…younger than Akira, is not happy about this: she likes Akira very much and would like to be Akira’s lover herself… ^_^ There are other characters who also want Akira…
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The Impact Of Globalization On Yuri And Fan Activism
…into other major languages of the world like Spanish and French. As more yuri fans emerge, the number of websites that offer scanlations is likely to keep increasing in the…
Interview with Yuriko 2006
…me have any fun. (Laugh). I do like to dance, and whatever is playing is fine with me. House music is good, and I like jazz too. Midori likes ska…
Persuasion and Opinion in Pop Culture Fandom – Are We the Cart or the Horse?
The Persuasive Power of Popularity There is strong pressure in fandom to conform – when your entire group of friends all likes one series, there is commonality, but when part…
Yuri Fandom on the Internet
…Like most anime characters, she leads a very eventful life. Yuriko is pretty chuffed that she is the subject of an academic paper. She is well used to having numerous…
How Fandom Made Queer Manga Possible
…spoke to them, like Asagiri Priss from Bubblegum Crisis[xviii] or Kurama and Hiei in Yu Yu Hakusho[xix] – both popular action series.) Companies like CPM[xx], AnimeWorks[xxi] and Tokyopop encouraged this…
The Evolution of “Recognition/Assertion of a Lesbian Identity” vs “Akogare” in Manga
…is an example of a character whose description of being like a man—having the aura of a man, as Nanako describes her—was pretty obviously the closest thing that you were…
Yuricon Community Standards
…can I post pretty much anything? Within reason – pretty much anything. The following are *always* off-topic: 1) Violent, threatening or harassing comments against another member, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief…
Thoughts on the Representation of Yuri Fandom in Kurata Uso’s Yuri danshi
…publications, as well as the world represented in Kurata Uso’s Yuri danshi. My preparation for the presentation wasn’t as thorough as I would have liked. The fact that, in sharp…
Yuricon Community Guidelines
…for all our Yuricon Communities. Topic Questions What’s off-topic, or can I post pretty much anything? Within reason – pretty much anything. The following are *always* off-topic: Violent, threatening…
"Top Ten Dating Tips" by Yuriko
…sounds like a pickup line. Tell her she looks nice in that dress, or she has a pretty smile – something simple. Women (and men!) respond very positively to a…
Japan: Fertile Ground for the Cultivation of Yuri
…their families. It feels to me like a source of succor, like a school infirmary after classes have let out for the day. There are no wonder drugs to instantly…
Yuri: A Genre Without Borders
…like Cream Lemon: Escalation, 8 and manga like Cutey Honey. 9 These altered perspectives are still being used for Yuri series targeted at a male audience. Private girls’ Catholic schools…
10-minute Shoujo History Lesson
…circles are popping up around the United States – and more are forming every day. It’s pretty likely that in the next decade, we will be seeing a new form…
A Pictorial History of Yuricon and Okazu in T-shirt Design
…I still love that picture. In the early 2000s we were visiting cons like crazy, selling ALC manga, doing panels, promoting Yuricon. We were using an image by Kat Williams…
Yuri Resources
…of the Same Damn Story, Pt. 1 – Erica traces the history of the standard Yuri genre story, “There is a girl she likes another girl. The other girl likes…