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>>4324886>Yuru YuriA relic of the past, severely outdated by now.
Did any of the girls in the main groups ever progress past the one-sided crush phase? Are there any character arcs, or does it remain as a CGDCT with some yuri flavorings? Not saying CGDCT with some yuri is bad btw, just curious.
>>4324909This is literally the "one sided crush" show. It even resets itself every year in universe to not progress anywhere.
>>4325094But it does keep the lights on at yuri hime so we gotta be thankful for thatAnd citrus of course
>>4328506Doesn't Sasakoi carry some weight for yuri hime?
>>4325094>It even resets itself every year in universe to not progress anywhere.wait whathow does that work?
>>4348333It's a thing in comics called "sliding time scale" you also see this in animated sitcoms like the Simpsons
>>4348329Some but not much. Yuru Yuri is over a decade old and litterally the only surviving serial of yuri hime s. It is the reason why those lights are still on. It was probably a lot of people's first foray into yuri from the CGDCT genre, I know it was mine and I didn't even know about the genre when it first aried despite reading a few titles by that point
>>4324909I haven't read it in years, but back then the crushes weren't really one-sided. Himawari and Sakurako in particular clearly like each other and everyone usually has nice mutual rapport in their ship chapters. Like this is from chapter 158, where Kyouko and Ayano go on a movie date.
>>4350026Kyouko recognizes it as a real and romantic date.
>>4324909Ayano and Akari are dating now
>>4359103I never knew I needed this.
Did we ever find out which of them Nadeshiko is fucking?
>>4359116Yui
>>4359116Miho. I was rooting for Ai but alas.
>>4324909The only legitimate ending for all girls is
>>4370525I am so jealous of this blue haired bitch
I started rewatching Yuru Yuri and thought they really don’t make em like they used to. 2011 truly was peak
Was Oomuro-ke good? I never got around to watching it
>>4348342Closer to two decades old than one decade old. Yuru yuri is a marvel of yuri engineering, withstanding the test of time while yuri magazines crumbled around it. Yuru yuri will be around long after we are gone.
>>4470352>Yuru yuri is a marvel of yuri engineeringfor its time>withstanding the test of timein terms of sales maybe, certainly not in terms of yuri which has thankfully outgrown those boundaries over time, but it was an invaluable stepping stone nonetheless
>>4470981I dunno if I'd state it as strongly as the anon you're replying to, but it still excels in being cute and fun, which is why it's still one of my favorites even with the better selection of yuri that Goes Somewhereâ„¢ we have these days.
>>4471051I don't think that Yuri is supposed to "go somewhere", at least no canonically. I support the idea that the source material should establish and develop the characters, and outline their dynamics, while hinting at a wide selection of possible pairings (perhaps with special emphasis on a few natural ones). Then it's up to the community to explore and "take them" somewhere in fan works and discussions.
>>4474217>yuri should be shallow, inconsistent and inconclusive, so it doesn't contradict my headcanonPersonally I'm glad the majority of yuri has moved past that for at least a decade, but the occasional harem, old-fashioned comedy and some subtext will still fit your needs I guess.
>>4474380I don't think non-committal necessarily means shallow or inconsistent, depends on how it's justified and treated by the author. Subtext and allusion can also be very powerful devices to convey relationship dynamics. Implicitness and subtlety are hallmarks of many literary traditions throughout history.>so it doesn't contradict my headcanonBut I'm not committed to one particular headcanon, the point is to be able to enjoy multiple headcanons.Ideally authors would write multiple versions of the same story, developing all possible pairings to their ideal conclusion, but it's unreasonable to expect that. I just value choice over having one forced and explicitly elaborated route. Of course, if there's only 2 relevant characters in the story and one possible pairing, then that's a different matter, and having that kind of dynamic not go anywhere would be annoying and pointless.
>>4474391>non-committal necessarily means shallow or inconsistentNo, it just means inconclusive, build up with no payoff, in other words bad writing.The "shallow" and "inconsistent" parts come from your requirement to have a wide selection of pairings, which is something typically executed in either form or both, in order to keep all options viable without committing to any; harem is the textbook example of this, being the bottom of the barrel of yuri.>the point is to be able to enjoy multiple headcanonsThat may be the point for you, but people looking to enjoy a yuri work don't normally expect to have to look up fanfiction of it to get a satisfying experience, at least nowadays thankfully.Even haremfag discussions mostly amount to predicting who's going to win in the end, and non-committal endings aren't usually well received, except by hardcore waifufags and I guess shippers like you.>Ideally authors would write multiple versions of the same storyThis is just personal but I would absolutely loathe this, just like I loathe alternate routes in VNs, if after reading a satisfying story about a pairing I've become fond of I go on to read another where one of the characters is paired differently, my immersion crumbles over itself, I'm forced to acknowledge that the first story I read didn't actually "happen", it was just some alternate scenario I was reading about, which demolishes my fond memories of it.If tomorrow they released an alternate Madoka anime where she is paired with Sayaka, I wouldn't even watch one episode of it.>I just value choice over having one forcedBut that's the thing, an inconclusive work doesn't offer you a choice, it just ends prematurely so some amateur has to chime in and do the rest of the work themselves in a completely different format.You just happen to like random headcanons more than the work itself.
>>4474409>harem is the textbook example of this, being the bottom of the barrel of yuri.Ok, but harem is about the pairing of one protagonist with multiple (all) candidates, not of all (many) candidates with all (many). I actually don't like harem yuri precisely because it favors one specific protag over the rest of the cast in a central role.But yeah, otherwise I gather our tastes in terms of what we're looking to get from the medium are just different, I guess, and I respect that.>You just happen to like random headcanons more than the work itself.Perhaps guilty as charged in spirit, but the work itself (the context, the background, time/location, the aesthetic, the style, the language) is still crucial for grounding the fantasies.I guess I'm approaching it more as a 2hu fag.
>>4470351It was a very good movie, featuring the only fucking non-useless lesbian in this entire story, because she actually has a girlfriend. It was just all around fun.>>4470981>not in terms of yuri which has thankfully outgrown those boundaries over timeIt's just funny to me that Yuru Yuri was basically supposed to be a parody work based on the title Namori's actual legit yuri series called Yuri Yuri (I'm not making this up).Namori is entirely capable of writing real yuri. She just happened to make so much money with bait that she never stopped doing it.