Not too long ago I told you about Yaoi hentai, a type of hentai showcasing male-male relationships. The corresponding style to Yaoi is Yuri hentai – with stories of lesbian relationships.
Actually, two words are used to describe anime/hentai with female-female romantic relationships: Yuri usually is used when referring to more explicit sex between two women (that is, lesbian porn) and the term sh?jo-ai is typically used to refer to non-sexual (but still romantic) relationships between two female characters. [One of my favourite animes with a Yuri subtext is "Revolutionary Girl Utena" it's not hentai, but it's still great.]
Fun fact: Japanese lesbians do not actually refer to themselves using either of these terms; Yuri and sh?jo-ai are strictly otaku terms.
The word Yuri is Japanese for Lily (as a woman’s name). Often noted as the first to use of the term “Yuri” to refer to lesbian relationships is Ito Bongaku, the editor of “Barazok,” a gay men’s magazine, who, in 1971, called lesbians in Japan “the lily tribe”, yurizoku.
Some suspect that the term Yuri became commonly used for this style of hentai partly borrowing from Ito’s “lily tribe” as a cliché and partly as a reference to the ideals of women being beautiful, pure, innocent, etc., which is symbolically associated with a white lily.
In fact, Yuri plots often do start out quite innocently, typically with two girls who were originally presented as straight or inexperienced, inexplicably being drawn to one another and “getting it on”.
As with Yaoi, many people enjoy Yuri’s twist of stereotypical gender roles in hentai (and anime) though often there is still a more dominant partner and a more submissive partner (as in hetero hentai), typically an upperclassman (or woman in this case), the senpai, and a less experienced lowerclassmen, the kouhai.
One famous Yuri couple that you might be familiar with are two characters from the series Sailor Moon: Sailor Uranus, who had short blond hair and wore a boy’s uniform, had a lesbian relationship with Sailor Neptune, who was shorter with long aqua hair.
Even within Yuri there are sub divisions: we have “shonen yuri,” created by men for a male audience, which tends to feature more explicit sex and less romantic plot lines; there is “shoujo yuri,” created by women for a female audience, which often has less sex but more emphasis on relationships; and finally, what some call “pure” yuri, which is written by lesbians for a lesbian audience.
And, unlike in hetero hentai, both partners are fully visible – with Yuri you get double the breasts, double the ass, and double the pussy!
^_~
mmm, yuri!
quite the public service you’ve got going on here. ;) you should add some recommendations, i think. it’d be nice to see and some yuri can be kind of boring unless it’s good (like all other porn, natch).
Well, one yuri hentai that I enjoyed was F3. It’s about this one girl who can’t seem to have an orgasm, and all the girls in her life who try to help.
thanks! :)
I’m all for double the Pussy!!!!!
Hey, just wanted to let you know how cool I thought this column was. I *love* yuri, and it was nice to see it in your blog (yaoi gets so much attention, but…). Thanks for including it.
Yeah! That’s why many people like yaoi and slash too. Double the cock. Mmmm… smut.
my fav so far although all of your other blogs are awesome too but this one is great. Oh and happy new year!!!!
Err…actually “Sayuri” is Japanese for lily. Oo I don’t mean to sound like a wise-ass, just wanted to let you know.
Hooray for yuri! ^o^
can anyone gimme a link to F³ to watch online? much appreiciated
send to [email protected] plz ^_^
like the anonymous above said can someone send the link?
send it to [email protected]
Sara – haha!
Anon1 – you’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it ^_^
Heather – plus in slash it’s characters that you already know and love ^_^
Mouse – haha I’m glad you liked this one
Tabbi – silly, Yuri isn’t the word lily it’s the NAME lily in Japanese.
Anon2 & 3 – Sorry guys, I have it on a cd but haven’t found it free online anywhere. Good luck in your search!
Wurmknight.browsehentai.com has F3 link from either gigashare or megaupload along with countless other
hentai links. Most work. Don’t worry, it’s a safe sight (spyware virus etc) as far as I’ve seen.
why dont u just torrent it
oo and sick post i love yuri
nice to bad its rare to come by…
Slight correction (no offense)–”barazok” is actually “barazoku”, “rose tribe”, and if I remember right, there was a yuri-oriented letters column called “lily tribe’s room” in Japanese (but being a gaijin, I can’t remember how to say that in Japanese…)
Also, a good place to learn more about yuri anime, manga, etc. is Yuricon (yuricon.org), if anyone’s interested.