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A Yuri Storyline classification System – Part 4

1. Chase/Getting together storylines

D. Storylines where two girls meet and fall in love

Ah, the romantic category. The least dramatic, but perhaps the most realistic and most touching.
In my humble opinion, the best way this is approached is when the mangaka completely ignores the fact that they are both girls and instead concentrates on [...]

A Yuri storyline Classification System – Part 3

1. Chase/Getting together

C. Relationships triggered by a man’s actions

Surely the biggest cliche of the yuri or lesbian genre is the age-old porn mantra
“I never thought it could feel so good…with a woman”.
Or, in other words – a woman, having had sex with men all her life is happy with the fact that [...]

A Yuri storyline classification system – Part 2

1. Chase/Getting Together

B. Storylines initiated by sex

Other than being doujinshi fodder, this storyline type actually does exist as a separate category. If we consider real life as an example, I’m sure there are a lot of couples out there that started as a drunken one night stand (though the results are usually that [...]

A Yuri storyline Classification System – Part 1

Here it is then – the first draft of my Yuri Storyline Classification System. This will probably be spread over a few posts just so I get a little time to breathe!

Chase/Getting together
Relationship
Breaking up

Like I said in the introduction post, the major divisions of the storyline types I have decided are to be [...]

Swimsuits – The meaning of summertime?

Well, we’re well into summer here in the UK – it’s the tradition here to have an uncharacteristically warm spell in June, which gets all the nice hours of sunshine out of the way to make way for business as usual during July and August (if the recent years are anything to go by…)
And [...]

Analysing the Yuri potential in Saki – Part 1

As my mahjong playing friends will attest to, I’ve gotten rather attached to the new anime Saki – about the eponymously named mahjong genius Saki as she plays fun games of mahjong with her friends in the hope of getting to the national mahjong tournaments (ridiculous though it may seem, there are national and international [...]

A discourse on Brazil’s most important contribution to the world

| This is a public service announcement – When your dress is brave, make sure to shave.
Hi all,
Once again apologies for going awol – I was finishing off my course with a spot of shadowing – that means following people around, making a nuisance of myself and stabbing people to suck their blood. All [...]

A Celebration of Mahou Shoujo

Now as someone who has read my Twitter will know – the webpage for the Nanoha movie has recently been launched! Now for those of you grumbling that StrikerS was a pile of old codswallop, let me tell you this – it’s the original loli-riffic models ^^. The premise is that the story is [...]

Why Pornography is Evil – an (Un)Balanced View – Part 3

Translation: “You weren’t very good!”
7. Pornography is a replacement for sexual desire towards a partner.
“He watches pornography so much there’s none left for me!”
I guess this could be a problem. Well, if he really loved you, then he would save enough for you!
8. Pornography leads to rape and paedophilia
The two arguments in this [...]

Why Pornography is Evil – an (Un)Balanced view – Part 2

Trust me – if she were your neighbour, you’d covet that ass…
Hi everyone,
I’m back from Wales which was a very nice place to go at this time of the year. If there’s two phrases to describe Wales they’re “Beautiful” and “Full of sheep”.
But anyway.
I’m sure you all have been waiting with bated [...]

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