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Since homosexual males are called "gay," homosexual females should be called "ecstatic."

A genre in Japanese media that focuses on female/female romance and can focus either on the sex or on the emotional aspects of the relationship. In Japanese, "yuri" literally means "lily" but has also come to refer to works found within the genre.

In the past, a disproportionate amount of yuri stories have ended tragically or inconclusively. Some would move on to boy-girl relationships with the Romantic Two-Girl Friendship as only a steppingstone. Others were driven insane when the other girl enters a "real" relationship with a boy, and still others stepped back to let their love be happy with another. Luckily, this is changing as more and more couples are allowed to have happy, committed and Canon endings.

There are generally three couple types that can often be found within the genre. The three most popular couples are as follows:

Tomboy and Girly Girl: The pairing of a very or relatively masculine girl (frequently Bifauxnen) with a decisively feminine girl. This pairing can emulate a lot of the dynamics of heterosexual couples, a la Seme and Uke, and often shows Takarazuka influences.
Sempai-Kohai: A very common in Japanese GL works pairing of two students, one older and one younger. The older girl will generally be more elegant and the younger, more innocent. The former is often a Yamato Nadeshiko and referred to as "Onee-Sama" by the latter, who, in turn, may be a Tomboy (which is considered a childish trait in Japan) to emphasize her relative lack of maturity.
Teacher-Student Romance: While not as popular as the other two couple type, teacher/student pairings can often be found within the genre.

In Japan, this genre is popular enough to have found its own mainstream publishing niche. The term "Yuri" was coined by Itou Bungaku, founder and editor of the magazine "Barazoku", a Japanese magazine for gay men, wherein he termed men the barazoku, or "rose tribe", and women the yurizoku, or "lily tribe". Occasionally, some fans use shoujo-ai ("girl's love") and "yuri" to indicate different degrees of explicitness. However, in Japan shoujo-ai refers to liking little girls. In Japan, yuri is also known as "Girls Love" (in English), or GL, a term created for paralellism to the male version, "Boys' Love" or BL.

This is the genre; couple-specific examples should only be listed below if they're the focus of the series. For yuri-style couples (and unrequited crushes) in other genres, see Token Yuri Girls. Also see: Slash Fic, Everyone Is Gay, Schoolgirl Lesbians, and Romantic Two-Girl Friendship.

The Spear Counterpart of this genre is the Boys Love Genre (targeted towards women) and the Bara Genre (targeted towards gay men).

See also our guide on how to Write a Yuri Manga.

(Sub-)Tropes frequently associated with the genre

This is a East Asian-only genre. Please limit examples to East Asian and Animesque media only.

Prolific Creators

Shuninta Amano:
- The Structural Formula of First Love
- Sweet Guilty Love Bites
- Yukemuri Sanctuary
Miyabi Fujieda:
Shizuru Hayashiya:
- Hayate Cross Blade plays the girls love up for comedy.
- Strawberry Shake Sweet, a Girls' Love comedy manga about teen idols.
Shoko Iwami:
- Kanamemo is an Anime and a Yonkoma Manga where the majority of the all-female main cast are romantically inclined towards females.
- Flower Flower. A princess arrives in a foreign land to marry into their royal family, but rejects her betrothed as soon as he enters the room because he's dressed like a woman. She instead goes for the other alleged prince. Issues come up and Hilarity Ensues.
Milk Morinaga:
- Girl Friends is a modern classic of the genre with loads of Gayngst and Will They or Won't They? for its central pairing.
- Kisses Sighs and Cherry Blossom Pink is a collection of stories about the romantic entanglements of the students at a One-Gender School.
- The Secret Recipe is of a more comedic bent.
Akiko Morishima:
- The Conditions for Paradise, about a Long-Distance Relationship.
- Hanjuku Joshi, an erotic Manga about a Tomboy and Girly Girl who explore their first real relationship together.
- Twenty Year Old Girl X Thirty Year Old Maiden, about a May-December Romance.
Go Nagai. While not known mainly for it, has proven himself partial to yuri.
- Cutey Honey is often very heavy on Les Yay. The Re: Cutey Honey OVAs having the highest amount of Les Yay, almost crossing over into the GL zone.
- Devilman Lady has a lot of implied and overt yuri dynamics.
Natsuneko. Has only written one-shots so far (see full list on her page).
Kaoru Sudoo. Sadly, seems to have quietly slipped off the radar after OKG was cancelled.
- Zero Eight Zero Four AM Daydream
- Otome Kikan Gretel is an Ecchi series set in an all-girls Wizarding School.
Akihito Yoshitomi. Is well-known for his contributions to the genre, though he tends to take weird approaches:
- Blue Drop, although the anime is much less explicit with its Girls' Love than the first and third manga of the series. The second manga Tenshi no Bokura moves away from Girls' Love, as the focus is on a heterosexual pair.
- Sisterism is a GL manga about two childhood friends falling in love with each other's little sisters. Who are both 12.
- Two and Two is a slightly different take on a similar setup, with two schoolgirl roommates discovering their attraction to each other only after they independently start dating older women. Both of whom are childhood friends, so it's complicated. Also, at least one pairing is into domination/submission play.

Original Manga

Aoi Hana is a Girls' Love series that combines Slice of Life and a Love Dodecahedron.
Bloomer Blue Maniacs, a oneshot comedy yuri work.
Chirality is a Seinen Girls' Love manga with a Post Apocalyptic soft-Science Fiction setting.
Creo the Crimson Crises, a supernatural shoujoesque Girls' Love manga with a slight cynical edge.
Ebisu-san and Hotei-san, a Will They or Won't They? story about two office ladies, one of whom is a Workaholic perfectionist and the other being a jealous Tsundere.
First Love Sisters, a Shojo GL manga fairly typical to the genre but still a quality work in its own right.
Girl X Girl X Boy, a Manga dealing with a type 2 Love Triangle between two girls and a boy.
Gokujou Drops is for people who don't think Girls' Love uses Seme/Uke enough. Mixed with Unwanted Harem.
Gunjo is a dark and twisted take on the genre.
Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu was the only yuri venture by a circle that specializes in Boys Love. As a result, a lot of yaoi tropes are mixed in with the yuri conventions here.
Hen: Sort of. It has a lot more heterosexual sex scenes than your average yuri manga.
Honey Crush is a comedic take on the genre mixed with the supernatural.
Hoshikawa Ginza District 4, is a Teacher-Student Romance yuri work.
Husky and Medley chronicles the budding romance between the eponymous pair of high school students who attend an all girls school, and is supposedly Based on a True Story.
Junsui Adolescence, a Manga that deals mainly with a relationship between a student and her school nurse.
Kannazuki no Miko intertwines a Girls' Love romance with a Humongous Mecha + Magical Girl plot. After demoting Chikane and Himeko to extras in Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Kaishaku once again have given them the main role in Zettai Shoujo Seiiki Amnesian, throwing an Ancient Conspiracy into the pot.
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl has a Love Triangle involving three Schoolgirl Lesbians with the added complication that the main character used to be a boy.
Kimochi no Katachi, a Manga that mixes self-discovery, young love, and Gayngst with much attention paid to realism.
Kurogane Pukapuka Tai is a love comedy set on a World War Two-era Imperial Japanese warship.
The Last Uniform
Love My Life is a gentle Slice of Life story that delves into the gay culture of Japan as it follows the life of a young lesbian who had just come out of the closet.
Maka Maka is a yuri Hentai Manga about two college aged girls.
Manga no Tsukurikata.
Mayas Funeral Procession is another one from the same era.
Miyuki Chan in Wonderland, basically a Les Yay Fan Service fest.
Octave, a fairly realistic and mature Girls' Love manga.
Oniisama E is one of the oldest and most influential yuri mangas.
Oniyuri-san and Himeyuri-san is about a Student Council President and her treasurer (who both happen to be school idols) in a secret romantic relationship. The title says it all.
Pieta: A Josei Manga that contains a dark psychologic yuri story.
Poor Poor Lips: A Gag Series Yonkoma with surprising depth about the lives of a rich, lesbian employer and her poor employee.
Plica is a slice-of-life four-panel comic about adult lesbians (so it's not really girls' love, but...)
Prism
Saki is a yuri Subtext Mahjong anime that holds the record as the series with the most yuri themed blushing. One interesting note is that the anime plays its Girls' Love up more than the manga.
Sasameki Koto happily marries relationship angst with school life comedy.
Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai, a shojo manga that follows the relationship between a schoolgirl who wishes to rely on no one but herself, and a self-proclaimed mermaid who must find true friendship in one month's time or she will fade away forever.
Shiro
Shiroi Heya no Futari is possibly the first girls' love manga.
Shoujo Sect is a famous Porn with Plot example.
Stray Little Devil
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth
Tokimeki Mononoke Jogakkou: A highly Ecchi series.
Wife and Wife is the Slice of Life story of a young lesbian couple who have recently moved in together, serialized in Yuri Hime S.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: A main plot element falls into this.
Yuri Monogatari is not a single manga but an annual anthology of indie yuri works. Also notable for containing yuri manga-style comics produced all over the world (so it's not "manga" in the strictest sense of the word).

Original Anime

Battle Athletes, with the manga being more upfront with its Girls Love than the two anime series.
Candy Boy is a Slice of Life series revolving around the relationship between fraternal twin sisters.
ICE depicts a Dystopia in which all men have become extinct.
Koihime Musou. Although it started off as a VN with few yuri elements, the anime adaptation turned them Up to Eleven and became famous for it.
Kuttsukiboshi
Revolutionary Girl Utena is possibly the most famous Girls' Love series, even though the series itself never goes beyond hints; The Movie is less ambiguous...well, at least about its Girls' Love.
Simoun is set In a World where everyone younger than 17 is female.
Steel Angel Kurumi 2, a Harem Anime with a female harem lead and a small entirely female harem.
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito. Originally a Visual Novel, but it was the anime that brought the yuri subplot to the forefront. The VN has since suffered Adaptation Displacement.

Original Light Novels

Mariasama ga Miteru is about Romantic Two Girl Friendships between students in an all-girls high school. Though none of the relationships go past Subtext (with one exception in the backstory), it is nevertheless iconic of the yuri genre.
Strawberry Panic is set at a cluster of three girls' schools populated ~~largely~~ entirely by Schoolgirl Lesbians.

Video Games

Embric of Wulfhammer's Castle, a rare Eastern RPG example.

Visual Novels

Amaranto
Akai Ito is a Girls' Love Visual Novel with a heavy fetish for vampirism and also goes very deep into Japanese mythology.
Aoi Shiro: The semi-sequel to Akai Ito which takes place in the same universe.
Atlach=Nacha
Limit Panic
Maiden Panic
Safizumu no Gensou, one of the first Girls' Love Eroges.
Shojokyuu ~Kurige no Shiofuki Shoujotachi~, a multi-path yuri H-game taking place in a conservative catholic all girls' middle school.
Solfege: Sweet Harmony
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo (pictured above) is presently considered the definitive Girls' Love Eroge series and the series has had a Hentai OVA based on it released.
Spirited Heart now has an all-Girls Love version.
Sugar's Delight, an English freeware VN.

Other

The manga Claudine, written by Oniisama e...'s author Riyoko Ikeda, is often classified as Yuri Genre. However, this is a mistake. The main character, Claudine de Montesse, is actually Transsexual: he searches for female love interests, yet identifies himself as male despite his female body. (And is referred as such by other characters: i.e, his Unlucky Childhood Friend Rosemarie says that Claudine is "a true man, given a woman's body"). Therefore, it'd be technically incorrect to classify this particular manga as yuri; homosexuality and transsexuality are both LGBQT issues, but are very different.

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-[[File:girlslove.jpg|link=Sono Hanabira Ni Kuchizuke Wo (Visual Novel)|frame|Since homosexual males are called [[Have a Gay Old Time|"gay,"]] homosexual females should be called "ecstatic."]]
+[[File:girlslove.jpg|link=Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo|frame|Since homosexual males are called [[Have a Gay Old Time|"gay,"]] homosexual females should be called "ecstatic."]]
 A genre in Japanese media that focuses on female/female romance and can focus either on the sex or on the emotional aspects of the relationship. In Japanese, "yuri" literally means "lily" but has also come to refer to works found within the genre.
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 * Shuninta Amano:
 ** ''The Structural Formula of First Love''
-** ''[[Sweet Guilty Love Bites (Manga)|Sweet Guilty Love Bites]]''
+** ''[[Sweet Guilty Love Bites]]''
 ** ''Yukemuri Sanctuary''
 * [[Miyabi Fujieda]]:
-** ''[[Ame-iro Kouchakan Kandan (Manga)|Ame-iro Kouchakan Kandan]]''
+** ''[[Ame-iro Kouchakan Kandan]]''
-** ''[[Iono the Fanatics (Manga)|Iono the Fanatics]]''
+** ''[[Iono the Fanatics]]''
-** ''[[The Mikos Words and The Witches Incantations (Manga)|The Mikos Words and The Witches Incantations]]''
+** ''[[The Miko's Words and the Witch's Incantations|The Mikos Words and The Witches Incantations]]''
-** ''[[Otomeiro Stay Tune (Manga)|Otomeiro Stay Tune]]''
+** ''[[Otomeiro Stay Tune]]''
 * Shizuru Hayashiya:
-** ''[[Hayate Cross Blade (Manga)|Hayate Cross Blade]]'' plays the girls love up for comedy.
+** ''[[Hayate Cross Blade]]'' plays the girls love up for comedy.
-** ''[[Strawberry Shake Sweet (Manga)|Strawberry Shake Sweet]]'', a Girls' Love comedy manga about teen idols.
+** ''[[Strawberry Shake Sweet]]'', a Girls' Love comedy manga about teen idols.
 * Shoko Iwami:
-** ''[[Kanamemo (Manga)|Kanamemo]]'' is an [[Anime]] and a [[Yonkoma]] [[Manga]] where the majority of the [[Improbably-Female Cast|all-female main cast]] are [[Cast Full of Gay|romantically inclined towards females]].
+** ''[[Kanamemo]]'' is an [[Anime]] and a [[Yonkoma]] [[Manga]] where the majority of the [[Improbably-Female Cast|all-female main cast]] are [[Cast Full of Gay|romantically inclined towards females]].
-** ''[[Flower Flower (Manga)|Flower Flower]]''. A [[Everything's Better With Princesses|princess]] arrives in a foreign land to marry into their royal family, but rejects her betrothed as soon as he enters the room [[Cross Dresser|because he's dressed like a woman]]. She instead goes for the other [[Bifauxnen|alleged]] [[Sweet Polly Oliver|prince]]. [[Tsundere|Issues]] [[Culture Clash|come up]] and [[Hilarity Ensues]].
+** ''[[Flower Flower]]''. A [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princess]] arrives in a foreign land to marry into their royal family, but rejects her betrothed as soon as he enters the room [[Cross Dresser|because he's dressed like a woman]]. She instead goes for the other [[Bifauxnen|alleged]] [[Sweet Polly Oliver|prince]]. [[Tsundere|Issues]] [[Culture Clash|come up]] and [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 * [[Morinaga Milk|Milk Morinaga]]:
-** ''[[Girl Friends (Manga)|Girl Friends]]'' is a modern classic of the genre with loads of [[Gayngst]] and [[Will They or Won't They?]] for its central pairing.
+** ''[[Girl Friends]]'' is a modern classic of the genre with loads of [[Gayngst]] and [[Will They or Won't They?]] for its central pairing.
-** ''[[Kisses Sighs and Cherry Blossom Pink (Manga)|Kisses Sighs and Cherry Blossom Pink]]'' is a collection of stories about the romantic entanglements of the students at a [[One-Gender School]].
+** ''[[Kisses Sighs and Cherry Blossom Pink]]'' is a collection of stories about the romantic entanglements of the students at a [[One-Gender School]].
-** ''[[The Secret Recipe (Manga)|The Secret Recipe]]'' is of a more comedic bent.
+** ''[[The Secret Recipe]]'' is of a more comedic bent.
-* [[Akiko Morishima (Creator)]]:
+* [[Akiko Morishima]]:
-** ''[[The Conditions for Paradise (Manga)|The Conditions for Paradise]]'', about a [[Long-Distance Relationship]].
+** ''[[The Conditions for Paradise]]'', about a [[Long-Distance Relationship]].
-** ''[[Hanjuku Joshi (Manga)|Hanjuku Joshi]]'', an erotic [[Manga]] about a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] who explore their first real relationship together.
+** ''[[Hanjuku Joshi]]'', an erotic [[Manga]] about a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] who explore their first real relationship together.
-** ''[[Twenty Year Old Girl X Thirty Year Old Maiden (Manga)|Twenty Year Old Girl X Thirty Year Old Maiden]]'', about a [[May-December Romance]].
+** ''[[20-Year-Old Girl X 30-Year-Old Maiden|Twenty Year Old Girl X Thirty Year Old Maiden]]'', about a [[May-December Romance]].
 * [[Go Nagai]]. While not known mainly for it, has proven himself partial to yuri.
-** ''[[Cutey Honey (Anime)|Cutey Honey]]'' is often very heavy on [[Les Yay]]. The ''Re: Cutey Honey'' [[Original Video Animation|OVAs]] having the highest amount of [[Les Yay]], [[Just Friends|almost]] crossing over into the GL zone.
+** ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' is often very heavy on [[Les Yay]]. The ''Re: Cutey Honey'' [[Original Video Animation|OVAs]] having the highest amount of [[Les Yay]], [[Just Friends|almost]] crossing over into the GL zone.
-** ''[[Devilman Lady (Manga)|Devilman Lady]]'' has a lot of implied and overt yuri dynamics.
+** ''[[Devilman Lady]]'' has a lot of implied and overt yuri dynamics.
 * [[Natsuneko]]. Has only written one-shots so far (see full list on her page).
 * Kaoru Sudoo. Sadly, seems to have quietly slipped off the radar after ''OKG'' was cancelled.
-** ''[[Zero Eight Zero Four AM Daydream (Manga)|Zero Eight Zero Four AM Daydream]]''
+** ''[[08.04 AM Daydream|Zero Eight Zero Four AM Daydream]]''
-** ''[[Otome Kikan Gretel (Manga)|Otome Kikan Gretel]]'' is an [[Ecchi]] series set in an all-girls [[Wizarding School]].
+** ''[[Otome Kikan Gretel]]'' is an [[Ecchi]] series set in an all-girls [[Wizarding School]].
 * Akihito Yoshitomi. Is well-known for his contributions to the genre, though he tends to take weird approaches:
-** ''[[Blue Drop (Manga)|Blue Drop]]'', although the anime is much less explicit with its Girls' Love than the first and third manga of the series. The second manga ''Tenshi no Bokura'' moves away from Girls' Love, as the focus is on a heterosexual pair.
+** ''[[Blue Drop]]'', although the anime is much less explicit with its Girls' Love than the first and third manga of the series. The second manga ''Tenshi no Bokura'' moves away from Girls' Love, as the focus is on a heterosexual pair.
 ** ''Sisterism'' is a GL manga about two childhood friends falling in love with each other's little sisters. [[Lolicon|Who are both 12]].
 ** ''Two and Two'' is a slightly different take on a similar setup, with two schoolgirl roommates discovering their attraction to each other only after they independently start dating older women. Both of whom are childhood friends, so [[Love Dodecahedron|it's complicated]]. Also, at least one pairing is into [[Property of Love|domination/submission play]].
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 == Original Manga ==
-* ''[[Aoi Hana (Manga)|Aoi Hana]]'' is a Girls' Love series that combines [[Slice of Life]] and a [[Love Dodecahedron]].
+* ''[[Aoi Hana]]'' is a Girls' Love series that combines [[Slice of Life]] and a [[Love Dodecahedron]].
-* ''[[Bloomer Blue Maniacs (Manga)|Bloomer Blue Maniacs]]'', a oneshot comedy yuri work.
+* ''[[Bloomer Blue Maniacs]]'', a oneshot comedy yuri work.
-* ''[[Chirality (Manga)|Chirality]]'' is a [[Seinen]] Girls' Love manga with a [[Post Apocalyptic]] soft-[[Science Fiction]] setting.
+* ''[[Chirality]]'' is a [[Seinen]] Girls' Love manga with a [[Post Apocalyptic]] soft-[[Science Fiction]] setting.
-* ''[[Creo the Crimson Crises (Manga)|Creo the Crimson Crises]]'', a supernatural [[Shoujo|shoujoesque]] Girls' Love manga with a slight cynical edge.
+* ''[[Creo the Crimson Crises]]'', a supernatural [[Shoujo|shoujoesque]] Girls' Love manga with a slight cynical edge.
-* ''[[Ebisu-san and Hotei-san (Manga)|Ebisu-san and Hotei-san]]'', a [[Will They or Won't They?]] story about two [[Office Lady|office ladies]], one of whom is a [[Workaholic]] perfectionist and the other being a jealous [[Tsundere]].
+* ''[[Ebisu-san and Hotei-san]]'', a [[Will They or Won't They?]] story about two [[Office Lady|office ladies]], one of whom is a [[Workaholic]] perfectionist and the other being a jealous [[Tsundere]].
-* ''[[First Love Sisters (Manga)|First Love Sisters]]'', a [[Shojo]] GL manga fairly typical to the genre but still a quality work in its own right.
+* ''[[First Love Sisters]]'', a [[Shojo]] GL manga fairly typical to the genre but still a quality work in its own right.
-* ''[[Girl X Girl X Boy (Manga)|Girl X Girl X Boy]]'', a [[Manga]] dealing with a [[Triang Relations|type 2]] [[Love Triangle]] between two girls and a boy.
+* ''[[Girl X Girl X Boy]]'', a [[Manga]] dealing with a [[Triang Relations|type 2]] [[Love Triangle]] between two girls and a boy.
-* ''[[Gokujou Drops (Manga)|Gokujou Drops]]'' is for people who don't think Girls' Love uses [[Seme]]/[[Uke]] enough. Mixed with [[Unwanted Harem]].
+* ''[[Gokujou Drops]]'' is for people who don't think Girls' Love uses [[Seme]]/[[Uke]] enough. Mixed with [[Unwanted Harem]].
-* ''[[Gunjo (Manga)|Gunjo]]'' is a dark and twisted take on the genre.
+* ''[[Gunjo]]'' is a dark and twisted take on the genre.
-* ''[[Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu (Manga)|Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu]]'' was the only yuri venture by a circle that specializes in [[Boys Love]]. As a result, a lot of yaoi tropes are mixed in with the yuri conventions here.
+* ''[[Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu]]'' was the only yuri venture by a circle that specializes in [[Boys Love]]. As a result, a lot of yaoi tropes are mixed in with the yuri conventions here.
-* ''[[Hen (Manga)|Hen]]'': Sort of. It has a lot more heterosexual sex scenes than your average yuri manga.
+* ''[[Hen]]'': Sort of. It has a lot more heterosexual sex scenes than your average yuri manga.
-* ''[[Honey Crush (Manga)|Honey Crush]]'' is a comedic take on the genre mixed with the supernatural.
+* ''[[Honey Crush]]'' is a comedic take on the genre mixed with the supernatural.
-* ''[[Hoshikawa Ginza District 4 (Manga)|Hoshikawa Ginza District 4]]'', is a [[Teacher-Student Romance]] yuri work.
+* ''[[Hoshikawa Ginza District 4]]'', is a [[Teacher-Student Romance]] yuri work.
-* ''[[Husky and Medley (Manga)|Husky and Medley]]'' chronicles the budding romance between the eponymous pair of high school students who attend an all girls school, and is supposedly [[Based on a True Story]].
+* ''[[Husky and Medley]]'' chronicles the budding romance between the eponymous pair of high school students who attend an all girls school, and is supposedly [[Based on a True Story]].
-* ''[[Junsui Adolescence (Manga)|Junsui Adolescence]]'', a [[Manga]] that deals mainly with a relationship between a student and [[Hot for Student|her school nurse]].
+* ''[[Junsui Adolescence]]'', a [[Manga]] that deals mainly with a relationship between a student and [[Hot for Student|her school nurse]].
-* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko (Manga)|Kannazuki no Miko]]'' intertwines a Girls' Love romance with a [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Magical Girl]] plot. After [[Demoted to Extra|demoting]] Chikane and Himeko to [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|extras]] in ''[[Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora (Anime)|Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora]]'', Kaishaku once again have given them the main role in ''[[Zettai Shoujo Seiiki Amnesian (Manga)|Zettai Shoujo Seiiki Amnesian]]'', throwing an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] into the pot.
+* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' intertwines a Girls' Love romance with a [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Magical Girl]] plot. After [[Demoted to Extra|demoting]] Chikane and Himeko to [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|extras]] in ''[[Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora]]'', Kaishaku once again have given them the main role in ''[[Zettai Shoujo Seiiki Amnesian]]'', throwing an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] into the pot.
-* ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl (Manga)|Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl]]'' has a [[Love Triangle]] involving three [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with the added complication that the main character [[Gender Bender|used to be a boy]].
+* ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' has a [[Love Triangle]] involving three [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with the added complication that the main character [[Gender Bender|used to be a boy]].
-* ''[[Kimochi no Katachi (Manga)|Kimochi no Katachi]]'', a [[Manga]] that mixes self-discovery, young love, and [[Gayngst]] with much attention paid to realism.
+* ''[[Kimochi no Katachi]]'', a [[Manga]] that mixes self-discovery, young love, and [[Gayngst]] with much attention paid to realism.
-* ''[[Kurogane Pukapuka Tai (Manga)|Kurogane Pukapuka Tai]]'' is a love comedy set on a [[World War Two]]-era [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese]] warship.
+* ''[[Kurogane Pukapuka Tai]]'' is a love comedy set on a [[World War Two]]-era [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese]] warship.
-* ''[[The Last Uniform (Manga)|The Last Uniform]]''
+* ''[[The Last Uniform]]''
-* ''[[Love My Life (Manga)|Love My Life]]'' is a gentle [[Slice of Life]] story that delves into the gay culture of Japan as it follows the life of a young lesbian who had just come out of the closet.
+* ''[[Love My Life]]'' is a gentle [[Slice of Life]] story that delves into the gay culture of Japan as it follows the life of a young lesbian who had just come out of the closet.
-* ''[[Maka Maka (Manga)|Maka Maka]]'' is a yuri [[Hentai]] [[Manga]] about two college aged girls.
+* ''[[Maka Maka]]'' is a yuri [[Hentai]] [[Manga]] about two college aged girls.
-* ''[[Manga no Tsukurikata (Manga)|Manga no Tsukurikata]]''.
+* ''[[Manga no Tsukurikata]]''.
-* ''[[Mayas Funeral Procession (Manga)|Mayas Funeral Procession]]'' is another one from the same era.
+* ''[[Maya's Funeral Procession|Mayas Funeral Procession]]'' is another one from the same era.
-* ''[[Miyuki Chan in Wonderland (Manga)|Miyuki Chan in Wonderland]]'', basically a [[Les Yay]] [[Fan Service]] fest.
+* ''[[Miyuki-chan in Wonderland|Miyuki Chan in Wonderland]]'', basically a [[Les Yay]] [[Fan Service]] fest.
-* ''[[Octave (Manga)|Octave]]'', a fairly realistic and mature Girls' Love manga.
+* ''[[Octave]]'', a fairly realistic and mature Girls' Love manga.
-* ''[[Oniisama E (Manga)|Oniisama E]]'' is one of the oldest and most influential yuri mangas.
+* ''[[Oniisama e...|Oniisama E]]'' is one of the oldest and most influential yuri mangas.
-* ''Oniyuri-san and Himeyuri-san'' is about a [[Student Council President]] [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|and her treasurer]] (who both happen to be school idols) in a secret romantic relationship. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|The title]] [[Flower Motifs|says]] [[Hime Cut|it]] [[Everything's Better With Princesses|all]].
+* ''Oniyuri-san and Himeyuri-san'' is about a [[Student Council President]] [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|and her treasurer]] (who both happen to be school idols) in a secret romantic relationship. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|The title]] [[Flower Motifs|says]] [[Hime Cut|it]] [[Everything's Better with Princesses|all]].
-* ''[[Pieta (Manga)|Pieta]]'': A [[Josei]] [[Manga]] that contains a dark psychologic yuri story.
+* ''[[Pieta]]'': A [[Josei]] [[Manga]] that contains a dark psychologic yuri story.
-* ''[[Poor Poor Lips (Manga)|Poor Poor Lips]]'': A [[Gag Series]] [[Yonkoma]] with surprising depth about the lives of a rich, lesbian employer and her poor employee.
+* ''[[Poor Poor Lips]]'': A [[Gag Series]] [[Yonkoma]] with surprising depth about the lives of a rich, lesbian employer and her poor employee.
-* ''[[Plica (Manga)|Plica]]'' is a slice-of-life four-panel comic about adult lesbians (so it's not really ''girls''' love, but...)
+* ''[[Plica]]'' is a slice-of-life four-panel comic about adult lesbians (so it's not really ''girls''' love, but...)
-* ''[[Prism (Manga)|Prism]]''
+* ''[[Prism (manga)|Prism]]''
-* ''[[Saki (Manga)|Saki]]'' is a yuri [[Subtext]] [[Mahjong]] anime that holds the record as the series with the most yuri themed [[Luminescent Blush|blushing]]. One interesting note is that the anime plays its Girls' Love up more than the manga.
+* ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'' is a yuri [[Subtext]] [[Mahjong]] anime that holds the record as the series with the most yuri themed [[Luminescent Blush|blushing]]. One interesting note is that the anime plays its Girls' Love up more than the manga.
-* ''[[Sasameki Koto (Manga)|Sasameki Koto]]'' happily marries relationship angst with school life comedy.
+* ''[[Sasameki Koto]]'' happily marries relationship angst with school life comedy.
-* ''[[Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai (Manga)|Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai]]'', a [[Shojo|shojo manga]] that follows the relationship between a schoolgirl who wishes to rely on no one but herself, and a self-proclaimed mermaid who must find true friendship in one month's time or she will fade away forever.
+* ''[[Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai]]'', a [[Shojo|shojo manga]] that follows the relationship between a schoolgirl who wishes to rely on no one but herself, and a self-proclaimed mermaid who must find true friendship in one month's time or she will fade away forever.
-* ''[[Shiro (Manga)|Shiro]]''
+* ''[[Shiro]]''
-* ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari (Manga)|Shiroi Heya no Futari]]'' is possibly ''the'' first girls' love manga.
+* ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari]]'' is possibly ''the'' first girls' love manga.
-* ''Shoujo Sect'' is a famous [[Porn With Plot]] example.
+* ''Shoujo Sect'' is a famous [[Porn with Plot]] example.
-* ''[[Stray Little Devil (Manga)|Stray Little Devil]]''
+* ''[[Stray Little Devil]]''
-* ''[[Tetragrammaton Labyrinth (Manga)|Tetragrammaton Labyrinth]]''
+* ''[[Tetragrammaton Labyrinth]]''
-* ''[[Tokimeki Mononoke Jogakkou (Manga)|Tokimeki Mononoke Jogakkou]]'': A highly [[Ecchi]] series.
+* ''[[Tokimeki Mononoke Jogakkou]]'': A highly [[Ecchi]] series.
-* ''[[Wife and Wife (Manga)|Wife and Wife]]'' is the [[Slice of Life]] story of a young lesbian couple who have recently moved in together, serialized in ''[[Yuri Hime (Magazine)|Yuri Hime S]]''.
+* ''[[Wife and Wife]]'' is the [[Slice of Life]] story of a young lesbian couple who have recently moved in together, serialized in ''[[Yuri Hime|Yuri Hime S]]''.
-* ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Manga)|Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]'': A main plot element falls into this.
+* ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]'': A main plot element falls into this.
 * ''[[Yuri Monogatari]]'' is not a single manga but an annual anthology of indie yuri works. Also notable for containing yuri manga-style comics produced all over the world (so it's not "manga" in the strictest sense of the word).
 == Original Anime ==
-* ''[[Battle Athletes (Anime)|Battle Athletes]]'', with the manga being more upfront with its Girls Love than the two anime series.
+* ''[[Battle Athletes]]'', with the manga being more upfront with its Girls Love than the two anime series.
-* ''[[Candy Boy (Anime)|Candy Boy]]'' is a [[Slice of Life]] series revolving around the relationship between [[Twincest|fraternal twin sisters]].
+* ''[[Candy Boy]]'' is a [[Slice of Life]] series revolving around the relationship between [[Twincest|fraternal twin sisters]].
-* ''[[ICE (Anime)|ICE]]'' depicts a [[Dystopia]] in which all men have become extinct.
+* ''[[ICE]]'' depicts a [[Dystopia]] in which all men have become extinct.
-* ''[[Koihime Musou (Visual Novel)|Koihime Musou]]''. Although it started off as a VN with few yuri elements, the anime adaptation turned them [[Up to Eleven]] and [[Adaptation Displacement|became famous for it]].
+* ''[[Koihime Musou]]''. Although it started off as a VN with few yuri elements, the anime adaptation turned them [[Up to Eleven]] and [[Adaptation Displacement|became famous for it]].
-* ''[[Kuttsukiboshi (Anime)|Kuttsukiboshi]]''
+* ''[[Kuttsukiboshi]]''
-* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)|Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is possibly the most famous Girls' Love series, even though the series itself [[Hide Your Lesbians|never goes beyond hints]]; [[The Movie]] is less ambiguous...[[Mind Screw|well, at least about its Girls' Love]].
+* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is possibly the most famous Girls' Love series, even though the series itself [[Hide Your Lesbians|never goes beyond hints]]; [[The Movie]] is less ambiguous...[[Mind Screw|well, at least about its Girls' Love]].
-* ''[[Simoun (Anime)|Simoun]]'' is set [[In a World]] where everyone younger than 17 is female.
+* ''[[Simoun]]'' is set [[In a World]] where everyone younger than 17 is female.
-* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi 2 (Anime)|Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'', a [[Harem Anime]] with a female harem lead and a small entirely female harem.
+* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'', a [[Harem Anime]] with a female harem lead and a small entirely female harem.
-* ''[[Yami to Boushi To Hon no Tabibito (Visual Novel)|Yami to Boushi To Hon no Tabibito]]''. Originally a [[Visual Novel]], but it was the anime that brought the yuri subplot to the forefront. The VN has since suffered [[Adaptation Displacement]].
+* ''[[Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito]]''. Originally a [[Visual Novel]], but it was the anime that brought the yuri subplot to the forefront. The VN has since suffered [[Adaptation Displacement]].
 == Original Light Novels ==
-* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru (Light Novel)|Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' is about [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|Romantic Two Girl Friendships]] between students in an all-girls high school. Though none of the relationships go past [[Subtext]] (with one exception in the backstory), it is nevertheless iconic of the yuri genre.
+* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' is about [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|Romantic Two Girl Friendships]] between students in an all-girls high school. Though none of the relationships go past [[Subtext]] (with one exception in the backstory), it is nevertheless iconic of the yuri genre.
-* ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)|Strawberry Panic]]'' is set at a cluster of three girls' schools populated <s>largely</s> entirely by [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]].
+* ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]'' is set at a cluster of three girls' schools populated <s>largely</s> entirely by [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]].
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 == Visual Novels ==
 * ''[[Amaranto]]''
-* ''[[Akai Ito (Visual Novel)|Akai Ito]]'' is a Girls' Love [[Visual Novel]] with a heavy fetish for [[Lesbian Vampire|vampirism]] and also goes very deep into Japanese mythology.
+* ''[[Akai Ito]]'' is a Girls' Love [[Visual Novel]] with a heavy fetish for [[Lesbian Vampire|vampirism]] and also goes very deep into Japanese mythology.
-* ''[[Aoi Shiro (Visual Novel)|Aoi Shiro]]'': The semi-sequel to ''[[Akai Ito]]'' which takes place in the same universe.
+* ''[[Aoi Shiro]]'': The semi-sequel to ''[[Akai Ito]]'' which takes place in the same universe.
-* ''[[Atlach=Nacha (Visual Novel)|Atlach Nacha]]''
+* ''[[Atlach=Nacha]]''
-* ''[[Limit Panic (Visual Novel)|Limit Panic]]''
+* ''[[Limit Panic]]''
-* ''[[Maiden Panic (Visual Novel)|Maiden Panic]]''
+* ''[[Maiden Panic]]''
 * ''Safizumu no Gensou'', one of the first Girls' Love [[Eroge|Eroges]].
-* ''[[Shojokyuu Kurige No Shiofuki Shoujotachi]]'', a multi-path yuri [[H-game]] taking place in a conservative catholic all girls' middle school.
+* ''[[Shojokyuu ~Kurige no Shiofuki Shoujotachi~]]'', a multi-path yuri [[H-game]] taking place in a conservative catholic all girls' middle school.
 * ''Solfege: Sweet Harmony''
-* ''[[Sono Hanabira Ni Kuchizuke Wo (Visual Novel)|Sono Hanabira Ni Kuchizuke Wo]]'' (pictured above) is presently considered the definitive Girls' Love [[Eroge]] series and the series has had a [[Hentai]] [[OVA]] based on it released.
+* ''[[Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo]]'' (pictured above) is presently considered the definitive Girls' Love [[Eroge]] series and the series has had a [[Hentai]] [[OVA]] based on it released.
 * ''[[Spirited Heart]]'' now has an all-[[Girls Love]] version.
-* ''[[Sugars Delight]]'', an English freeware VN.
+* ''[[Sugar's Delight]]'', an English freeware VN.
 == Other ==
-* The manga ''[[Claudine (Manga)|Claudine]]'', written by [[Oniisama E]]'s author [[Riyoko Ikeda]], is often classified as [[Yuri Genre]]. However, [[Averted Trope|this is a mistake]]. The main character, Claudine de Montesse, is actually [[Transsexual]]: he searches for female love interests, yet identifies himself as male despite his female body. (And is referred as such by other characters: i.e, his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Rosemarie says that Claudine is "a true man, given a woman's body"). Therefore, it'd be technically incorrect to classify ''this'' particular manga as yuri; homosexuality and transsexuality are both LGBQT issues, but are very different.
+* The manga ''[[Claudine]]'', written by [[Oniisama e...]]'s author [[Riyoko Ikeda]], is often classified as [[Yuri Genre]]. However, [[Averted Trope|this is a mistake]]. The main character, Claudine de Montesse, is actually [[Transsexual]]: he searches for female love interests, yet identifies himself as male despite his female body. (And is referred as such by other characters: i.e, his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Rosemarie says that Claudine is "a true man, given a woman's body"). Therefore, it'd be technically incorrect to classify ''this'' particular manga as yuri; homosexuality and transsexuality are both LGBQT issues, but are very different.
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