prediction: your first reaction will be "I'm disappointed"

Alexandep said:

I don't see any problem here. It's pseudo-incest. They are basically complete strangers to each other, not real family members.

Here's the real problem though.

'Yuri' is not a literary genre in a traditional sense. It simply is a colletion of narrative tropes about female homosexual/homoromantic relationships. 'Drama' is, however. If one of the main female characters (Mei or Yuzu) would be a man, everyone would be screaming about how Citrus is one of the cheesiest (in the worst way imaginable) and overrated romance stories in the history of romance manga and anime, with boring-ass one-dimensional character interactions and overblown conflicts.

But if it's yuri, then it suddenly becomes acceptable for some reason, because "your expectations are too high, calm down", "YAY, GAYYY GRILLS IN ANIME" and etc. This is the mindset that bothers me very much. People are so blinded by their thirst for 'gay girls like me' or 'hawt lesbian action' in anime, that they almost don't realize, that if one would strip Citrus of yuri tropes, it will become an empty shell. It is an empty shell.

I perfectly understand why it's Citrus and not any other yuri manga - because it's pretty freaking popular right now at this moment of history, that's why. Any adaptation needs to be commercially successful. But it still pains me deep in my heart. There's so much truly unique yuri manga, yet instead they are adapting...this.

And if someone wants to talk about how there's not enough queer women in anime, then I'd add that Citrus is clearly not the best story in terms of representation of a healthy relationship. It's basically just another cliche romance drama that starts from abuse, when one of the future partners acts like a complete asshole and another one falls for him/her for random reasons, usually because the author is completely oblivious to the concept of "character motivation".

Alexandep said:

I don't see any problem here. It's pseudo-incest. They are basically complete strangers to each other, not real family members.

Here's the real problem though.

'Yuri' is not a literary genre in a traditional sense. It simply is a colletion of narrative tropes about female homosexual/homoromantic relationships. 'Drama' is, however. If one of the main female characters (Mei or Yuzu) would be a man, everyone would be screaming about how Citrus is one of the cheesiest (in the worst way imaginable) and overrated romance stories in the history of romance manga and anime, with boring-ass one-dimensional character interactions and overblown conflicts.

But if it's yuri, then it suddenly becomes acceptable for some reason, because "your expectations are too high, calm down", "YAY, GAYYY GRILLS IN ANIME" and etc. This is the mindset that bothers me very much. People are so blinded by their thirst for 'gay girls like me' or 'hawt lesbian action' in anime, that they almost don't realize, that if one would strip Citrus of yuri tropes, it will become an empty shell. It is an empty shell.

I perfectly understand why it's Citrus and not any other yuri manga - because it's pretty freaking popular right now at this moment of history, that's why. Any adaptation needs to be commercially successful. But it still pains me deep in my heart. There's so much truly unique yuri manga, yet instead they are adapting...this.

And if someone wants to talk about how there's not enough queer women in anime, then I'd add that Citrus is clearly not the best story in terms of representation of a healthy relationship. It's basically just another cliche romance drama that starts from abuse, when one of the future partners acts like a complete asshole and another one falls for him/her for random reasons, usually because the author is completely oblivious to the concept of "character motivation".

GangsterCat said:
i just read the manga, it's a terribly written messy, corny, cheesy 3rd rate korean telenovela melodrama (a lot of kisses at least)

see you in few years (if it's not cancelled of course)