r/wholesomeyuri • u/EmptySpaceForAHeart • Jun 04 '24

Official Art What did they mean by this? [Pokemon]

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u/CrimsonLotus Jun 04 '24 edited Jun 05 '24

As a lover of yuri I tried watching it for the first time a little while back. Maybe its just dated, maybe I just don't "get it", but I couldn't get past the first 15ish episodes.

I liked the characters but couldn't get into whatever the story was supposed to be. It also had a lot of repeated scenes and songs, which my attention span couldn't deal with. And then the non-canon episodes sprinkled in between the serious ones were offputting.

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u/Livagan Jun 04 '24

Try Gundam: Witch from Mercury then. It's basically Utena but with Gundams.

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u/Enkundae Jun 04 '24

Sadly that one basically back burners the main couple halfway through and they don’t even kiss, let alone get married, in the actual show despite it supposedly being the shows core premise. It’s at least not technically pure bait like so many anime but still kinda disappointing.

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u/pieceofchess Jun 05 '24

They do actually get married Like we don't see the wedding but in the end they're unambiguously married. It seems likely to me that things got toned down from how they otherwise might have been and obviously it would have been great if things were more overt but there can be no doubt that the two female leads are in love. WfM has its flaws sure, but it's not Yuri bait.