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bloodraven55 · 1 month
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girl…..
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joy-drops · 1 year
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Catch these hands is such a sweet young adult gl
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omuriceandriesling · 3 months
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animefeminist · 6 months
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Queer time and the quarter-life crisis in contemporary yuri
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Content warning for discussion of queerphobia and heteronormativity
Minor spoilers for Catch These Hands! and Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon
Historically, the tropes and traditions of yuri have been anchored in the school setting, meaning that the recent uptick in titles starring adult characters has been exciting and worthy of note. There’s an increasingly varied platter of yuri with post-high school protagonists, from college stories like How Do We Relationship? and I Don’t Know Which is Love; to workplace romances like Still Sick and I Love You So Much I Hate You; and even into the realm of genre fiction with titles like Otherside Picnic and SHWD. All these series do the valuable work of demonstrating that while schoolgirl yuri is surely going to remain a beloved mainstay, yuri can also function effectively outside the walls of the school setting and outside the structure of adolescent romance. Series that focus on adult characters also open the door to a storytelling niche that’s still relatively underrepresented despite the rich narrative potential it offers: the post-adolescence queer coming-of-age story. Or, in other words, the gay quarter-life crisis.  
Narrative tradition would have it that a person “comes of age” in their teen years and then marches into adulthood fully formed. Character development that hinges on big, pivotal milestones like first love and first heartbreak are often central to the bildungsroman in its many forms across YA fiction and high school anime and everything in between. But those big coming-of-age moments can happen outside of your teens, too, especially if those traditional milestones of maturity were out of reach or not viable at the time. This is common for people across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum: someone who doesn’t discover their sexuality until later in life might not have their first romance until they’re well out of high school; someone who transitions as an adult may initially miss some quintessential teen experiences but instead have them when they’re much older; and of course some people may not hit those supposedly crucial goals of love, sex, and relationships at all.
Read it at Anime Feminist!
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timemachineyeah · 3 months
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shoutout to the guy at the nerd store for watching me blaze through the available “She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat” and correctly directing me to “Catch These Hands”. I’ve barely started and I’m obsessed. “I became the unbeatable leader of a rival girl gang in high school because I had a crush on you” is peak useless lesbian behavior. I already love both these people.
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frog-kisser · 7 months
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first time killing Balteus: a frantic, chaotic fight for your life against an enemy with overwhelming firepower, capable of wiping you out with 2 hits
second time killing Balteus: He got 3 attacks off before exploding like a grape in between the double Zimmerman fuckening I gave him
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basilsleaf · 1 year
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you know who i'm thinking about right now. baz pitch. tiny little eleven year old basilton, alone and injured and terrified in a barn having just killed his family pet in a fit of instinct that his family intentionally failed to prepare him for, all for the sake of appearences. i'm thinking about how he never thought for a second he'd get comfort from his parent, the one who is supposed to be there for him. thinking about how the only person who bothered to try and talk to him still reduced him in this moment to an extension of his family line, a line that he feels he has failed just by existing as himself. thinking about this baby and how much better he deserved.
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caltria · 8 months
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Not too fond of bugs in the house during summer
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gallade-x-treme · 5 days
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"don't make me heal you again"
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fiannalover · 7 months
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Later Gundam Series' Mobile Suits: Oh no! I lost all my weapons! I am disarmed! What will I do!
Gundam 0079 Mobile Suits:
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dancers-7 · 5 months
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Watashi no Kobushi wo Uketomete! by murata
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bloodraven55 · 1 month
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tfw you’ve been trying to invoke the rivals to lovers trope for years but your crush thought you were just regular rivals the whole time
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Mannimarco, clearly livid: Have you no shame, Traven?
Hannibal Traven, equally mad: Well, of course! Yes. I am ashamed of YOU!
Oromis: *spits out wine* Oh DAMN!
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sleepy-bebby · 1 year
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That blurry arm
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ladyloveandjustice · 1 year
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My favorite Manga and Graphic Novels I Read in 2022
I read 54 different manga and graphic novel series in 2022 (you can see them here, from the beginning until the print novels start with Hench. I only included one from each series for my own weird reasons but I'm up to date on everything except Adachi and Shimamura and Prince Freya, which I dropped for now). You can also see my favorite novels of 2022 here! 
Here are my favorites!
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Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
A young girl gets involved with a witch who has has lots of skeletons (animal and otherwise). I’ve always loved Leyh’s work, and this is her usual super queer fantasy that has everything I adore- cute art, cool witches, animal magic, older butch lesbians with eye patches, lovable characters and lots of sweetness.
SHWD by Sono.N
It’s refreshing to see a dark sci-fi yuri about incredibly ripped adult women fighting monsters, and it really pulls off the horror of the monsters well with some gripping action. The characters were pretty charming too and there was a lot of attention paid to the trauma of the situation.
However, it does have a 'character who looks like a child', which is not my favorite trope for a lot reasons. It bothers me a bit less than other series because the art style does not do cutesy. She just looked like a short adult. The reasoning for having her there was...interesting, I'm not sure where they'll go with that, but it's original, though potentially weird?
Anyway, I like what it's doing and I'm interested to see where this goes. I hope we continue to get a variety of yuri like this published over here!
The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This by Takashi Ikeda
Two ladies- 32-year-old anime screenwriter and 22-year-old newbie anime voice actress- live together and navigate their romantic relationship. It’s mostly done in short vignettes, but the central couple has a fun dynamic and the art is nice, and some plot threads slowly develop as the books go on. It’s a cozy read, and it’s nice to see the ups and downs of an adult relationship where they share living space. I also find the 32 year old attractive, to be honest, I’d date her.
Until I Met My Husband by Ryousuke Nanasaki, art by Yoshi Tsukizuki
An autobiographical story of the first religiously recognized gay marriage in Japan. It’s not super lengthy or meaty, but it’s a sweet read.
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
You might have heard of this book based on how it was banned in a lot of places, it’s simply an autobiographical story of growing up genderqueer. It’s a breezy read with some nice evocative art, and Kobabe is pretty relatable.
Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney, Art by Robin Smith
I read a bunch of the DC standalone YA offerings from the library this year and found most of them to be a let-down, but this was a good one. It follows a young Nubia, a black girl who discovers she’s an Amazon related to Wonder Woman herself, and uses her abilities to confront some very real dangers and injustices, while also struggling against racism and other forms of prejudice. Satisfying, solid YA.
Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? By Matt Fraction, Art by Steve Lieber
Another library read. A fun riff on the zaniness of Silver Age Jimmy Olsen comics with a healthy does of humor, it follows the bizarre life of Superman’s BFF as he tries to avoid assassination and does some viral YouTube videos .I especially liked the weird but sweet relationship Jimmy and Clark had in this, and the gentle dunking on Batman.
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Run Away With Me, Girl by Battan
Maki’s girlfriend, Midori, broke up with her during her high school graduation, saying she had to “move on” to dating guys now that she was grown up. Ten years later, Maki runs into Midori and finds she’s in an abusive relationship with a man she’s engaged to after getting pregnant. Maki asks Midori to run away with her, but will she?
This is definitely a darker yuri- the abuse Midori faces escalates, and the dude she’s with is basically an incel- but it’s handling the subject matter well so far and I’m really interested to see where it goes. There’s been a notable amount of yuri lately that’s tackled the belief that love for other women is just a childish phase, but this is the first one I’ve seen that explores what happens to a woman who believes that and forces herself into a heterosexual relationship. The abuse Midori faces is not at all framed as her ‘just desserts’ or anything, but a tragic circumstance that happened to a woman who was desperate to fit in and not be alone. The art is also fantastic and distinctive. I really hope it sticks the landing!
She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki
A slice-of-life foodie yuri manga! Nomoto cooks more than she can eat, and she notices her next-door neighbor is a big eater and invites her over. A very slowburn romance strikes up. I got interested in this because of the authors marriage equality activism, and it’s a cute read. It’s laid back and slow paced, but there are nice moments of realism that make it very grounded- the way the women talk about being mistreated at work, Nomoto complaining that all the fashion articles she look up talk about impressing men- it was relatable! I also liked that Kasuga is large and butch and doesn’t have to look conventionally ‘cute’.
Cheer Up: Love and Pom-Poms by Crystal Fraiser
A cute YA about an acerbic young lesbian joining the cheer squad and repairing her relationship with her people-pleasing trans friend. It’s for a younger audience, but it’s a sweet romance with adorable art.
I Want to Be A Wall by Honami Shirono
I’m interested to see where this one goes. An aro-ace woman and a gay man in love with his (seemingly, so far) straight best friend enter a marriage of convenience. Yuriko’s obsessive BL fandom can get annoying, but it’s always refreshing to see the ace character represented and the manga is realistic about the struggles we face. I’m rooting for this one!
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui
A slow burn office lady romance, it’s just downright cute. It might be a little slowpaced for some but I enjoyed it!
Catch These Hands! by Murata
I’m a huge sucker for delinquent girls, so the story of two former delinquent girl rivals who meet again as adults, only for one to challenge each other to a fight with the condition that she’ll date her if she loses? Sign me up! This is, unfortunately, a little uneven- the second volume was kinda eh and introduced an annoying side character with some questionable tropes-but the third volume picked things up again and included a wonderfully absurd training montage. Though it starts with one of the women wanting to change and appear less like a delinquent and more ‘normal’, the clear message of the series is she doesn’t need to. If you don’t like any kind of violence, no matter how weird and divorced from reality, this isn’t for you though, as there is the whole challenge-to-a-fight thing, but it’s tongue in cheek and wacky enough I don’t mind.
Continuing favorites:
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Witch Hat Atelier- Can't believe Witch Hat punched the 'funny anime pervert' trope to dust like it deserves, while also exploring and denouncing victim blaming in a genuinely affecting way. This manga is legendary. Also I'm very worried for everyone.
Yuri is My Job!- Really escalated wonderfully with it’s tangled web of relationships, rich backstories, and commentary on how people, especially queer people, often put on a performance. What IS the true self? One character’s commentary on how she wanted her work place to ‘like romance without the romance’ (a la class S) yet can’t suppress her true romantic fantasies was especially well-done. There’s also a character saying ‘friggin’ heteros’. The accurate representation we need, clearly. I just really enjoy this cast of characters.
Spy x Family (A Yor arc! Finally! And there’s just as much murder and mayhem as that should entail!), My Love Mix Up! (continues to be adorable), Yona of the Dawn (dramatic backstory reveals!), How Do We Relationship? (it’s really interesting to read a gay romance where the central relationship is acknowledged as not good for both of them and they try to move on), Delicious in Dungeon (the dungeon adventures are ramping up!), A Man and His Cat (more kitty cuteness), The Way of the House Husband (more hijinks), Bride’s Story (another volume of the beautiful historical epic! It’s been a while.), The Adventure Zone graphic novels (continue to be a lot fun with fantastic art), I Think Our Son is Gay (continues to be a sweet look at a mom supportive of her gay son), Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun (I’ll always love these idiots) and My Wandering Warrior Existence by Kabi Nagata (another entry in Nagata’s moving autobiographical series about the struggles of mental illness, self reflection, and queer exploration).
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pickmern4pol · 3 months
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Man idk just like comment if you would literally get your ass beaten by all of them I forgor to put that on the poll (I cant change it now)
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