What's the most important /u/ manga?
Stretch
None.
>>1891489
You're favorite.
The one with the butts.
>>1891489
With one setted tha basis for the /u/ as we know it?
>>1891489
The one with the Lesbians that kiss a lot
>>1891550
Agreed.
Marmite isn't a manga, at least originally, but it did pretty much lay the groundwork for yuri in the 21st century. A little something beyond smut and dead lesbians.
Beyond that, while it's more well-known for its anime adaptation, Kannazuki no Miko, among the other '04 heavyweights are the cross to Marimite's jab for yuri's big one-two. Big watershed moment of yuri in otaku media. If not full blown yuri, at least responsible for the rise in use in yuri subtext and yuri elements as a viable allure for audiences, rather than just something the staff/author put in because they like yuri. That is pretty much /u/'s daily bread and butter.
>>1891652
Thank you.
Sailor Moon. Had an openly lesbian couple that was happy, survived and even started a family. Also, many yuri mangaka got their start in Sailor Moon doujinshi, including Morinaga, Morishima and Shizuru Hayashiya.
Shoujo Sect
Even though it's not my favorite, you can't deny that Girl Friends initiated a LOT of sisters into yuri, myself included.
>>1891907
Same, it is THE most stereotypical thing ever, but that is why every onee-sama should read it. It's really just pure yuri all the way and kinda introduces you to this 'world' of lily love. Though, it's one of the better written plain all-girl school stories anyway.
Wife and Wife, Nijipuri but most likely it was Hanjuku Joshi for me
Today?
Murcielago. It shows that yuri can be so much more than retarded schoolgirls crushing ambiguously. No, it can be about serial killers, shit-crazy cults and the mafia.
>>1892151
>Hanjuku Joshi
I loved that one, agreed.
>>1892202
this.
>>1892151
>>1892243
Why is the word 'wife' so qt and fluffy?
For manga currently in print, I'm going to go with Shinozaki-san, because it has good comedy, a focus on yuri, and above all, developing and interesting characters you care about acting in realistic (if exaggerated) ways about their feelings.
>>1892333
In that case what about ones forgotten by time like Tora Ni Tsubasa
I will always wait for you
Hard to say in terms of manga what's most important. Most of the flagship /u/ material from back in the mid-2000's were anime: Marimite, YamiBo, KnM, MaiHiME...
But currently, I'd say Citrus is probably the biggest. Localized, very popular, very polarizing.
>>1893996
I suppose it's fitting that the most 'important' would also be amongst the worst. Shit sells.
>>1894006
You being upset and jealous of popular series doesn't change the fact that they tend to be the things that introduce people to fandoms
>>1894006
Butthurt /a/non, it's cute you think those series are bad. Please continue cryingt about them.
>>1892245
Because it symbolizes a righteous world
>>1894013
>>1894018
Not even the anon you are replying to, but the most defining trait of Citrus is that it is poorly written cheap melodrama. It certainly doesn't change the fact that it's very important, but it's equally true that it's saddening to see that such a low quality manga is the flagship of our beloved genre. Just because you like and enjoy something you can still admit its flaws, nothing wrong with that.
>>1894059
It's not like it's a juggernaut, anon. I don't get how it caught on to such an extent either, but we should fight for our fragile yuri series when they have a chance to change things up.
>>1891620
The one that isn't a manga but a lesbian 1919 novel by some Japanese dyke.
It's actually quite good too, I strongly suggest you read it sometime.
>>1891489
Hanjuku Joshi
>>1891489
Dam, I love how basic this picture is but it looks so SO good.
>>1899278
>The one that isn't a manga but a lesbian 1919 novel by some Japanese dyke.
Google search results for "Japanese lesbian novel 1919". I assume you're referring to the one named in the first and third results, Yaneura No Nishojo / Two Virgins In The Attic?
>>1899575
>Nobuko Yoshiya
Oh wow, she is a QT.
>>1892243
Where is this from?
Gurlfrunds.
>>1899714
I guess there's no way to find these books in English, right?
>>1891489
What is this from? I don't recognize it at all.
>>1901784
Reverse image search.
>>1901812
I already tried. Couldn't find it even through Google or manga website tags
>>1901817
http://mylovelydevil.deviantart.com/art/Yuri-356533329
>>1901960
Strange. I used google and it gave me 16 results, all of which are the manga it's from. Dynasty seems to be having some issues for me right now, but this should be it.
http://dynasty-scans.com/series/legally_married_yuri_couple_book
>>1891489
Girl Friends, obviously.
>>1901649
I have the translations physically.
I imagine that you can get them off amazon or w/e.
Maybe they're on IRC.
>>1902094
Weird, I looked for them but didn't find anything. I will look harder, then.
>>1901341
http://yuri-ism.com/2014/08/08/release-284-married-fox-girls/
this is the first one, i don't remember which that specific frame is from
Aoi Hana
Corruption's Finale.
http://dynasty-scans.com/series/corruptions_finale
>>1891489
Nowadays, Yuru Yuri is a great way to insert yourself in the world of both yuri and SoL. The two genres go hand in hand, in most cases.
I'm guessing that a few year from now on people will be claiming they got into yuri because of it.
>>1902203
Same here. All I managed to find was Yellow Rose, one of the stories from Hana Monogatari. Also, it says everywhere that none of her other works have been translated.
>>1891489
I'd like to say Kannazuki or girlfriends but mainly cause i love them. There's probably some obscure old mango that my grandma read where you see the first oneesama or some shit.
>>1904873
Ever since I was a kid I've secretly loved fictional lesbians, but I think Yuru Yuri is what made me finally really get into the genre. Also, after watching the anime, I read the manga and realised that I only thought I disliked manga because all of the ones I tried to read were shit.
Thanks, Yuru Yuri. If not for you, Iprobably would've gotten into it from Yuyushiki or something anyway.
>>1904530
I hated this
>>1904952
I gave up somewhere around the time Akira pissed herself. Did it get any better?
>>1904530
Aoi Hana is the best, but the most important is Girlfriends without a doubt it's probably the most popular and the one that a lot of us started with.
It might not be the best manga but it spawned the show which is extremely important since it was the first full on constant yuri anime that isn't hentai. Everything before it used the Yuri as an end point or a side story.
>>1905087
>first full on constant yuri anime that isn't hentai
No?
By your own standards, Haruka and Yuu didn't even officially get together as a couple by the end of the series.
>>1905093
my own standards? They start making out right away. Just because they're retarded doesn't mean they're not a full blown couple from the start.
>>1905108
What's the first then?
>>1905114
Strawberry Panic? 2006.
>>Best
>>Not Gokujou Pimp Drops
>>I am dissapoint
>>1905402
this one makes my hearth go to heaven and back
>>1905087
Please even Aoi Hana and Sasameki Koto are yuri from the start.
The whole premise of SK is "I'm being friendzoned by my lesbian friend".
Aoi Hana might not be yuri in your face all the time, but the main character is lesbian andnot virginsince the beginning.
>>1905425
Yeah but the realtionships don't start fromt eh begenning. It's a 'getting into a lesbian relationship story' not a 'lesbian relationship story'.
>>1905425
>"I'm being friendzoned by my lesbian friend"
But Mitsuki isn't the main character, Haruka and Yuu are and they are lesbians.
>>1905561
Not ST, onee-sama. SK. Different shows.
>>1891489
http://dynasty-scans.com/series/majyo_to_houki_to_kurobuchi_megane
