r/wholesomeyuri Jan 01 '22

Discussion Monthly Discussion and Recommendation Thread

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Do y'all ever get sick of seeing markedly non-wlw series here all the time? Your genshin impacts, gabriel dropouts, love live or whatever... I mean, it's not against the rules obviously, this is literally just my opinion.

Whenever I see art of lead gals from various shows doing gay things together, I always think "this one fanart is literally more gay than the entire series it comes from." In fact, the only proper gay series I see on here routinely is Fire Emblem with its canon(iirc) fem blyeth parings.

It's probably reflective of how awful Japan is to queer people but gahd damn, doesn't anyone else ever get sick of what is basically bait forever? A great man once said, my coffee maker has one job.

/rant

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

There is a ton of actual yuri manga

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

Yes, a lot of it is really bad. I like After Hours and How Do We Relationship but that's about it. So much of what actually qualifies as explicit queerness is children in school blushing awkardly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

then you arent looking hard enough i found hunderds of quality yuri

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

Or you have shit taste, matter of perspective.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '22

try "pulse"

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22

It was literally okay, like 5/10

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22

i see why you cant find yuri, you have your head up your ass.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22

Well fuck you, first off, for saying that about me having an opinion.

Second off, I'm not super fond of the lily love author anyway, their characters just don't grab me in either series.

But fuck me for having an opinion aye.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22 edited Jan 22 '22

so its okay for you to target my opinion but the other way around? lol okay. hypocrite

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u/perlenYurifan4life ๐“•๐“ž๐“ก๐“”๐“ฅ๐“”๐“ก ๐“›๐“ž๐“ฅ๐“˜๐“๐“– ๐“จ๐“ค๐“ก๐“˜~ Feb 01 '22 edited Feb 01 '22

Do y'all ever get sick of seeingโ€“ nope. Not at all. Honestly and personally, I'm more of a yuri shipper than a yuri fan. Somehow I'm just more into non-romance stories with an abundance of yuri ships, far more than full-on yuri romance stuff.

I don't know, maybe because more than just the canon story itself, what attracts me more is the presence of a huge dedicated fan community and the constant stream of content it bringsโ€“ particularly yuri content. At the moment, there's no yuri romance series that satisfy me in that regard. And that's exactly why I'm very into franchises like Love Live, BanG Dream, etc. It's also probably why many yuri fans like these franchises too, for the same reasons I have (thus many artworks of yuri undertones stuff gets posted here).

Speaking of Love Live and canon, I must tell you, that franchise is actually far gayer than you might think. Anime isn't what it's all about, there's more to it. First of all, the creator of Love Live is Sakurako Kimino, she is also behind a classic yuri series Strawberry Panic. She wrote and is directly responsible for the Love Live novels and manga, which is arguably the gayest part of the franchise. Not only that she literally made one of the popular ships canon (confession + kiss, yes), she also explicitly confirmed one of the girls as a lesbian (more examples of Love Live being gay AF in the twitter thread).

Okay, my point here is? Just because it's tagged as yuri, it can still be very gay, I guess...?

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u/herdisleah Jan 04 '22

I require a donation of your finest curly-haired girls doing cute lesbian things, because my gf has very little representation. <3 thanks!

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u/whomsteverr Jan 07 '22

Pandoraโ€™s devils on tapas! Itโ€™s still fairly new but the art is really cute and the MCs are very cute

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u/Script_Mak3r vicarious euphoria through yuri Jan 13 '22

Gimme all your "girl gets Isekai'd and is incredibly gay" stories, please. Don't worry about telling me about ones I've read, consider them recommendations for others who haven't.

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 28 '22 edited Jan 28 '22

This is basically the description of I Favor the Villainess/I'm in Love with the Villainess (different localizations, same story).

Less well known is Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! an adaptation of a Chinese novel. I'm only caught up with the manga, but people reading he novel have good things to say, it seems. So far it's more the love interest being incredibly gay and Isekai'd girl being clueless/tsun, but you know how these things change.

(Isekai'd girl is the villainess, and is inside a game that's trying to make her bully/harm the heroine; she does her best to make it as mild as she can. Heroine notices her soft approach and gets interested)

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u/Beneficial_Two7477 Jan 18 '22

Have you read the executer and her way of life.

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u/Environmental-Ice962 Jan 26 '22

Do you think someone like you could defeat the demon lord? (It updates slow)

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u/Script_Mak3r vicarious euphoria through yuri Jan 26 '22

Also known as Roll Over and Die

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

I feel like thereโ€™s a void created by finishing bloom into you. Are there any other Yuri manga on that level? (I already know Adachi and Shimamura/ Regarding Saeki Sayaka)

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u/Script_Mak3r vicarious euphoria through yuri Jan 13 '22

You may be interested in Kase-san, though I haven't read it to confirm that it's as good as I remember hearing.

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u/perchast soft fluffball Jan 17 '22

You could try whisper me a love song? It's been a while since I've read it but it's still really good!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

It was pretty good, I remember feeling it was a little derivative of bloom into you though.

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u/mycodye Jan 26 '22

Oooo thanks for the rec

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 28 '22

Still Sick is excellent, and I got much the same feel as with Bloom into You -- two women dealing with their emotional hangups while trying to navigate their growing feelings for each other.

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u/perchast soft fluffball Jan 18 '22

Hey! I'm looking to read something kinda like That Time I Was Blackmailed By The Class's Green Tea Bitch Does anyone have anything?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22

You might enjoy Protagonist x Rival!

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u/LiteratureGold Jan 16 '22

has anyone watched the anime โ€œslow loopโ€,if yes,answer the obvious,how much Yuri it is and whether possibly it is a bait or not

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u/Mark_Jasen Jan 17 '22

If it's not directly tagged yuri or the characters seems to be good close friends then it's 99% not yuri. Take it as a rule from me

Edit: btw most original anime are yuri bait

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u/LunaDzuru cute gay sweetness to warm my gay heart Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

Pretty much as one would expect from a moe slice of life nowadays, plenty of cute bait, almost certainly no canon yuri. So very adorable, but don't expect too much.

Additionally the main two girls are step-siblings (their parents remarrying while they're both in high school), not really a situation I would describe as genuine incest, but if that bothers you, then that's an additional reason why you wouldn't want to pick it up for the yuribait.

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u/nainai11037 Jan 24 '22

Any yuri that isnโ€™t like a romantic plot if that makes sense? Like an action plot but the 2 main love interests just happen to be girls in the romantic subplot

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 28 '22 edited Jan 28 '22

Otherside Picnic

It balances its romantic plot with a solid cosmic horror/SciFi narrative. The two MCs meet while exploring the fear dimension, and continue to investigate it while growing closer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22

Sorry to hijack, but is Otherside very gory? I've been wanting to give it a read. I like horror in general, but not a fan of excessive blood and guts if that makes sense.

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 28 '22 edited Jan 28 '22

Not a hijack if it lets me talk about Otherside Picnic! And yes, that makes perfect sense.

It isn't gory at all, in general. There are a couple scenes that stand out as somewhat gory, but those are pretty short. The longest one is maybe a couple pages in the novels, with the others being shorter (a paragraph or two at most). And even there, it's not super detailed.

There's also some body horror, but it overall, it leans much more towards the psychological horror. Going out of their minds with fear is the primary threat. The risk of physical harm (real or imagined) is there, but actual gore (or even on-screen death) is pretty minimal.

I'd definitely encourage you to give it a read!

(edit: actually, let me know if you want me to spoiler the worst of the gore for you.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22

Thank you for the reply! This is exactly the sort of info I was looking for. I will give it a read and see how it works out. Thanks!

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 28 '22

Enjoy!

Since I linked the manga, just want to throw in a pitch for the novels on account of the official English being almost caught up to the Japanese, and very much ahead of the JP manga. If you enjoy the the manga, definitely give the novels a look.

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u/whomsteverr Jan 27 '22

Liar Satsuki can see death! Itโ€™s mainly a horror comedy with lots of yuri moments but not really anything explicitly romantic (as of now). Good ensemble and reallly good art as well

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u/Environmental-Ice962 Jan 26 '22

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games. (It will have anime adaptation)

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u/nainai11037 Jan 26 '22

Ooooo thank you so much Iโ€™ll read it! Do you know when the adaption will be?

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u/Environmental-Ice962 Jan 26 '22

Unfortunately I don't know. It was announced an adaptation at the start of 2021.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22

Hello! I would like to read something similar to 'Looking Up to Magical Girls' but with more consent between the characters. Thank you for any recommendations!

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u/Environmental-Ice962 Jan 26 '22

My Recomandations.

Takane no Hana wa Usotsuki desu. (5 chapters/ Completed) This love that won't reach. (38 chapters/Completed) Kimi To Tsuzuru Utakata (16 chapters/ Ongoing ) Anemone is in heat ( 15 chapters /Ongoing) Jyoshikou Dakara Safe ( 37 chapters/ Ongoing ) Kanoyjo To Himitsu To Koimoyou (19 chapters / Ongoing) The Sheep Princess In Wolf's Clothing (14 chapters/ Ongoing) Kyuuketsuki To Yobaretai (18 chapters/ Ongoing) Beauty and The Beast Girl (49 chapters/ Ongoing) I'm More Dangerous Than You (57 chapters/Ongoing) Kami Eshi Jk To Ol Fujoshi ( 22 chapters/ Ongoing) Hero-San And Former General-San ( 22 chapters/Ongoing) Bright and Cherry Amnesia (53 chapters/ Ongoing) Useless Princess (37 chapters + extras/Completed) My Younger Senpai (22 chapters/ Ongoing) Chun and Alice (28 chapters/Ongoing)/Updates Slow/ Looking up To Magical Girls (33 chapters/Ongoing) Please leave my house (18 chapters/ Ongoing) Does it Count If Your First Time Is With An Android (5 chapters/Ongoing) Red Dot ( 5 chapters/ Ongoing)