Yuri, also known by the wasei-eigo term girls' love, is a genre of Japanese media centered on intimate relationships between female characters. Lesbian relationships are a commonly associated theme, but the genre also includes works depicting emotional or spiritual relationships between women that are not necessarily romantic or sexual in nature. Yuri is most closely associated with anime and manga, though the term is also used to describe video games, light novels and other forms of literature.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleSailor Moon (anime adaptation, 1991-1997), by Naoko Takeuchi 1 Defining TraitSexual content is nominal, rarely more explicit than kissing and caressing of breasts 1 Defining Trait FAQs
Where did yuri come from?
One root is Class S literature of the 1910s about sisterhood at girls' schools.
Yuri did not appear from nothing. One of its recognized roots is Class S, a Japanese literary movement of the 1910s that featured sisterhood at all-girls schools.
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1. Yuri (genre) - Wikipedia
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is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters
1990s: Mainstream popularity section
the anime adaptation of Sailor Moon (1991-1997) by Naoko Takeuchi, the first mainstream manga and anime series to feature a "positive" portrayal of a lesbian relationship in the coupling of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune
Nominal sexual content section
sexual acts in yuri are rarely more explicit than kissing and the caressing of breasts
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began to appear in the 1970s
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Yuri (Japanese: 百合; lit.
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