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I know that yaoi is famous for its fangirls, but I was wondering what the case
was for yuri.

I have only occasionally seen yuri fangirls being referenced in anime, and
these shows have a cast that is fully female.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LFWOf.png)

_Inspiration!_

Researching it, there seems to be many subcategorys of yuri, which are
targetted towards men, women and younger girls. But I was wondering - which is
the **main** target audience for this genre?


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Who is the main target audience of yuri titles?


Yuri is a _genre_. It, like any other genre - drama, action, romance,
adventure, slice-of-life, etc - is part of what will define the particular
plot the show will have.

It by itself isn't a _demographic_ , which is what defines the target
audience.

Many yuri-centric works actually do have a demographic attached to it
explicitly. For example, [Girl
Friends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Friends_\(manga\)) is listed as
seinen, and [Collectors](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=52593) is
listed as Josei. They may also have a demographic attached by virtue of the
manga that they're published in, such as [Kannazuki no
Miko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannazuki_no_Miko) being a shounen manga,
due to it being published in a shounen magazine.

In general, the demographic will vary, but I've noticed it by and large be
seinen.


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The origin of **yuri** comes from [Class
S](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_S_\(genre\)) novels. This genre was
created 100 years ago. In this time, the main readers of Class S novels were
girls.

In 70s, the word **yuri** is created by the editor of Barazoku (rose tribe,
the magazine for gays). But Yuri still targets girl or lesbians.

In 90s to 00s, these yuri novels/manga were _found_ by fanboys. Ex. Sailor
Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Maria-sama ga Miteru. These novels/manga
were targeted for girls, but got interest from fanboys also.

In 00s, many yuri manga/anime were created for fanboys, like Kannazuki no
Miko, Kashimashi and others.

Currently, yuri for boys has bigger market than yuri for girls.

Wikipedia's [history of
yuri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_\(genre\)#Thematic_history) section
has more details.

Added: I forgot to mention about [Yuri
Danshi](http://myanimelist.net/manga/29631/Yuri_Danshi) (The yuri man).

> Hanadera is a high school boy who loves yuri to the point he constantly
> watches his female classmates and just lets his imagination run wild. He's
> living the fabulous life of a man obsessed with yuri, but this is also
> source of personal conflict: if a yuri-filled world is so perfect, where
> does he fit in as a man?

Yuri Danshi is meta fiction story about a man who likes yuri.

One of the chapters is about a yuri-only conference. (Sorry I didn't remember
the chapter number.) The protagonist is planning to visit the yuri conference,
but he is afraid that he will be the only male visitor of that conference. But
finally he found most visitors were male.


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