No.1748
>>1579Akanesasu Shoujo is the best 4/10 anime ever made.
>>700Roux is my Gundam wife. I don't love every Gundam but I will always respect Tomino for speaking the ultimate truth about female fans.
No.1938
bump, dont scroll, hide and report
>>1545This would actually be a killer idea. I can picture a good OC art thread
No.4862
>>4858
Anon your second and third one are exactly my tastes down to the last detail that if you didn't include siscon I would be suspecting that I wrote this in my sleep. But honestly, dynamics like this are so, so rare in f/f pairings.
To be honest a lot of the dynamics I like in f/f are very similar to what I like with m/m ships but yuri very rarely delivers. The stakes are always yawn-inducingly low and the characters never feel interesting, either it's painfully mundane regular women with little to no conflict or a moidish interpretation of one. I'm a messy girl and I want to read about stories that go hard. I'm specifically a huge sucker for butch/femme where it's the masculine girl who's being emotionally weaker than the feminine one.
No.8555
>>2021Agree, the adults in NGE are extremely relatable and I wish more anime series had adult characters with actual adult issues in them rather than endless rehashing of teenage angst.
No.8556
>>8553It's a cute read, basically a SoL light romance with a bunch of music references. Wouldn't say the story is special in a really good or bad way. The art is definitely the main draw for it.
No.8557
>>8553I really enjoy the premise of having a more masculine lesbian character because that's rare as hell but also I kinda don't like the "b-but I thought she was a boy!!!" angle because it feels… like heterofying the experience too much? I hate the "but we're both men" and "will they won't they" tropes in BL too but being a butch lesbian myself I'm not really enjoying the whole point of the story being that she thinks that a nerdy girl is some cool alt guy that she's crushing on instead of the story being straight up about it being a lesbian romance.
But that said, if I was younger I would enjoy it a lot and relate to the GNC protagonist way more, it seems to be written for teenagers to begin with because the narration is fairly simple and has that teenage experience spirit to it. I'm not trying to poo-poo all over it, I think it's a great change to regular CGDCT dogshit GL manga made for coomers and I hope it'll inspire more of its kind.
No.8560
>>8553The "yeah they're kinda fruity but nothing fucking happens" genre isn't for me. Reading this reminded me of getting baited by Sound! Euphonium.
>>8557>I was younger I would enjoy it a lot I would have been alllll over this 15 years ago. I try to keep my hater energy low for BL/GL.
No.8615
>>8560I think a significant romantic development happened recently? But you’re right for a lot of it, it was a slow burn that kinda felt just like yuri bait. I liked a one shot this author wrote which was a brocon x bro’s gf.
No.9412
What unashamedly horny yuri would appeal to my BL tastes? I want to be able to get off to something but there's too much boring pure uwu stuff to filter for a beginner.
No.9414
>>9412Seconding this request!
No.9415
>>9412If you’ve read sadistic beauty you should check out the yuri sidestory.
No.9419
>>9418IME women are just better at "porn with plot" (doubly so if they are fujoshi).
No.9421
>>9420Mens tomboy fantasies entirely revolve around taking the tomboy and putting her in a dress or otherwise feminizing her, they have no capability of appreciating a woman's natural masculinity as it is, its poison to them.
No.9422
>>9412Any GL smut manhwa if you can stomach the typical storylines.
No.9423
>>9421>Mens tomboy fantasies entirely revolve around taking the tomboy and putting her in a dress or otherwise feminizing herIt's a curse, because tomboy art usually revolves around male fantasies so it's rare to see one that I like. But, also a blessing, because I won't have to be around the insufferable types of men.
Speaking of which, are there any yuri manga that features this archetype that attracts women (aside from 7menzippo's stuff, though that looks more princely than tomboy, however the lines blur here)? I know it's more common in manhwa, but I don't like its format, so I was hoping to find more manga like that.
No.9427
>>9425Must be the elongated limbs, I notice this a lot in many female mangaka’s works.
No.9432
>>9425>the whole thing is presented in a way commonly seen as "masculine" with a focus on big breasts and fetishistic elements like high-heels, short skirts and pantyhose.This is such a weird, unnecessarily gendered notion. If I am attracted to women, of course I'm going to like all that. The more saucy the better.
No.9436
>>9432Oh trust me I agree 100% with you. This manga's success overwhelmingly with women is a huge "told you so" moment for me.
No.9667
>>9418I hate office love as a genre to begin with so it's not for me personally, but I can see why women would like it more than men because for one thing the women look like adults and have short hair. Two things that otaku men find absolutely reprehensible.
No.10144
I absolutely adore calm and relaxing shows with lots of female characters or stylish female characters from vidja.
>>1562Anon you make really good points. There are many, many video essays about how every nu-Disney protagonists have the same quirky personality or how corporate meddling scrubs out any slightly ambitious plot point or character (see Wish fandom based on unused cute Starboy concept).
No.11875
I've become a himejoshi for some gacha coomerslop… there's no saving me.
But anyway, does anyone remember the shoujoai.com forums? There were hella moids but there did actually seem to be a large number of actual women on that site.
No.11876
>>11875If the ship sails it sails, simple as.
>shoujoai.com forumsI do very faintly. I assumed most people there were also girls because fanfic/ship discussion is overwhelmingly girls, even in male gaze-y f/f works. IME male tells turn up in nsfw works/RP where there's fuckin but it's not at all erotic lol.
No.11895
>>1538PMMM was the first time I ever got invested in F/F ships, to this day HomuMado is still one of my OTPs.
Sadly I couldn't get invested in the Magia Record anime, there were too many characters that felt very surface-level, plus the pacing was bad. Dropped it after season 2 and didn't bother with the last season. Not sure if the game was any better, not that it matters anyway since it's dead and impossible to play now due to being a gacha live service.
No.11899
>>11895PMMM spinoffs all seem to be cursed with garbage OCs, terrible fanservicey outfits and none of the original charm, probably due to being handled by different writers/artists. I loved Different Story though.
No.12112
>>11954Agreed. I love her development and she really does deserve the best, it has me dreading the future of the game. I can't imagine bogging down such a good and interesting character (among others) with a shitty ending, but as much as I have faith in the writing, it is a possibility.
How do you think the fandom mischaracterizes her? I know she sometimes gets ignored because she doesn't have much of a connection to the deeplore or she doesn't appear that complex, but when she is included she seems mostly in-character.
No.12234
Recommend me some good smut
No.12235
>>12234Sadistic Beauty: Side Story and Drunken My Boss. If you don't mind trashy plots, Korean manhwa is my go to for GL smut. Yuri manga doesn't have much good ones in my experience, they're always awkwardly posed kyaaaa scissoring scenes. I love Otome no Keikoku though (ecchi not smut).
No.12239
>>12238Thanks for the recs nonna! I read through a few from each mangaka and they're pretty good. Hiiragi Yutaka's actually had that slight uguu moeness I'm not that big of a fan of but the sex scenes depicted otherwise were really sensual so hers ended up being my favorites kek. I really like Ootomo Megane's art style too, read some of other works available on mangadex afterwards.
>You probably know Sal Jiang.heh heh of course.
>>12235Just realized I misspelled Teikoku, my bad.
No.12620
Are there any good GL manhua? I want to get into it since most authors actually seem to be women, but the art style tends to turn me off. Also, I've been watching a good amount of lesbian films like Go Fish, Saving Face and The Watermelon Woman (peak, though I feel some anons would find it too woke or whatever). Are there any live-action lesbian movies any one likes that's written and ideally directed by a woman? I don't really care about what country it's from as long as the actresses can actually emote/don't have iphone face. I'm a hardcore fujo, but I don't really like live action BL lol. Real men are gross, real women aren't–at least on the silver screen!
No.12621
>>12620All the ones I can name off the top of my head are either directed by a woman and/or based on a novel written by one. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Fingersmith (I liked The Handmaiden too but it’s directed by a man and is slightly different from the original so you might not idk), Desert Hearts, My First Summer, Carol, The Miseducation of Cameron Post (not romance just lesbian themed)
No.12622
>>12621wow, thanks so for this! Fingersmith and Desert Hearts are right up my alley! love you mucho
No.12624
>>12622If you liked Fingersmith, there's also a BBC series adaptation of Tipping the Velvet, which is another Sarah Waters novel. However, it's directed by a dude.
Update on my coomerbait gachaslop waifu: I still love her but she keeps getting shipbaited with a character I despise. Harumph. Yeah well! In my headcanon I'm still married to her, so there! I may turn to some dark places for copium, like GenAI…
No.12635
>>12624I don't totally mind movies directed by a dude unless the movie ends up being as gross and disrespectful to the lead actresses like Blue is the Warmest Colour (which i will never watch). So, thank you again!
Your waifu deserves better than whatever character she's being shipbaited with. Why even ship gacha characters other than yourself? She's your waifu for as long as you want her
No.12637
>>12635I will also never watch Blue is the Warmest Color, bleh.
Thanks, I actually really needed to hear that. I’ve been taking Ls in other places recently, so it sincerely cheered me up.
No.12871
I've never been taken in by most yuribaiting since yuribaiting is usually done for gross men who want to see lolis in CGDCTs being fetishized in a 'pure' lesbian relationship (i.e. Hidamari Sketch which I liked as an uninformed teen, but didn't like the weird shipbait). BUT I have been yuribaiting by one anime and one anime only: Carole and Tuesday. But the thing is, I don't even think Carole and Tuesday were ever meant to be yuribait, I think I just came into the show with a(n unfounded) notion that they were going to get together. I should have never expected that and yet I did and I couldn't finish the damn show because they introduced a male love interest for one of them/there were the vibes of it. I was just plain delusional and I usually don't even go into non-BL/GL expecting any type of gay relationship. Has anyone else been yuribaited despite the anime/manga actually not having yuribait in it?
No.12873
>>12871This is going to be a different situation from yours since there is no het or canon relationships in the show, but the only time I truly felt yuribaited and disappointed was with love live superstar.
First three episodes made me invested in Keke and Kanon just for the story to do a 180 and make the childhood friend much more important while reducing Keke to a comedic relief side character and pairing her up with another (ugly) side character. I ended up not finishing the first season because of the disappointment.
Still mad.
No.12875
>>12873I hate when that happens!! what's the point of early shiptease if you're just going to drop it later on?
No.12876
>>12873>the only time I truly felt yuribaited and disappointed was with love live superstarI still get a little mad when I think about Eupho. That intensity between Kumiko and Reina followed by Reina being like
"BTW KUMIKO I NEED TAKI-SENSEI IN MY ASS, PUSSY, MOUTH, AND EARS IMMEDIATELY" No.12877
>>12876Hibike euphonium is the one time I will say the "queerbaiting" accusations were correct. That shit was genuinely upsetting. I don't mind yuribait stuff like love live and the like, I enjoy those shows, but euph felt actually like it was done in bad faith… Also Kumiko and Reina remind me of teenage me and my best friend who eventually married a guy and it's x2 as upsetting lel
No.12893
>>12873Sumire isn't ugly wtf
No.12894
>>12893I hate hair drills…
Sorry for calling her ugly in case you like her, just my taste.
No.12895
>>12894Fair enough kek, she is just my favorite so I got a little offended. I'm not a big fan of drills either but I never thought of the little curls around her face as drills