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Éclair Blanche Review
What is it with yuri anthologies being named after desserts?
Éclair Blanche: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart Review
If you like to gobble up new yuri content, Blanche is worth checking out, and it’s also a good starting point to find new creators.
Éclair Blanche: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
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Thoughts on Éclair Rouge
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Takarazuka; God of Stars / Éclair Brillant (GOD OF STARS -食聖-』/『Éclair Brillant 』)
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While the first two installments of the Éclair yuri anthology series were interesting, Éclair Bleue's stories aren't as strong this time.
Éclair Orange: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Orange: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart, the fifth and final book of the Éclair anthology is a hefty volume full of favorite Yuri…
Éclair Bleue: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
It feels like a lot longer ago, but it was only 2018, when I reviewed Éclair Bleue: Anata ni Hibiku Yuri Anthology (エクレア bleue あなたに響く百合アンソロジー) and today, thanks…
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart is the fourth volume in Kadokawa’s Éclair anthology series put out by Yen Press. Overall, I thought…
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
Éclair Rouge: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart is the fourth volume in Kadokawa’s Éclair anthology series put out by Yen Press. Overall, I thought…
Éclair orange – Anata ni Hibiku Yuri Anthology (エクレア orange あなたに響く百合アンソロジー)
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Well, certain circumstances have left me saddled with a bit of time, so I decided to check what was available on Netflix and stumbled across Beastars.…
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Back when I was at the young age of…. young enough, before Isekai ran rampant and the harem genre was actually a thing on its own, I remember an…
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