#Noir 2001

[telltaletypist]

something i love about the girls with guns genre of anime is you know the main characters are gonna be ok if they're up against a man with decades of experience in combat but if they end up fighting another high school girl then they're in trouble. like adult men are the red shirts of the genre

[ladygwyndolin]

[good-yvesning]

I <3 yuri subtext

[adorablegorilla]

A lot of people joke about how gay it is that even early on in Noir, Kirika and Mireille slept in the same bed despite there literally being two beds, but it actually perfectly symbolizes the vulnerability between them at that point.

Both of them are taking huge risks in this partnership and displaying huge amounts of vulnerability to each other for the sake of uncovering the mysteries of their past. Mireille is letting a girl who not only knows her identity but is just as adept at killing as she is (if not moreso) live under the same roof. Kirika may have lost her memory, but she stills has her instincts as a trained killer, and she is greatly going against those instincts by allowing herself to sleep under the same roof as a professional hitman who has promised to eventually kill her. But through their partnership, they've placed themselves in each other's care. Of course they sleep in the same bed, then; they're just as vulnerable with each other.

But despite this, they don't want to actually acknowledge that vulnerability. They face away from each other; neither wants to acknowledge that this is the closest they've ever allowed someone to get to them in a long time. They're both placing a huge amount of trust in each other while trying not to actually trust each other, and that scares them. So they turn away. They try not to acknowledge it. And they try and act like things are simply a strictly professional arrangement between them, while they sleep in the same bed.

What I'm trying to say is that it would actually be less gay if they were just fucking

[shih-na]

World's youngest sommelier Chloe (Based on this)

This one is for the two Chloe fans out there. Please watch Noir it's so lonely

[chanchimi]

A myriad of Mireille

[rubyashes]

We must never forgive the people who took anime about a pair of women who shoot people with guns away from us

[sundoodle]

finished watching Noir (2001 anime) and this is what i believe kiri and miri are up to after the finale

[frankenfawn]

some mirekiris from the past few months

the dog image in the last drawing is from this post

and some bonus kirikas under the cut

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[yurisorcerer]

The ppl on other websites who told me this show is mid need to apologize profusely, this was absolutely fantastic from start to finish.

I know this, Madlax, and El Cazador de la Bruja are considered something of a loose thematic trilogy, so I'd like to watch those soon as well.

As for Noir itself, I will hopefully have a review completed and posted soon.

[telltaletypist]

those four magical words every girl wants to hear

[ladygwyndolin]

[the-sun-princess]

[adorablegorilla]

[shih-na]

Chloe thumbnails to make a full illustration later perhaps?