What is the difference between yuri and girls' love/shoujo

>>156948284
Yuri = actual relationship
Shoujo-ai = "just friends"

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>>156948284
yuri and yaoi are more like fanservice oriented themes

it's not like actual gay romance

like think of ecchi, or hentai, or porn etc... those are not the same as actually dedicated hetero romance media.

in the same vein; yuri/yaoi is more homo for the sake of novely/humor/fanservice than an actual gay love story or something

it's the difference between gay porn and brokeback mountain or something similar

>>156948284
>Why are they two separate tags?
Because some faggots like to pretend there is a difference.

>>156948395
then why do magazines with focus on romance stories and girls falling in love with girls have names like Yuri Hime

>>156948284
Shoujo ai is a useless term some retards made up by analogue to shounen ai.

>>156948469
Because what anon described is just how it's used in the west. to elevens yuri is just a general word for homo girl relationships.

>>156948284
Shoujo ai is a western made up term for light yuri, it doesn't exist in Japan, they just say yuri.

Shoujo ai is just a term referring to love directed at females under age 18, it really has nothing to do with manga.

>>156950735
This.
Also yuri is a really broad term - it could mean Class S kind of thing and sex.
To identify actual homosexuals they also could use lez (rezu).

Girl's love is pure. Yuri is sex

>>156948284
Both are good

Yes, shoujo-ai in Japanese literally means 'pedophilia' as you are saying you love young girls.

少女愛

If it were up to me, I'd group them in the GAY category along with yaoi