Audience reviews
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ScarlettSkone
This anime is a really cute story about two very close friends!
It was so touching how they crossed the divide just to be with each other, and even gave up what they treasured most! I wish I had friends this close.
My favorite wholesome and platonic moment is when they bite and undress each other!
Jokes aside, I think people's inability to recognize gay people, as, well, people who can exist, is one of the phenomena commented on in this anime!
This anime offers social commentary on a variety of issues in a way so blunt I felt like I was getting hit by a brick. I thoroughly enjoyed the lack of subtly and would recommend this to people... that I know are fine with sapphic things.
Sha da ba doo.
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(TLDR at the bottom, thanks for reading.)
Yuri kuma Arashi attempts to say a lot but with the restrictive episode count, the message gets the message muddled and confused. This show is fairly confusing, even by Ikuhara standards, so to properly understand yuri kuma arashi we need to understand what it is trying to say.
Yuri kuma arashi is a very symbolic anime, so to understand what it is trying to say we need to understand what each of these symbols means and how they tie into the main narrative as a whole. Yuri means yuri, no surprise there. While kuma literally translates to bear it is used as slang for homosexuals, the use of bears is also to allude to the concept of the predatory lesbian. This is made clearer by the fact that the bears try to "eat" other girls, I shouldn't have to e…
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This anime had some nice art and some decent episodes but honestly people talking about how theres "soooo much symbolism and it has such deeper meaning " are totally misleading you. The symbolism is so heavy handed a monkey could understand it and the characters and plot are incredibly simplistic and predictable.
Yes there is something to be said about telling the story in an intricate and finely crafted way. But this story sucks. And it's not like some Homestuck level stuff where 10 hours later you see something from the first 5 minutes and suddenly something new comes to mind - it's incredibly predictable and literally anyone can see what the point is. The metaphors for lesbian culture in the real world are NOT SUBTLE , they are so freaking obvious it's like i'm being hit with a brick.…
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A little note here, this anime is touching on a personal level to me, so apologies in advance if you don't wanna hear this sappy childhood tale of mine.
Now then, what is Yuri Kuma Arashi about? It's got it all, it's the best bear-hunting anime I've ever watched for one. If you enjoy bear-hunting and would like to watch an anime that accurately simulates the sport, Yuri Kuma has all you need. Now grab those bear traps and head out to the woods!
It's also an anime about societal exclusion and discrimination. Is the anime about how people (Lesbians in this show) are discriminated and excluded by society? Yes it is. Does it handle its theme with the subtlety or with the respect/care it deserves. Hell no.
For all its messages on how Bears (which largely represent Lesbians in this case) are…
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I am not english, so i apologize if i make mistakes.
ʕ•̫͡•ʔ♡ʕ•̫͡•ʔ Yuri Kuma Arashi. I bet your first impression of this show has not been nice. Bears ʕ ☯ ڡ ☯ ʔ, invisible storm and Yuri, this is what you'll get from the first three episodes and probably even at the end of the series, Why? Because you didn't pay attention to the Yuri elements, dialogue, characters and especially to the symbolism (or you were just too lazy to find explanations on the web ʕ – ▃ – ʔ ). But what is Yuri Kuma Arashi about? Symbolism, love and drama. If you don't like symbolism stuff, just ignore this Anime, you will get confusion without explanations from the first second to the last one. Since i loved Yuri Kuma Arashi and everything related to the symbolism, weird stuff, ecc...i wanted to write a review.
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Yuri Kuma Arashi is to me the anime version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. That may seem to be a completely bizarre, nonsensical comparison, but there is one shared trait between the two that supersedes in value every single trait they don't share: each story is written by a director who is clearly creative, intelligent, and has a lot of talent and great ideas but is so absorbed in delivering some metaphysical message or lump of symbolism he forgets the prime element of storytelling is... *gasp* the story! (Shock! Kuma shock!) Due to the radical focus on the message, the actual execution is so wildly insipid it bored the ever-living hell out of me.
Honestly, I hated this. There're a lot of things I appreciate about the show: the soundtrack is uniquely composed, enjoyable, and fits the tone of…
Read at the sourceMidnightPuppet
+Cute characters and very good character development
+Pretty animation
+Very surreal and symbolic
+Weird (In a good way)
+Lesbians
+Building up lore and pretty good twists
+good character backstory
+Goddamn that opening
-Not for everyone Yuri Kuma Arashi I found to be much better than I expected. At first it seems pretty playful and cute and it also seems like it's gonna have a lot of lesbian fan service but actually no. The fan service isn't overly sexual at all. Plus the anime gets deeper and more drama as it goes on. It's so damn surreal and has such a pretty atmosphere. I'm a artist so I eat weird shit up like a school girl blows senpai-*Cough* Anyways while I can saftely say I fucking adore this anime it's definitely not for everyone. If it intrigues you go ahead watch it , I think…
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(This has been adapted from my blog post. Spoilers ahead!)
Love is such a simple word. But when you think about it, there is a lot more to it than at first perceived. Love can be used to bring someone wonderful happiness or utter sadness. Love can make you extremely nervous or completely at ease. Love can even be used to bring about total beauty or despondent sin. This omnipresent feeling is incredibly complex, being something that everyone feels in one form or another. Ultimately, though, it is a good feeling. But much like the symbols that this anime thrives on, its meaning morphs depending on the context. In other words, love is like a symbol where all of its roads, all of its interpretations, lead to a solitary destination. Yuri Kuma Arashi is founded on both love and symbolism, creat…
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Very lengthy review!
Warning: Spoilers present (but no detailed spoiler present).
Now, how do we review a show that
>is so unique that it's almost absurd
>has very polarized views
>is hard to review without spoiling detailed stuff?
Answer: To be in the sexy way. Get what I mean? Bet you don't. I don't either.
OK seriously:
To review this show, simply trying to interpret all the symbols is not enough. More analysis must be done on whether the symbols are portrayed well, and whether the plot & characters are well done.
Now first, about how much you would expect: Don't expect a flawless masterpiece or you would likely be disappointed, and of course don't expect too little because after all it's Ikuhara.
Yuri Kuma Arashi, as an Ikuhara work, is all about symbolism, mostly criticism on va…
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No spoilers!!!!
Many of the reviews I see here are talking about how this show is "difficult to watch" as if it is a chore. My advice is to just not think too hard about the deeper meanings and simply enjoy the cute characters, art, and story. After you become interested in the show, you can always watch it again in order to analyze it.
I decided to watch this show based on the art I had seen...and I was not disappointed because the art used in the show is very good and appealing to the eye. The outfits and character design are very cute as well. The school uniforms struck me especially because they are very unique. In Japan hats are not often part of the school uniform, and if they are it is only in elementary school. However this school uniform meant for high school kids had included a…
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"Everything is good in moderation" ..now if you were to say that to Ikuhara he would probably pimp slap you with a proverbial hand and skip off into the schizophrenic sunset of left field allegorical stew, while conjuring new ways to make even Satoshi Kon's nuttiest creations to look like tamed Saturday morning cartoons.
Yuri Kuma Arashi is a dream factory chock-full of symbolism and motifs with everything being beyond what's presented at face value. This isn't for casual viewing and if unprepared to really dig deep it can be either taxing or repulsive upon initial impression. I normally don't like to judge works based on the creator behind them but in the anime industry, some giants have made a very noticeable signature or trademark style when it comes to their works. May that be the wes…
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Shaba-daa… Shaba-daba-daabaa. This anime is a prime example of why people should not quit watching a non-linear show after the first few episodes.
Art is outstanding – beautifully designed characters, colorful background, lots of attention to details and expression. The OP is good on its own; the soundtrack blends into the storytelling perfectly and doesn’t distract you.
Despite all that, Yuri Kuma Arashi is definitely not an easy anime to watch. As many people may have noticed, the first three episodes – no, make it five episodes – had one of the highest WTF-per-minute factor. The story didn’t make any sense. Asteroid exploding, cute-looking bears uprising and eating human, Kureha and her inexplicable not giving up on love… nothing seems to fit anywhere.
Luckily, the murder of Sumika,…
Read at the sourceRecklessPeggy
Yuri Kuma Arashi. I’m going to be flat out honest, I utterly loathe this show for the sheer fact that I’ve fallen in love with it. Now I must caution you all, this show will alienate you if you haven’t seen Ikuhara’s previous works like Penguindrum or Utena so upon viewing this as a first title his style can be rather overbearing. But, back to the topic at hand, there are some anime out there that can only be described as otherworldly and Yuri Kuma is just that. Today I will be reviewing the anime Yuri Kuma Arashi so without further ado KUMA SHOCK.
Yuri Kuma Arashi is produced by studio Silver Link who created the best Fate in the franchise Fate Illya, and also created Strike the Blood… Yeah they done fucked up. It was constructed by Kunihiko Ikuhara who is the mastermind behind Penguindr…
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Yuri relationships and bears. What are you thinking? One could say this is one of anime’s weirdest creations, but I think it’s one of the greatest, this year in fact. It is one of the first few anime that aired this year (and season) and as well as the one which focuses on girl-on-girl relationship.
Yuri Kuma Arashi was probably picked up by many because it was directed by Ikuhara Kunihiko, the director of the well-famed Mawaru Penguindrum. To give some background of the story, there was a planet Kumaria that exploded on space which showered around Earth. This caused the bears to become violent and start attacking and eating humans. So to prevent any more attacks, the humans build up the ‘Wall of Severance’ between the two and things calmed down. One day, two bears, Ginko and Lulu, disgu…
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Kunihiko Ikuhara sat down one day, picked up a Mad Libs book, and found his first prompt: "Adjective, Noun, Noun." Of course, he chose "Lesbian," "Bear," and "Storm" as any normal and respectable individual would.
Although it certainly might seem like Ikuhara just threw some words together to make this series, Yuri Kuma Arashi (Lesbian Bear Storm) is not a "thrown-together" series by a long shot. Now please bear with me-- I promise the puns won't be this terrible-- for my take on YKA.
Disclaimer: Although I am majorly biased towards Ikuhara (Utena and Penguindrum are my #1 and #2) I'd like to think that this review attempts to eliminate bias. If my fanboyishness is too flamboyant in some areas, please tell me so I cna review that and correct it.
STORY (9/10):
I don't just hand out 9s f…
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When it comes to making anime that is overflowing with metaphors and symbolism, Ikuhara is your guy. I remember hearing about the project and was excited for a yuri anime to be directed by Ikuhara, since he's always included it in his past work. I came with the expectation that this show was going to be revolutionary like Utena (pun not intended) and Penguindrum. Yuri Kuma fulfilled it to an extent. The first couple of episodes of the anime don't give it any justice since the fan service is everywhere, but the show does get better. The show encompasses the brave Kureha Tsubaki, and her determination on never giving up on love. The show demonstrates the treatment of lesbians in society to the idea of selfish love all in the span of 12 episodes. The art was nice, and it was enjoyable seeing…
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**SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
Surrealism: it’s something that you are either into or you aren’t. The plots of these shows are usually far harder to comprehend than your average anime and the actions of the characters won’t always make logical sense, but if you merely change your perspective, you will see what the show is really trying to say. Yuri Kuma Arashi, which translates into “Lesbian Bear Storm”, is no exception to the formula of surrealist art; it is NOT for everyone. While most shows are driven by their plot or by their characters, YKA is a show driven by its themes and the messages that the plot and characters are trying to relay. Brought to us by the artistic genius Kunihiko Ikuhara (Mawaru Penguindrum, Revolutionary Girl Utena), this show is a unique experience that allows you to re…
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Watching Yuri Kuma Arashi is like trying to memorize the first 100 digits of Pi. Succeeding might technically be considered an accomplishment, but good lord is it meaningless.
Yuri Kuma Arashi is a textbook example of an anime that tries to be too damn smart for its own good. It's a show which attempts to utilize intricate symbolisms and references rather than to present a story which you can take at face value. By hiding content in-between the lines, it tries to provide a plot which is unorthodox, deep and thought-provoking. However this is nothing more than a façade which tries (and fails) to cover up the fact that the plot itself is in reality nowhere near as complicated as it makes itself out to be.
The story takes place in a world that has been struck by an asteroid called Kumaria,…
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To be honest, Yuri Kuma Arashi (Yuri Bear Storm) is one of those shows you’ll want to like or hate from the early start. Make no mistake, this is not your ordinary slice of life series or one of those shows where cute girls do cute things. To put it into easier perspective, Yuri Kuma Arashi appeals more to fans of surrealism, or those who seeks out more than just a plot and its characters. Symbolisms, foreshadowing, and many plot elements are exclusively packaged into this series that hits peculiarity from all directions.
The show has this strange vibrant radiance to it. From the first few episodes, it’s clear that there’s a lot of effort put in by Kunihiko Ikuhara. He directs this show with an idiosyncratic style and is easy to tell how vastly peculiar some episodes can be. There’s also…
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When Kunihiko Ikuhara said he was going to make Yuri Kuma Arashi the self-titled "Gundam of Yuri" I was a bit spectacle of how something like that would turn out and if he could even pull off such an elaborate ploy.
I was glad to find out that I was wrong.
YKA is a 12 episode series by Silver Link and the basic story is about a young girl named Kureha who lives in a world where a giant "Barrier of Severance" divides humanity from the world of human-devouring bears who started to attack humans after a great meteor shower covered the lands. Two transfer students, who are actually bears disguised as humans, named Ginko and Lulu then transfer into her class at school and start an uproar of mysterious tragedies, including the death of Kureha's lover Sumika. Kureha is then faced with trials qu…
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