#black & white tough love at the office

[problematic-yuri-poll]

Problematic Yuri Tournament Season 2 - Round 1

Black and White: Tough Love at the Office vs. Suteki na Kanojo no Tsukurikata

Black and White: Tough Love at the Office (manga by Sal Jiang)

Sexual Content: MODERATE; Gore: NONE; Violence: HIGH

Submitted problematic elements:

two women who hate eachother at work beat the shit out of eachother, sabotage careers and emotionally manipulate eachother

Submitted content warnings:

violence, blackmail and sexual violence. the two women beat eachother up pretty bad and there are moments of dubious consent.

Submitted propaganda:

Amazingly drawn with a very unique premise. The cutthroat office politics becoming actual fights. Explores domination and control in a very interesting way. It also has a milf!

Suteki na Kanojo no Tsukurikata (visual novel by sushi_soft)

Sexual Content: HIGH; Gore: NONE; Violence: HIGH // Eroge, has a censored Steam version.

Mod submission.

Mod-submitted problematic elements:

Yandere protagonist meets a girl who looks just like her first crush and tries to "train" her into her perfect girlfriend. Noncon/dubcon heavy.

Mod-submitted content warnings:

Noncon, dubcon, non-yuri sexual assault, unreality, paranoia, drugging, death, abusive parents, suicidal ideation.

Mod-submitted propaganda:

It's probably concerning that we relate to Sumire. This VN is pretty rough around the edges and leaves its mysteries open-ended, but anyone who wants a yuri where things go wrong and get worse all the time and the protagonist's mental state is in constant decline may appreciate this VN! It also has petplay.

[kaban-bang]

FINALLY YURI DEATH NOTE

[sweetbottletops]

"Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko!" #YuriDay Illustrations

"求め合う女たち💋" Sal Jiang [x]

"Black and White: Tough Love at the Office" #YuriDay Illustrations

[yuripoll]

CHAMPIONS BRACKET ROUND 1: B2

Even Though We're Adults is about a married woman realising she isn't happy in her relationship after kissing a woman at a bar. Black & White is about office coworkers who despise one another hatefucking behind closed doors.

[jessica-problems]

oh my GOD i just finished Black & White by Sal Jiang and I need more yuri about grown women with jobs doing Death Note mind games and beating the shit out of each other and doing office politics to destroy each others' careers, then hatefucking about it.

[gigantomachylesbian]

toxic yuri fans you NEED to get your hands on Black & White: Tough Love at the Office it is SO good and so bananas crazy

Some images because oh my god:

[saccharinescorpion]

that’s fucking right

[copingwithcomics]

[carriagelamp]

I was doing quite a bit of travelling this month, so audiobooks were a blessing (thank you for my life, P.G. Wodehouse). I had a few physical books that I carted around with me, but mostly I really appreciated the bliss of being able to pop in headphones and listen to a story on the plane or to help me fall asleep in assorted inn/hostel/hotels…

A Bear Called Paddington

Speaking of travel, of my destinations this month was the UK! Had an excellent trip, got all around the country, including London. I was thrilled to see the Paddington Bear statue at Paddington Station, so I decided I needed to reread the first book of the series since it’s been years since I read any of them.

A Bear Called Paddington tells the story of how a young bear “from Darkest Peru” winds up in London. The Brown family find him in at Paddington Station with a tag that says “please look after this bear, thank you”. Not able to stand leaving him on his own, they bring him home and that is, as they say, history. The stories are all quaint little adventures about the well-meaning Paddington exploring every day London life and the inevitable mishaps and misadventures he gets drawn into.

Black and White: Tough Love at the Office

Ah, the Toxic Yuri everyone’s been talking about! I honestly don’t quite know what to say about this one… this author had a very specific fetish she was going for and succeeded! It’s all about an office rivalry and how out of hand it gets, very kinky. There is absolutely nothing of substance here but tbfh if you read that title and decided to pick it up substance proooobably isn’t what you’re looking for. The art is nice! I wouldn’t bother reading more, but I had fun reading this.

Heidi

Another childhood classic I hadn’t read in years. It felt like a good summery read so I decided to revisit it since the last time I read it was probably late elementary school and I remembered having vaguely warm feelings for it. The story is about a young orphaned girl named Heidi and how she is sent to live with her gruff grandfather up in the Alps. Despite people having doubts about her doing well in such a harsh environment or with such a harsh man, Heidi takes to the mountains immediately and her bitter grandfather is soon softened by having her around. Things get complicated though when Heidi is taken away from her uncle and forced to live with another family, far away from her mountains and the world she knows…

I enjoyed it well enough. It was sweet and endearing like children’s books from this era are, though the moralistic Christianity was a little heavy fucking handed for this particular atheist. Could have done without. Not sure I’d bother rereading it again now that I’ve been reintroduced to the story, but it is a nice one and obviously a classic for a reason.

Into the River Lands // Mammoths at the Gates (Singing Hills)

I seriously can’t sing my love for The Singing Hills Cycle loudly enough. Go read it! Go go go! I was iffy when I read the first book, it took me a little bit to really understand what the book was trying to do, but by the time I hit the second book I was sold. By Into the Riverlands I was in love. 

These stories continue to follow the cleric Chih as they travel the lands collecting story for their monastery which exists to keep detailed records of all sorts of stories, both historical and fictional. These books are fascinatingly meta, and tend to weave multiple stories together with the framing device of Chih in the present day and then whoever is telling them their stories. It means that things often aren’t said plainly and you have to pick apart these various stories and the biases they’re being told through in order to understand the overarching story of the novella. Into the Riverlands is about Chih trying to collect stories about legendary martial artists from the riverland region and the companions they joins up with to travel a dangerous river road. Mammoths at the Gates is about Chih returning to the monastery only to find that it’s been besieged by mammoths and that an important cleric has died. They get wrapped up in trying to help mediate both the siege, the death of the cleric, changing relationships, and how stories affect the way we feel about people.

Star Crossed

This one was… a comic. I’m not really sure what to say about it. My girlfriend bought it for the pretty art and lent it to me and it was… a fine read. The art was definitely pretty! But the pacing was brutal. There was some genuinely lovely ideas and the relationships that were set up seemed appealing, but everything happened at such a breakneck speed that there was really no chance to feel anything. I couldn’t tell you a damn thing about it anymore, honestly. A problem was no sooner introduced than it was resolved. This felt like it either needed to be a story with a much smaller scope, or it needed to extend over quite a few more books. Ultimately if you want a story about star people, and a king/body guard thing, and some nice art it wouldn’t hurt to read. But like… you aren’t getting much. Kinda just made me want to go and reread Dogsbody instead which did sentient star politics in a much more interesting way. 

Right Ho, Jeeves // Very Good, Jeeves! // Thank You, Jeeves // Code of the Woosters // Joy in the Morning // The Mating Season (Jeeves & Wooster novels)

So! I got a little into the Jeeves books! They made absolutely perfect falling-asleep-books since, much like Bertie, they don’t take a lot of brain power. They’re like eating a bowl of popcorn for my brain. They were fun, silly, with just enough scheming to keep things interesting. I adore Bertie Wooster with my entire heart, and it’s always very fun to see Jeeves swoop in to save the day. My one condemnation is that this is very much a “if you’ve read one, you’ve read them all” sort of series. Which clearly worked for me! I wanted more of the same and by god I got it! Could not for the life of me tell you what each book was about, but I had a blast listening to them and intend to listen to more too after I’ve had a break. Every time Aunt Dahlia turns up my heart sings. I am also delighted to have reached the books that feature Gussie because he's also an absolute delight!

[problematic-yuri-poll]

[kaban-bang]

I think this manga was made for me, specifically.

[worstgirl-online]

does anyone wanna cosplay them with me?

[ladyloveandjustice]

#tbh I need yuri recs because go knows the ones I'v read were boring as hell because one girl kept going 'what it this feeling ?'#and then saying to the girl they want to be friends forever#meanwhile I'm being queerbaited by sound!euphonium#so yeah give me recs because at that point I'm either bad at finding shit or yuri just aint for me and I need lesbian yaoi instead

I never understand what people mean when they say lesbian yaoi being better, since most BL also starts out with "what is this feeling" "I'm in love with a MAN???" and stuff. But based off guesswork, I'll list some stuff that might interest you.

(If you're reading stuff that ends with "friends forever" that's class S and plenty of yuri is not that. Sound Euphonium is also very much not yuri at all, it was never classified as such in Japan. But I will also never forgive it.)

If my lesbian yaoi you're referring to lots of sex, I've included How do We Relationship in my recs here. There's no what is the feeling phase for them. Akiko Morishima's work also usually has plenty of sex. There's probably a lot more than that but I'm an ace who doesn't really seek out erotica.

If you mean like, really rough sex that's kind of questionable, you might like Black and White: Tough Love at the Office. Too much for me personally, but could float your boat. That post also include SHWD which has lots of buff women and I like it. Unfortunately it did not do well, so only three volumes. Gunjo is a really dark story where a woman with an abusive husband asks her friend who's in love with her to kill him. Definitely grim and gritty.

A Kiss and White Lily from my Dearest Girl also might be your vibe. The mcs are academic rivals and feelings are borne out of that rivalry. Their feelings and approach to each other are volatile (at first, haven't read very far into it) with lots of animosity (on one side) simmering with sexual tension and some moments of questionable consent re: kissing. There's also a side couple who's already together. Very little what is this feeling so far.

Hope that helps. Maybe someday I'll figure out what people want when they ask for lesbian yaoi.

twitter making me want to eat glass

Do ya'll seriously think lesbian stories don't say basic ass things like 'i can't stop thinking about you, i want you." Are you that up your own ass.

Do you think there are not pick up lines in yuri.???do you think they don't have ~poetic lines~ in wlw media???~ that are way better than this shit?

Apparently if some basic ass shonen said stuff like this you'd be acting like it's the height of poetry. Too bad it's actual wlw stories that aren't queerbaiting you. so it will get ignored.

[yuripoll]

YURI POLL ROUND 3

NOTE: Run Away With Me, Girl contains explicit sexual content, and touches on sensitive themes such as homophobia, abuse, and dubiously consensual sex acts. Black & White contains nudity and violent sex scenes. Reader discretion is advised.

[jessica-problems]

Black and White: Tough Love At The Office, Vol 3. Chapter 15

[gloop898]

Media Thread 2024 - Part 21

Black and White - Tough Love at the Office

By Sal Jiang

Toxic yuri. Horribly toxic yuri. The intense office politics drama makes for an engaging premise, and the sexual violence that accompanies it thematically quite well. Although, the sex aspect is significantly less engaging.

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