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[[Image:Shiroi00 cover1.jpg|thumb|230px|Dealing with the romance between an "average blonde" and a "stately brunette" at a girls' boarding school, ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari]]'', the first ''yuri'' manga,<ref name = "aft-yuri1"/> established archetypes that can be seen even in ''yuri'' works of the 2000s.<ref name = "shiro-oka1">{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2006/06/yuri-manga-mayas-funeral-procession.html | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Yuri Manga: Maya's Funeral Procession / Maya no Souretsu |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref>]]
| Name = Gossip
{{Nihongo|'''''Yuri'''''|百合}}, also known by the [[wasei-eigo]] construction {{Nihongo|'''Girls Love'''|ガールズラブ|gāruzu rabu}},<ref name="hime-1x"/> is a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in [[manga]], [[anime]], and related Japanese media.<ref name = "alc-yurix">{{cite web|url=http://www.yuricon.org/essays/yuri_fandom.html |title=Yuri Fandom on the Internet |publisher=[[Yuricon]] |last=Charlton |first=Sabdha |accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref><ref name ="cyzo"/> ''Yuri'' can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called ''shōjo-ai'' by western fans.<ref name = "whatisyuri"/>
| Cover =
| Artist = [[Lil Wayne]]
| from Album = [[The Leak]]
| B-side =
| Released = [[December 18]] [[2007]]
| Format = [[CD single|CD]], [[digital download]]
| Recorded = 2007
| Genre = [[Southern rap]]
| Length = 3:54
| Label = [[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]], [[Universal Records|Universal]]
| Writer = [[Lil Wayne|Dwayne Carter, Jr.]]
| Producer = [[StreetRunner]]
| Certification =
| Last single = "[[100 Million]]"<br>(2007)
| This single = "'''Gossip'''"<br>(2007)
| Next single = "[[I'm Me]]"<br>(2007)
}}


"'''Gossip'''" is the first single from [[Lil Wayne]]'s EP, ''[[The Leak]]''.<ref name=newxxl>[http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=15523 Lil Wayne Announces That Carter III is gay as fuck: The Leak on December 18, with Official LP Coming in February]. ''XXL'' ([[October 26]] [[2007]]). Accessed [[October 26]] [[2007]].</ref> The single was officially released [[December 18]] [[2007]] to the [[iTunes Store]]. This song is sampled from [[The Supremes]] "[[Stop! in the Name of Love]]".
The themes ''yuri'' deals with have their roots in the Japanese [[lesbian literature]] of early twentieth century,<ref name ="basho-1"/><ref name = "about-2"/> with pieces such as ''Yaneura no Nishojo'' by [[Nobuko Yoshiya]].<ref name=aas-yuri/> Nevertheless, it is not until the 1970s that lesbian-themed works began to appear in manga, by the hand of artists such as [[Ryoko Yamagishi]] and [[Riyoko Ikeda]].<ref name = "aft-yuri1"/> The 1990s brought new trends in manga and anime, as well as in [[dōjinshi]] productions, along with more acceptance for this kind of content.<ref name = "yuri-esu"/> In 2003 the first manga magazine specifically dedicated to ''yuri'' was launched under the name ''[[Yuri Shimai]]'', followed by its revival ''[[Comic Yuri Hime]]'', launched after the former was discontinued in 2004.<ref name = "pedia-yuri"/><ref name = "pedia-yuri1"/>


==Background==
Although ''yuri'' originated in female-targeted ([[shōjo manga|shōjo]], [[josei manga|josei]]) works, today it is featured in male-targeted ([[shōnen manga|shōnen]], [[seinen manga|seinen]]) ones as well.<ref name = "about-2"/> ''Yuri'' manga from male-targeted magazines include titles such as ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' and ''[[Strawberry Panic!]]'', as well as those from ''Comic Yuri Hime'''s male-targeted sister magazine, ''[[Comic Yuri Hime S]]'', which was launched in 2007.<ref name = "ichi-yuri1"/>
HipHopDX.com reported that "Gossip" would originally be included on the top ten of the people. ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' and is indirectly aimed at [[50 Cent]],<ref name=gossip>In the Know ([[August 15]] [[2007]]). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.5586/title.dx-dirt-lil-wayne-diss-track-banner-a--lil-kim-porn DX Dirt (Lil Waynes Diss Track, Banner a Homo & Lil Kim Porn)]. HipHopDX. Accessed [[August 15]] [[2007]].</ref> but would actually turn out to have no relativity to 50 Cent as confirmed by Lil Wayne in an interview with ''[[Vibe (magazine)|VIBE]]'' and ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'', while actually appearing on ''[[Tha Carter III: The Leak]]''.<ref name=newxxl/><ref name=vibeiview>Laura Checkoway ([[October 2]] [[2007]]). [http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2007/10/lil_wayne_excerpts/ Weezy F. Baby: Uncut]. ''Vibe''. Accessed [[October 18]] [[2007]].</ref> Lil Wayne told ''VIBE'' the following about the supposed "beef", {{quote|I'm not gonna murder a rapper, that's like a cliche. I don't wanna kill 50 Cent! Because he got fans. I don't know who's riding with him! I don't need beef with niggas that I dont know. I don't know how many people like 50 . So if he said Lil Wayne's a hoe, Lil Wayne's a hoe. The word whore, that's a nigga who be smashing a lot, like fucking a lot<ref name=vibeiview/>}} He also denied to ''XXL'' directly, and confirmed that the song doesn't take any jabs at 50 Cent, while telling [[MTV]] the same.<ref name=newxxl/><ref name=eminem>Andres Tardio ([[October 29]] [[2007]]). [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.5890/title.lil-wayne-speaks-on-50-cent-new-album Lil Wayne Speaks on 50 Cent & New Album]. HipHopDX. Accessed [[October 29]] [[2007]].</ref> H
e explained to MTV that the song was recorded in 2006 and that he doesn't "make records or say anything about people &ndash; Everyone knows that."<ref name=eminem/> The song was due to be released between August and September 2007, however Lil Wayne premiered the song at the 2007 [[BET Hip Hop Awards]].<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x38lhr_lil-wayne-gossip-live-bet-hip-hop-a_music Lil' Wayne - Gossip (Live BET Hip Hop Awards)]. Dailymotion ([[October 18]] [[2007]]). Accessed [[October 18]] [[2007]].</ref>


==Charts==
==Definition and semantic drift==
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===Etymology===
!align="left"|Chart (2008)<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=352101&model.vnuAlbumId=1143451 Billboard - Lil Wayne - Artist Chart History]</ref>
The word {{Nihongo|''yuri''|百合}} literally means "[[Lilium|lily]]", and is a relatively common Japanese feminine name.<ref name = "alc-yurix"/> In 1976, Itō Bungaku, editor of {{nihongo|''[[Barazoku]]''|薔薇族||lit. rose tribe}}, a magazine geared primarily towards gay men, first used the term {{nihongo|''yurizoku''|百合族||lit. lily tribe}} in reference to female readers in the title of a column of letters called {{nihongo|''Yurizoku no heya''|百合族の部屋||lit. lily tribe's room}}.<ref name ="heya-1">{{cite journal|year=1976|month=November|title =Yurizoku no heya (lily tribe's room)|journal=[[Barazoku]] (Rose tribe)|pages=66–70|language=Japanese}}After this first column, Yurizoku no heya appeared sporadically through the mid-1980s.</ref> It is unclear whether this was the first instance of this usage of the term. Not all women whose letters appeared in this short-lived column were necessarily lesbians, but some were and gradually an association developed. From this, many [[dōjinshi]] circles incorporated the name "Yuri" or "Yuriko" into lesbian-themed [[hentai]] (pornographic) dōjinshi, and the "[[zoku]]" or "tribe" portion of this word was subsequently dropped.<ref name = "whatisyuri">{{cite web | author=Friedman, Erica | title=What is Yuri? | url=http://www.yuricon.org/essays/whatisyuri.html | work=What are Yuri and Shoujoai, anyway? | publisher=Yuricon and ALC Publishing | accessmonthday=20 May | accessyear=2005}}</ref> Since then, the meaning has drifted from its mostly pornographic connotation to describe the portrayal of love, sex, and intimate emotional connections between women.<ref name = "about-1"/>
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As of 2008, the term ''yuri'' is used in Japan to mean the depiction of attraction between women (whether sexual or romantic, explicit or implied) in manga, anime, and related entertainment media, as well as the genre of stories primarily dealing with this content.<ref name = "about-1">{{cite web |url=http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistswriters/a/EFriedman.htm |title=Interview: Erica Friedman (page 1) |accessdate=2008-05-17 |work=Manga |publisher=[[About.com]]}}</ref><ref name ="cyzo">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyzo.com/2008/02/post_350.html |title=Joseidōshi no LOVE wo egaita, danshi kinsei no "Yuri būmu" gayattekuru!? |publisher=Cyzo |accessdate=2008-03-21 |language=Japanese}}</ref> The [[wasei-eigo]] construction {{Nihongo|"Girls Love"|ガールズラブ|gāruzu rabu}}, occasionally spelled "Girl's Love" or "Girls' Love", or abbreviated as "GL", is also used with this meaning.<ref name = "about-1"/><ref name="hime-1x"/> ''Yuri'' is generally a form of [[fanspeak]] amongst fans, but its usage by authors and publishers has increased since 2005.<ref name ="cyzo"/><ref name="hime-1x">{{cite journal |last=Morishima |first=Akiko |year=2008 |month=January |title=YurixYuri Kenbunroku |journal=[[Comic Yuri Hime]] |issue=11 |id=ASIN B00120LP56 |language=Japanese}}</ref> The term "Girls Love", on the other hand, is primarily used by the publishers.<ref name = "about-1"/><ref name = "gl-yuri">{{cite web|url=http://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/yurihime/ |title=''Comic Yuri Hime'' official website |publisher=[[Ichijinsha]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-01-19}} Ichijinsha classifies their yuri manga publication ''[[Comic Yuri Hime]]'' as a "Girls Love" comic magazine.</ref>
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In North America, ''yuri'' has initially been used to denote only the most explicit end of the spectrum, deemed primarily as a variety of [[hentai]].<ref name = "whatisyuri"/> Following the pattern of ''[[shōnen-ai]]'', a term already in use in North America to describe content involving non-sexual relationships between men, western fans coined the term ''shōjo-ai'' to describe ''yuri'' without explicit sex.<ref name = "whatisyuri"/> In Japan the term {{Nihongo|''shōjo-ai''|少女愛||lit. girl love}} is not used with this meaning,<ref name = "whatisyuri"/> and instead tends to denote [[pedophilia]], with an equivalent meaning to the English term "[[wikt:girllover|girllove]]".<ref name="gl-1">{{cite book |last=Miyajima |first=Kagami |title=Shōjo-ai |date=[[April 4]] [[2005]] |publisher=Sakuhinsha |language=Japanese |isbn=4861820316}}</ref> Still, the western use of ''yuri'' has broadened in the 2000s, picking up connotations from the Japanese use.<ref name = "about-1"/> American publishing companies such as [[Yuricon|ALC Publishing]] and [[Seven Seas Entertainment]] have also adopted the Japanese usage of the term to classify their ''yuri'' manga publications.<ref name = "alc-yuri1">{{cite web|url=http://www.yuricon.org/alc.html |title=ALC Publishing |publisher=[[Yuricon]] |accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref><ref name = "seven-seas">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomanga.com/news/press_027.php |title=Yuri on the Seven Seas! |publisher=[[Seven Seas Entertainment]] |accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref>
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==Thematic history==
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Among the first Japanese authors to produce works about love between women ranks [[Nobuko Yoshiya]],<ref name=aas-yuri>{{cite news |first=Hiromi |last=Tsuchiya |title=Yoshiya Nobuko’s Yaneura no nishojo (Two Virgins in the Attic): Female-Female Desire and Feminism |url=http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2000abst/Japan/J-12.htm |work=Homosexual/Homosocial Subtexts in Early 20th-Century Japanese Culture |publisher=Abstracts of the 2000 AAS Annual Meeting |location=San Diego, CA |date=March 9–12 2000 |accessdate=2008-02-24}}</ref> a novelist active in the [[Taishō period|Taishō]] and [[Shōwa period|Shōwa]] periods of [[Japan]],<ref name ="yoshiya">{{cite journal|last=Suzuki|first= Michiko|year=2006|month=August|title =Writing Same-Sex Love: Sexology and Literary Representation in Yoshiya Nobuko's Early Fiction|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=65|issue=3|url= http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=419D6C9B25191554B1DBD61007F71527.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=857000| accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> who pioneered in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[lesbian literature]], including the early twentieth century [[Class S (genre)|Class S genre]].<ref name=androgyny>{{citation|title=The Politics of Androgyny in Japan: Sexuality and Subversion in the Theater and Beyond|last=Robertson|first=Jennifer|volume=19|edition=3|date=August 1992|pages=427|url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-0496(199208)19%3A3%3C419%3ATPOAIJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A|accessdate=2008-01-22|month=Aug|year=1992|issue=3|doi=10.1525/ae.1992.19.3.02a00010|journal=American Ethnologist}}</ref> This kind of stories depicts lesbian attachments as emotionally intense yet [[platonic relationship]]s, destined to be curtailed by graduation from school, marriage, or death.<ref name ="yoshiya"/> The root of this is in part the contemporary understanding that same-sex love was a transitory and normal part of female development leading into [[heterosexuality]] and motherhood.<ref name="Flower Tales">{{cite journal|last=Dollase|first=Hiromi|title=Early Twentieth Century Japanese Girls' Magazine Stories: Examining Shōjo Voice in ''Hanamonogatari'' (Flower Tales)|journal=[[The Journal of Popular Culture]]|year=2003|volume=36|issue=4|pages=724–755|issn=00223840|oclc=1754751|doi=10.1111/1540-5931.00043}}</ref> Class S stories in particular tell about strong emotional bonds between schoolgirls, a mutual [[Limerence|crush]] between an [[Senpai and kōhai|upperclassman and an underclassman]].<ref name=androgyny/>
[[Image:Hito-nana1.jpg|thumb|230px|left|In general, manga from specialized ''yuri'' publications, such as ''[[Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo]]'', display more explicit depictions of physical affection: from holding hands to kissing, and in some cases even including sex scenes.]]
Around the 1970s ''yuri'' began to appear in [[shōjo]] manga,<ref name = "aft-yuri1">{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2005/8/yuri.html |title=An Introduction to Yuri Manga and Anime (page 1) |last=Brown |first=Rebecca |publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]]|accessdate=2008-01-18 |year=2005}}</ref> presenting some of the characteristics found in the lesbian literature of the early twentieth century.<ref name ="basho-1">{{cite book |title=Watashi no Ibasho wa Doko ni Aruno? (Where do I belong?)|last=Fujimoto |first=Yukari |year=1998 |publisher=Gakuyo Shobo |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |isbn=4313870113}}</ref> This early ''yuri'' generally features an older looking, more sophisticated woman, and a younger, more awkward admirer. The two deal with some sort of unfortunate schism between their families, and when rumors of their lesbian relationship spread, they are received as a scandal. The outcome is a tragedy, with the more sophisticated girl somehow dying at the end.<ref name ="basho-1"/> In general, the ''yuri'' manga of this time could not avoid a tragic ending,<ref name="howtoread">{{cite book |title=Manga no Yomikata (How to read manga) |last=Natsume |first=Fusanosuke |year=1999 |publisher=Takarajimasha |location=Tokyo}}</ref><ref name="dream-1">{{cite book |title=[[Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga]] |last=Schodt |first=Frederik |authorlink=Frederik L. Schodt |year=1996 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=Berkeley, CA |isbn=978-1880656235}}</ref> [[Ryoko Yamagishi]]'s ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari]]'', the first manga involving a lesbian relationship,<ref name = "aft-yuri1"/> being a prime example. It is also in this period that shōjo manga began to deal with [[transsexualism]] and [[transvestism]],<ref name = "yuri-sex1">{{cite web | first= Matt |last=Thorn |authorlink=Matt Thorn | title=Unlikely Explorers: Alternative Narratives of Love, Sex, Gender, and Friendship in Japanese "Girls'" Comics | url=http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/sexual_ambiguity/index.html|accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref> sometimes depicting female characters as manly looking, which was inspired by the women playing male roles in the [[Takarazuka Revue]].<ref name="bent-1">{{cite journal|last=Welker |first=James |year=2006 |journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society |volume=31 |issue=3 |doi= 10.1086/498987|title=Beautiful, Borrowed, and Bent: "Boys' Love" as Girls' Love in Shōjo Manga|accessdate=2007-11-20|pages=841}}</ref> These traits are most prominent in [[Riyoko Ikeda]]'s works,<ref name ="yuricon"/> including ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'', ''[[Oniisama e...]]'' and ''[[Claudine (manga)|Claudine...!]]''.<ref name = "alc-yuriko">{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/5/friedman |title=Yuricon Celebrates Lesbian Anime and Manga |last=Corson |first=Suzanne |publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]]|accessdate=2007-05-01 |year=2007}}</ref> Some [[shōnen]] works of this period feature lesbian characters too, but these are mostly depicted as [[fanservice]] and [[comic relief]].<ref name ="gen-1">{{cite journal|last=Ebiharai|first= Akiko|year=2002|title =Japan's Feminist Fabulation: Reading Marginal with Unisex Reproduction as a Key Concept|journal=Genders Journal|issue=36|url=http://www.genders.org/g36/g36_ebihara.html| accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>{{failed verification}}

Some of these formulas began to weaken during the 1990s:<ref name = "yuri-esu">{{cite web |url=http://d.hatena.ne.jp/kaien/20060828/p1 |title=Maria-sama ga Miteru to Yuri Sakuhin no Rekishi |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-02-16}} Sources: ''Watashi no Ibasho wa Doko ni Aruno?'' by Yukari Fujimoto (ISBN 4313870113), ''Otoko Rashisa to Iu Byōki? Pop-Culture no Shin Danseigaku'' by Kazuo Kumada (ISBN 4833110679), and ''Yorinuki Dokusho Sōdanshitsu'' (ISBN 978-4860110345).</ref> manga stories such as ''Jukkai me no Jukkai'' by Wakuni Akisato, published in 1992, began to move away from the tragic outcomes and stereotyped dynamics.<ref name="symg">{{citeweb|url=http://www.yuricon.org/essays/symg.html|title=Shōjo Yuri Manga Guide Version 1.6|publisher=[[Yuricon]]|accessdate=2007-11-14}}</ref> This stand side-by-side with [[dōjinshi]] works, which at the time were largely influenced by the immense popularity of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'',<ref name=dou-yuri>{{citeweb |url=http://www.akibaangels.com/doujin.php |title=What is Doujin? |last=Hayama |first=Torakichi |publisher=Akiba Angels |accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref> the first mainstream manga and anime series featuring a "positive" portrayal of an openly lesbian couple.<ref name = "about-2">{{cite web |url=http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistswriters/a/EFriedman_2.htm |title=Interview: Erica Friedman (page 2) |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Manga |publisher=[[About.com]]}}</ref><ref name ="yuricon">{{cite web|last=Subramian |first=Erin |url=http://www.yuricon.org/essays/women_loving_women.html|title=Women-loving Women in Modern Japan|publisher=[[Yuricon]] |accessdate=2008-01-23}}</ref> Male-targeted works such as the ''[[Devil Lady|Devilman Lady]]'' anime series, based on a homonym [[seinen]] manga by Go Nagai, began to deal with lesbian themes in a more "mature manner" too.<ref name = "boredom">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeboredom.co.uk/anime-reviews/the-devil-lady/67/ |title=''The Devil Lady'' Review |publisher=Anime Boredom |last=Huxley |first=John |accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref> The first magazines specifically targeted towards lesbians appeared around this period, containing sections featuring ''yuri'' manga.<ref name="Carmilla interview"/> These stories range from high school crush to lesbian life and love, featuring different degrees of sexual content.<ref name = "active-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.activeanime.com/pn/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3135 |title=ALC Publishing announces yuri manga ''Works'' by Eriko Tadeno |publisher=Active Anime |accessdate=2008-02-24}}''Works'' by Eriko Tadeno is an anthology of four stories and three short gag comics that were originally published in ''Phryné'', ''Anise'' and ''Mist'' magazines.</ref><ref name="Carmilla interview"/> It is at this point (the mid 1990s) that lesbian-themed works began to be acceptable.<ref name ="yuricon"/>

The later 1990s brought Oyuki Konno's ''[[Maria-sama ga Miteru]]'', which by 2004 was a bestseller among ''yuri'' novels.<ref name="gl-mari1">{{cite book |last=Azuma |first=Erika |title=Yorinuki Dokusho Sōdanshitsu |month=June | year=2004 |publisher=Hon no Zasshisha |language=Japanese |isbn=978-4860110345}}</ref> This story revisits what was being written at the time of Nobuko Yoshiya:<ref name=esu-ex>{{cite web |url=http://media.excite.co.jp/book/news/topics/012/p02.html |title=Esu toiu kankei |accessdate=2008-03-05 |work=Bishōjo gaippai! Wakamono ga hamaru Marimite world no himitsu |publisher=[[Excite]] |language=Japanese}}</ref> strong emotional bonds between females, mostly revolving around the school [[Senpai and kōhai|upperclassman-underclassman]] dynamic, like those portrayed in Class S.<ref name=esu-ex/> Another prominent author of this period is Kaho Nakayama, active since the early 1990s, with works involving love stories among lesbians.<ref name="gl-mari1"/> It is around this point (the early 2000s) that the first magazines speciffically dedicated to ''yuri'' manga were launched,<ref name = "pedia-yuri"/><ref name = "pedia-yuri1"/> containing stories dealing with a wide range of themes: from intense emotional connections such as that depicted in ''[[Voiceful]]'', to more explicit school-girl romances like those portrayed in ''[[First Love Sisters]]'',<ref name = "seven-new"/> passing by realistic tales about love between adult women such as those seen in ''Rakuen no Jōken''.<ref name = "ichi-shima">{{citeweb|url=http://www.shop.ichijinsha.co.jp/goods/goods_detail.php?gc=YCK0023&page=0&sc=3&sb=&sg=&sp=&sw= |title=Rakuen no Jōken |publisher=[[Ichijinsha]] |accessdate=2008-02-28 |language=Japanese}}</ref> Some of these subjects are seen in male-targeted works of this period as well,<ref name = "bored-1">{{cite web|url=http://animeboredom.co.uk/manga-reviews/kashimashi/322/ |title=''Kashimashi'' Review |publisher=Anime Boredom |last=Rasmussen |first=David |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref name = "ann-yuri-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2008-02-05 |title=Right Turn Only!! |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |last=Santos |first=Carlo |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> sometimes in combination with other themes, including [[mecha]] and [[science fiction]].<ref name="yuri-ondvd">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews/seriespage.php?series=10227 |title=''Kannazuki No Miko'' Review |last=Beveridge |first=Chris |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref><ref name="hime-s">{{cite journal |year=2007 |month=September |title=Yuri anime & gemu daitokushū |journal=[[Comic Yuri Hime S]] |issue=2 |id=ASIN B000VWRJGU |language=Japanese}}</ref> Examples include series such as ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'', ''[[Blue Drop]]'', and ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]''. In addition, male-targeted stories tend to make extensive use of [[Moe (slang)|moe]] and [[bishōjo]] characterizations.<ref name = "ichi-yuri1"/>

==Publications==
[[Image:Yuri Shimai Autumn 2004 cover.jpg|thumb|230px|Cover of the autumn 2004 issue of ''Yuri Shimai'', illustrated by Reine Hibiki, the illustrator for the ''yuri'' light novel series ''Maria-sama ga Miteru''.]]
Sun Magazine published the ''yuri'' manga [[anthology]] magazine ''[[Yuri Shimai]]'' between June 2003 and November 2004 in quarterly installments, ending with only five issues.<ref name = "pedia-yuri">{{citeweb|url=http://comipedia.com/magazine/yuri-shimai |title=''Yuri Shimai'' |publisher=ComiPedia |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> After the magazine's discontinuation, ''[[Comic Yuri Hime]]'' was launched by [[Ichijinsha]] in July 2005 as a revival of the magazine,<ref name ="cyzo"/> containing manga by many of the authors who had had work serialized in ''Yuri Shimai''.<ref name = "pedia-yuri1">{{citeweb|url=http://comipedia.com/magazine/comic-yurihime |title=''Comic Yuri Hime'' |publisher=ComiPedia |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> Like its predecessor, ''Comic Yuri Hime'' is also published quarterly.<ref name = "pedia-yuri1"/> A sister magazine to ''Comic Yuri Hime'' named ''[[Comic Yuri Hime S]]'' was launched as a quarterly publication by Ichijinsha in June 2007.<ref name = "pedia-yuri2">{{citeweb|url=http://comipedia.com/magazine/comic-yurihime-s |title=''Comic Yuri Hime S'' |publisher=ComiPedia |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> Unlike either ''Yuri Shimai'' or ''Comic Yuri Hime'', ''Comic Yuri Hime S'' is targeted towards a male audience.<ref name = "ichi-yuri1">{{citeweb|url=http://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/ad/ |title=Ichijinsha's info about ''Comic Yuri Hime S'' |publisher=[[Ichijinsha]] |accessdate=2008-01-03 |language=Japanese}}</ref> Ichijinsha will start to publish [[light novel]] adaptations from ''Comic Yuri Hime'' works and original ''yuri'' novels under their shōjo light novel line ''Ichijinsha Bunko Iris'', scheduled to begin on [[July 19]] [[2008]].<ref name = "ichi-yuri2">{{citeweb|url=http://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/iris/ |title=''Ichijinsha Bunko Iris'' |publisher=[[Ichijinsha]] |accessdate=2008-02-26 |language=Japanese}}</ref> Some Japanese lesbian lifestyle magazines contain manga sections, including the now-defunct magazines ''Anise'' (1996-97, 2001-03) and ''Phryné'' (1995).<ref name="Carmilla interview"/> ''Carmilla'', an erotic lesbian publication,<ref name="Carmilla interview"/> released an anthology of ''yuri'' manga called ''Girl's Only''.<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/4780801079/ref=dp_change_lang/250-5804878-2152241?ie=UTF8&language=en%5FJP |title=Girl's Only listing at Amazon.co.jp|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|accessdate=2008-01-30|language=Japanese}}</ref> Additionally, ''Mist'' (1996-99), a [[josei|ladies' comic]] manga magazine, contained sexually explicit ''yuri'' manga as part of a section dedicated to lesbian-interest topics.<ref name="Carmilla interview">{{cite journal|last=Welker |first=James |coauthors=Suganuma, Katsuhiko |year=2006 |month=January |url=http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue12/welker2.html|title=Celebrating Lesbian Sexuality: An Interview with Inoue Meimy, Editor of Japanese Lesbian Erotic Lifestyle Magazine Carmilla |journal=Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context |issue=12 |accessdate= 2008-01-30}}</ref>

The first company to release lesbian-themed manga in North America was [[Yuricon]]'s publishing arm ALC Publishing.<ref name = "yuri-mags"/> Their works include Rica Takashima's ''Rica 'tte Kanji!?'', which in 2006 was course material for Professor Kerridwen Luis' Anthropology 166B course at [[Brandeis University]],<ref name = "alc-con-x">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-14/yuri-manga-in-anthropology-course |title=Yuri Manga in Anthropology Course |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=2008-02-23}}</ref><ref name=anth-yuri>{{cite news |first=Kerridwen |last=Luis |title=Syllabus Draft |url=http://www.brandeis.edu/wgs/pdfs/Spring%202006%20Syllabi%20and%20Booklists/Syllabus.%20ANTH%20166b.pdf |work=Unbounded Desires: A Cross-Cultural Look at Non-Heteronormative Sexualities Anth 166B |publisher=[[Brandeis University]] |date=[[December 20]] [[2005]] |accessdate=2008-04-05|format=PDF}}</ref> and their annual ''yuri'' manga anthology ''Yuri Monogatari''; both first released in 2003.<ref name = "yuri-mags">{{cite web|url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2003/07/feature/07/ |title=Pro Amateur Comics - Yuri Doujinshi ''Rica 'tte Kanji!?'' |publisher=Animefringe |last=Font |first=Dillon |accessdate=2008-01-24}}</ref> The latter collects stories by American, European and Japanese creators, including Akiko Morishima, Althea Keaton, Kristina Kolhi, Tomomi Nakasora and Eriko Tadeno.<ref name = "press-yuri">{{citeweb|url=http://comipress.com/press-release/2006/11/13/1008 |title=ALC Publishing Presents Yuri Manga Anthology ''Yuri Monogatari 4'' |publisher=ComiPress |accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref><ref name = "ota-1"/> These works range from fantasy stories to more realistic tales dealing with themes such as [[coming out]] and [[sexual orientation]].<ref name = "ota-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/O_manga.html |last=Thompson |first=Jason |title=Falling for Manga! Part 1: A Quick-hit Guide to Autumn 2007's Hottest Manga |publisher=OtakuUSA |accessdate=2008-02-20}}</ref> Besides ALC Publishing, the Los Angeles-based [[Seven Seas Entertainment]] has also incurred in the genre, with the English version of well known titles such as the ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' manga and the ''[[Strawberry Panic!]]'' light novels.<ref name = "seven-seas"/> On [[October 24]] [[2006]], Seven Seas announced the launch of their specialized ''yuri'' manga line, which includes works such as the ''Strawberry Panic!'' manga, ''[[The Last Uniform]]'',<ref name = "seven-seas"/> and ''Comic Yuri Hime'''s compilations such as ''[[Voiceful]]'' and ''[[First Love Sisters]]''.<ref name = "seven-new">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomanga.com/news/reviews_018.php |title=Newtype USA Reviews ''Voiceful'' and ''First Love Sisters'' Vol. 1 |publisher=[[Seven Seas Entertainment]] |accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref>

==Yuri series==
These lists display stories according to the role ''yuri'' plays in them. The first list shows series in which attraction between females and/or lesbian themes play a central role in their storylines. The second list contains stories in which the same subjects are used mostly for [[comic relief]], as [[fanservice]], or for [[characterization|character development]] in a larger, sometimes unrelated context.
===Yuri as a central element===

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* ''[[12 Days]]''<ref name="yuri-ing">{{cite web|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/747/747771p1.html |title=''12 Days'' Review |publisher=IGN |last=Sparrow |first=A. E. |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Akai Ito]]''<ref name="hime-8x">{{cite journal |last=Morishima |first=Akiko |year=2007 |month=April |title=YurixYuri Kenbunroku |journal=[[Comic Yuri Hime]] |issue=8 |id=ASIN B000PAAJN8 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
* ''[[Akatsuki-iro no Senpuku Majo]]''<ref name = "seven-con"/>
* ''[[Anata to Scandal]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Blue (manga)|Blue]]''<ref name="yuri-vision">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdvisionjapan.com/bluemanga.htm |title=''Blue'' Review |publisher=DVD Vision Japan |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Blue Drop]]''<ref name="hime-9">{{cite journal |year=2007 |month=July |title=Yuri anime & gemu tokushū |journal=[[Comic Yuri Hime]] |issue=9 |id=ASIN B000TCTTCY |language=Japanese}}</ref>
* ''[[Candy Boy]]''<ref name = "candy-yuri">{{cite journal |year=2008 |month=March |title=Yuri Hime Scoop Land |journal=[[Comic Yuri Hime S]] |issue=4 |id=ASIN B0015S8XLO|language=Japanese}}</ref>
* ''[[Chirality (manga)|Chirality]]''<ref name = "yuri-chir1x">{{citeweb|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2004/09/yuri-manga-chirality.html |title=Yuri Manga: Chirality |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Claudine (manga)|Claudine...!]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Devil Lady]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen">{{cite web|url=http://origin.www.afterellen.com/Print/2007/7/ericafriedmanguidetoyuri |title=Erica Friedman's Guide to Yuri |publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]] |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2007-11-20 |year=2007}}</ref>
* ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/10/yuri-anime-el-cazador-end-of-season.html | title=Yuri Anime: El Cazador, End of Season Review | last=Friedman| first=Erica| accessdate=2007-11-14}}</ref>
* ''[[First Love Sisters]]''<ref name = "seven-new"/>
* ''[[Girls' Life]]''<ref name = "seven-con"/>
* ''[[Girls' Revolution]]''<ref name = "seven-con"/>
* ''[[Hayate X Blade]]''<ref name = "seven-con">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/comic-con-international/seven-seas |title=Comic-Con International 2007: Seven Seas |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref>
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* ''[[Hen (manga)|Hen]]''<ref name="yuri-hennews">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=3540 |title=''Hen'' |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[ICE (anime)|Ice]]''<ref name="hime-s"/>
* ''[[Iono-sama Fanatics]]''<ref name="yuri-iono">{{cite web|url=http://www.moonphase.jp/iono.html |title=''Iono the Fanatics'' |publisher=MooNPhase |language=Japanese |accessdate=2008-01-27}}</ref>
* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''<ref name="yuri-ondvd"/>
* ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/><ref name = "seven-seas"/>
* ''[[Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo]]''<ref name ="work-file">{{cite book |title=Yuri Works File |chapter=Yuri Works Catalog |year=2008 |publisher=Ichijinsha |editor=Yuri Hime editorial department |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |isbn=978-4-7580-7015-7}}</ref>
* ''[[Love My Life]]''<ref name = "alc-yuriko"/>
* ''[[Maka-Maka (manga)|Maka-Maka]]''<ref name="ANN-Maka-Maka">{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-23/media-blasters-adds-kishi-maka-maka-color-yuri-manga|title=Media Blasters Adds Kishi's ''Maka-Maka'' Color Yuri Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2008-06-23|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Maria-sama ga Miteru]]''<ref name="Hairston">{{citation | last = Hairston | first = Marc | year = 2006 | title = The Yin and Yang of Schoolgirl Experiences: Maria-sama ga miteru and Azumanga Daioh | journal = Mechademia: An Academic Forum for Anime, Manga, and the Fan Arts | volume = 1 | pages = 177-180 | url = http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/lunning_mechademia1.html | accessdate = 2008-04-06 }}</ref>
* ''[[Miyuki-chan in Wonderland]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Oniisama e...]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Pietà (manga)|Pietà]]''<ref name="yuri-essay"/>
* ''[[Ragnarock City]]'' {{List fact|date=October 2008}}
* ''[[Read or Dream]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''<ref name="symg"/>
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* ''[[R.O.D the TV]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anime-planet.com/reviews/a69.html |title=''R.O.D the TV'' Review |publisher=Anime-Planet |accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari]]''<ref name="canada1">{{cite book |last=Welker |first=James |editor=Chandra, Subhash |title=Lesbian Voices: Canada and the World: Theory, Literature, Cinema |year=2006 |publisher=Allied Publishers Pvt |isbn=81-8424-075-9 |chapter=Drawing Out Lesbians: Blurred Representations of Lesbian Desire in ''Shōjo'' Manga |location=New Delhi}}</ref>
* ''[[Shōjo Sect]]''<ref name = "yuri-sect1">{{cite web |url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Shoujo%20Sect |title=Shōjo Sect |publisher=Okazu |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Simoun (anime)|Simoun]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi|Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]''<ref name = "yuri-themangel">{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=674 |title=''Steel Angel Kurumi 2'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |last=Lau |first=Enoch |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Strawberry Panic!]]''<ref name = "seven-seas"/>
* ''[[Strawberry Shake Sweet]]''<ref name ="work-file"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=8393|title=''Strawberry Shake Sweet'' |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Stray Little Devil]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2851 |title=''Stray Little Devil'' Vol 4 Review |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |last=Chavez |first=Eduardo M. |accessdate=2008-01-07|quote=SLD is unorthodox in the way it almost has created a yuri story in the realm of knight and wizard filled fantasy.}}</ref>
* ''[[Tetragrammaton Labyrinth]]''<ref name = "seven-seas"/>
* ''[[The Last Uniform]]''<ref name = "seven-seas"/>
* ''[[The Sword of Paros]]''<ref name ="Drazen Paros">{{cite book |last=Drazen |first=Patrick |title=Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation |year=2002 | month=October |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=[[Berkeley, California]] |isbn=1-880656-72-8 |oclc=50898281 |pages=pp.98-100}}</ref>
* ''[[Voiceful]]''<ref name = "seven-new"/>
* ''[[Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito]]''<ref name = "yuri-themyami">{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=750 |title=''Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |last=Tiu |first=Diane |accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref>
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==References==
===Yuri as an additional element===
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* ''[[.hack//Sign]]''<ref name = "sign-caa">{{cite web|url=http://www.christiananime.net/reviews_anime.php?display=90 |title=''.hack//Sign'' Review |publisher=CAA: Christian Anime Alliance |accessdate=2007-12-05 |quote=During the anime the characters Tsukasa and Subaru fall in love. (...) Later on in the series it’s learned that Tsukasa is a girl ([at first] Tsukasa doesn't even know this because his memory was fragmented ever since he was confined in the world). But when they do find out, Subaru does still seem to have feelings for him/her.}}</ref>
* ''[[Ace o Nerae!]]''<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Aim%20for%20the%20Ace|title=Aim for the Ace|last=Friedman|first=Erica|publisher=Okazu|accessdate=2007-11-14}}</ref>
* ''[[Air Master]]''<ref name = "yuri-master">{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=528 |title=''Air Master'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |last=Beard |first=Jeremy A. |accessdate=2007-11-28}}, {{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=745 |title=''Air Master'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |last=Tucker |first=Derrick L. |accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref>
* ''[[Angel/Dust]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''<ref name="yuri-essay"/>
* ''[[Battle Athletes Victory]]''<ref name = "aft-yuri">{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/Print/2005/8/yuri3.html |title=An Introduction to Yuri Manga and Anime (page 3) |last=Brown |first=Rebecca |publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]]|accessdate=2008-01-13 |year=2005}}</ref>
* ''[[Binbō Shimai Monogatari]]''
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2005/02/bubblegum-crisisbugglegum-crash.html | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Yuri Anime: Bubblegum Crisis/Bugglegum Crash |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Burst Angel]]''<ref name="yuri-tenshi1">{{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2005/04/bakuretsu-tenshi-volume-1.htmlp |title=Yuri Manga: Bakuretsu Tenshi, Volume 1 |last=Friedman |first=Erica}} {{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2005/05/yuri-manga-bakaretsu-tenshi-volume-2.html |title=Yuri Manga: Bakaretsu Tenshi, Volume 2}} {{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2005/10/yuri-manga-bakuretsu-tenshi-vol-3.html |title=Yuri Manga: Bakaretsu Tenshi, Volume 2 |publisher=Okazu |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Confidential Confessions]]''<ref name = "pop-confi">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1157/ConfidentialConfessions/4.html?PHPSESSID=6a24d8a9808cc0aebe33596b01c6310a|title=''Confidential Confessions'' Volume 4 |publisher=[[Tokyopop]] |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Cosplay Complex]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/07/review/02.php |title=''Cosplay Complex'' Review |publisher=Animefringe |last=Crocker |first=Janet |accessdate=2007-12-01|quote=Jenny, a rabid Italian lesbian with cat fangs who loves Athena.}}</ref>
* ''[[Cutie Honey]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Cutey%20Honey | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Cutey Honey |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Doki Doki School Hours]]''<ref name = "jikan">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406463/plotsummary|title=''Doki Doki School Hours'' |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[El-Hazard]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/6391.php |title=''El-Hazard'' OVA Vol. #3 Review |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |last=Thom |first=Martin |accessdate=2007-12-04}}</ref>
* ''[[Excel Saga]]''<ref name="dvd4ann">{{cite web |url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/reviews/display.php?id=390 |accessdate = 2007-11-21 |title = ''Excel Saga'' DVD 4 Review |last = Crandol |first = Mike |publisher = [[Anime News Network]]}} {{cite web|url=http://www.thegline.com/dvd-of-the-week/2003/07-31-2003.htm|first=Serdar|last=Yegulalp|publisher=TheGline.com|title=DVD of the Week (07-31-03): ''Excel Saga''|accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Family Complex]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/2497/57/ |title=''Family Complex'' Review |publisher=Active Anime |last=Ellinwood |first=Holly |accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref>
* ''[[Fight! Iczer One]]''<ref name = "yuri-them">{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=149 |title=''Iczer-One'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |last=Ross |first=Carlos |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2007/05/23/ask-john-is-pretty-cure-the-next-sailor-moon/ |title=Is Pretty Cure the Next Sailor Moon? |publisher=[[AnimeNation]] |accessdate=2007-11-29 |quote=Furthermore, the first two seasons of Pretty Cure illustrated co-star Nagisa's crush on her classmate Shoujo Fujimura, and frequently hinted at a developing lesbian affection between the two female stars.}}</ref>
* ''[[Girls Bravo]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=57458 |title=''Girls Bravo'' Volume 1 Review |publisher=DVD Times |last=Gilvear |first=Kevin |accessdate=2007-12-03|quote=Further examples come later when Kirie runs into Kosame in episode 4, and thus we get another character insight when we learn that Kosame is a lesbian and fancies Kirie.}}</ref>
* ''[[Godannar]]''<ref name = "god-yuri1">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/5223.php |title=''Godannar'' Vol. #5 Review |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |author=Beveridge, Chris |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
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* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Team|Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animejump.com/index.php?module=prodreviews&func=showcontent&id=659 |title=''Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite'' vols. 1-3 Review |publisher=Anime Jump |last=Toole |first=Mike |accessdate=2007-12-04 |quote=The maids are rounded out by Yashima, a security maid with dark skin, a speech impediment, and a lesbian crush on Konoe.}}</ref>
* ''[[He is my Master]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2008/02/he-is-my-master-manga-volume-1.html|title=He is My Master Manga, Volume 1 (English)|date=[[February 12]] [[2008]]|last=Friedman|first=Erica|accessdate=2008-04-22}}</ref>
* ''[[High School Girls]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/06/yuri-manga-high-school-girls-volume-8.html | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Yuri Manga: High School Girls, Volume 8 (English) |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''<ref name="yuri-onactive">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/3409.php |title=''Ikki Tosen'' Vol. #3 Review |last=Beveridge |first=Chris |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |accessdate=2007-11-21}} {{cite web|url=http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/1850/36/ |title=''Ikki Tousen'' Review |last=Jones |first=Davey C. |publisher=Active Anime |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* ''[[Kaleido Star]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Kaleido%20Star | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Kaleido Star |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Kaguyahime (manga)|Kaguyahime]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora]]''<ref name = "yuri-himix">{{citeweb|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2008/02/yuri-manga-kyoshiro-to-towa-no-sora.html |title=Yuri Manga: Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Volume 2 |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Lady Snowblood]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12135.phtml |title=''Lady Snowblood'' Review |publisher=RPGnet | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Loveless (manga)|Loveless]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Loveless | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Loveless |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Madlax]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=29311 |title=''Madlax'': Complete Collection Review |publisher=DVD Talk |last=Houston |first=Don |accessdate=2007-11-30|quote=As with other genre picks, there were some hinted at lesbian overtures but nothing as overt as expected.}}</ref>
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Nanoha |title=Nanoha |publisher=Okazu |last=Friedman |first=Erica | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Mnemosyne (anime)|Mnemosyne]]''<ref name = "yuri-mimix">{{citeweb|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2008/03/yuri-anime-mnemosyne-ova-2.html |title=Yuri Anime: Mnemosyne 2 |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[My-HiME]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[My-Otome]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/najica-blitz-tactics/dvd-1 |title=''Najica Blitz Tactics'' DVD 1 Review |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |last=Divers |first=Allen |accessdate=2007-11-28|quote=Yes, this show is full of panty shots, upskirt camera angles and a slight lesbian overtone.}}</ref>
* ''[[Negima!: Magister Negi Magi]]''<ref name="Negima">{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/search/label/Negima | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Negima |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Negima!?]]''<ref name="Negima"/>
* ''[[Ninin Ga Shinobuden]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/07/yuri-anime-ninja-nonsense-volume-4.html | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Yuri Anime: Ninja Nonsense, Volume 4 (English) |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]''<ref name="yuri-essay"/>
* ''[[Project A-ko]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdvisionjapan.com/ako.htm |title=''Project Ako'' Review |publisher=DVD Vision Japan |last=Anderson |first=Matthew |accessdate=2007-11-28 |quote=Yes, Bko is a lesbian, in love with Cko, and all of the people on the ship were women.}}</ref>
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* ''[[Puni Puni Poemy]]''<ref name = "yuri-poemi">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59200 |title=''Puni Puni Poemy'' Review |publisher=DVD Times |last=Smith |first=Lesley |accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref>
* ''[[Rakka Ryūsui]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2006/12/yuri-manga-rakka-ryuusui.html | title=Yuri Manga: Rakka Ryuusui | author=[[Yuricon|Erica Friedman]] | date=2006-12-06 | accessdate=2007-11-30}}</ref>
* ''[[Red Garden]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2007/04/yuri-manga-red-garden-volume-1.html|title=Yuri Manga: Red Garden, Volume 1|date=[[April 19]] [[2007]]|last=Friedman|first=Erica|accessdate=2008-04-22}}</ref>
* ''[[S.S. Astro]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://yenpress.us/?page_id=416|title=S.S. ASTRO: Asashio Sogo Teachers’ ROom by Negi Banno|publisher=[[Yen Press]]|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref>
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''<ref name="symg"/>
* ''[[Seraphim Call]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asian-stuff.com/anime/review_85.html |title=''Seraphim Call'' Review |publisher=Asian-Stuff |last=Frost |first=Marc |accessdate=2008-03-18|quote=Some scenes of girls in bathing suits and lingerie. Lesbian themes.}}</ref>
* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]]''<ref name = "poket-yuri">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2003_Oct_14/ai_110809191/pg_2 |title=Anime, mon amour: forget Pokemon—Japanese animation explodes with gay, lesbian, and trans themes - video |publisher=The Advocate |author=Solomon, Charles |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[Stratos 4]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/3369.php |title=''Stratos 4'' Vol. #3 Review |publisher=AnimeOnDVD.com |last=Beveridge |first=Chris |accessdate=2007-11-20|quote=It's a military show that's not a military show (...) with an aliens invasion storyline that's tied to lesbianism and consuming mass quantities of food.}}</ref>
* ''[[Strawberry Marshmallow]]''<ref name = "alc-afterellen"/>
* ''[[Sukeban Deka]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2004/03/yuri-manga-sukeban-deka.html|title=Yuri Manga: Sukeban Deka |date=[[March 3]] [[2004]]|last=Friedman|first=Erica|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref>
* ''[[Tactical Roar]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.groundreport.com/Arts_and_Culture/Anime-Review-of-Tactical-Roar |title=Anime Review of Tactical Roar |publisher=GroundReport |last=Tran |first=Can |accessdate=2008-02-04}}</ref>
* ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]''<ref name="mecha1">{{cite book |last=Shamoon |first=Deborah |editor=Lunning, Frenchy |title=Networks of Desire |series=Mechademia |url=http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/lunning_mechademia2.html |volume=2 |year=2007 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-5266-2 |chapter=Revolutionary Romance: ''The Rose of Versailles'' and the Transformation of Shōjo Manga |page= p.8, pp.10-11 }}</ref>
* ''[[Touka Gettan]]''<ref name = "yuri-touka1">{{citeweb|url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2008/02/another-anime-with-yuri-in-it-touka.html |title=Another Anime With Yuri In It: Touka Gettan |last=Friedman |first=Erica |accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Ultimate Girls]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=797 |title=''Ultimate Girls'' Review |publisher=THEM Anime |author=Jones, Tim | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Uta Kata]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2004/12/yuri-anime-uta-kata-revisited.html | last=Friedman | first=Erica | title=Yuri Anime: Uta-Kata Revisited |publisher=Okazu | accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
* ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]''<ref>{{cite book |last=Napier |first=Susan J. |title=The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Culture |editor=Martinez, Dolores P. |origyear=1998 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0521631289 |pages=p.97 and p.107 |chapter=Vampires, Psychic Girls, Flying Women and Sailor Scouts}}</ref>
* ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gomanga.com/news/features_vvv_01.php |title=Venus Versus Virus Ultimate Guide|publisher=[[Seven Seas Entertainment]]|accessdate=2007-12-08|quote=There is no explicit yuri content in the manga, but the pages are full of subtext.}}</ref>
* ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō]]''<ref name="yuri-essay">{{citeweb|url=http://www.yuricon.org/essays/Yuri_101.html |title=Yuri 101 |publisher=[[Yuricon]] |accessdate=2007-11-29}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Class S (genre)|Class S]]
* [[Femslash]]
* [[Hentai]]
* [[Homosexuality in Japan]]
* [[Lesbianism in erotica]]
* [[Pornography in Japan]]
* [[Yaoi]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.shoujoai.com/ Shōjo-ai Archive]
*[http://www.yuricon.org/ Yuricon]
*[http://smallcall.net/yuri/ Small Call] List of all the yuri-related dōjinshi circles present in [[Comiket]] since 2001. {{ja icon}}
*[http://yuribu.net/ Yuribu] Group of one-hundred yuri dōjinshi circles that will be present in Comitia 84. {{ja icon}}


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Revision as of 07:36, 11 October 2008

"Gossip"
Song

"Gossip" is the first single from Lil Wayne's EP, The Leak.[1] The single was officially released December 18 2007 to the iTunes Store. This song is sampled from The Supremes "Stop! in the Name of Love".

Background

HipHopDX.com reported that "Gossip" would originally be included on the top ten of the people. Tha Carter III and is indirectly aimed at 50 Cent,[2] but would actually turn out to have no relativity to 50 Cent as confirmed by Lil Wayne in an interview with VIBE and XXL, while actually appearing on Tha Carter III: The Leak.[1][3] Lil Wayne told VIBE the following about the supposed "beef",

I'm not gonna murder a rapper, that's like a cliche. I don't wanna kill 50 Cent! Because he got fans. I don't know who's riding with him! I don't need beef with niggas that I dont know. I don't know how many people like 50 . So if he said Lil Wayne's a hoe, Lil Wayne's a hoe. The word whore, that's a nigga who be smashing a lot, like fucking a lot[3]

He also denied to XXL directly, and confirmed that the song doesn't take any jabs at 50 Cent, while telling MTV the same.[1][4] H

e explained to MTV that the song was recorded in 2006 and that he doesn't "make records or say anything about people – Everyone knows that."[4] The song was due to be released between August and September 2007, however Lil Wayne premiered the song at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards.[5]

Charts

Chart (2008)[6] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 5
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 98

References

  1. ^ a b c Lil Wayne Announces That Carter III is gay as fuck: The Leak on December 18, with Official LP Coming in February. XXL (October 26 2007). Accessed October 26 2007.
  2. ^ In the Know (August 15 2007). DX Dirt (Lil Waynes Diss Track, Banner a Homo & Lil Kim Porn). HipHopDX. Accessed August 15 2007.
  3. ^ a b Laura Checkoway (October 2 2007). Weezy F. Baby: Uncut. Vibe. Accessed October 18 2007.
  4. ^ a b Andres Tardio (October 29 2007). Lil Wayne Speaks on 50 Cent & New Album. HipHopDX. Accessed October 29 2007.
  5. ^ Lil' Wayne - Gossip (Live BET Hip Hop Awards). Dailymotion (October 18 2007). Accessed October 18 2007.
  6. ^ Billboard - Lil Wayne - Artist Chart History


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