“Lesbian lovers face man-eating bears infiltrating their school, testing love against societal order and hidden truths.”
Yurikuma Arashi
ユリ熊嵐
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Synopsis
Lesbian lovers face man-eating bears infiltrating their school, testing love against societal order and hidden truths.
In the past, humanoid bears coexisted with humans. However, a meteor shower that fell onto Earth had a strange effect on bears throughout the world: they suddenly became violent and hungry for human flesh, spurring an endless cycle of bloodshed in which bear ate man and man shot bear, forgetting the lively relationship they once had. The "Wall of Severance" was thus built, separating the two civilizations and keeping peace. Kureha Tsubaki and Sumika Izumino are two lovers attending Arashigaoka Academy, who, upon the arrival of two bears that have sneaked through the Wall of Severance and infiltrated the academy, find their relationship under a grave threat. The hungering yet affectionate bears, Ginko Yurishiro and Lulu Yurigasaki, seem to see the bear-hating Kureha as more than just another meal, and in getting closer to her, trigger an unraveling of secrets that Kureha may not be able to bear. When their relationships provoke the Invisible Storm, a group that keeps order within the ideological school, the girls must stand on trial with their love, embarking on a journey of self-discovery en route to attaining true love's "promised kiss."
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 44 sampled reviews
What 44 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.27 · split reception
6.4 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 2.3
↓ 0.68
Running avg · Mar 2015 → Jul 2024
- 8 “The music is great and the girls are cute, making for an appealing surface experience. The plot is so eccentric that it’s hard to follow, yet that same unpredictability becomes part of the charm....”
- 9 “This strange yuri anime channels nonsense literature into a simple yet beautiful visual package, with Mitsuko Yurizono’s enthusiastic performance and an adorably surreal trial scene as clear...”
- 10 “This anime delivers a touching story about two close friends who make incredible sacrifices for each other, offering blunt but effective social commentary on various issues including LGBTQ+...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2015 – Mar 2015 Winter 2015
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-9442 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Media Factory Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Movic Producer
- Gentosha Comics Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor