Reccomended Yuri watching/ reading:

Kashimashi: Girl meets Girl

Summary: For those who like Strawberry Panic you may like Kashimashi. It was the first yuri I fell in love with after SP. The story is about poor little Hazumu, a very feminine guy (guy? yep, but it's a yuri I promise! Just keep reading! ^.^) who isn't at all gay just girly. He has a crush on his musical and beautiful classmateYasuna, and is always bossed around by his childhood friend Miss Tomari.

One day after wandering out to his favorite flowery spot in the forest, he accidentally gets squished by an alien spaceship! The alien's, feeling sorry for what they did, decide to bring him back to life, but when they do...he..is a she!

For rest of the series Hazumu is faced with a number dilemmas, despite easily adjusting to his new life as a female, he must deal not only with his-er..her perverted father, the aliens, her male friend's new feelings for her, not to mention the feelings Yasuna and Tomai have for her..indecicisive Hazumu must make a choice! It was a great read that kept me glued till the end! Who will she choose?

The endings in the manga and anime are VERY different, so check out both of them!

Links:

Manga:
www.onemanga.com/Kashimashi_Girl_Meets_Girl/

Anime:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHcl2seKk8&feature=BF&list=PL5B2926DBCA761DF5&index=1


If you have your own favorite Yuri you'd like to recommend, pm the title to me and your own small summary (don't put it in this thread). I'll be posting a new recommended yuri every week.


One more thing, as you read or watch Kashimashi feel free to post about it here, what you liked or didn't like, favorite character's or parts, or maybe just your thoughts. I'd love to know what you guys think of it.

I just got done watching episode 1 since OneManga hates my computer. This is absolutely hilarious. I mean maybe I'm just sadistic(yeah, I am) but this made me laugh hard.

I bought the manga series some time ago and i love it.I feel this is a better series to read as opposed to watch since the anime felt like it was missing the sparkle that the manga had (kinda how i felt about sp). The only 2 or 3 problem i have with it is because it is a gender bender manga it really hard to get people to pick it up (which is sad because no one had a problem reading ranma 1/2). It follows the usual shojo format to a "T", which i loved the pairing but i wish there was something a little more unexpected from this kind of series, as opposed to me figuring out who the pairing is when the 2nd girl is added in. my last problem is my favorite character disappears and i think he has the most character development possibility, and that's hazumu's best friend. He has this total inner turmoil of crossing "the friend zone" but doesn't want to ruin their friendship.

I absolutely love this series, again i wish i could get more people to read it.

That's why I decided to start posting a yuri of the week thread, to introduce people to more yuri titles. There is actually a gender bender game (and the main character looks a LOT like Hazumu) I can't remember the title... The problem with the game is its more hentai than shojo, but it does have a shojo feel to it despite the more graphic scenes.

Anyway I like the manga better too....I just hate Yasuna. I didn't like her in the manga, but i absolutely couldn't stand her in the anime, especially at the end....but lets not give away any spoilers!-Not till the middle-end of the week anyway.

This was my first yuri of the 2 I've watched (the other obviously being Strawberry Panic XD) I thought this anime was really cute. I never read the manga but I will one day. I ship both HazumuXYasuna, and HazumuXTomari because they're both cute in their ways, but I like HazumuXTomari better because, I don't know there's just something about Yasuna... Yeah i don't know, but I loves this anime. I think Tomari and Ayuki are my favorite characters.

Yasuna is selfish, and really doesn't care about Hazumu I don't think. She's a terrible person. >_< I wanna stab her.

___SPOILER ALERT_____

But yeah, it was a good one. The anime made me mad because stupid Yasuna was like "Oh I'm done with her now you can have her Tomari." Annnnd I also hated the fact that it kind of lets Hazumu end up with both girls just to make both Yasuna and Tomari fans happy. It felt fake, and to me, made the romance lose all it's sincerity. The anime wasn't terrible, but the ending definitely ruined it for me. I was seriously raging. xD

The manga is so much better in my opinion because Hazumu doesn't flip flop like the anime, she makes a choice and sticks with it without letting herself get passed around like sloppy seconds. Tomari's character also has a lot more development that was lacking in the anime. When Hazumu finally makes her choice in the manga, it feels more like it was meant to be rather than she was half-heartedly manipulated into settling for what happened.

Anyway I strongly recommend reading it, the characters and plot are stronger, and the ending is wayyyy better and more solid. :3