Yuri Espoir, Volume 1
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- Create Date：2022-08-16 09:53:19
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Mai Naoi
- ISBN：1427868255
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Summary
After finding out she is to be forced into an marriage of convenience as soon as she graduates high school， Kokoro sees her life ending before her eyes at her father's wishes。 And so in her final year of high school， she decides to indulge in her love of other women， and create an incredible sketchbook of lesbian romance to leave behind as her legacy。 As she observes the young women of her town， she learns more about their desires， their struggles， and the unpredictable whims of love。
Reviews
Larakaa
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Interesting concept！
Georgia’s OG Otaku
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4。5* Art leaves a lot to be desired but I liked this way more than I should。
Emma （littledollreads）
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This was a very interesting read。 I feel like there are a lot of good conversations to be had from the topics covered in this story。 I enjoyed this read for sure， I thought the characters were all interesting and felt very realistic。 I'm not sure if I will personally continue with this one but I think others would really enjoy this series。 This was a very interesting read。 I feel like there are a lot of good conversations to be had from the topics covered in this story。 I enjoyed this read for sure， I thought the characters were all interesting and felt very realistic。 I'm not sure if I will personally continue with this one but I think others would really enjoy this series。 。。。more
Rebecca
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Kokoro's father is forcing her into an arranged marriage as soon as she finishes high school。 To Kokoro， this feels like a death sentence in more ways than one - she actually describes penetrative sex as being slain with a bladed weapon。 To make herself feel better about never even having had a girlfriend， she enlists her art club friend Amami to accompany her as she draws yuri couples in a notebook and tells herself stories about the girls and women she sees。 This could have been bad - the idea Kokoro's father is forcing her into an arranged marriage as soon as she finishes high school。 To Kokoro， this feels like a death sentence in more ways than one - she actually describes penetrative sex as being slain with a bladed weapon。 To make herself feel better about never even having had a girlfriend， she enlists her art club friend Amami to accompany her as she draws yuri couples in a notebook and tells herself stories about the girls and women she sees。 This could have been bad - the idea of using real people for your fantasies isn't one that sits well with me， and neither is the fetishization of LGBTQIA+ couples。 But Kokoro has no illusions about what she's doing; she's well aware that she's making things up and creating fantasies out of whole cloth to suit her own needs。 It's the only way she's able to cope with the heteronormative life she's being forced into。 Naoi makes that clear in the art very effectively: whenever someone talks about how great her marriage is going to be， all the light goes out of Kokoro's eyes and her expression freezes。 It's like watching her just die while talking。All in all， this is kind of grim for a book with "hope" right in the title。 But it's not entirely without it - Amami （who naturally is in love with an oblivious Kokoro） has a four-bubble rant that strikes to the heart of the entire story: Why do we have to get hurt because of people who can't differentiate between their happiness and someone else's？ Why do we have to pay the price because those dinosaurs think that young people having the freedom to make their own choices negates the ones they made？That's the heart of the book right there。 Kokoro's fantasies aren't negating any choices or imposing her thoughts on anyone else; they exist only to soothe her。 So why is her family and the world forcing their choices and dreams onto her？3。5 rounded up。 I like getting the realities of the people Kokoro's daydreaming about and there's a real point here hiding underneath the fluff。 。。。more
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Yuri Espoir, Volume 1&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0