 If you liked
Aoi Hana
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Yuri Kuma Arashi
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While doing so in polar opposite styles and narrative techniques, both anime tell a very similar story. It involves lesbian coming out, exploring your true sexual identity, and reviving a forgotten first love as your true love. It's probably not coincidential that the director of Yurikuma, Kunihiko Ikuhara, also directed the OP of Aoi Hana. The story telling, however, could hardly be more different. Yurikuma uses the expressionist, symbolic and allegorical visual style which is Ikuhara's trademark. Aoi Hana uses a lot of subtle dialog and pastel, reduced visuals. Also, Yurikuma uses exuberant depcition of sexuality and nudity, while Aoi Hana doesn't show any of
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