Yuri Bear Storm

Wow, this seems simple for an Ikuhara show.

Same, things have been surprisingly easy to get so far, despite how many people say they're confused. Anyway, this was probably the best episode yet. Ikuhara sure knows how to make flashback episodes funny, cute and sad at the same time.

Crie evry tiem Lulu threw the promise kiss away.

So, trippy flashback episode... that barely needs reading into to understand

I'm pretty certain Ikuhara is trying to make certain people actually get the point with this one. The symbolism is generally single-layer, often explained, and there's clear effort to make sure the viewer knows it exists

I'm actually still lost, mostly because I can't seem to grasp the idea of bear princesses.

x2 I agree, but I'd say Ikuhara usually makes things triple-layer, and they're only double-layer here.

So, could the entire show be summed up by the court verdicts?

Yuri Approved

Sexy, Cool and Beauty are bears when not judging someone.

Lulu was royalty. And the Judge Trio tried courted her too.

Let it be known that a hornet's sting is more potent than falling, sand monsters, and magma.

Lulu's a victim of not realizing what she's got until it's gone...

edited 27th Jan '15 12:08:48 AM by Diamite

The episode was weirdly straightforward. I guess that makes it weird too?

This episode didn't reach the heights of the last one, but that's to be expected. Ginko's naughty daydreaming was great.

edited 2nd Feb '15 3:05:06 PM by majoraoftime

I thought this episode was amazing. So intense. So many revelations (kinda). And that ending!!! Gao gao.

And the naughty daydreams.

I really liked this episode. Good balance of seriousness and silliness. The 'new neighbor's noodles' part and the naughty daydreams cracked me up.

So Ginko and Kureha used to be friends.

This somehow makes the everybody is a bear theory more likely...

I'm just going to leave this here...

Oh, we actually have a pretty decent story going on now

Hm, Ginko was involved in World War Bear. And Princess Kumalia looks a lot like Kureha...Kureha's bear royalty, then!?

Ginko unleashed her emotions. And it was an awesome sight to behold!

I pegged Kaoru as a dead girl, given the track record. But to my KUMA SHOCK, she pulled a crafty one on them. What a cliffhanger.

Also, the Exclusion Ceremony music would feel right at home in an Ace Attorney game.

I didn't know this was dubbed.

We get some character development for Ginko. Lulu's still the best, but it wasn't bad.

So, everyone is a bear and a {{Yandere?}} Lulu->Ginko->Kureha->Sumika. Sumika needs to return as a bear and have a thing for Lulu and the cycle is complete!!!!!

I guess we can call the OT3 official at this point?

Given last episode, I kind of wonder if Lulu's come-ons to Ginko isn't just her messing around.

edited 3rd Feb '15 11:50:03 AM by universalperson

I like Kaoru. Clever girl, and she knows how to act.

Both Lulu and Ginko have now been called out for pride in court. I wonder if that's going to come back somehow?

So in the end, Ginko fell for a honey trap

Holy shit Lulu those shades

Just chillin in bed naked reading storybooks, no big deal.

My god, Harishima is lesbian Touga.

edited 9th Feb '15 1:47:43 PM by majoraoftime

Hmm, that was an interesting post-credits scene. So Ginko's sin is letting Yurizono eat Sumika. So then she probably didn't kill Kureha's mom. Sensei's probably responsible for that, is my guess.

I'm irrationally annoyed by the fact that they pretty much outright told us that Kureha is the Moon Girl. That was clear without it being spelled out for us.

Well, at least Ginko had the dignity to phrase it as a question.