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Post by davidgregg on Apr 21, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -5
As much as I tease Imu's character (I don't truly hate her guys XD) I see her and Miyabi as the true yuri pair of the series. Imu's devotion to her by stopping her Blood Riot even though she knew could die in the process and helping to nurse Miyabi back to full health for 3 years is evidence that she is willing to do anything for her. Even if it is pretty one-sided in terms of blatant romance Miyabi has been very close to Imu almost her whole life and spends a lot of time with her. Even though heart stories are not meant to be taken seriously, both girls' endings in SV lead to them being attracted to the other girl in her new appearance (Miyabi loving Imu when she's dressed like Hibari and Imu loving Miyabi when she's wearing a dress). So I think the developers heavily imply this relationship and what can I say I like it as well.
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Post by tzitzimine on Apr 22, 2015 11:42:13 GMT -5
Yeah, Imu and Miyabi are the other blatant yuri pairing on the series. It does help that Imu has a better shot with Miyabi than Yagyu with Hibari (at the moment at least)
I was browsing the SK tag on Pixiv and seeing so many Asuka/Yumi fanart caught me by surprise. There's barely any interaction between the two of them on the games so I wonder where it came from.
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Post by Seventh on Apr 22, 2015 15:35:54 GMT -5
Considering how Hestia from that DanMachi show got more fanart in about a week than I think this franchise has had since its inception, I think sometimes things just... happen. Plus, in fan communities, people will like pairings of characters that haven't even met in a lot of cases.
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Post by ChaddyFantome on Apr 22, 2015 17:29:44 GMT -5
Well, I think in most of the "pairings" they only do that because of the "fanservice". I mean, even if you put the HomuraxAsuka that way, and the game itself does, I can't really see them in that way. Why? Because what it seems more to me is something like Vegeta and Goku or other characters from different shounens, with the exception of SK being an all-female cast with a lot of fanservice. I see them with an inner bond, not only a friendship, but not a love affair either. I see them as really close rivals and friends with a bit of spice for those who enjoy that kind of fanservice. That way each of us can think of them as we are pleased. For other characters... Katsuragi obviously like to harass girls, but for her feelings we still haven't seen anything. Sometimes it seems she really love girls, other times it seems she only do that because she loves to see the other girls freaking-out. Don't get me wrong, I think she is lesbian, but... well, an all-female cast and the japanese thought of "yuri = fanservice"... I can't look at it seriously. Hikage is Hikage. And for Yagyuu... it confuses me a lot. It appears to me as the typical sis-complex character (after all it's pointed out a lot of times how Hibari reminds her of her sister, and other characters see them like that). Not that she really LOVES Hibari, not as a romantical love, but more as an obsessed and overprotector big-sis with, as I said before, that yuristic spice for fanservice sake. Haruka, on the other hand, really show in the series that she likes to harass and that she is turned on by both genres. What she shows for Hibari is not really different from Yagyuu. Actually, the only character I can say is really into yuri is Imu. Since the first momment she is in love of Miyabi. I think she isn't homosexual, I think she is, directly, Miyabisexual. For me, in a game like this, I can't really say a character is lesbian even if she looks like that. That's for me, of course. (I have to say that I don't enjoy yuri. Not that I hate it, but for me it means nothing (as fanservice), so it's a bit difficult for me to really accept a character as lesbian in an all-female fanservice cast. Most of the yuri seems poor fanservice for me, nothing really to be taken seriously.) For the most part, this aligns with my thoughts as well, except that last part because I actually like me some yuri.~ <3 And I find it quite remarkable how they have managed to handle it so for, for the most part. There is just one thing I'd like to add to it though and that is in SV, it was implied that Hikage was jealous of Kasturagi fighting other girls. Also, Hikage fumbles on her words trying describing how important Kasturagi is to her, basically saying she belongs to her. Based on her character, I inferred that as hints to her having intimate feelings for her, but do to her issues with interpretting emotions. she simply doesn't know/understand she does or doesn't know how to say it. Just wanted to put that out there. KatsuragiXHikageOTP
Erhem. Initially I used to look at the cast as mostly being obvious yuri, but after a while I have come to see that it is mostly implied yuri or simply yuri subtext. Only in Haruka/Yagyu/Imu do I find it to be undeniable(Haruka doesn't seem to care if you are a boy, a girl or a something in between, lol) and even though I like to think Kastu fits the bill, enough evidence has been presented to me that I can't hold a verdict either way, (though as I have stated, I prefer to lean towards her liking girls) That is only covering the main cast though. Looking at the NewWaves, I'd argue that Fuuma reaches beyond EV-Yagyuu levels of obsessed. xD As for Asuka and Homura, I'm pretty much in accord with Heiji Koumori here. ^^" The amount of shipbait that the series throws for the two is undeniable, (they had them in eachothers arms in wedding attire in the opening of DeepCrimson for crying out loud. You'd have to be blind not to at least acknowledge it) but from their interactions in the series itself so far,(unless something happens in SK2 that I am unaware of) their relationship really doesn't feel romantic in the slightest to me. Deep, passionate and special sure, but not romantic. The main rival characters in every series, regardless of gender, always get shipped with one another, without exception, I am serious lol. It doesn't matter what it is, but I will give this pairing kudos for actually being pushed in the face of the fans by the writers though, even if I don't find it adequately represents their relationship. Regardless, the series clearly goes out of its way to put yuri subtext in the writing, for some characters more than others, with the explicit intention of getting people to ship 'em, so I don't see it as bad or wrong. It is inherent to the series and should be a thing going forward. TL;DR, Keep shipping, yuri fans!! :dance:
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Post by tzitzimine on Apr 26, 2015 13:18:39 GMT -5
Hey, more KumoXShiki fuel Neat.
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Post by Seventh on May 20, 2015 10:53:41 GMT -5
Well if there was ever any doubt about Ayame for some reason...
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Post by tzitzimine on May 20, 2015 11:14:57 GMT -5
One more girl for the yuri god.
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Post by tzitzimine on May 20, 2015 13:01:07 GMT -5
Hey, new baseless pairing
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Post by Seventh on May 20, 2015 13:22:21 GMT -5
I'm sure there's some reason or another. Maybe the artist thought they had personalities that would work or maybe there's a visual joke we're missing the context of.
I welcome it either way.
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Post by Leon Tekashi on May 20, 2015 13:44:07 GMT -5
Yuri couples are cute. I can agree to that... For the most part.
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Post by Juihau on May 20, 2015 14:18:39 GMT -5
...Y'know, I see this get overlooked a lot, but if I recall, Katsuragi at one point in Burst implies that she may not actually be attracted to the other girls at all. She says that she simply finds flirting with/harassing girls to be more fun than romance with guys. Not to mention, she's shown using it to lift the mood when she wants everyone to stop sulking. She probably is bi, considering the nature of the series, but I feel that's worth mentioning, since I rarely see it get acknowledged.
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Post by tzitzimine on May 20, 2015 14:36:36 GMT -5
...Y'know, I see this get overlooked a lot, but if I recall, Katsuragi at one point in Burst implies that she may not actually be attracted to the other girls at all. She says that she simply finds flirting with/harassing girls to be more fun than romance with guys. Not to mention, she's shown using it to lift the mood when she wants everyone to stop sulking. She probably is bi, considering the nature of the series, but I feel that's worth mentioning, since I rarely see it get acknowledged. Mainly because the series has gone in such direction than that bit of info has been faded out entirely from the character's writing (just like other elements introduced on Skirting Shadows, Suzuki being the most obvious) At this point there's no way to see Katsu interested on a boy.
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Post by Seventh on May 20, 2015 14:49:58 GMT -5
...Y'know, I see this get overlooked a lot, but if I recall, Katsuragi at one point in Burst implies that she may not actually be attracted to the other girls at all. She says that she simply finds flirting with/harassing girls to be more fun than romance with guys. Not to mention, she's shown using it to lift the mood when she wants everyone to stop sulking. She probably is bi, considering the nature of the series, but I feel that's worth mentioning, since I rarely see it get acknowledged. I don't recall seeing that in Burst, though she does say in SV a couple of times it's just how she gets to know people - in Burst, though, she does it during plenty of light sequences which seem to be just for the sale of groping and such, like the beach scene for instance. I definitely don't know of any mention of her and boys except in regards to Asuka's short lived crush in Burst, which would at least say she's not opposed to the idea. That said, I think there's no question she was attracted to girls even in Burst. Whether or not she'd do anything serious about that is another story, as is whether or not she likes guys too, but she definitely has always appreciated the female form. You have at least one whole internal monologue where she ogles her teammates, among other scenes. If anything, I'd say something that's more overlooked is how Haruka isn't always all IMMA MUHLEST YOU AND TURN YOU INTO A DOLLY. She was arguably crushing on Hibari pretty bad in the Hebijo story of Burst and it wasn't like that at all with that.
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Post by ChaddyFantome on May 20, 2015 14:51:43 GMT -5
I don't recall seeing that in Burst, It's a ninja room quote. First thing I believe she says when you talk to her in the ninja room. That fact you missed it is understandable.
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Post by Seventh on May 20, 2015 14:56:05 GMT -5
Well that'd explain why it's easily overlooked. I didn't even realize that was a feature for a chapter or two in, and I bet this is true for a lot of people.
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