A Little Girl-on-Girl – Yuri Hentai
Not too long ago I told you about Yaoi hentai, a type of hentai showcasing male-male relationships. The corresponding style to Yaoi is Yuri hentai – with stories of lesbian relationships.
Actually, two words are used to describe anime/hentai with female-female romantic relationships: Yuri usually is used when referring to more explicit sex between two women (that is, lesbian porn) and the term sh?jo-ai is typically used to refer to non-sexual (but still romantic) relationships between two female characters. [One of my favourite animes with a Yuri subtext is "Revolutionary Girl Utena" it's not hentai, but it's still great.]
Fun fact: Japanese lesbians do not actually refer to themselves using either of these terms; Yuri and sh?jo-ai are strictly otaku terms.
The word Yuri is Japanese for Lily (as a woman’s name). Often noted as the first to use of the term “Yuri” to refer to lesbian relationships is Ito Bongaku, the editor of “Barazok,” a gay men’s magazine, who, in 1971, called lesbians in Japan “the lily tribe”, yurizoku.
Some suspect that the term Yuri became commonly used for this style of hentai partly borrowing from Ito’s “lily tribe” as a cliché and partly as a reference to the ideals of women being beautiful, pure, innocent, etc., which is symbolically associated with a white lily.
In fact, Yuri plots often do start out quite innocently, typically with two girls who were originally presented as straight or inexperienced, inexplicably being drawn to one another and “getting it on”.
As with Yaoi, many people enjoy Yuri’s twist of stereotypical gender roles in hentai (and anime) though often there is still a more dominant partner and a more submissive partner (as in hetero hentai), typically an upperclassman (or woman in this case), the senpai, and a less experienced lowerclassmen, the kouhai.
One famous Yuri couple that you might be familiar with are two characters from the series Sailor Moon: Sailor Uranus, who had short blond hair and wore a boy’s uniform, had a lesbian relationship with Sailor Neptune, who was shorter with long aqua hair.
Even within Yuri there are sub divisions: we have “shonen yuri,” created by men for a male audience, which tends to feature more explicit sex and less romantic plot lines; there is “shoujo yuri,” created by women for a female audience, which often has less sex but more emphasis on relationships; and finally, what some call “pure” yuri, which is written by lesbians for a lesbian audience.
And, unlike in hetero hentai, both partners are fully visible – with Yuri you get double the breasts, double the ass, and double the pussy!
^_~
Posted: June 28th, 2006 under hentai, porn.
Comments
Comment from Shay
Time June 28, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Well, one yuri hentai that I enjoyed was F3. It’s about this one girl who can’t seem to have an orgasm, and all the girls in her life who try to help.
Comment from A
Time June 28, 2006 at 4:33 pm
thanks! :)
Comment from Sara
Time June 29, 2006 at 1:24 am
I’m all for double the Pussy!!!!!
Comment from Anonymous
Time June 30, 2006 at 4:02 am
Hey, just wanted to let you know how cool I thought this column was. I *love* yuri, and it was nice to see it in your blog (yaoi gets so much attention, but…). Thanks for including it.
Comment from Heather
Time July 24, 2006 at 9:58 pm
Yeah! That’s why many people like yaoi and slash too. Double the cock. Mmmm… smut.
Comment from Mouse
Time January 1, 2007 at 5:00 am
my fav so far although all of your other blogs are awesome too but this one is great. Oh and happy new year!!!!
Comment from Tabbi
Time January 17, 2007 at 8:43 am
Err…actually “Sayuri” is Japanese for lily. Oo I don’t mean to sound like a wise-ass, just wanted to let you know.
Hooray for yuri! ^o^
Comment from Anonymous
Time February 21, 2007 at 2:27 am
can anyone gimme a link to F³ to watch online? much appreiciated
send to [email protected] plz ^_^
Comment from Anonymous
Time June 27, 2007 at 9:51 pm
like the anonymous above said can someone send the link?
send it to [email protected]
Comment from Shay
Time June 27, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Sara – haha!
Anon1 – you’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it ^_^
Heather – plus in slash it’s characters that you already know and love ^_^
Mouse – haha I’m glad you liked this one
Tabbi – silly, Yuri isn’t the word lily it’s the NAME lily in Japanese.
Anon2 & 3 – Sorry guys, I have it on a cd but haven’t found it free online anywhere. Good luck in your search!
Comment from Anonymous
Time July 29, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Wurmknight.browsehentai.com has F3 link from either gigashare or megaupload along with countless other
hentai links. Most work. Don’t worry, it’s a safe sight (spyware virus etc) as far as I’ve seen.
Comment from Sarah
Time March 17, 2008 at 3:38 am
why dont u just torrent it
Comment from Sarah
Time March 17, 2008 at 3:41 am
oo and sick post i love yuri
Comment from Maladie
Time June 10, 2008 at 1:04 am
nice to bad its rare to come by…
Comment from Darkstarr
Time July 7, 2009 at 7:07 am
Slight correction (no offense)–”barazok” is actually “barazoku”, “rose tribe”, and if I remember right, there was a yuri-oriented letters column called “lily tribe’s room” in Japanese (but being a gaijin, I can’t remember how to say that in Japanese…)
Also, a good place to learn more about yuri anime, manga, etc. is Yuricon (yuricon.org), if anyone’s interested.
Comment from A
Time June 28, 2006 at 5:33 am
mmm, yuri!
quite the public service you’ve got going on here. ;) you should add some recommendations, i think. it’d be nice to see and some yuri can be kind of boring unless it’s good (like all other porn, natch).