Yesterday, I talked a little about the series Seonam Girls High School Investigators, and why it’s far more important in terms of same-sex representation that a mere lesbian kiss.
Today I want to look at a series that purports to do the same thing and fails in every possible way to be anything expect excruciatingly bad porn.
Gakuen Yuri Stories (学園百合ストーリーズ) is a light novel that is set up as three stories about female couples in a high school. Right from the first moment, the book indicates that it has no intention of taking anything seriously and is just a 14 billionth reiteration of “first time” porn starring unrealistic girls in trope-y and uninteresting situations, while the language dwells lovingly on the creepiest of details and not at all about anything that girls actually might think.
I got to the first kiss between the first couple (hyper doofus and monotonal glasses girl), realized that they were segueing immediately from a first kiss straight to sex and closed the book, thus missing my chance to enjoy the adventures of Sachiko/Yumi clones and teacher and student.
Ratings:
Art – Yuck
Story – Ick
Characters – Types
Yuri – Yes
Service – 100%
Overall – 1
No thank you.
I completely agree. All episodes were pretty stale and shallow. But, I found the third episode barely tolerable.
The protagonists look like Sachiko and Yumi, but the story was not Marimite clone. They had a little complex background and secrets to each other.
The plot was not bad. It could have been much better If another writer had written it, maybe.
Or it had been written for another audience…one who wanted a well-written novel instead of “first time”porn. ^^
Those school uniforms are also hella uggo
LOL Yes.
I laughed hard. Great review :)
I’m glad you enjoyed it. ^_^