just kicks the shit out of everyone and the few mech fights involving her are actually gud.

Not only that though but upon rewatch I was able to confirm that towards the end of episode 11 Chikane you can see Chikane is basically doing everything but killing people to try and force Himeko to kill her. I've always seen people throw around the complaint that Chikane should have just killed Makoto and the others to get Himeko to kill her and actually watching the show now that is exactly what happens at the end. It's just Chikane didn't seem to actually want to kill anyone until Himeko basically confirms right at the end that she won't strike down Chikane unless she starts indiscriminately killing people. It's a little bit of an explanation for her actions I feel.

All in all still one of my favorite yuri shows of all time. Just wish it was longer and had no robots or Souma to weight it down.

Mai Otome

Is it subtext? No

Shizuru is pretty clearly with Natsuki.

Is it yuri? Yes

But it's a side pairing although Shiznat do get quite a bit more screentime than other characters they aren't actually the main. There are some other relationships going on in the show as well. Lots of female friendships. Erstin, one of the main girls, does show an interest in Nina and it Haruka/Yukino which was an explicit yuri pairing in the first series returns here. Tomoe counts for carpet munching but considering she is basically a complete bitch that might not be

Is it explicit yuri? No it is not yuri as the main genre

Not the main focus of the show but there are enough dykes roaming around that you can partially watch it for that.

Overall:

I felt the political end of the show was better than the school part of it. Wish we had focused far less on the school antics and far more on the actual plot. I also felt the main relationship with the two girls pining over an older man was annoying although Arika Yumemiya gets over it and starts focusing solely on being an Otome later on which was nice. A lot of the cameos actually worked and I liked how they handled a lot of the old HiME characters and reworked them for this show. Some of the fight scenes were good. I'm not a fan of some of the costume designs (the older robed otome looked far better than the student otome) but I think the world as a whole was pretty interesting but could have been better focused upon instead of just resorting to school girl antics which HiME also suffered from.

All in all I'd say it's worth a watch. Got some issues but is competent enough and has a number of laughs early on and some pretty good scenes later on in the show after the war begins. Lots of female friendship and some yuri on the side pairings.

Watched the first Nanoha movie. Didn't really like it as much as I thought I would. Never seen anything Nanoha before. Felt it went on too long and repeated itself too much. The movie was watchable but I felt disappointed in comparison to most of the other high quality anime movies I've seen.

Felt the fight scenes devolved to beam spam far too quickly and just how young Fate and Nanoha were was a major turn off for me. Visuals were fine but I do feel the Nanoha characters are way too samey in terms of design.

Maybe I should have watched the show first. Somehow I got more enjoyment out of binging all of Sailor Moon Season 1 in a week than I did this movie. I guess after all the hype and how many Nanoha threads I've seen I feel it just didn't stack up.

I should probably watch A before I make any judgements though on this series.

>>3348

DokiDoki is the most /u/ relevant show of the Pretty Cure series and I don't know how /u/ relevant the other shows in the series are also symphogear and yuki yuuna are /u/ relevant mahou shoujo anime that aren't on the chart also I don't know if this has to be said but not all of the anime in mahou shoujo chart are /u/ relevant

>>3350

>cute girls suffering

>heavy subtext

>music by Okabe Keiichi

Yes, this pleases me.

>>3430

>Cavia

Too bad they're not around anymore.

>>3548

I suggest you should watch Sakura Trick if you haven't.

>>3567

How the relationship means to the girl, rather than just showing two girls kiss. Yes, I quite agree.

I however like slice of life stuff, just seeing a protagonist struggle to understand themselves and the relationship they've recently formed.

>>3579

Yeah, I get it.

As requested by Anon in another thread, I'm going to review Seraphim Call and Blue Drop. Note that I last re-watched these series already several years ago, and since my memory is shit I may not write all of the details, or some things may be wrong.

Seraphim Call

A single-cour original show by Sunrise, aired in 1999. It is episodic, showing stories featuring different girls each time who are apparently random, but surprisingly connected to each other.

How much yuri?

There is an explicitly yuri episode, some other episodes are pretty gay at plain sight, and there are a few where you need goggles. Be warned that there is a single het episode, and there are no relevant men outside of it.

Personal opinion

I consider it a hidden gem, most stories leave a message or make you think a bit, not exactly in a 2DEEP4U way either since it's pretty light; so regardless of its yuri content I recommend to watch it.

Blue Drop

The anime is a prequel to the manga, which was the original work from the author of the also popular "Two and Two" and "Sisterism" yuri manga. Aired in 2007, it gives an insight to the beginnings of the universe from the original work. It is a slice of life anime with cute and angsty moments alike. It depicts how an Earthling girl falls in love with an alien girl of the Arume race, a race made up of solely females.

How much yuri?

100% yuri. While it's not crude-sexual as the multiple Blue Drop manga or other works of Yoshitomi, there is explicit yuri by the end of the series. After all, it's a story of how these two females came to fall in love with each other.

Personal opinion

*read the spoiler under your own risk*

It is a pretty sad story, and throughout the anime there is always this weird melancholic aura, or at least that's how I perceived it, so it only made the end more depressing. The OST and OP/ED are GOAT, must listen. Some episodes are filler, and the pace is pretty slow, a lot of people might not like that. Despite its premise it is not an action anime, it's about 90% slice of life, so go read the multiple manga if you want action and smut. I warn you that the second manga spin-off has a genderbent MC (male to female). The manga are set when the Arume have already invaded Earth.

>>3729

Mecha is a pretty fucking gay genre, if it's not lesbians then it's faggots, or both.

>>3730

Sometimes it can go a little too far. Like that Red Comet character everyone keeps talking about. I hear he's a PEDO who likes to date Indian Child Prostitutes.

Symphogear

Is it subtext? Yes

So subtext it hurts.

Is it yuri? Yes

Kirika and Shirabe do actually get together in one of the OVAs - which I have yet to watch. In general the girl's spend a lot of time together and it's very much about the relationships between them. Miku and Hibiki are basically dating and hugging each other in bed and holding hands etc. Maria and Tsubasa seem to be slowly building into something. Chris gets molested by the first season's villain. Tsubasa reeks of Chikane in a good way in the first season.

Is it explicit yuri? See above

^Above. Some explicit, some subtext.

Overall

Note this is for all 3 seasons: First two seasons are great. Especially the first one for all the angst on the part of Tsubasa. It may not be explicitly yuri but the relationship between her and her now dead comrade Kanade has tons of subtext. Third season has issues with Danleif mode and a sub par villain in the form of Carol. Although I did like Carol's Symphogear form the rest of the time she was just boring as a villain. Also the music isn't as good. It's worth a watch but I felt it did not hold up to the first two seasons. The villains were also great for both the first and second season. All 3 shows have tons of action and are a pleasure to watch with the Bluray rips. You should totally watch all 3 seasons even if the third isn't as good.

>>3726

>Seraphim Call

Holy shit, that's a huge blast from the past for me. Watched this anime many years ago, but didn't remember the Yuri parts in it.

Works from Aoi Nanase have some good bits of Yuri subtext (sometimes, even more) here and there. I recomend Puchimon - Petit Monster and Angel/Dust (The first one. If my memory is still fresh, Angel/Dust Neo is het) for this.

Utena (series)

Is it subtext?

Yes

Is it yuri?

Yes

Is it explicit yuri?

No

Overall

Ikuhara's best work. It takes a few episodes to get started. Then you are drawn into a wonderful, if sometimes dark, surreal world. It can be trying to marathon due to the reused footage. It's still a must see classic.

Kannazuki no Miko

Is it subtext?

It's more than subtext

Is it yuri?

Yes

Is it explicit yuri?

Yes

This is an underrated gem. Some of the mecha plot feels under developed. There is a reason for this and that is because most of the anime is given over to the relationship between Chikane and Himeko. There are two important plot twists, which took me by surprise. It well worth watching until the end.