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Yuri

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Yuri (literally: "lily") is the term used to describe manga or anime with strong, graphically portrayed homo-erotic themes involving women. In otherwords, yuri is pornographic manga/anime featuring women with women. Unlike yaoi, yuri does tend to have more than the minimal necessary story.

Similar to the situation with yaoi / shounen-ai, it has become increasingly popular in North America for shoujo-ai titles to be labelled "yuri," both by fans and distributors.

See also: shoujo-ai, shounen-ai, yaoi

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