romantic friendship vs. Yuri

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This sort of thing is pretty prevelant in anime. There's a lot of non-yuri anime with this stuff in it. And that's not a problem for me... In fact, I personally think it's cuter.



However, it's rarer than yuri... I mean all they got is

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Figure 17, Strawberry Mashmellow, Yama no Susume (season 2 especially), Ga-rei Zero, kiniro mosaic (actually can you even call that subtext?), yuyushiki, magical lyrical nanoha, Kurau Phantom memory, Najica Blitz Tatics, Ultra Maniac, Gakuen Alice, Noir, Madlax, Love Live School Idol Project, Hidarami Sketch, El Cazadar de la Bruja, Kiddy Grade, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Kill la kill, ROD, Hanayamata, K-on, Uta Kata, Onii-sama E..., Azumanga Diaoh, Akuma no Riddle, Gatchama Crowds, nana, Kill me Baby, Nichijo (just one moment though), Modoka Magica, Steins;gate, Claymore, Miami guns, serial experiments lain, girls und panzer, Sakua cardcaptor, bottle fairy, D-frag, AKB0048, Sora no Woto, Upotte, seikon no qwaser, Is this order a rabbit?, Sabagebu, Stella Women's academy, bamboo blade, Queen's blade, vividred operation, A-channel, Ro kyu bu, non non biyori, LOVE LAB, CHUUNIBYO, BLACK ROCK SHOOTER, HIDERAMI SKETCH, FATE KALIED, LUCKY STAR, NATSURIO KISKEI, ARIA, BLOOD+, MAWARU-PENGUIDRUM, SAKI, SAMURAI FLAMENCO, SOUL EATER NOT, GIRL FRIEND BETA, MITCHIKO TO HATCHIN (just the end really), BURST ANGEL, STRIKE WITCHES!!!!!!

okay... never mind, there's a lot more of that stuff than there is regular yuri... In fact, most of this stuff is classified as yuri just to make the genre not look as small. But yea... a lot of those shows feature real yuri between supporting characters while the main character has an ambiguous friendship. Or they have no yuri at all.



And well, it may just be because of the number of these anime, but most of the best ones I've seen fall more into this category than in yuri

romantic friendship vs. Yuri