Girls' love / Yuri

Sorry, manga are a no go, near-blind. Otherwise I'd be all over some of the manga classics.

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Lol true, it's classified more as a regular novel than the standard LN. The only "isekai" about Otherside Picnic is going to the Otherside, but Sorawo and Toriko were not whisked away by some God or some force.

The LN is the most definitive experience for Otherside Picnic as it is a complete story, if you want the alternative over the manga.

Edited by holygrail24 on Mar 13th 2024 at 9:05:47 AM

I recently finished Volume 8 of Otherside Picnic. As always, Sorawo having no social skills is infuriatingly hilarious and entertaining to watch. It was nice to see Sorawo and Toriko finally become an official couple, even if most of the hardship getting there was due to Sorawo being a disaster of a human being.

Oh good, now I have even more reason to hurry up and pick it up.

... i might just be being lazy finding the right charger for this kindle.

It also gives some important insights into Toriko as well.

Spoiler free version. She hides it better than Sorawo but she's a bit of a mess herself.

I wonder if the series available for kindle outside NA. It's a bit problematic getting physical copies now.

Edited by Nachtwandler on Apr 1st 2024 at 10:58:54 AM

It’s available on Kindle in the UK at least, that’s how I read it.

OK, I checked it and seems like it is available. May buy it later.

Edited by Nachtwandler on Apr 1st 2024 at 11:41:13 AM

Yeah, I have six volumes.

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@dragonfire5000

Their Love Confession from Volume 3 to being an Official Couple in Volume 8 is a massive change.

Just read Adachi and Shimamura 99.9. What the fuck. I didn't expect a slice of life slow burn about two girls playing in a clubroom to become a time-displaced anthology of existentialism.

On the other hand, there were hints to the themes and greater whole since the start, so it's on brand. But... damn, the last third fucked me up.

some other recommendations for you that are a little off the beaten path.

• Symphogear without spoiling too much, I'll just say there is a reason fans call it "Symphogay". Some might consider the yuri content subtext, but I say that if this is subtext, it's VERY LOUD!, as the main lesbian couple is extremely important to the plot. Symphogear is also just generally awesome and fun to watch.
• Fight! Iczer One: Very old school. The manga was a hentai story of two cute lesbians battling tentacle monsters (and more humanoid aliens, who also tend to be lesbians) in a giant mecha. It was the first breakout hit of Lemon People, the first modern hentai manga publication. The 4 episode OVA made in 1985 dials back the explicitness for more mecha action.
• Oniisama e..: very old yuri, one of the first (1974!), thus class-S stylings, but very dark and extremely influential on the genre as a whole, by Riyoko Ikeda (most famous for Rose of Versailles).

Edited by ScrewySqrl on Apr 12th 2024 at 7:47:35 AM

Seems like I am the only person around who hates Symphogear. It had all of the components of my ideal anime (music, actiony and dark take on magical girl genre, GL elements, interesting artstyle and a bunch of my favorite V As) but the script was just so overflowing with bad shounen tropes... urgh.

Edited by Nachtwandler on Apr 12th 2024 at 4:57:17 AM

I could have vibed hard with Symphogear if the presentation was different, I think? The concept of music-powered fighting gear is a cool one. But the songs were all pretty generic anime pop - not a knock against the VAs doing their best, of course, but still.

Symphogear has some of the coolest shit I've ever seen, but it also has a bunch of trash. Overall though I think it has more highs than lows.

Yeah. Symphogear is grade A awesome but the lows hit hard. Hibiki really needed to replace her whole dad. Genjuro was right there!

And no last episode kiss or anything to seal the deal either... Even Gundam had that issue though years later. Goddamn.

Edited by ShirowShirow on Apr 13th 2024 at 2:42:30 PM

Tbf, when's the last time we even had a het couple kiss in anime?

…100 Girlfriends? As for original anime, I don’t know, there aren’t exactly a lot of them these days. =[

Edited by Lyendith on Apr 13th 2024 at 1:21:59 PM

Compared to every other father, he actually is the best dad in the show.

As for no last episode kiss, the gatcha game solved that with an outright wedding.

Edited by ScrewySqrl on Apr 13th 2024 at 7:45:44 AM

Chapter 3 of The Noble Lady on the Edge of the Cliff Wants to Make the Dark Knight Fall in Love! was recently translated, and it's one of those chapters that you probably shouldn't read while hungry.

It's nice seeing the Dark Knight starting to warm up a bit towards the protagonist, and we get to see that the protagonist is pretty nice towards hired help. Which probably isn't that surprising, considering the protagonist had to handle housework herself due to her family being impoverished and knows how hard it can be.

Wonder if the issue with the chefs will be cleared up, because it does seem like a misunderstanding.

Was surprised 'Looking up to Magical Girls' got deleted from TV Tropes. If the anime was too much, maybe make the page JUST on the manga?

This place is run by a bunch of lesbian-hating prudes.

Weaklings. The bunch of them.

Either way, we should probably make the argument that the manga should at least be safe. Not like the anime is getting a second season anyway.

Edited by Rynnec on May 5th 2024 at 2:08:09 PM

Oh come on those Blu-Ray sales where nothing to sneeze at. There's plenty more Magical Girls to Gush Over.