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It might not be the 3rd month but today is reserved for the veil of Evernight for me. Ahhhhhh its so pretty!!!!

So I got the most insane run of luck ever! I won everything except one 50/50, which was a literal 5 pity loss anyway, so it was just basically a free Himeko constellation. I got the LC early(30 pulls). I did an insane ritual that I copied from a yuri light novel I read (vtuber legend how I went viral after forgetting to turn off my stream). Which was to flash Robin my boobs; yes, I am not kidding, I actually flashed my boobs at my monitor, lol.

any ideas for ship names?

edit: not a crackship btw, nor is it new! title is born from my own ignorance of the ship;; may we continue to get more marchbin moments~

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One of my favourite ships drawn to the scene of one of my favourite movies ahhhhhh swoon

In a sea of just okay wlw yuri works Ami Uozumi's work in Pink Candy Kiss, published in Josei magazine Cocohana, is one that stands head and shoulders, with some of the best, and it means a lot to me as a lesbian and quite possibly my favourite manga book series I own(and I own a lot of yuri, let me tell you that). I didn't really have to deal with strong comphet myself growing up, but a lot of my girlfriends and friends have, and seeing such a beautiful, respectful depiction in a manga that truly loves women is something I value, especially as someone with a different experience.

There are these passages in the physical volumes, at least, that talk about what she loves in women, and they honestly watered my eyes. Reading it and looking at the various outfits Ami draws, you can figure out before she even tells you (which she does with cute little inserts between the pages attached in the pictures above which made me double down on getting all the volumes because this woman deserves to be able to afford beautiful things) that she clearly loves fashion; she loves drawing beautiful, diverse outfits, accessories, and even make-up on the women.

The story itself depicts in a fairly realistic way self-exploration and how easy in a society that tells you, 'you must like men, ' for women to often end up in unfulfilling relationships by going through the motions and even the work it can take to work through that and your identity as a queer woman. The manga starts with Takara's boyfriend breaking up with her because he can feel her heart's not in it on some level, and to be fair, it likely wasn't. There's a moment where (bi-curious? 'het') best friend takes one of our main characters, Takara, to a lesbian bar where experienced elder queer women do get a laugh at the cute 30-year-old baby gay who is experiencing her first true love. But also, that scene depicted a beautiful butch woman, and the manga itself didnt turn her into a joke, nor did it shy away from calling her "fine-looking" and showing a woman who has a preference for masc presentation being obviously attracted to her.

We find Ema in a loveless marriage to a guy who's actually surprisingly, for a yuri, not comically evil and abusive. Now I have had enough experience with random men, and have heard horror stories from friends in my life to know dating men isn't necessarily better than just randos, to know thats not necessarily a bad/unrealistic depiction, but. I genuinely believe him being a pretty decent guy adds a lot in terms of saying that it's not her being mistreated by men; she just has a natural romantic and sexual inclination towards other women. It's not really anyone's fault that their marriage will not work out. He pursued her, and she agreed because at the time she didnt believe she could be with the one she loved(Takara). Their reconnection was not something she planned or expected, but judging by her taste in wlw literature, she has never really been unaware of this compromise.

Pink Candy Kiss feels less like a typical yuri trope checklist(as much as I do myself love them) and more like an authentic love letter to queer women at every stage of self-discovery. Ami Uozumi treats late bloomers, butch presentation, and the disastrous results of comphet with profound respect.

I also personally just love stories about adult women compared to the more high school centric settings, do you have any of your own that are favourites? I also really like How do we relationship, The two of them are pretty much like this, Pulse, Run Away with me girl, Even though we're adults and my cute little kitten but Pink Candy Kiss is quite possibly my absolute favourite? What are yours?

What are your favourite Josei or Yuri titles that handle adult comphet or portray queerness this respectfully? Also ones where you know the author adores fashion?

I have some zines, EiMiko and Ganqing plus figurines. The Ei Nendo is so cute and Cassie and Ines look so elegant.

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Source Tummy too, I just kgjkfhkshjk

God as a girlie on the taller side I feel like gachas rarely have women taller than me and holyyyyyy 210 cm she'd tower over me 😩😩😩

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