10 Second Anime - Yuri Kuma Arashi - Episode 2

Yuri Kuma Arashi - Episode 2

There's more bears at school than the transfer students. Another student gets eaten.

Second Thoughts.

I'm out. This show was less understandable the second time around. The transfer students Lulu and Ginko aren't the only bears at school, but they don't appear to recognize the other ones. Another bear "eats" another girl behind the same planter where Lulu and Ginko "ate" the first girl. Bodies, or whatever, can't be left in the same place all the time, can they? And another trial happened for Lulu and Ginko to "eat" Kureha, yet she wasn't eaten again, and a different bear was the one who was actually trying to eat her. Where was her trial? And this bear actually died, leaving a bear body. Gah, I don't know what's going on here. The symbolism and evocative images are overpowering any kind of coherent plot logic. That means I'll just have to watch this show for the sweet, sweet yuri.

10 Second Anime - Yuri Kuma Arashi - Episode 1

Yuri Kuma Arashi - Episode 1

Set in an all-girl school whose world's bears have been turned into intelligent man-eaters by an alien race of bears, two new students hunt for prey. Literally Lily Bear Storm. Season premiere.

First Thoughts.

My first thought was "wat?" Followed by "what did I just see?" Yuri (ユリ) is literally lily in Japanese, but is code for lesbians and a specific genre of otaku visual media. As I watched the show, with its depictions of alien bears transforming into humans behind anti-bear walls, I thought I almost saw a plot. But then that scene with the trial showed up, deciding whether the girl bears would be allowed to "eat" or eat the lesbian girl main character. Wat. So, this isn't a yuri show with flashy visuals like Mariaholic, or a show using its light premise as a vehicle for gags and *those* scenes like Sakura Trick. This is a crazy show which I don't know what it's doing yet. The lesbians are good. The bears are cute. I don't know what this storm is about. I'll have to see what my Second Thoughts are for the next episode.