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penguindrumblr · 1 day

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5-pp-man · 1 month

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#havent seen half of these yet but am very much planning to do so #kunihiko ikuhara #ikuhara #mawaru penguindrum #penguindrum #sarazanmai #utena #revolutionary girl utena #yurikuma arashi #yuri kuma arashi #tedpost #tedit #ok thats the last of these

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durmamos · 16 days

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Yurikuma Arashi (2015)

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animefeminist · 1 month

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Becoming Monstrous: Yurikuma Arashi and transmisogyny in the school system

Content Warning: Discussion of queer/transphobia (including slurs), online and workplace harassment, grooming, systemic violence

Spoilers for Yurikuma Arashi, referenced spoilers for Puella Magi Madoka Magica

“This is the nature of systems: the moment you reject them, you are forced to realize that they’re the very ground you’re standing on.” -Ikuhara Kunihiko

Two bears are presented with a choice: will you be invisible, or will you eat humans? They look like teddy bears, and they are on trial. wo girl bears–two lesbian girls–Ginko and Lily, standing before three male judges deciding whether or not they should have the right to exist. In order to have their love approved, they declare: they will eat humans. They transform, taking on human form as they don hypersexualized bear girl outfits, and they enter the world of the school.

Yurikuma Arashi places this strange set-piece towards the middle of its first three episodes. It exemplifies the show’s style, told as it is in enigmatic parables. Ostensibly, Yurikuma is about a human girl named Kureha seeking answers about the deaths of her mother and girlfriend while getting into a love triangle involving the two bears who have infiltrated her school disguised as humans.

However, everything in Yurikuma Arashi is more symbol than literal representation, and I have often mulled over its meaning as I’ve navigated entering the teaching profession as a nonbinary Chinese person. Like the bears, I’ve often asked myself: what do I sacrifice to be allowed to exist within the school?

Read it at Anime Feminist!

#yurikuma arashi #yuri kuma arashi #yka #kureha tsubaki #kunihiko ikuhara #articles #yuri

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ushiromiya · 10 months

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♡ See you next bear! ♡

#akiko's yuri kuma art is so precious #I love her style so much #yuri kuma #yuri kuma arashi #yurikuma #yurikuma arashi #lulu yurigasaki #kureha tsubaki #ginko yurishiro #ikuhara #kunihiko ikuhara

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transfem-monarchist-laura-rolla · 1 year

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so i watched yurikuma arashi. remarkably this is far from the horniest moment in the show, though it was the only one that had me borderline weeping with laughter

#yurikuma arashi #ikuhara

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hakonohanayome · 6 months

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Yurikuma Arashi - Morishima Akiko

#yurikuma arashi #morishima akiko #sumika izumino

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witchofanguish · 10 days

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#yurikuma arashi

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randomlonelymusician · 11 months

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Anime lesbians that not enough people are talking about

Suruga Kanbaru (Monogatari Series)

The entire Monogatari series is quite problematic and very hard to get into, which is why not enough people talk about Kanbaru. But to my experience, at least, she's one of the more accurately written lesbian characters I've seen. She's someone who's felt isolation because of her sexuality, and who's felt that heartbreak of falling in love with a close friend. She has a discomfort with her sexuality (which I found more clear in the novels), but once she opens up to someone about it, she really talks about it. Her sexuality also isn't rigid, and she explores new avenues of it. To me, she just felt like a very real older teen girl trying to figure out herself.

Momoko Sudo (O Maidens in your Savage Season)

I feel as O Maidens as a whole isn't talked about as much as it should be, and Momoko is talked about even less. Momoko's character really captures the experience of having these feelings that don't match what you're being told is normal or what you see around you. And because of this, she can't put words to it. She's part of a literature club and reads a lot of romance, but she's never represented in any of it. I love Momoko because she feels like a real young teen girl trying to put words to all of these feelings she's having.

Kureha Tsubaki (Yurikuma Arashi)

Yurikuma Arashi is often overlooked due to its presentation (which actually ties into the commentary it's giving), and is the least appreciated of Ikuhara's works. But despite the show being quite messy, I can't help but love Kureha. The show as a whole represents how lesbian women are viewed and portrayed in Japanese society and media, and Kureha's character represents internalized homophobia, and the fear of being "openly gay". The whole series is fantastical in nature, but Kureha's feelings and story remain very true to many people's experiences, including my own.

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I just wanted to share a few characters I connected with and I don't see being talked about enough. I wholeheartedly recommend checking out Yurikuma Arashi and O Maidens in your Savage Season, as they're excellent shows. As for Monogatari... I'd tread lightly and look at the content warnings! But it's still a great series.

General note: Yes, Monogatari is a horribly problematic series. It has a lot that I seriously do not like, but if you're able to get through the bad there's a whole lot of good, such as Kanbaru. So warning!

#monogatari #bakemonogatari #suruga kanbaru #o maidens in your savage season #araburu kisetsu no otome domo yo #momoko sudo #yurikuma arashi #yuri kuma arashi #lesbian bear storm #kureha tsubaki #queer anime #lgbtq anime

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bad-kendi · 2 years

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