Yuri (manga)
Yuri (Japanese: 百合) is a genre about relationships between women in manga, anime, light novel, dōjinshi, webcomics, and other Japanese media. Yuri can be either about spirit, sex, friendship or emotions in such relationship.
"Yuri" is a jargon word and it normally means "lily" in Japanese. The terms "S-class", "Girls Love" and "shoujo-ai" are also used to describe this genre.
History
[change | change source]Before 1970: Class S literature
[change | change source]One of the first Japanese authors to write about love between women was Nobuko Yoshiya,[1] a novel writer during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, and was one of the founders of Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre.[2] The genre shows lesbian attachments as intense yet platonic relationships, certain to be reduced by graduation from school, marriage, or death.[3] The source of the genre is in part with the modern belief that gay love was a normal part of female development, leading into being in straight relationships. Usually, Class S stories focused on strong emotional bonds between an upperclassman and an underclassman.
References
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- ↑ "Japan: Session 12". www.aasianst.org. Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ "Deep Blue Documents" (PDF). deepblue.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- ↑ Suzuki, Michiko. The Journal of Asian Studies.