| One of the most common stereotypes that you hear a lot about straight men is that they think girl-on-girl action is hot or something along the lines of that statement. As a dude, I personally don't actively seek out Yuri content even when it is aimed at a male audience. I just find it to be a bit of a turn-off. Yuri's demographic is a lot more balanced than Yaoi with the main demographic being queer women and straight men just being an additional bonus. In the case of the Yaoi genre, a lot of those series would always follow a top/bottom dichotomy when it comes to the sexuality of its characters. One of those characters would always be the audience surrogate and the other character would be the object of desire. This is the reason why a huge number of Yaoi is primarily written by women for women. In the Yuri genre, most series do not provide the option of self-insertion which is why they are not as successful as their counterpart among men at least. Heck, even trashy harems and isekai shows provide that aspect way more easily than the Yuri series. Because of that, we see more harem and isekai garbage being pumped out of the anime industry much more frequently than yuri. |
| I used to be really against Yuri but now I do not mind it as much. Yuri is very rare in anime where the closest things tend to be close friends like in Demon girl next door. |
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| I've been extremely interested in lesbians ever since I was 12. (I'm 28) I kin some lesbians from visual novels such as Asuka from Nurse Love Addiction. |
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I love seeing girls making out, it makes my dick horny. ^-^ |
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Yeah, i've had a big interest in yuri ecchi for a long time since i first watched queen's blade. |
| Yuri is kinda weird as unlike with gay men where there's yaoi (made for women primarily) and bara (made for gay men primarily), yuri is a catchall term for ANYTHING lesbian regardless of demographic. There are shonen yuri, seinen yuri, shoujo yuri, and josei yuri that all fall under the same umbrella term. It's very weird to be honest. Yuri content does tend to be popular with men as heterosexual men have a tendency to fetishize WLW relationships which can be rather uncomfortable. |
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| I personally love yuri stuff. I consume it more in manga form since there aren't a crazy amount of yuri anime out there. Even if the stereotype of yuri only being for men might not be true, there's still plenty of men out there who love yuri. I personally prefer romance involving just pretty girls instead of needing a guy in it. I don't need a self insert, in fact having a boring guy for the girls to fall in love with makes the show worse than if the girls fell in love with each other instead. A female can still work as a self insert depending on how she's written as well. If you write one of the girls to have a lot of attributes that the male audience can relate to then you get to have cute girls falling in love while also being able to put yourself in their shoes. Win win. |
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Reply to LSSJ_Chloe
Yuri is kinda weird as unlike with gay men where there's yaoi (made for women primarily) and bara (made for gay men primarily), yuri is a catchall term for ANYTHING lesbian regardless of demographic. There are shonen yuri, seinen yuri, shoujo yuri, and josei yuri that all fall under the same umbrella term. It's very weird to be honest. Yuri content does tend to be popular with men as heterosexual men have a tendency to fetishize WLW relationships which can be rather uncomfortable.
| @LSSJ_Gaming Fetishization isn't a good term to be used in this context. Straight men tend to infantilize lesbian relationships, that's why, you can frequently see claims like 'Yuri is the purest form of love' |
Reply to Sanjay63773
@LSSJ_Gaming
Fetishization isn't a good term to be used in this context. Straight men tend to infantilize lesbian relationships, that's why, you can frequently see claims like 'Yuri is the purest form of love'
Fetishization isn't a good term to be used in this context. Straight men tend to infantilize lesbian relationships, that's why, you can frequently see claims like 'Yuri is the purest form of love'
| @Sanjay63773 Don't get me wrong there is infantilization there but there is an element of fetishization as well. As someone who is a pansexual woman I have seen it firsthand where heterosexual men say girls kissing or making out is hot and it can be a bit uncomfortable for me personally. When applied to anime its whatever I guess, but it gets bad when it applies to real life stuff which it tends to do. It's cuz it is like a bit annoying to see part of my sexuality seen like that y'know. |
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| Of course, it’s one of my favorite genres and I have one yuru series in my anime favorites. |
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| MagiRevo and Bloom into You are my favorite yuri's. I like romance anime in general and prefer non-ecchi yuri tbh. MagiRevo is definitely in my top 5 favorite romance. We see a lot more harem and isekai since that tends to bode well with sales/streams while yuri isn't as widely desired as say a "normal" romance anime. |
| @animegamer245 Unfortunately from my experience it goes beyond that. People really don't know how to keep boundaries with that stuff in regards to women. |
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| I like Yuri, but Most yuri out there usually pair a masculine/cool/tomboy/handsome/prince girl x feminine MC girl, I dislike this its basically a dickless dude dating our MC. I prefer only with pure feminine x feminine relationship, something like Sakura Trick and A Kiss for the Petals. Hehe Boy... |
Reply to LSSJ_Chloe
@animegamer245
Unfortunately from my experience it goes beyond that. People really don't know how to keep boundaries with that stuff in regards to women.
Unfortunately from my experience it goes beyond that. People really don't know how to keep boundaries with that stuff in regards to women.
| @LSSJ_Gaming do u mean should we respect about feminism or what ? |
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| I don't search for yuri, not a fan but I don't mind, some girl on girl action is damn hot like in Ikkitousen so yeah, that I like. |
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| Yes. I just love yuri anime. Easily one of my favorites. |
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| Imagine being so pathetic that you can't watch something without a shallow self inser character. |
| Self insert is kind of silly. You can always have opportunity relate with and to empathize with a character's feelings regardless and place yourself in their shoes. I find yuri cute but I havent seen much yet. |
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| Idk about others but i don't, I mostly prefer straight romances |
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| As a man, yes. Also self-inserts are usually bad. As are most straight romance shows (partially because of the aforementioned reason). |
| If you are not into yuri that's a possible sign your brain hasn't been rotten by porn yet. |
| Of course, that's one of the best genres albeit too scarce. Sanjay63773 said: series do not provide the option of self-insertion This, on the other hand, I'm still unable to comprehend. Self-inserting oneself into a cartoon, I mean. To this day, I can't imagine myself doing that |
| seems like a you problem man. i have no problem self-inserting in a cute anime girl making out with my cute anime girl girlfriend. |
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Reply to Jonas-K
I love seeing girls making out, it makes my dick horny. ^-^
| @Jonas-K What anime is this gif from? |
| I used to shy away from yuri because of girl-on-girl action though I had a feeling I might like it because I have always liked anime which show 2 or more girls being very close friends like Lycoris Recoil or "A certain scientific Railgun". I felt something awakening within me when watching them. Recently I watched Hibike! Euphonium. It was the final trigger. I am now a fan of yuri even though I am new so I haven't watch many. I finished "Bloom into you" yesterday and its probably one of the best romance anime I have ever seen. |
| I've only really watched Madoka Magica. Granted including the side story, and there is certainly Yuri elements to Madoka but it not overt - which is nice given you know these are school girls so I don't really want there to be more than hand holding and expressing feelings of friendship and stuff it be werid if it went to far. |
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Reply to Naofumi1002
@Jonas-K What anime is this gif from?
| @Naofumi1002 https://myanimelist.net/anime/7748/Sono_Hanabira_ni_Kuchizuke_wo__Anata_to_Koibito_Tsunagi?q=Sono%20hanabira%20ni%20kuchizuke%20o&cat=anime |
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| As of now I haven't watched any Yuri anime. |
| I don’t mind watching yuri but I don’t watch it often or actively seek it out. Sometimes I do come across a yuri that interests me like Kase-san and Morning Glories and watch it because why not. |
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| Yes, they do, they also watch and read BL works. |
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| I'm not a huge fan fo yuri but as a gay man I enjoy romances, whether they are straight, yaoi or yuri as long as they're well written I enjoyed Bloom into you for example |
| Romance between the same gender feels so new and fresh in anime because they deal with a lot of different problems and conflicts. Great potential for emotional stories. I'm not sure with which one it started for me, but I had a short phase where I binged a lot of yuri anime back to back because I couldn't get enough. My favourites in this genre so far are Bloom Into You, The Magical Revolution and Adachi to Shimamura. But I haven't found one yet that really blew me away...some day I will watch Revolutionary Girl Utena^^ |
Reply to Jonas-K
I love seeing girls making out, it makes my dick horny. ^-^
| @Jonas-K I think this answer the OP's question lol. But in all serious just looking at statistics and the general internet culture surrounding yuri anime shows that men are the main consumers of it, backed up by the fact that more straight men exist in the world then lesbian and bi women. |
| Go read Berserk and One Piece they're the best thing ever |
Reply to ZXEAN
As of now I haven't watched any Yuri anime.
ZXEAN said: As of now I haven't watched any Yuri anime. Pretty much the same here nor do I have interest in yuri anime. I don't mind there is yuri elements in anime though as long its done well and respectful of sort. |
I enjoy reading/watching yuri but I don't really like yuri hentai as they are boring most of the time (excluding futanari). |
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Reply to OfficerPoon
It's mainly self-insertion material for autogynephiles. Which means, spiritually speaking, its appeal is still quite heterosexual. Get back to me when they make an anime about 300 lb biker chicks scissoring, THAT would be a proper LGBT anime.
| @OfficerPoon Why would anyone watch a REAL lgbtq anime anyway lawl |
| "Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| Yes I love Yuri. Girl on girl action is hot as fuck The only hentai worth watching too lol. |
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| absolutely yes, i adore any wholesome romance whether it's straight, BL, or yuri more ecchi stuff is okaaaaay once in a while too but i definitely prefer something cute that makes me kick my feet lmao |
| As a straight guy, i just can never get into Yuri. I've watched sweet/heartwarming yuri and got bored of them and i also tried to more aggressively sexual yuri and still couldn't get into it. I much prefer a series with just Yuri undertones rather then a full dedicated Yuri romance. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| I'm open to watching Yuri anime, I'm not close minded or anything like that. |
| I've been obsessed with yuri for about 8 years, so I would say that the answer is yes, but... I've recently been coming to terms with the fact that I'm actually a trans lesbian, sooo... Maybe? (JK the answer is still yes, they certainly do.) |
| Yeah I'm sure they do, as some would find it pretty hot or just cute. |
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| The real question is do women consume yuri content, I've generally only seen men consume anime/manga because it kinda is catered to men? Atleast I feel that as a male, especially when they blur the lines between cgdct and yuri. |
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