Aoi Hana

Get ready people coz it'll be coming out this July
(That's actually it)
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http://aoihana.tv/

Seme/uke relationship: Reversible?

Note: My opinion only folks.. chill.

I'm fond of yaoi. Yes. Why?

Oh come on!

Yea.. told you so..

Anyhows, they have this "roles" most of the time, the seme and the uke. According to wiki, "The two participants in a yaoi relationship are often referred to as seme ("attacker") and uke ("receiver")" It also stated that these "roles" are sometimes in yuri.

So I wonder... in ANIME/MANGA, are these roles reversible? I mean, in yuri I can imagine. But in yaoi? Hmm...

Yuri couples, most of the time, play reverse roles. And you can actually "picture" them doing it. But in yaoi I have yet to see an anime/manga which can reverse the roles. ^_^

I'm not saying yuri is better than yaoi. That's insane. Both are great for me and I adore reading/watching them. I'm just curious.

What would it be like for yaoi to feature a couple which can reverse these roles as easily as we can imagine a yuri couple do it. Just a thought.

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Yea, I know, this is a yuri blog, but hey~ mentioned "yuri" 5 times (this being the 6th). Harhar! ^_^

Yuri Manga Turned Series

It's official my friends. According to AnimeNewsNetwork there will be a new upcoming yuri series this year and maybe summer. And what series are this?

One of my current favorite manga which is "Sasameki Koto" which is the tale of Murasame Sumika who is popular in high school for her excellence in the marks and sports. However, she has a secret: she is in love with her classmate Kazama Ushio. Ushio also has a liking to the love between girls, but she hasn't noticed Sumika's feeling and always been refused by other girls. You'll find the translated ones in dynasty scans or livejournal group daily_yuri. They have it there.

Wahaha I can't wait!! Girls with glasses rule! XD I just love the simplicity and the realistic theme of Sasameki Koto. Aaarrrgghhh! I Want to watch the real thing badly!!

And the other one is "Aoi Hana" I've seen this in Lililicious, they have this for download. But I only read a few chapters. Anyway, it's about Fumi Manjoume and Akira Okudaria who were close friends when they were young, but when Fumi moved away, they lost contact. Ten years later, they meet again as high school freshmen. Although they find that things between them have changed, they try to help each other through hard times, and maintaining the new lives they've built without growing apart.

Sorry if I don't have much info. But I'd love to share this with you guys. Anyway, I got it all through anime sites.
Inserted pic is from Sasameki Koto. This is the official poster from their site http://www.sasameki.com/

Review 001: Natsuki and Shizuru

I decided I'll write about yuri pairs who didn't actually ended up together.. or atleast left an open-ended question whether they became closer than what the ending suggested.. ^_^

First off, Kuga Natsuki and Fujino Shizuru from Mai Hime.
They didn't actually obviously ended up together at the end of the Mai Hime show, but fans of the pair can easily deduce that, based from the open show of affection from Shizuru, their relationship went further than hoped for.

Why have fans of a pair who weren't given a blissful end?

A short background, Shizuru is drawn to Natsuki for some reason I still don't get. Well, yes there are people drawn to emo-girls, or rebel girls.. or even revenge-driven girls.. But Shizuru's devotion towards Natsuki is, for me, rather uncanny.

Shizuru ofcourse stated at the latter part of the show that she likes Natsuki "like that". And was unexpectedly dumped! Yes, unexpectedly! I mean, come on! It's like Angelina Jolie proposed to you!! ^_^ Well.. not all people like Angelina Jolie, but that's beside the point! ^_^

But I give credit to the writers for confusing the fans even further, with the last battle Shizuru and Natsuki had. Natsuki hugged and KISSED the poor clueless girl and said something like "sorry, I can't love you like that.. blah blah...". How confusing is that?

Hope is muffed and yet given light all at the same time! My gosh...

So there we are with the did-they-ended-up-together questions and so on... Nothing really was said even at the graduation, last episode of Mai Hime. Except that the two are still close and Shizuru is still going gaga over Natsuki in a calm and sexy way. (I meant to say it like that.. ^_^ )

I know alot of fans out there wished that they had a closure or something.. Like they did end up together, or Shizuru woke up and found herself a husband (dear god.. no..) or Natsuki cleared things up and so on.. Sometimes I wish the people from Doropanda Tours created the Mai Hime show. ^_^

But still, maybe the reason fans like the pair so much is that because of how they are, and how the show gave them their ending. We wouldn't wanna explore two characters openly inlove with each other. Alot of fanfiction.net writers were able to bring out different sides of the story, or might have beens for the two, which is kind of nice and creative at the same time.

I've read stories where they ended up with different people, they ended up together, they ended up dead and many more! Since the show ended without giving them a stable ending, all the stories that has a theme of what-happened-next seemed believable. Especially if the characters stayed true to their original personality.

I like Shizuru's devotion and Natsuki's cluelessness. ^_^ Not fair, but nothing's fair. And it happens too.. No matter how devoted you are, somehow that devotion may not be returned as expected.

Mai Otome is a different story, and well, Shizuru and Natsuki were given something else there. And that's not really enough for me, since I like the Mai Hime setting better. ^_^

Me and my selfishness.. ^_^


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For detailed information about Mai Hime, Mai Otome, Fujino Shizuru, Kuga Natsuki.. there's always a wiki.. ^_^

First Blood!! ~Roar!! O.o

From Imeem, I bring you OTOME NO AI!

Welcome and I hope we could feel at home with blogspot as we did in Imeem.

I have always liked the idea of moving to greater heights in celebration of the yuri-full world that is Otome no Ai. And I hope that the people who supported me in Imeem will also find this new home quite entertaining.

Otome no Ai's main chapter in Imeem will not cease to exist, rather, this is just an extension and a small step in spreading our love for yuri.

The contents of this blogsite is still a work in progress and I'm still working on what I could post to avoid redundancy.

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