>Which I would never have discovered without this
list; thank you, CW.

No, thank you. I'm glad to see people making use of Yuriville...it
seems it's been a success, and that makes me incredibly happy. ^_^ I
hope even more yuri fans find their way over to us. :) (Note: That's a
subtle hint to any of you who haven't visited the site yet, in case
you hadn't noticed. *wink*)

CW, who's behind on e-mail

Against gay marriage? Then don't marry one!!

elsewherecw@...
LJ: elsewherecw
GJ: elsewherecw

Visit Yuriville.net, and get your yuri fix!

Like kink? Like squick? Like to write? Join us!
http://www.livejournal.com/community/kinksquickwrite/

>From: kanariya <kanariya@...>
>Reply-To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Yuricon] Instead of spamming the list with bad fanfic...yuri
>fanfic lists?
>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:17:56 -0600
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> >Which I would never have discovered without this
>list; thank you, CW.
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>No, thank you. I'm glad to see people making use of Yuriville...it
>seems it's been a success, and that makes me incredibly happy. ^_^ I
>hope even more yuri fans find their way over to us. :) (Note: That's a
>subtle hint to any of you who haven't visited the site yet, in case
>you hadn't noticed. *wink*)

Feel free, if you haven't already, to put the link up in the links section
of this groups homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yuricon

And also feel free to send any links that might be of interest to me at
anilesbocon01@... to put on the YC website. :-)

Cheers,

Erica

>Feel free, if you haven't already, to put the link up in the links
>section
of this groups homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yuricon

I think I will, now that you mention it...the thought hadn't even
occurred to me! ^_^ Thanks for the reminder.

>And also feel free to send any links that might be of interest to me
>at
anilesbocon01@... to put on the YC website. :-)

Hmm...I'll have to have a look through my bookmarks and see if I can
find anything you don't know about already. ^_~

CW

Against gay marriage? Then don't marry one!!

elsewherecw@...
LJ: elsewherecw
GJ: elsewherecw

Visit Yuriville.net, and get your yuri fix!

Like kink? Like squick? Like to write? Join us!
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> the AS forums from Mai Hime that had Yukino and her male doppelganger
> side by side, along with several other students that are in background
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> raw. From the stuff on 2-chan it looks like the plot keeps moving apace.

Now that I can watch the sub (yeah, you're already on 4 :)

Was that Mai in a cloak and mask in the street shortly after the opening
credits? I'm sure it was supposed to *look* like Mai, because the hair
color and shape was too similar, but I can't tell if that's a girl's
fae. Mai as a villain would be a strange twist.

Glad to see Yukino and Haruka making a brief appearance, and glad to see
Julia skulking a lot. I hope we see as much of her as we did Nao.

While it's too early to tell if Shizuru / Natsuki is just a professional
partnership or something more, I liked the nod to those of us who hope
for the latter in the episode 4 preview. Shizuru makes reference to a
lingerie accident when Natsuki was a student. Natsuki's pissed. Shizuru:
"If I have to, I'll cover you with my hands." Natsuki: "No, that's
dangerous too."

While I'd still doubt we'll see any real yuri, at least we have an early
understanding of Shizuru, which gives more time for something to grow.
Last episode, a look from Natsuki made her switch from kissing Arika on
the lips to blowing in her ear. Hard to say whether the look was just
surprise or jealousy / annoyance.

Hello all -

I want to share this little piece of news with you today - Yuricon
Staffer Stacy, who has been running online comics and collectibles
store Comic Fusion (http://store.comicfusion.net/) for some time is
now opening up a brick and mortar location in Flemington, NJ.

Grand opening is next weekend at 42 Main Street in Flemington, NJ and
I'll be there on Saturday to help Stacy out. (In fact I was there
today unpacking and setting up - they place is really nice!)

If you're in the Central Jersey area, or aren't, but don't mind
driving, do please stop by and give Stacy encouragement and money! She
has a very spiffy anime figures section all set up by yours truly - it
has at least a few characters of interest to us. More than a few in
fact. I picked up a lovely Maggie from ROD The TV today, there's some
Ikkitousen figurines and the most surprising to me - Akari from Battle
Athletes! I didn't even know they made BA figurines.

I'm going to plug some nice pre-order stuff from the Comic Fusion
website on Okazu this week, but do take a look at their website - they
have some spiffy goods.

If anyone wants to come by and help me help Stacy, let me know, so we
don't arrive in a group of 40 and cause her stress. :-) And if you're
ever in Flemington, definitely stop by and by a googaw or three.

Remember - if you're gonna get it anyway, you might as well get it
from a friend and Stacy and Comic Fusion is as good a friend as you'll
find.

BTW, Comic Fusion also does subscriptions for magazines and manga
series - a full service shop online and off. :-)

Cheers,

Erica

>It's definitely more than a professional partnership, they are pretty
>familiar with each other, especially when no one else is around.
>Since Shizuru seems to enjoy teasing Natsuki, and Natsuki reacts
>despite herself, more often than not, that's usually a sign of very
>close relationship. I'd say intimate, but I'm still hedging my bets.

I also found that to be the case.  In episode when Mashiro goes in to
complain about Arika and Nina (after they saved her life 3 times)
Shizuru (who has her eyes closed) hand Natsuki the report without her
asking for it, and Natsuki knew that Shizuru would was going to give
it to her since she didnt even really bother to look back to make sure
Shizuru gave it to her.  This, at least to me, signifies they are
extremely familiar with each other in at least a professional setting.

For a more personal clue into their relationship though, i would point
out the scene in episode 3 when Shizuru hugs Arika to activate her
suite,  Natsuki looks away looking very upset.

Also is it me or is Nina the girl that sits right across from Mai in
Mai-Hime?

Most of you have proberly caught it already. Instead you haven't or
the forums are down, you can it from here- link from the original
poster-   http://www.geocities.jp/magatasuke/


Talk about NGE meets Maria-Sama!  I thought it was just slightly
wicked.   Man! Sachiko is totally hot!! *Faints*  Check it out if you
can.

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth" <tyran85@y...> wrote:


> Talk about NGE meets Maria-Sama!  I thought it was just slightly
> wicked.   Man! Sachiko is totally hot!! *Faints*  Check it out if
you
> can.


I thought the same thing - there's nothing like an aura of intense
psycopahtic evil to make a woman sexy, I always say. ;-D

Cheers,

Erica

I was just looking through Tokyotoshokan, and I found that Aria #3 has
been subbed! Isnt that wonderful? Hmm? Isnt it? hmm? </marvin the
martian> ^_^

Ashley

--- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, Chalcahuite <ximatl@i...> wrote:
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> Episode 4, less action, more revelations and ground work for later
> plot points, if they're not dropped, still more character
> introductions, and more of your friend and mine:  fanservice.

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> around, I must say that Haruka rocks.  Haruka and Yukino make their
> first speaking appearance, and while, ostensibly the dynamic between

> the two of them is different, (I think Yukino is the noble that
> Haruka serves) their relationship and their personalities still
> haven't changed.  Which makes me grin stupidly.

Yues and yes. Yukino is the Pres. of Elias, Haruka is her Otome.

I like the buffed up new Haruka alot. And the fact that she and
Shizuru have "unfinished business". :-)


> Episode 4 of Mai Otome introduces one of the thinnest psuedo-
> scientific rationale for yuri since Stratos 4's space virus. Simply
> put spermatazoa interferes with the nano-machines Otome's use to
> enhance and focus their powers.

And PSA, don't forget that. I liked that touch, myself.

Now, I'm perfectly aware that power
> in virginity is a cross-cultural staple of myths, legends, et al,
> and, I'm not really complaining, but it is kinda lame. I think I
> would have been OK with a cultural or political or some other
> scientific or biological reason, but this just seems unnecessarily
> silly to me.  But, that's OK. What this means is that the yuri
> potential of this series just skyrocketed. (Though honestly, I think
> we'll get the same or less amount of meaningful yuri relationships
as
> the "forbidden-ness" of the straight relationships may take a higher
> significance plotwise.)

Pretty much. But when you think of the idea of the Otome as a whole,
there are so many other things you have to accepts as hand-waves,
what's another three or four? :-)

I did think it was a bit tedious of Natsuki to make it seem like a
*bad* thing to never sleep with a guy, considering, but perhaps she
assumes that that particular part of an Otome's education comes with
being assigned to an onee-sama. lol


> As an interesting corollary, Akane and Kazu-kun's relationship
> doesn't look like it's changed either, so if the writers pursue it,
> theirs would be a "forbidden" relationship. Which leads me to think
> that once again Akane gets to be the object lesson for the cast and
> the viewers.  Poor Akane.

Well yeah. OR, she may just make the decision - it's not like you
*have* to be an Otome. She may decide that love wins over duty.

...yeah, 'cause that happens in Japanese anything....


> There's a brief shot in the next episode preview of a poster with
Mai
> in an Otome uniform, and Natsuki makes a vague reference to someone
> with whom she had rivalry with much like Shizuru and Haruka and
Arika
> and Nina. Hmmmm.
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> If I were to speculate wildly, and I do, I'd say it's Mai in the
hood
> and the mask, because she and Rado had one of those "illicit"
> relationships.

The hair would match what we see of the hodded one in the preview as
well.

I've been thinking and I'm wondering if the reason
> they are illicit is not because the Otome loses her powers, but
> rather, the Otome's power becomes uncontrollable by the system they
> have in place. Because we all know there's nothing more dangerous
> than a woman who doesn't know her place. ;)

Or mayber, driven by the need for power, the blck letter crowd may
have come up with a way to suborn the normal desctruction of Otome
powers with something horrible and Sauron-like, giving rise to tedious
dark, mad Otomes.


> Of course, I could be horribly wrong and the above is way too
complex
> for this series, but it's been a while since I speculated wildly on
> something, I have to keep it in shape. ;)

Two things I want to mention too: Reito and Midori. I think we've seen
'em already. Just my 2 cents.

Cheers,

Erica

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> --- In Yuricon@yahoogroups.com, Chalcahuite <ximatl@i...> wrote:
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> Shizuru have "unfinished business". :-)

We have an interesting mix of what we'd expect from MH and twists that
seem to mesh well. I never really liked MH Haruka - she was an
interesting person, but among everyone with power she could never be
more than an annoyance. Now she has attitude and a way to express it.
And then they made her subservient to Yukino - genius.

> I did think it was a bit tedious of Natsuki to make it seem like a
> *bad* thing to never sleep with a guy, considering, but perhaps she
> assumes that that particular part of an Otome's education comes with
> being assigned to an onee-sama. lol

More than that, in the crappy translation I watched, she says "give up
on a woman's happiness." I found myself doubting that Shizuru would
agree with her on much of that speech.

>> There's a brief shot in the next episode preview of a poster with
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>> with whom she had rivalry with much like Shizuru and Haruka and
> Arika
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>> relationships.

I can't help but think that Mai as the hood is too obvious. I'm not sure
if Mai as Natsuki's rival is also too obvious. Most of the MH twists
were (well, I found) fairly obvious only in hindsight. They've pushed
this one on us a few times now which makes me dubious.

If it is right - Mai / Reito might be otome / master rather than an
illicit relationship. An otome's loyalty is to her master, with a
death-pact. If Reito's involved with the Black Valley crowd (was that
him fighting Shizuru?) then Mai may be opposed to the school's
interests, too. And the only indication we have that the Black Valley is
"bad" is Shizuru doesn't like it.

Well, that and the wanton destruction, which the good guys usually
refrain from...

In MH, Reito seemed like a decent guy - if you'll overlook his being the
Great Lord Of Darkness. He was a bit full of himself, but wasn't a wimp
  like Tate. For Mai to be with him this time around (whether it's as
otome / master or otherwise) would be a nice twist.

hi hi everyone,

Long time no see. I thought some of you here in Toronto might be interested
to know that there is a new con springing up next month, Novemenber and I
will be running a shoujo ai panel there. Sorry that it is such a late notice
seeing as I didn't find out about the con until 2 of my friends started
harassing me about attending because I'm skipped out on the last 2 years
worth. It is a small and simple con that is in the search for more panelist.
If any of you are interested in coming for fun or to be a panelist you can
find more info here:

http://www.connobaka.com/

Hope to see some of you there. I've missed meeting up with alot of you.

Well jaa ne

Writer/artist Kathryn K Williams
http://www.KatAndNekoManga.ca

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Yeah I liked the new Haruka too, she had a touch of her old persona in
there as well. Yukino kinda looked a bit matronly though... but I still
like them. And I just now noticed that Nao has a sexy voice. I liked the
shower scene with Chie. hehe And the lesbian-virus... ya'll made it
sound like they were saying:
"Well because of the nanobots, dont be surprised if you or another girl
falls in love with another girl." Which wasnt the case heh. I thought
the whole "woman giving up her happines" line was a bit too much like
'women are only happy when married (and in the kitchen)' but that might
have just been me... ^^

Ashley

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Just noticed? :)

Oh, I *love* her voice. Good or evil, I don't care. After y'all were
talking about Mai HiME and I saw Yuuka Nanri in the list of seiyuu that
was the last prompt I needed to download it. I got hooked on her voice
listening to the Madlax soundtrack. She voices Sawatari in "The Place
Promised in Our Early Days" (wonderful movie, if yuri-free) and I have a
hard time reconciling the light, bleak schoolgirl with the Madlax OP/ED
themes. No such trouble with Nao, though.

Important Notes:

Last month the SnR update was early. This month it is late. I know. You're
not paying, so don't complain. :-)

>From: kitten <nekoni8@...>
>Reply-To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>To: Yuricon@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Yuricon] Saiyuu no Ryokou: The Continuing Adventures of
>Yuriko, Issue 35
>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 06:08:58 -0800 (PST)
>
>early, late, who cares, as long as teh story continues.
>Yuri & Midori 4-evr!
>oh, & let Kun know that we need to see more of her work in teh next book,
>na?

Absolutely. We'll try to get even more illustrations in for Vol. 2. She does
good work, when she works. :-)

Cheers,

Erica

omg I know!!!   My fans are probably going to be angry
with me unless I get my next chapter up soon, I keep
putting it off in order to watch KnM again and again.
  You should totally download AMV's of the anime.  I
found several really awesome ones.  I think I've also
become slightly obsessed of Himemiya Chikane...  ^_^

--- georgia piu <georgiapilu@...> wrote:

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> HAIL KANNAZUKI NO MIKO
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> it;'s awesomw this anime....i've watched it 20 times
> or more....
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Oh em gee, Shizuru is hot in Mai Otome! Seriously, I
went back and re-watched the three episodes I have so
far -just- to see Shizuru in her Robe again. She was
pretty in Mai HiME, but her uniform, just like with
her maid-looking dress thing in Mai Otome, just didn't
show it off. The Robe is just...omg. I drool.

Who's with me?




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Shane M wrote:
> Oh em gee, Shizuru is hot in Mai Otome! Seriously, I
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Natsuki all the way. That mini-tunic...

A little while back Erin mentioned this title, "Iono-sama Fanatics"
and I mentioned that I was getting it. Well I read it over the weekend
and it's really delightful.

To start with, the artist is Fujieda Miyabi of Miyabi's Moonphase
(http://www.moonphase.jp), the same artist who does "Kotonoha no Miko
to Kotodamanano Majou to" for Yuri Hime. And a bunch of other stuff.

The story is, simply a love comedy starring Iono-sama, the queen of a
small country, who happens to love women with long, black hair. She
comes to Japan to hit on girls and try to convince them to join her as
a lady-in-waiting. (As Erin mentioned, "sobame" is a woman who is next
to the Queen.)

Iono is rejected by one girl  - and this same girl keeps coming back
like a bad penny as a running gag - and runs into our heroine, Eto.
Eto agrees to be a sobame, but insists she's only joking, when a crazy
woman attacks her and the Queen. The Queen takes off, carrying Eto
with her. They end up at an onsen, where the Queen convinces Eto to
join her.

We learn that Eto was, in fact, in love with her kouhai in high
school, but the younger girl left her for someone else. Now she's in
college, but she thought she was past this kind of thing - but Iono is
*very* convincing.

Iono is very, deeply and personally, in love with all her sobame.
There's Cass, the blonde crazy who attacked them earlier. She's
insanely jealous and wants Iono to love her exclusively. Which Iono
does, when it's Cass' turn. :-)

Bloomer is the Queen's costumer - and cool as the proverbial cuke. She
seems to understand the Queen - and Cass - way better than they do
themselves.

Freshi is the Queen's security chief and her daughter Argent (these
two cover several different completely different fetishes all at once)
act as the Queen's bodyguards.

Eto is a little depressed when she meets the other sobame, because
they all have specific roles, while she's sort of a free agent. The
Queen convinces her that her role is to "be there" and that's enough.
But there's a cute chapter where Eto tries to play Guide (complete
with cute costume made by Bloomer) to Japan, in order for Iono-sama to
find more cute girls.

Iono determines to hold auditions for more sobame, which drives Cass
crazy - and into disguise. But Iono-sama knows all the women she
loves, in disguise or out and Cass is found out.

My personal favorite is the last round of auditions. One of the
candidates, an adorable girl named Arata, misunderstands "sobame" to
mean a woman who makes soba noodles. :-) Arata is initially unsure
whther she can do the job, but she decides to go for it, after Freshi
meets her in the hall and gives her encouragement. Arata does make
delicious noodles - and, more importantly, saves the Queen's (and
Freshi's) life when the next "candidate" turns out to be an assassin.
While Arata and Freshi are staring deeply into each other's eyes,
Argent just gives her mother the old "Gambatte, Mom" and Iono-sama
gives her blessing to them. They are impossibly cute together,
especially as Freshi is a tough as nails, black suited, black glasses,
gun slinging kind of gal, and Arata is a little soba maker. All I can
say is "squee!". LOL

I recommend "Iono-sama Fanatics" highly for yuri that makes you smile.
If you're looking for sex this is not your manga, but for yuri that is
sexy and funny and cute without being nauseating- this is an excellent
example of the breed. I've added it to the Manga section of the
Yuricon Shop, in fact: http://www.yuricon.org/shop/manga.html#Iono

Cheers,

Erica

Just a few more updates to the website for you!

I've updated the Events page: http://www.yuricon.org/events/

The Comic Fusion Grand Opening is now listed - join us Nov. 5th at 42 Main.
St. Flemington, NJ to celebrate with staffer Stacy as she embarks on an
exciting new journey. :-) Drop by, tell us you love yuri and get a little
yuri-riffic present. :-)

The dates for the Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign lectures are up and so is
the official word from Sakuracon on out Yuri panel there. (Positions are
still open for panelists...email me privately if you think you're fit for
panelist duty!)

The Yuricon Shop has been updated slightly, as well. I've added a button for
International orders for Yuri Monogatari 3, since the other options haven't
been working out terribly well. If you're non-US, please use the
International orders button when ordering, thanks.

And a few new items have been added to the Amazon JP listing. Along with
Yuri Hime 2, and Iono-sama Fanatics, you can find a bunch more yuri manga
from Japan, like the exceptionally amusing Hayate Cross Blade and sex-filled
Shoujo Sect. Something for everyone. :-)

I absolutely promise that sometime soon I will update "The List" because I
have received about a million suggestions and I'm horribly behind in adding
all the new series that have come out. So feel free to send any suggestions
you have for "The List" to anilesbocon01@.... Not all suggestions
will make "The List", but I'll look into ever single last one, unless it's
impossibly stupid. :-)
(Dear World of Incredibly Obtuse Otaku - Please stop suggesting Belldandy.
She will NEVER be on "The List." Thank you, Erica.") lol


Cheers,

Erica

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atheniag wrote:

> A little while back Erin mentioned this title, "Iono-sama Fanatics"
> and I mentioned that I was getting it. Well I read it over the weekend
> and it's really delightful.
>
> To start with, the artist is Fujieda Miyabi of Miyabi's Moonphase
> (http://www.moonphase.jp), <http://www.moonphase.jp%29,> the same
> artist who does "Kotonoha no Miko
> to Kotodamanano Majou to" for Yuri Hime. And a bunch of other stuff.
>
> The story is, simply a love comedy starring Iono-sama, the queen of a
> small country, who happens to love women with long, black hair. She
> comes to Japan to hit on girls and try to convince them to join her as
> a lady-in-waiting. (As Erin mentioned, "sobame" is a woman who is next
> to the Queen.)
>
> Iono is rejected by one girl  - and this same girl keeps coming back
> like a bad penny as a running gag - and runs into our heroine, Eto.
> Eto agrees to be a sobame, but insists she's only joking, when a crazy
> woman attacks her and the Queen. The Queen takes off, carrying Eto
> with her. They end up at an onsen, where the Queen convinces Eto to
> join her.
>
> We learn that Eto was, in fact, in love with her kouhai in high
> school, but the younger girl left her for someone else. Now she's in
> college, but she thought she was past this kind of thing - but Iono is
> *very* convincing.
>
> Iono is very, deeply and personally, in love with all her sobame.
> There's Cass, the blonde crazy who attacked them earlier. She's
> insanely jealous and wants Iono to love her exclusively. Which Iono
> does, when it's Cass' turn. :-)
>
> Bloomer is the Queen's costumer - and cool as the proverbial cuke. She
> seems to understand the Queen - and Cass - way better than they do
> themselves.
>
> Freshi is the Queen's security chief and her daughter Argent (these
> two cover several different completely different fetishes all at once)
> act as the Queen's bodyguards.
>
> Eto is a little depressed when she meets the other sobame, because
> they all have specific roles, while she's sort of a free agent. The
> Queen convinces her that her role is to "be there" and that's enough.
> But there's a cute chapter where Eto tries to play Guide (complete
> with cute costume made by Bloomer) to Japan, in order for Iono-sama to
> find more cute girls.
>
> Iono determines to hold auditions for more sobame, which drives Cass
> crazy - and into disguise. But Iono-sama knows all the women she
> loves, in disguise or out and Cass is found out.
>
> My personal favorite is the last round of auditions. One of the
> candidates, an adorable girl named Arata, misunderstands "sobame" to
> mean a woman who makes soba noodles. :-) Arata is initially unsure
> whther she can do the job, but she decides to go for it, after Freshi
> meets her in the hall and gives her encouragement. Arata does make
> delicious noodles - and, more importantly, saves the Queen's (and
> Freshi's) life when the next "candidate" turns out to be an assassin.
> While Arata and Freshi are staring deeply into each other's eyes,
> Argent just gives her mother the old "Gambatte, Mom" and Iono-sama
> gives her blessing to them. They are impossibly cute together,
> especially as Freshi is a tough as nails, black suited, black glasses,
> gun slinging kind of gal, and Arata is a little soba maker. All I can
> say is "squee!". LOL
>
> I recommend "Iono-sama Fanatics" highly for yuri that makes you smile.
> If you're looking for sex this is not your manga, but for yuri that is
> sexy and funny and cute without being nauseating- this is an excellent
> example of the breed. I've added it to the Manga section of the
> Yuricon Shop, in fact: http://www.yuricon.org/shop/manga.html#Iono
>
> Cheers,
>
> Erica

I am *definitely* buying this manga friday now! :D Consider it sold!
lol. It sounds really delightful. Is this a series, or just one manga? I
hope theres more. :)

Ashley