You know it’s been a busy anime season when it takes me more than a month to write about a new yuri anime. But I finally found time to start watching Whisper Me a Love Song, aka Sasayaku You Ni Koi wo Utau. In this blog post, read why it’s the best girl’s love anime we’ve gotten in years!
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Whisper Me a Love Song is an Awesome Yuri Anime
Yori Asanagi is a cool third-year student who’s good at playing guitar and singing…but she knows nothing of love. After she performs at a school event, a first-year student named Himari Kino tells her she “fell in love at first sight” with her song. Yori misunderstands, thinking Himari is confessing romantic love to her. What happens when Yori finds herself falling for the younger girl?
Thus begins one of the most adorable yuri anime offerings in years. Yori confesses her love to Himari, saying that she wants to officially date her. But Himari doesn’t understand the nuances of the word suki, which can mean both “like” (for friends, food or cats), or “love” in the romantic sense. Himari asks Yori to wait for her reply, so she can sort out her feelings. Meanwhile, another band member named Mizuguchi is also in love with Yori, and wants to steal her from Himari.
How can you compliment someone on their singing but accidentally confess your love to them? It’s not impossible, thanks to how the Japanese language works. Subjects and even objects are left off sentences if it’s clear to all parties what the context is. This vagueness is a core element of the language and one that presents some challenges for foreigners studying it. These misunderstandings are a big part of modern storytelling (although they’re far less a thing in real life).
Whisper Me a Love Song is based on a manga by Eku Takeshima that’s sold over 400,000 copies to date. As usual, I’m much happier to get invested in an anime based on a manga rather than a light novel series. Compared with Naruo-kei web novels, manga-based stories generally guarantee a better story structure that won’t go all over the place, like some anime I could name.
The anime is being made by Yokohama Animation Lab, a younger studio with a few interesting shows under their belt, like Miru Tights. The visuals really pop, and I get the feeling the staff is really dedicated to making the anime a success.
Oh, and the character designs are super cute, too!
What Kind of Yuri Anime Do You Like?
One thing I love about yuri anime is that it brings all fans together on the same level. Men and women are very different, and might lock on to different elements of whatever we’re into…especially when it comes to love and sex. But something about yuri stories allows both male and female fans to enjoy a story the same.
Let’s look at the different kinds of yuri anime that exist!
Sometimes we want to enjoy the physical aspect of lesbians kissing and touching each other. Yuri anime like Sakura Trick, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya and Citrus really satisfyingly scratch this itch. I also love the “surprise yuri” twist in Scum’s Wish. I tend to think of this sub-genre as “yuri anime for guys” because the main draw is visual rather than emotional.
There’s plenty of potential for humor when it comes to yuri relationships, which has long been one of the building blocks of modern anime. Some series are nothing but an endless stream of slapstick lesbian jokes, like Yuru Yuri. Other times, mainstream series use unrequited lesbian relationships to create humor. Tooru’s desire for Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, and Tomoyo’s endless yearning for Sakura in Cardcaptor Sakura are two good examples.
What’s the best yuri visual novel series? I’m biased, but I’d say it’s the Flowers series, available from JAST USA. Link is here!
My favorite kind of yuri anime are stories that explore the complexity that comes when two girls violate society’s norms and fall in love. Two great examples are Aoi Hana/Sweet Blue Flowers and Bloom Into You.
We Are All Maki from Bloom Into You
I feel that when guys enjoy a good yuri anime, we’re all playing the role of Seiji Maki from the Bloom Into You anime. He’s a boy with a strange passion, to watch silently as the girls around him find love, usually asking for his advice along the way. Each unfolding love story is a secret performance only he knows about. He wants to watch each story play out from his special reserved seat…just like the viewers!
Thanks for reading this blog post about the new Whisper Me a Love Song yuri anime. Are you into anime about girls falling in love with girls? If so, why, and what do you look for in a good yuri love story?
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