Might be developing the first signs of an addiction to yuri manga. Have really enjoyed the first three volumes of Our Teachers are Dating! and am about to start on I Can't Believe I Slept With You! — and am eager for more. I love yuri.
Part of the appeal is, of course, beautiful ladies doing beautiful things with other beautiful ladies, but there's also just something about the overall atmosphere and feel of yuri titles that feels distinctly different from your average shoujo, bishoujo or whatever you want to call it "straight" stories. And it's not necessarily one specific thing you can point to, either; a fair bit of yuri goes for the heavy melodrama angle, which can be a lot of fun — the Nurse Love games are great for this — but stuff like Our Teachers are Dating! goes for something that is simply… heartwarming (and, occasionally, pantswarming).
I'm definitely going to be exploring the subgenre more in the coming weeks and months, as there's a lot of yuri manga out there that I don't think gets explored all that much. Indeed, in the afterword for volume 3 of Our Teachers are Dating! the author indicates that they've had a fair amount of frustration in this regard in the past — so part of me hopes that they have the opportunity to see me covering it on Rice Digital, even if they don't speak English themselves.
Also apparently yuri manga gets oddly valuable. Volume 1 of a yuri anthology called "Syrup" sells for £90+ second-hand. Why? I have no idea. But I kind of want to find out!
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