So what’s the yuri anime scene going to be like after Strawberry Panic and Simoun? Based on this invaluable Airborne Early Warning post by Omni, Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru looks like a possible candidate - except for the existential problem of the protagonist actually being a guy. While an argument can be made at the metaphysical level for this to be considered yuri (the girls think he’s a she), reality and something else will rear its head when the girls urm try to get into his panties.
Further down the horizon, StoPani might have paved the way for more imitators. We might see the yuri eroge Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo (To Kiss That Flower Petal) by the doujin game circle, Fuguriya, as a mainstream anime in the future. But it’s early days as the download version of the game was only release this month and the packet edition goes out in October.
I first saw some preview images on danbooru under the tag “sonohana” but I think the website itself abbreviates the game as "hanabira" so I’ll be using that instead. Also I know that づ can be rendered as “du” but since I’m using “zu” for Kannazuki, I’ll stick to that here too.
Hanabira doesn’t seem to be your standard Chase Different Girls and Screw Them eroge and more of a visual novel - there seem to be only two main characters, Nanami Ota and her senpai Yuuna Matsubara with the story revolving around their romantic relationship. And in StoPani fashion, this isn’t MariMite-style yuri by women for women but squarely aimed at the LFB demographic. The game is described as: “Love-love, very ecchi, yuri-yuri love comedy ♪” LOL Might work on translating more of the site when I can stop laughing while trying to read the webpages.
Hmm… well, they’re gonna need a different hook than Yuri to reel me into this series. Strawberry Panic had Tamao( and Miyuki), and I still haven’t watched MariMite, despite repeated self-reminders to do so.
I wanted to see this. Any idea when it will be aired? I love yuri/shojou-ai series XD
Aired? It’s an eroge. The only time when “aired” will come into play is when you open the windows after you play the game because you mast-*cough*
Anyway, viva la yuri
“Love-love, very ecchi, yuri-yuri love comedy ♪”
Oh good - we need more narratives designed for the slower and less intelligent among the yuri-watching audience.
In the meantime, Skane, just read the Marimite novels. :-)
I wanna play~
I really love how cute the art is, it would make a great anime. As long as they wouldn’t change the designs or anything… And it would need a budget at least better than Strawberry Panic.
Awesome. Yuri ftw.
This art and desgin are HIDEOUS.
And all in all, this series sounds quiet ah, useless.
But I think I will really like you blog: )(just find thorugh the link in okazu).
Yuri is all over the world.
Dang I would love to see it already. (GREATEST YURI ADDICT)
unless I see sachiko and yumi KISS marimite is NOT yuri. I only consider an anime yuri if the MAIN characters are yuri. Sei is NOT MC.
you yuriists…think EVERYTHING is yuri….9_9
Unfortunately, Marimite is VERY Yuri, but a chaste yuri and not the one that usually ignites the imaginations of virile males (not for want of trying though).