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| well this is the first show in a long time (or ever) to mess with my head and make me go "wtf is even going on?" so they both die and live on in kumaria's heavenly whateverplace as yuri approved. they didn't back down on their love to the end. ofc the whole show is a big fat metaphor, so you could say they only died in the eyes of society if you count the guns as finger points of exclusion. those excluders, especially the leader, shoulda died tho. i wanted them to die. agreeing with yuri or not, even if it's just excluding, it's still twisted and deranged to witch hunt for them. though then again, another one woulda just popped up after doing the same thing :< shabadadu. |
GenesisAriaApr 1, 2015 5:38 PM
❀桜舞う空〜 Cute is Power. 🔗CosmoGenesis Project “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” “A truth seeker has no patience for BS.” I seek only to improve myself and others. |
| final verdict from me is 8/10 :3 that kiss scene got me so fangirly >.< The show is definitely a masterpiece, the symbolism is really interesting as well. Though shows with alot of those symbolism arent really my type to focus on. This one is still great because it has that kuma shock and OP which smells like yuri everywhere xD |
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Hito420 said: one thins i wont say annoyed me by found myself talking to my monitor doing was in this kind of weird and fantasy yuri show that is not set on a normal world, u have to get your logic out of the way. |
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| mm Kureha is actually hot as a semi-bear. I don't do very good with a lot of symbolism, but it was entertaining most of the time.. 7/10 Now I want a show about lesbian seagulls. |
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| Beautiful ending to a fantastic series!! 10/10 |
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| What a sweet ending, just thinking about it gives me happy feelings inside. |
| Powered by yuri. Needless to say, I finish all anime I start, no matter my initial opinion, no matter how bad it gets, I WILL FINISH IT! http://www.anime-planet.com/users/zunderdog24  |
| Now that I think about it there wasn't one male human in this anime. 7/10 |
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RediceRyan said: that's what happens in girls' schools. (where yuri is most likely to happen, and where it would be a prominent issue)Now that I think about it there wasn't one male human in this anime. 7/10 |
GenesisAriaApr 2, 2015 4:31 PM
| ❀桜舞う空〜 Cute is Power. 🔗CosmoGenesis Project “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” “A truth seeker has no patience for BS.” I seek only to improve myself and others. |
| YURI APPROVED This show was absolutely amazing and beautiful DAm what a powerful episode that was LULU at the end maybe ????? 9/10 for me didn't change my score till the last 3 episodes usally I dopped them down this just had such an amazing ending |
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| 10/10 because of reasons Yuri approved. Couldn't stop crying. From when they kissed to the ending. Damn even after the ending, tearing up rn. Lots of ikuhara things. Very importante message for pur society, i understand the low rating: it's cause people are dumb I can't believe an anime dared to go that deep into homosexuality, instead of making it all fanservice like sakura trick. Coming from an all girl school i can relate to this and it's nice that somebody talks about it |
danielamaghiniApr 3, 2015 5:25 AM
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| this ending had me scratching my head a bit but over all i liked this anime. I had always said that Sumika wasnt dead, and I was sort of right, so that was good to know |
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Denmark-Chan said: this ending had me scratching my head a bit but over all i liked this anime. I had always said that Sumika wasnt dead, and I was sort of right, so that was good to know Can we say that Sumika never existed? She was something abstract. |
| Really nice ending. The girl and the discarded bear coming together at the end was great. Also, Lulu and her little brother at the end. <3  |
| I can't believe I almost dropped this (the first two or three episodes weren't so promising), it was so much better than I first thought. Also LULU BEST GIRL 8/10 or 9/10 maybe overall |
| Wow the ending was quite something I must admit. So from what I understand one of the biggest messages at the end was that before you try to change someone else you should try to change yourself first, right? And wow Sumika was Kumalia all along? Or was that just how Kureha imagined Kumalia in her mind? Also Lulu being reunited with her brother was really nice and touching <3 |
| Just finished watching ep 12. Still don't understand. what happen to kureha & ginko? and also to lulu? i'll just read the comments to understand. EDIT: OK i've read most of it especially from CookingPriest & Takuan_Soho thx and I understand most of it. nothing much to say here. 8/10. |
matias067Apr 6, 2015 11:02 AM
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| so in the end all 3 girls did not die and they found true love, looks like the black twin tail girl and that defected bear will continue the story of struggle... i guess there is no definite answer, we see what we want to see, just like the characters in this show a nice ending to an interesting series that has no male character at all :) |
klaymore said: You literally see what you want to seea nice ending to an interesting series that has no male character at all :) |
surfboard_ said: klaymore said: You literally see what you want to seea nice ending to an interesting series that has no male character at all :) He said this |
| Never back down on love <3 This was really beautiful ^_^ |
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| So Sumika was Kumaria, it was a surprise! A really nice end, Kureha sure turned into a cute bear, it was cute...and Lulu <3 7/10 |
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| I too liked the ending.....how could I not....it was very sweet and our MC finally accepts herself for what she is....A lesbian. However, there was a lot that I didn't understand and I don't think I will fully grasp from this anime....I think that's Ok, because the main message was crystal clear. The only thing is....if we REALLY wanted to get a better look on how society frowns upon gays....it would've been more effective to have done so in the perspective of two MALES....but who knows if it gets the amount of views compared to an anime filled with very cute girls. In the end....Truly, Yuri is the PUREST form of love....7/10 |
| uh ok yeah i'm definitely not a fan of this lol the OP song is fantastic the style is quite nice, but overdone. i do love the watercolor/crayon style tho! the plot is very jumbly and everywhere which was my concern :S i really liked the premise too. another thing i disliked was dialogue. they say the goddamn same things in each episode "how true is your love?" and "i won't back down on my love!" which got to my nerves. |
mayukachan said: i guess ikuhara is a man of repetition. Sometimes it looks like those bear people are in a reality show fighting for their love or lust but more important, the very repetition of it is a way to reafirm the main motif, not that its the best way for that but thats how this sad japanese fellow likes to operate.they say the goddamn same things in each episode "how true is your love?" and "i won't back down on my love!" which got to my nerves. |
| I'M STILL SO CONFUSED BUT I LOVED THIS ANIIME 8/10 |
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| Cant say i understood it fully. But i liked it. The whole last episode kinda lost me though. Whatever, slow start, but it picked up and i ended up enjoying it! 8/10 |
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| Meh, actually thought that the series was pretty boring overall. Definitely better than others from this season but a tad dull imo. And it didn't even contain yuri till the end :c 6/10 overall |
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Godtier_Taste said: Catch phrases are annoying! DO YOU THINK THIS IS A MOTHERFUCKING POKEMON?!! 4/10 Ikuhara, I'm disappointed. Wait! dat BIG sis x lil brother<3 scene! 5/10 Why are you knocking Yuri Kuma points off because of catchphrases when catchphrases have been a staple in all of Ikuhara's anime? Do you KNOW how many times we had to hear about the Egg's Shell in Utena? Or how many times she reminded herself to crush them soon in Penguindrum? |
| the ending was super predictable but well, I liked it overall the first 5 episode were boring for me, then it became better and better rating 7/10 for me |
| The show was pretty meh. At first I thought it was just pure symbolism for something, but when the bears actually start murdering people I started to just take everything at face value. All the bears in the city are murderers, they deserve to be excluded. But I like yuri, the colors, love the opening, and I like the bear-human designs. 7/10. |
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| I cannot rate any anime with such beautiful animation lower than 8/10, so I'll rate this 8. However, I'm sad but I felt nothing. I was just sitting there enjoying YKA visually, but when it comes to feelings, it fails so hard. The only idea behind the story was "Don't give up on love (even if it's a bear)", so it felt really shallow to me, I dunno. But I admit it was sexy, shabadadadoo. |
| ''violence & profanity'' where exactly? |
| Great show! It had a confusing start at the beginning but it was worth to watch it till the end to get all the meanings and symbolism. A very magical experience :) |
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| A very bittersweet ending and a very good anime overral 8/10 |
| I never would have seen the Kumaria twist coming. Unlike a lot of people here :/ Also, I wonder if that scene in the end means that everything was a fairytale or that Lulu died and met her brother. Probably the latter. That's... kind of sad. I could always change my mind, but it's 8/10 to me. |
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| Great symbolism, beautiful ending and amazing soundtrack. I thoroughly enjoyed the first episodes, but after them the show started to go downhill. I mean, too many dialogues and scenes became repetitive and dull... I also found the plot a bit lackluster. Anyway, overall it was an enjoyable ride full of interesting metaphors. |
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AimeeKite said: Btw, what interests me most - the majority of metaphors were very easy to figure out, but what did Prince Milne mean by saying that instead of asking Lulu for a kiss he could just kiss her himself? To kiss means to share love, but wasn't it what he'd been trying to do all along while returning the honey pot? Not really. He was bringing the honey again and again to get Lulu's love, not as a show of his own. Don't remember who said it but there's this: "If you want to be loved, love." Milne wanted to be loved and it took him to die (and probably meet Kumaria, in a way, if we go by the 'Kumaria being more-less God' interpretation), to realize he was doing it wrong. Hope you get what I mean. Also, I see it as a parallel to Kureha/Ginko's story, just in a simpler terms: Kureha wanting Ginko to become a human girl to stay with her forever / Milne asking Lulu for a kiss //// wanting to be loved Kureha deciding to go bear for Ginko / Milne kissing Lulu /// loving. |
| Considering the weak start of the show, this ended a lot better than I expected. I really wanted to see Kureha turn into a bear and it actually happened! Also, Milne is the cutest thing, it was beautiful to finally see him kiss Lulu and call her onee-tama again. |
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