In this chapter of Fujieda Miyabi's The Caged Miko and the Whimsical
Witch, Letty decides to connect herself and Tsumugi with a red thread,
in case they get separated. Little does she know that the red thread has
another meaning in Japan...

As always, the release can be downloaded in the channel on irc
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--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "pachy_boy" <pachy_boy@...> wrote:
>Patrick Swayze does a range of voices

    My goof. I meant 'John Swasey'; I confused him with that other
actor.

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 19:21 -0800, Joy Bordador wrote:
> debating whether or not Marimite would've done better in ABS-CBN's
> straight-to-cable anime-only channel, though. I'd like to know your
> input on the subject if you don't mind. v^_^v)

HERO would've been better venue.  Fewer restrictions on cable TV,
probably at least one same-day replay, and it's not like the show had
mass-market appeal like Inu-Yasha (which was the lead-in show).  Looking
back, it didn't seem like they did much promotion on channel 2, though
people on their message boards were aware of it in advance.

> One show I'd like to hear dubbed in English is The Twins at St
> Clare's,
> but only if it was done in the UK, though I probably wouldn't be able
> to
> tell the difference if it was done in Australia or New Zealand.
>
> --> Actually, there'd be a big difference in accents for all the VAs
> of these countries if none of the VAs decide to adopt an American
> accent.

St Clare's is set in the UK.  I forget if any of the girls are American.

It's weird that the show's been dubbed in lots of languages but not
English (judging by Anime News Network's encyclopedia, in addition to my
watching the Tagalog and Chinese dubs), when the original books were
written in English.  You'd think there'd be some market.  Then again
that seems to be the case for most anime based on English-language
children's books.

Yuuki Kagura's "Finder" depicts a short meeting between Tsutako and a
character who has yet to appear in the anime or manga-- Shouko.

As always, the release can be downloaded in the channel on irc
(#lililicious on irc.rizon.net) or at the webpage
(http://www.lililicious.net ).

Setting the iPod on shuffle as usual, and what comes up halfway
through the drive home?  "Follow Your Dreams".

Ah, the fond memories of Project A-Ko.  A mindless fun action comedy
that had a great cast of characters and all the unapologetic yuri your
goggles could provide.

Not to mention one of the 80's best Evil Psychotic Lesbians: B-Ko.
Hey, actually wanting to spend *more* time on this planet around C-Ko
automatically wins you the Psychotic part of that mantle.  Evil?  Pity
the poor schools and innocent tanks that were not spared her
destructive wrath.  Lesbian?  The moment you first see B-Ko in the
movie, she's giving the Come Hither gaze to C-Ko... with bonus theme
music.  "Looking in your eyes..." ^__^

Throw in the proudful willingness to wear ridiculously skimpy battle
gear ("I don't CARE what people think, my BattleSuit looks awesome!")
and kickass weapons wreaking wanton destruction, and you get a
Character I wuv *SO* much.  Oh, and smart enough to design FREAKIN
MECHA BIG STOMPY ROBOT GOODNESS for her galpals?  Oh yeah.

All done with that "I'm richer and better than you" perfect form.
Take that, Sachiko!


Meanwhile the hero of the story is a rowdy schoolgirl who superpunches
  the bad guys, gets the girl and saves the day.  Cue credits and
"Follow Your Dreams".

How is this not the best movie ever?


(Don't forget the fanservice!  Bum shots and bath scene!  It's a movie
starring schoolgirls, remember?  As for the boys swimsuits... ehhhhhhhh.)

Such a sudden burst of nostalgia.  I've been grinning like an idiot
all day.  It really was a great show, and at the time I was young
enough for it to leave the BEST impression.  Name another kids movie
where the girl hero gets to pick up a bigass sword and go BAM BAM BAM
against the bad guy.

Project A-Ko rocks.  I am So scheduling movie night this week.

Kisses XXOOXX
Jen

P.S.  The first sequel OVA episode was fine.  The two after that?
Never mention them again.  x_x

P.P.S.  I couldn't resist.
http://punistation.fuyucorp.biz/Walking.avi (3MB)

Let's not forget that Emi SHINOHARA played Biko "B-Ko" Daitokuji and Miki ITOU
played Eiko "A-Ko" Magami.  They were later reunited as Youko Mizuno and
Sachiko Ogasawara on a show called Maria-sama ga Miteru.  Sachiko was Youko's
petite soeur so I wonder if they ever had out takes where Youko "corrects" her
petite soeur in Biko's bullying voice?

Craig

--- Jen <puni@...> wrote:

> Setting the iPod on shuffle as usual, and what comes up halfway
> through the drive home?  "Follow Your Dreams".
>
> Ah, the fond memories of Project A-Ko.  A mindless fun action comedy
> that had a great cast of characters and all the unapologetic yuri your
> goggles could provide.
>
> Not to mention one of the 80's best Evil Psychotic Lesbians: B-Ko.
> Hey, actually wanting to spend *more* time on this planet around C-Ko
> automatically wins you the Psychotic part of that mantle.  Evil?  Pity
> the poor schools and innocent tanks that were not spared her
> destructive wrath.  Lesbian?  The moment you first see B-Ko in the
> movie, she's giving the Come Hither gaze to C-Ko... with bonus theme
> music.  "Looking in your eyes..." ^__^
>
> Throw in the proudful willingness to wear ridiculously skimpy battle
> gear ("I don't CARE what people think, my BattleSuit looks awesome!")
> and kickass weapons wreaking wanton destruction, and you get a
> Character I wuv *SO* much.  Oh, and smart enough to design FREAKIN
> MECHA BIG STOMPY ROBOT GOODNESS for her galpals?  Oh yeah.
>
> All done with that "I'm richer and better than you" perfect form.
> Take that, Sachiko!
>
>
> Meanwhile the hero of the story is a rowdy schoolgirl who superpunches
>  the bad guys, gets the girl and saves the day.  Cue credits and
> "Follow Your Dreams".
>
> How is this not the best movie ever?
>
>
> (Don't forget the fanservice!  Bum shots and bath scene!  It's a movie
> starring schoolgirls, remember?  As for the boys swimsuits... ehhhhhhhh.)
>
> Such a sudden burst of nostalgia.  I've been grinning like an idiot
> all day.  It really was a great show, and at the time I was young
> enough for it to leave the BEST impression.  Name another kids movie
> where the girl hero gets to pick up a bigass sword and go BAM BAM BAM
> against the bad guy.
>
> Project A-Ko rocks.  I am So scheduling movie night this week.
>
> Kisses XXOOXX
> Jen
>
> P.S.  The first sequel OVA episode was fine.  The two after that?
> Never mention them again.  x_x
>
> P.P.S.  I couldn't resist.
> http://punistation.fuyucorp.biz/Walking.avi (3MB)
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

The January 18th issue of Yuri Hime is available for pre-order on
Amazon JP:
<http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000MGB5VA/250-9497520-
8459437?ie=UTF8&tag=yuriconandalc-
22&linkCode=xm2&camp=247&creativeASIN=B000MGB5VA>

The cover, still by Hibiki Reine was sort of strange, probabaly
because it's just Chika, without any company, but if you look
carefully, she's holding a Valentine's Day card and chocolates
addressed to Haruna. :-)

Looks like the usual gang; new Strawberry Shake Sweet, new Ameriro
Koucha Kandan and new Eiki Eiki and Zaou Taishi to look forward to!

Remember, if you've been enjoying the scans by the great folks at
Lililicious, don't forget to support the actual artists and publisher
by getting the actual magazine, because scans don't pay bills.

Cheers,

Erica

Hi all -

Yesterday I reviewed the new Seven Seas release of Kashimashi Girl
Meets Girl on Okazu: http://okazu.blogspot.com

I know that not everyone here reads Okazu, so let me just give you
guys the short version - I think this is the best adaptation of a
manga into English for a wide-scale release, that I have ever seen.

The story is quite stupid, but as long as you don't judge it
logically, or with any expectation of it making sense, it's a fun,
brain-cell killing read. :-)

It's also the only manga I've ever seen other than ALC manga, that
maintains the honorifics exactly as they appear in the original. As a
result, again other than our manga, this is the closest to reading
the original version you can get in English.

This morning in my email, I found a note from Seven Seas, thanking me
for the review. They said the check is in the mail. LOL

Here's the direct link to Kashimashi on Amazon: <http://
www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933164344/102-9037845-
6160934?ie=UTF8&tag=yuricon-
20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1933164344>

Cheers,

Erica

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <puni@...> wrote:
>
> Setting the iPod on shuffle as usual, and what comes up halfway
> through the drive home?  "Follow Your Dreams".
>
> Ah, the fond memories of Project A-Ko.  A mindless fun action comedy
> that had a great cast of characters and all the unapologetic yuri
your
> goggles could provide.
>
> Not to mention one of the 80's best Evil Psychotic Lesbians: B-Ko.

Here's why. I have never seen Project A-ko. :-)

Isn't that awful? CPM gave me the box set in 2003 and I used it as a
contest prize. LOL

This is because, in the dawn of time, MTV was carrying extremely late
night anime as was, I believe Sci-Fi for a while. They were dubbed,
and mostly old-school. This was long enough ago now that the current
anime/manga boom could not have even been predicted as a possiblity.

I was working three jobs. A full-time day job, teach martial arts at
night, and on the weekends, selling swords at a RenFaire. I'd get
home Saturday night at about midnight and be completely fried. The
wife was working two jobs (day job, and doing henna in Soho in NYC on
the weekends) and while waiting for her to come home, I'd stare at TV.

I saw "Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer" which was so screwed up, it
put me off the series for years, until I watched some of the TV
series for review purposes years later, which put me off it forever.

And I saw one teeny, tiny, wee bit of "Project A-ko." The (dub)
voices sliced through my exhausted nerve endings, leaving me shaking.
I turned off the TV and never again even tried to watch A-ko.

I *suppose* I really ought to. I mean, history, and all that. But the
dub left such an unpleasant impression, that I've just sort of
skirted the issue all these years.

So - what do you all think? Should I watch it? Or hey, maybe someone
else wants to review it for Okazu! Apply here with your first line of
a potential review. :-)

(Contest!!)

Cheers,

Erica

On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 12:31 +0000, Jen wrote:
> Not to mention one of the 80's best Evil Psychotic Lesbians: B-Ko.
> Hey, actually wanting to spend *more* time on this planet around C-Ko
> automatically wins you the Psychotic part of that mantle. Evil? Pity
> the poor schools and innocent tanks that were not spared her
> destructive wrath. Lesbian? The moment you first see B-Ko in the
> movie, she's giving the Come Hither gaze to C-Ko... with bonus theme
> music. "Looking in your eyes..." ^__^

Project A-Ko was originally going to be part of Cream Lemon.  The
Graviton City fansite has scans of the artbook for that version.

> P.S. The first sequel OVA episode was fine. The two after that?
> Never mention them again. x_x

I've only seen part 2 dubbed and the last two subtitled.  I think I
would've liked part 2 better if they'd kept the dub cast from the movie.

i seen something about projectako and thought that my muse had gotten
onto the message board again and cuased all sorts of trouble...
damn cko....
never there when you need to write and then off chasing grils
everywhere else...

project ako was very cool, blue sides vs. grey sucked. the other
movies where cool though...ako's dad and mom as superman and
wonderwomen....

buts whats worse id that my muse for writing turnes out to be
cko....and so total useless at that...sigh...

but its cool to hear about others liking ako and the gang....

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "atheniag" <anilesbocon01@...> wrote:
>
> Here's why. I have never seen Project A-ko. :-)



"Of course, yuri fans know not to watch the dub, right? Because if you
watch the dub, you'll miss the dulcet tones of Shinohara Emi, seiyuu
of reknown, who voiced yuri fave Sailor Jupiter/Kino Makoto in Sailor
Moon, and is now captivating audiences as Mizuno Youko/Rosa Chinensis
in Maria-sama ga Miteru. Shinohara Emi plays the heroine in Kekko
Kamen with panache and even sings the fantastic theme, Kekkou Kamen no
Uta." - OKAZU, JUL 2005



Your Blog demands feeding.  You know what must be done.

This will be your Best Review Ever.  Can you FEEL the audience
anticipation growing?  After all this time, Erica-dono finally watches
and reviews Project A-Ko: The Movie.

Oh this an an event and no mistake.  ^__^

Kisses XXOOXX
Jen

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <puni@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "atheniag" <anilesbocon01@> wrote:

>
> Your Blog demands feeding.  You know what must be done.
>
> This will be your Best Review Ever.  Can you FEEL the audience
> anticipation growing?  After all this time, Erica-dono finally watches
> and reviews Project A-Ko: The Movie.
>
> Oh this an an event and no mistake.  ^__^
>

Pwned. You win. I'll watch it and get back to you.

Erica (who goes off grumbling at having to watch it, but laughing at
the  post.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Yuricon@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jen
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:33 PM
To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Yuricon] Re: Project A-Ko: Those were the days...

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "atheniag" <anilesbocon01@...> wrote:
>
> Here's why. I have never seen Project A-ko. :-)

"Of course, yuri fans know not to watch the dub, right? Because if you
watch the dub, you'll miss the dulcet tones of Shinohara Emi, seiyuu
of reknown, who voiced yuri fave Sailor Jupiter/Kino Makoto in Sailor
Moon, and is now captivating audiences as Mizuno Youko/Rosa Chinensis
in Maria-sama ga Miteru. Shinohara Emi plays the heroine in Kekko
Kamen with panache and even sings the fantastic theme, Kekkou Kamen no
Uta." - OKAZU, JUL 2005

Your Blog demands feeding. You know what must be done.

This will be your Best Review Ever. Can you FEEL the audience
anticipation growing? After all this time, Erica-dono finally watches
and reviews Project A-Ko: The Movie.

Oh this an an event and no mistake. ^__^

Kisses XXOOXX
Jen

Ah, Project A-Ko....I remember renting this title at
the long defunct West Coast Video out of curiosity. It
was subtitled and got hooked on anime because of this!
It was back in the early 90's. I later bought Project
A-ko 5 years later, but the dubbed version. A year or
two later, I purchased the CD soundtrack for a friend
of mine and she can't get enough of it! She would even
play it at a club she worked at that time.

I am realllllly feeling nostalgic.

Carmen ^_^

--- Johann Chua <johannconradchua@...> wrote:

> On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 12:31 +0000, Jen wrote:
> > Not to mention one of the 80's best Evil Psychotic
> Lesbians: B-Ko.
> > Hey, actually wanting to spend *more* time on this
> planet around C-Ko
> > automatically wins you the Psychotic part of that
> mantle. Evil? Pity
> > the poor schools and innocent tanks that were not
> spared her
> > destructive wrath. Lesbian? The moment you first
> see B-Ko in the
> > movie, she's giving the Come Hither gaze to
> C-Ko... with bonus theme
> > music. "Looking in your eyes..." ^__^
>
> Project A-Ko was originally going to be part of
> Cream Lemon.  The
> Graviton City fansite has scans of the artbook for
> that version.
>
> > P.S. The first sequel OVA episode was fine. The
> two after that?
> > Never mention them again. x_x
>
> I've only seen part 2 dubbed and the last two
> subtitled.  I think I
> would've liked part 2 better if they'd kept the dub
> cast from the movie.
>
>




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I'm reading a copy of the first volume of "Murder Princess", a manga
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The inside cover reads, in English - "King Forland was assasinated in
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So of course I love it. :-)

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Yup, that's right, more heads-up info from your friends
of the Yuri ML. ^^ These are some of the manga and anime
we have been talking about lately, that I couldn't but
notice nobody has mentioned here yet.

1) Venus Versus Virus: A new TV anime season has just started, and
there are four new series with potential! VVV is the most interesting.
It has been compared with Noir. The story follows the two heroines,
cool goth girl Lucia and naive high-school girl Sumire, who hunt and
kill "virus" demons (supernatural icky monsters). It's very dark and
violent, and there are tons of yuri hints and potential!

2) Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight: Another show in the new TV anime
season. If you are into Ichigo Mashimaro, you will like this: it's the
same kind of setting & humor, and the heroine is very much like
Miu-chan! ^^ In her first day at her new school, she manages to do a
lot: she turns the whole campus upside down, gets elected as
seitokaichou, and wins the heart of her cutie classmate Mikan! Quite
the accomplishment! ^^

3) Saint October: Another show in the new TV anime season. The
heroines are very young girls (let's just say "lolis") who work for a
detective agency and use the magical powers of Tarot cards to go after
baddies. And they really give strong yuri vibes, too! They are totally
adorable. ^^ (In the first episode, they catch a shotacon guy in a
Tuxedo Kamen costume who was kidnapping lots of cute chibi boys, hehe.
And they adopt one of the kids as their child. *^^*)

4) Hidamari Sketch: Fourth show with yuri interest in the new TV anime
season. Another all-girls anime, based in a 4-koma manga; it seems the
authors are trying to follow the Azumanga Daioh recipe, complete with
yuri subtext. ^^ Let's hope they succeed!

5) Now for a manga: Battle Club by Yuji Shiozaki, author of
Ikkitousen/Battle Vixens. It's been commercially released in English.
This is pure mindless service for boys without a shred of story or
character development, just lots of big-boobed schoolgirls fighting
martial arts battles for no reason and lusting after one another. ^^;;
It IS quite yuri, undoubtly, in its own mindless servicey way...

6) Mai Oriru Hana: another manga, really cute and innocent story about
schoolgirls doing ballet. It's a oneshot, it's scanlated and it can be
found in IRC manga channels. The heroine has the biggest crush ever on
her sempai, the star ballerina of the ballet club, and... nothing
explicit happens, but... she does succeeds at making that girl take
her seriously in the end... ^^

That's all for now! Bye bye,

White Rose

>From: "shirobara12" <shirobara12@...>
>Reply-To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Yuricon] Heads Up
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:34:29 -0000
>
>Yup, that's right, more heads-up info from your friends
>of the Yuri ML. ^^ These are some of the manga and anime
>we have been talking about lately, that I couldn't but
>notice nobody has mentioned here yet.
>
>1) Venus Versus Virus:

Seeven Seas, the folks who are doing the manga alos say there's yuri. From
what i can tell, it's mostly fanon - but that never stopped anyone before.
:-)

>
>2) Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight: Another show in the new TV anime
>season. If you are into Ichigo Mashimaro, you will like this: it's the
>same kind of setting & humor, and the heroine is very much like
>Miu-chan! ^^ In her first day at her new school, she manages to do a
>lot: she turns the whole campus upside down, gets elected as
>seitokaichou, and wins the heart of her cutie classmate Mikan! Quite
>the accomplishment! ^^

Unless this is totally different than the manga, theis won't have any yuri
(unless you turn Yuri goggles on full) and squint hard. LOL

I've been reading the manga for years and it's one of those "wackiness
ensues" type stories.

>5) Now for a manga: Battle Club by Yuji Shiozaki, author of
>Ikkitousen/Battle Vixens. It's been commercially released in English.
>This is pure mindless service for boys without a shred of story or
>character development, just lots of big-boobed schoolgirls fighting
>martial arts battles for no reason and lusting after one another. ^^;;
>It IS quite yuri, undoubtly, in its own mindless servicey way...

Sounds like. erm, fun. LOL

>
>6) Mai Oriru Hana: another manga, really cute and innocent story about
>schoolgirls doing ballet. It's a oneshot, it's scanlated and it can be
>found in IRC manga channels. The heroine has the biggest crush ever on
>her sempai, the star ballerina of the ballet club, and... nothing
>explicit happens, but... she does succeeds at making that girl take
>her seriously in the end... ^^
>

Wow - an "Applause" rip-off. Who'd have ever thunk it!

Thanks for the heads up!


Cheers,

Erica

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same names?"

Company Executives: (laugh)

Company Executive: "Heavens, no! This is your story, after all - we
wouldn't want to get in the way of the creative process. By all means,
choose any names you want."

***

Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora is, as I like to think of it, a "cod-liver
oil" anime. It got bad taste, and is kind of nasty, but we'll get used
to it and in the end, convince ourselves that it was "good." LOL

The main plot is totally straight. When it actually develops. At the
moment there's just a passive blonde and a hunky princeling and giant
fightin' robots. Perhaps we will eventually learn what's going on.

Chikane and Himeko, as mentioned several times here, are reincarnated
as Kaon and Himiko. They have a storyline of their own, but we'll have
to watch the rest of the anime to follow it. Yuri love is requited
this time, but still not without angst. :-)

Personally, I'm just waiting on the appearnce of Waltesia, who is to
be voiced by Ogata Megumi. Whoo-hoo!

Cheers,

Erica

>From: Chalcahuite <ximatl@...>
>Reply-To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Yuricon] Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:56:58 -0500
>
>On Jan 16, 2007, at 9:49 AM, atheniag wrote:
>
>>Personally, I'm just waiting on the appearnce of Waltesia, who is to
>>be voiced by Ogata Megumi. Whoo-hoo!
>
>Damn. And here I thought I was going to be able to avoid this show. ;)

Kaishaku will eat your brain, with or without your consent. :-)

Cheers,

Erica

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On 16-Jan-2007 10:10 -0500, Erica Friedman wrote:

> Kaishaku will eat your brain, with or without your consent. :-)

...with a flute?
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atheniag wrote:

>Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora is, as I like to think of it, a "cod-liver
>oil" anime. It got bad taste, and is kind of nasty, but we'll get used
>to it and in the end, convince ourselves that it was "good." LOL
>
>The main plot is totally straight. When it actually develops. At the
>moment there's just a passive blonde and a hunky princeling and giant
>fightin' robots. Perhaps we will eventually learn what's going on.
>
>Chikane and Himeko, as mentioned several times here, are reincarnated
>as Kaon and Himiko. They have a storyline of their own, but we'll have
>to watch the rest of the anime to follow it. Yuri love is requited
>this time, but still not without angst. :-)
>
>Personally, I'm just waiting on the appearnce of Waltesia, who is to
>be voiced by Ogata Megumi. Whoo-hoo!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Erica
>
>

I bet my eye teeth* that there'll be people on the net who'll think this
is the best thing since sliced  orochi.

Me, I'm here wondering if maybe clumsy, happy, friendly goofy girls for
main characters have gone the way of the dodo and we'll be getting lots
of moelicious otaku-bait for aeons...

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>From: Serenity Lunar <serenitylunar@...>
>Reply-To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Yuricon] Code Geass
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:39:52 -0800 (PST)
>
>That aside, I'm glad that Nina is canonically a lesbian now (or at least
>has tendencies). As Nina will never have a relationship with Euphemia
>(Euphemia being both the princess and the second half of Suzaku's
>obligatory het pairing), I'm hopeful the writers might redeem themselves a
>bit for their bad taste and have Millay and Nina together.

There's already some fan pairings of Millay and Shirley, as well, although
Shirley is the obligatory love interest of the lead, Lelouch. It would be
sort of nice to see Millay and Nina get together, although it would be a bit
pathetic too. "Can't love the one I want, I'll love the one I'm with" sort
of thing.

I was kind of surprised at Nina coming from behind the pack there - in the
beginning, they set Millay up as the probable unrequited lesbian, and then
the thing with Euffie happened, and it was a bit "buh?"

Did anyone else notice that CLAMP is credited for Suzaku's character design?
Ya think? LOL He's a total Syaoran clone.

Aside from everything yuri or not, I think CG has been an interesting series
to date, and I'm just hoping Sunrise/Gonzo have an actual end in mind. :-)
I'd definitely recommend it as something to watch - just not as something
yuri to watch.

Cheers,

Erica

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