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INTEREST: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Tops goo Poll of Best Heisei Yuri Anime


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Florete



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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:23 pm Reply with quote
All these haters smh.

I have no issue with Madoka being there, but I do have issues with some others on the list:
Girls Und Panzer? Not even subtext.
Kakegurui? Barely.
A Certain Scientific Railgun? Eh...
Love Lab? Love Lab? The series that is actually about girls wanting to be popular with boys?
Sound! Euphonium? I wish.

And as others have pointed out, plenty of undeniable yuri series didn't make the list at all (or at least the top 20).

Thank God Cross Ange isn't there, though.
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Hakase



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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:34 pm Reply with quote
This yuri list is absolutely ridiculous. So many yuribaits in it like Love Lab, Euphonium, Railgun, Kakegurui, and freaking Illya. Amazing to see Girls und Panzer, which is friendly to yuri fans, though.
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dm
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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:49 pm Reply with quote
Everyone is focusing on Homura and Madoka, but forgetting Sayaka and Kyoko.

Simoun does seem like a major omission. People have probably forgotten about it (sigh).
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sailorsweeper



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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:58 pm Reply with quote
Ms. Koizumi loves Ramen Noodles is the one on list that makes least sense to me compared Strawberry Panic
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Psajdak





PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 12:32 am Reply with quote
dm wrote:
Everyone is focusing on Homura and Madoka, but forgetting Sayaka and Kyoko.
Sayaka and Kyoko are the only two in series to have anything to do with yuri.

They actually have character, and development, proper conversations...

Madoka x Homura isn't even a relationship, it's just Homura being obsessive Madoka's satellite.
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Lord Starfish



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 3:39 am Reply with quote
Eh... I mean, Madoka is my favorite anime of all time, but the yuri elements of it are strictly subtext for the entire show, and weren't really made completely overt until Rebellion... though I seem to recall Urobuchi or Shinbo may have said that Homura was indeed in love with Madoka even before that. I mean I would consider it the best anime on this list... but I don't think it really deserves to be called specifically "the best yuri anime".

Still makes more sense than Hibike Euphonium though, which admittedly teased yuri elements heavily in the first season and then backpedaled hard in the second. Unless you want to talk about Nozomi and Mizore, or say that the series genuinely was about Kumiko and spoiler[Asuka's] relationship all along, but I feel like anyone who ever looked at Eupho as a yuri series were specifically looking at Kumiko/Reina. Which, while dripping with so much subtext it was ridiculous, was ultimately sunk in the second season.
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marshmallowpie



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 4:29 am Reply with quote
Madoka's ranking makes me go "well, I guess..." — it's yuri enough in in my heart, but I'm sure as heck not going to insist that seeing it that way is necessary. The rest of the list seems like mostly just nonsense. Some of these shows I haven't seen, so maaaybe they're different from my impressions, but Garupan? With the quality of this list, I'm surprised Princess Principal isn't there. Or even Symphogear. Saki's presence is okay; for me, it has the cutest and most beautiful relationships between girls, but I'd rather see a list with things like Aoi Hana or Sasameki Koto. On the bright side, at least Kanamemo isn't here, but probably only out of being forgotten. I can't help but think (even with Marimite) a lot of people who voted probably started watching anime in this decade.
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MasterGhost



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 4:54 am Reply with quote
Heishi wrote:
#894901 wrote:
So, no Kannazuki no Miko, no Simoun, no Kashimashi, no Aoi Hana, no Sasameki Koto, no Strawberry Panic and no Kase-san...

Sure, seems legit.


My sentiments exactly.
When stuff like Is this Order a Rabbit, Railgun, Ms. Koizumi loves Ramen Noodles, Aikatsu Friends!, Love Lab, Yuru Yuri, and Kakegurui of all things is on a list like this over actual yuri like Kannazuki(my favorite one), SP, Simoun, or even Aoi Hana, we've entered the Twilight Zone. One of the reasons why I absolutely detest the idea of "subtext" in certain anime. (Looking at you Nanoha and especially Madoka)

Japan is a strange country, indeed.


See, this is why I take all ANN comments with a huge lump of salt.

You are free to interpret any anime in any way you like, but taking a jab at the Japanese (who, mind you, MADE the anime) for interpreting it THEIR way is... strange indeed, to quote your words.
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Dracospirit121



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 6:43 am Reply with quote
Florete wrote:
All these haters smh.

I have no issue with Madoka being there, but I do have issues with some others on the list:
Girls Und Panzer? Not even subtext.
Kakegurui? Barely.
A Certain Scientific Railgun? Eh...
Love Lab? Love Lab? The series that is actually about girls wanting to be popular with boys?
Sound! Euphonium? I wish.

And as others have pointed out, plenty of undeniable yuri series didn't make the list at all (or at least the top 20).

Thank God Cross Ange isn't there, though.


Railgun does have a few yuri undercurrents here and there... but besides that, there only Kuroko yuri crush on Mikoto thats, and lets be honest, is unlikely to develop past a comic gag...

Least Dragon Maid on here through, thats really is about Yuri love!
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Sahmbahdeh



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 7:50 am Reply with quote
Madoka is not yuri, full stop. Light shojo-ai at most, but full blown yuri? Not a chance.
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AkumaChef



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 9:03 am Reply with quote
Cardcaptor Takato wrote:
I wonder if the intent of the poll is more about what are the most popular yuri ships in anime.


It's an Internet Poll. Hardly anyone actually votes with strict attention to what the poll is actually asking specifically. It's more a popularity contest than anything else.
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 9:29 am Reply with quote
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Madoka is not yuri, full stop. Light shojo-ai at most, but full blown yuri? Not a chance.


that's a cute reaction and all, but if it were not because of homura's obession over madoka there would be no series. though now I want a manga of the world of the first timeline after
walpurgis night is defeated.

marshmallowpie wrote:
I can't help but think (even with Marimite) a lot of people who voted probably started watching anime in this decade.


you know that makes a lot of sense; but it makes it worse becuase it's supossed to be about the whole heisei and it only covers a decade.
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Sailor Sedna





PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 9:55 am Reply with quote
Madoka doesn't strike me as yuri, just as a grimdark magical girl action anime.

Wonder what that smart phone game is like...
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RealMTL



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 10:17 am Reply with quote
Well dang... I guess girls just being friends counts as Yuri now. Such a weird list to me especially since the real yuri shows that were on that list didn't get many votes.
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2019 10:27 am Reply with quote
Aikatsu? Yuri?

It's only in non-canon doujinshi. Please try again.
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