Is this Yuri?

ponygobyebye said:
Anime: has two female leads

Someone, inevitably: IS THIS YURI???

KryzakamiHrybami said:


Does it hurt to ask?

Yubisoft said:

No of course it doesn't hurt but it is very annoying when an anime or manga has a cover with 2 girls or women for people to ask every time if the anime /manga contains or is yuri. Besides the tags from both the manga page and anime page should answer your question... And it is not yuri

Yubisoft said:

No of course it doesn't hurt but it is very annoying when an anime or manga has a cover with 2 girls or women for people to ask every time if the anime /manga contains or is yuri. Besides the tags from both the manga page and anime page should answer your question... And it is not yuri

Yubisoft said:
Are you unable to read  ? I said literally this 'Besides the tags from both the manga page and anime page should answer your question' .Please  read carefully before you reply . Besides he didn't ask for the synopsis of the show but if it contains yuri or not 

Piromysl said:
There is no need to get emotional and defensive, bud.
Tags on this site are sometimes misleading and does not always reflect what you can exactly expect from the show. You might have heavy yuri bait, but it won't receive such tag, because there is no romance between the girls. It might also have some side characters, that will go on full lesbo action and show still won't have any yuri tag. Please educate yourself before embarrassing yourself on the internet.

Yubisoft said:
Hmm big words from someone who finished his comment like this . Anyway , if something is yuri aka romance between girls and I am not talking yuri baits like Lycoris Recoil then it will  always has the yuri tag or girls love or boys love  no matter where you will look (mal etc) because it is such a decisive and important tag. Hope you have a wonderful day !

Yubisoft said:
Hmm big words from someone who finished his comment like this , I am pretty sure that you should be the one to take your own advice . Anyway , if something is yuri aka romance between girls and I am not talking yuri baits like Lycoris Recoil then it will  always has the yuri tag or girls love (the same for yaoi tag) no matter where you look (mal etc) because it is such a decisive and important tag. Hope you have a wonderful day !

Piromysl said:
If like some sort of Crusader you geniuenly believe, that two girls cannot be friends, literally any interaction between two female characters immediately means they're gay and lesbian relationships are just a fetish, then yes, it is very much yuri.

Swiggy said:
I understand what you're saying, but it's actually pretty complicated here on MAL when it comes to tags versus what someone is looking for (what they consider to be or what they mean by Yuri/Yaoi). For example, an anime that has LGBT+ themes won't always have a tag for GL or BL. Usually the posters of these threads want to know if there's any of that at all-- even subtext-- and I think that's fair.

There are a few anime out there that I'd put in as a recommendation for someone looking for GL or BL-- like for example, in one particular anime I'm thinking of, same-sex main characters kiss (more than once) and there's a lot implied, but they don't have a GL/BL tag on the entry at all (maybe because it feels like a spoiler or maybe because there's a bigger plot going on while though romance is there it isn't the main focus? idk). Additionally, not every author wants to simplify their character relationships to just a GL/BL label. Also, seeing how the moderators work sometimes... it's like some add, delete, or change certain tags on what seems to be kinda casually or it's just different from mod to mod. There have also been some anime tagged as GL only to have them removed later.

It might seem annoying to some when people ask this, but it can be helpful. Sometimes something is definitely there and exactly what someone is looking for only that it's not tagged as such. The PV showed the characters being quite close, so I think quite a few people will be asking this in the future, but now we already have an answer ready. Good!

All that being said, it's just always best to ask.

I see what you did there.

Yubisoft said:
Anyway , if something is yuri aka romance between girls and I am not talking yuri baits like Lycoris Recoil then it will  always has the yuri tag or girls love (the same for yaoi tag) no matter where you look (mal etc) because it is such a decisive and important tag

nDroae said:



Then let's simply expand OP's question to "Is this yuri or yuri bait?" because some people would be interested in the latter despite preferring the former. And the answer is no to both, but if you want yuri bait, you'd likely have to ask to find out whether a show has it or not.

For that matter, some people would be annoyed by yuri bait, and may click on this thread to confirm that it's not there. So it's doubly useful to have this thread here.

Yubisoft said:
and just simply watch some episodes and see for yourself (this is directed to the creator of this thread).

Yubisoft said:
Why the need to create a thread about this subject which is basically spam at this point (people make the same thread with the same question for every damn manga or anime that has 2 or more girls in the cover)

Yubisoft said:
If it was a question about if a manga or anime contains disgusting things such as gore, rape, extreme nudity, NTR etc. I would understand but Yuri/yuri bait? I don't know it seems strange

Piromysl said:
It depends what you consider yuri.

If like some sort of Crusader you geniuenly believe, that two girls cannot be friends, literally any interaction between two female characters immediately means they're gay and lesbian relationships are just a fetish, then yes, it is very much yuri.

Otherwise, it is not. Just a typical friendship between the two.

nDroae said:



Then let's simply expand OP's question to "Is this yuri or yuri bait?" because some people would be interested in the latter despite preferring the former. And the answer is no to both, but if you want yuri bait, you'd likely have to ask to find out whether a show has it or not.

For that matter, some people would be annoyed by yuri bait, and may click on this thread to confirm that it's not there. So it's doubly useful to have this thread here.

WaffleMaster89 said:
Nobody uses the term yuri to describe close female relationships, despite what the definition says. Everyone uses it in the context of romantic or sexual love.

gawed said:

Not true.
there's is quite an ample size of the Yuri community who understands that Yuri is not only sexual girl relationships and we love things as corny and asexual as Maria watches over us XD.

Your point is valid in that usually occidental horny people are looking for LGBT sexual interactions of any level, and for them that is all that Yuri means.

it's always fun to read this debate in any two female lead thread XD

Hylianticipated said:

Can confirm, I clicked on this thread for the answer. If this was yuri or yuri-bait I wouldn’t watch it but since it isn’t I’ll give it a shot. I figured it wasn’t yuri but I’ve been surprised many times so it definitely didn’t hurt for OP to ask.

Yubisoft said:
And I will expand my answer as well. Why the need to create a thread about this subject which is basically spam at this point (because people make the same thread with the same question for every damn manga or anime that has 2 or more girls in the cover) and just simply watch some episodes and see for yourself (this is directed to the creator of this thread). If it was a question about if a manga or anime contains disgusting things such as gore, rape, extreme nudity, NTR etc. I would understand but Yuri/yuri bait? I don't know it seems strange

BSaito said:

There's a thread for every damn anime for discussing the first episode as well, what's your point?  Just because you personally don't find a particular topic interesting or relevant, or you don't like and want to police an interest other people have, doesn't mean that it's spam.  If you aren't interested in whether or not a given show is yuri/yuri bait, or don't like when people look for yuri in every interaction between girls, don't click on the thread titled "Is this Yuri?", simple as that.

Somebody had a question about what they could expect from a particular show, and asked on the board for discussing and asking questions about that show.  Don't see anything wrong with that, or any reasonable justification for forbidding certain such questions or refusing to answer, so long as nobody's giving out spoilers without an appropriate warning.

WaffleMaster89 said:
Nobody uses the term yuri to describe close female relationships, despite what the definition says. Everyone uses it in the context of romantic or sexual love.