December 13, 2008

Beware the Yuri!

In a spoilerific post about Stellvia, Pete says:

Time after time, if yuri comes around in anime, it’s accompanied by depravity, as if all creators are soft bigots.

There's some truth to that. It's not invariant, but it does happen.

Yashima, in Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite, is a quite admirable character. I really liked her a lot, especially when she fought against the big-bad's chief minion twice at the end in order to protect Taro.

Ikki Tousen contains a fair amount of yuri, some different than others. There's a lesbian in the first series who is a victim. On the other hand, in one of the later series, Kan'u becomes dark-Kan'u for a while. (Ooh! Ooh!)

What, exactly, you think of Tomoyo in Card Captor Sakura is something you have to decide. Some people really like her; some find her creepy as hell. I tend towards the "like" side, mainly because Tomoyo's love is not selfish. But there's no doubt that her feelings for Sakura are... not quite normal.

And then there's Simoun, where all the major characters are lesbian, in a sense. (I haven't seen it.)

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1 On the other hand, in one of the later series, Kan'u becomes dark-Kan'u for a while. (Ooh! Ooh!)

Here, allow me, Steven: Darth Kan-u.

Posted by: Wonderduck at December 13, 2008 12:59 PM (2sQvs)

2 Oh yeah.  That picture.  The one that persuaded me to buy Ikkitousen, which resulted in the death of many brain cells and me running from the room screaming. 

Posted by: ubu at December 13, 2008 05:26 PM (M+Zsb)

3 See, there's your problem, Ubu... you bought Ikkitousen.  You needed to buy Ikkitousen: Dragon Destinies, which hasn't been released yet.  That's where that picture came from!

Posted by: Wonderduck at December 13, 2008 06:10 PM (2sQvs)

4 Once you let go and "embrace the stupid," Ikki Tousen is rather enjoyable.
I'm a Ryomou fan, myself.  Sigh.  An amazing proportion of the girls I like in anime are yuri.  That probably means something, but I choose not to think about it too much.

Posted by: Toren at December 14, 2008 12:37 AM (1bftB)

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