Oshi to no Yuri wa Arienai! - Ch. 6.1 - Public Apology from the Author and the Editor (Twitter Extra)

[Poinn]

Author schizoposting 😭🙏 tf he even talking about

 

[lilyloverxoxo]

GUYS I FINALLY REMEMBERED WHERE IT’S FROM, as a Yuri fan who is also a Gundam fan (not a middle aged man though lol), the original panel of her deep scowl is a reference to a famous scene from Gundam: 0083 Stardust Memory, where the protagonist Kou Uraki makes a contorted face of extreme anger which became a meme among gundam fans for a loooong time. The TL wasn’t able to figure it out (I assume), but I did (I think). Yay!

 

[ScarletKomii]

I think the last part about "if more complaints come, we'll have to draw an old lady or a little girl in an outfit like that" is a threat.

"old lady" but... Tsukamoto Azusa (which I assume is Anne's mom) is 45...

 

[SuzuPazuzu]

GUYS I FINALLY REMEMBERED WHERE IT’S FROM, as a Yuri fan who is also a Gundam fan (not a middle aged man though lol), the original panel of her deep scowl is a reference to a famous scene from Gundam: 0083 Stardust Memory, where the protagonist Kou Uraki makes a contorted face of extreme anger which became a meme among gundam fans for a loooong time. The TL wasn’t able to figure it out (I assume), but I did (I think). Yay!

I posted a picture of the reference in this thread recently, yeah.

 

[beThereShortly]

Good to know that the author comes of just as unhinged in writing than he does reading his manga!
This was pretty funny to read... though I can't really tell what's a joke and what's what.

 

[Machaka22]

I have so much mixed feelings about this joke/troll and clearly not good ones.

The editor should read the last sondage on Yuri readers. People who reads Yuri manga mixed compared to other demography (shonen, Shojo, etc).
But at least they make pretty clear in their marketing that this manga is targeting only MEN with all the typical outfits you found on manga to attract a male audience (bunny outfit, Maids, gym outfits, bikini) and here we have a combo, maid outfit x micro bikini.

This just reinforce the idea that Yuri manga are full of fan service, male gaze, fetishizing lesbian relationship and only guys read them.

 

[LilithRaven]

I have so much mixed feelings about this joke/troll and clearly not good ones.

The editor should read the last sondage on Yuri readers. People who reads Yuri manga mixed compared to other demography (shonen, Shojo, etc).
But at least they make pretty clear in their marketing that this manga is targeting only MEN with all the typical outfits you found on manga to attract a male audience (bunny outfit, Maids, gym outfits, bikini) and here we have a combo, maid outfit x micro bikini.

This just reinforce the idea that Yuri manga are full of fan service, male gaze, fetishizing lesbian relationship and only guys read them.

yeah for real, at this point i’m droping this garbage, whatever schitzo shit the author wanna pretend this manga is, i don’t care any more, it was clear we will not get any actual yuri but only some dumb weirdo form of comedy (-_-) witch is way i never read the last 3 chapters because every time i see this in my update list i bloody ignore it

 

[SuzuPazuzu]

This just reinforce the idea that Yuri manga are full of fan service, male gaze, fetishizing lesbian relationship and only guys read them.

While I agree with you broadly on the state of the manga industry, the first five chapters were all self-published without any input from editors. I get what you're saying, but also it feels pretty prudish to accuse a woman of only appealing to the male gaze and fetishizing lesbians. It kind of reduces her agency as a creative and also as a person by lumping her in with men who write fetish yuri. The dynamic is very different.

 

[D-OO3]

I'm confused, why the hell does a Gundam reference warrant an apology in the first place? Because of how weird the face is? Did they forgot the multiple weirder expressions the characters have in other chapters?

 

[Jdeoxys]

This just reinforce the idea that Yuri manga are full of fan service, male gaze, fetishizing lesbian relationship and only guys read them

based

 

[IbnAurum]

UOOOOOOGHHHH 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 SENSEI IS THE BESTTTTTTTT YES PLS MORE SKIMPY SENSEI

 

[Machaka22]

While I agree with you broadly on the state of the manga industry, the first five chapters were all self-published without any input from editors. I get what you're saying, but also it feels pretty prudish to accuse a woman of only appealing to the male gaze and fetishizing lesbians. It kind of reduces her agency as a creative and also as a person by lumping her in with men who write fetish yuri. The dynamic is very different.

Here I'm only talking about how they promote the manga and the illustrations they use to sell it. It's full of male gaze.
All the illustrations the author draws, the bonuses you get when you buy the first volume and all the references to hentai/porn....
If I didn't read the chapters first, I would say it's another ecchi "Yuri" manga full of fan service of underage girls manly targeting middle-aged Otaku. And they being a woman doesn't legitimate or lighten anything.
I'm not accusing or blaming anyone, I'm just stating facts. They, the author and the editor, are not the first one and clearly not the last to promote a manga by drawing their characters, underage or not, in sexy provocative outfits mostly appealing to male.
The things that I don't agree with and dislike is the com of the editor, "Yuri are only read by middle-aged men", that's entirely wrong and that the author views their fan base as degenerate guys who only dream of seeing their OCs in skimpy outfits.
I'm here for the absurd jokes and learning how to rehabilitate someone addicted to LSD not seeing girls/women in maid/micro bikini.

 

[SuzuPazuzu]

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You should keep in mind that the apology letter is very tongue-in-cheek. The editor's quotes are clearly poking fun at the series being mostly a gag manga, and not "pure yuri" (even though purity yuri tends to me more male-dominated than subversive yuri). They never said that only middle-aged men read yuri, they made a joke that only middle-aged men read this manga because of its gag content. They were trying to justify throwing in a Gundam reference joke from 1991.

In reality, the author has talked about how she doesn't actually know what the demographic is, because Comic Newtype doesn't do demographic polls or anything. There's no way for them to get much of an idea of who is reading. So clearly the comments from the editor aren't meant to be taken seriously.

If you want to show that you're a reader from a different demographic, the only thing you can really do—as the author has said people should do if they can—is mail a handwritten letter to the Comic Newtype editorial department addressed to the author.

 

[pigeontoes0]

I'm not accusing or blaming anyone, I'm just stating facts. They, the author and the editor, are not the first one and clearly not the last to promote a manga by drawing their characters, underage or not, in sexy provocative outfits mostly appealing to male.

Women can be horny, women can be freaks, women can find skimpy outfits appealing!! its not a "male" thing and I frankly find the idea that women are somehow inherently more "pure" than men misogynistic. Freaky women deserve horny content too!!

 

[Machaka22]

Women can be horny, women can be freaks, women can find skimpy outfits appealing!! its not a "male" thing and I frankly find the idea that women are somehow inherently more "pure" than men misogynistic. Freaky women deserve horny content too!!

You are completely out of subject.
Of course some women would found skimpy outfit but when it's made by marketing to sell something they are mainly targeting men. If some women found it attractive and want to buy their products, good for them.

 

[HoesLuvHerro]

Author rn:

Idk what that whole thing means ngl, just give us more yuri!

 

[weleasewodger]

Here I'm only talking about how they promote the manga and the illustrations they use to sell it. It's full of male gaze.
All the illustrations the author draws, the bonuses you get when you buy the first volume and all the references to hentai/porn....
If I didn't read the chapters first, I would say it's another ecchi "Yuri" manga full of fan service of underage girls manly targeting middle-aged Otaku. And they being a woman doesn't legitimate or lighten anything.
I'm not accusing or blaming anyone, I'

I'm not accusing or blaming anyone, I'm just stating facts.

Your facts