Artist's commentary
November 18, 2004 (Thu)
Kannazuki no Miko. Chikane and Himeko.
…So in the end, can't those two find happiness? Those two, I mean.
Well, I suppose that's how it goes in a case like that. It's a bit heartbreaking, though.
Since we're at it, I'd love for Chikane to let her darker feelings out without holding back and do naughty things with Himeko (oi).
Unlike how it's portrayed within the story, the art that gets put out into the media inevitably ends up "aimed at men."
That is, the characters' eyes are turned this way, toward the viewer.
Hmm, how to put it. When it's like that, it's as if they're showing off—"Hey, look, look, see how close we are!"—really pandering to men.
Rather than "loving" the other person, a yuri feeling is probably more about a sense of unease at the fact that you and the other were born as separate individuals at the genetic level.
You come to depend on the other person far too much. You'd think Chikane couldn't go on living if Himeko were gone.
So people who are into yuri actually couldn't care less about the eyes of those around them; they can only see the one they love.
So that whole looking-at-the-camera thing—how does that hold up as yuri, really?
Personally, I want to secretly peek at yuri girls doing naughty things without getting caught (←total pervert), so there's no need whatsoever for them to send their gaze over here.
Well, by overwhelming majority it's a win for the male-oriented approach, so I guess it can't be helped.
(Mustn't defy the de facto standard.)

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