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Éclair Blanche: A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart
The girls' love anthology is back and bursting with stories to enchant and delight. Featuring works from favorites such as Canno (Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl), Hiroichi (Highschool DxD: Asia & Koneko's Secret Contract!?), and Fly (Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park), this new addition to the Éclair lineup will sweep you off your feet!
272 pages, Paperback
Published May 5, 2020
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November 2, 2020
Yet another entry into the yuri anthology series, Eclair: a Girls' Love Anthology that Resonates in your Heart, and I am LIVID at Yen Press. I wanna know who does the ratings at their company because it is a damn shame that they keep rating these yuri manga—WHERE MOSTLY NOTHING HAPPENS—Older Teen (16+) and Mature (17+ lmao) ratings. The reason why it's upsetting is because these ratings make them stay shrinkwrapped in-store so people can't look through them. That would be fine, except it happens a lot to sapphic manga. How would I have known how gay I am for women if I didn't have yuri to solidify that for me? How many people aren't able to decide to buy it if they can't flip through these anthologies because the company decided to judge sapphic relationships more harshly than the other dumb ecchi str8 shit they give 13+ ratings to lmao? It makes me side-eye like
There is literally one story where the couple has sex, but it's literally 2 nip slips and that's it. The other stories have kissing at most, implied sex left up to the reader, or nothing at all. Also whoever organizes this anthology needs to stop bringing Canno back because I'm sick of their pedo bullshit. I went over it in the first book review so I'm just gonna reiterate here: there is literally no reason for a story called "The Unemployed Woman and the High School Girl" to even exist. The 30-year-old ADULT literally acknowledges over and over again what she's doing with this baby girl is wrong...but she continues anyway ??? It turns out she's a sex worker in need of cash and I would have MUCH rather learned more about that aspect about her than have this shit continue. Auri Hirao also wrote "Secret Sharing" which was SO cute because it's about a magical girl and a stoic girl. It was adorable and great...until they brought in a teacher who's having a secret relationship with the stoic girl BLECHH It came out of nowhere and made me go
There was literally no reason for her to exist. Cute art and cute story ruined.
I know I ranted a lot, but this entry overall, isn't the worst. The anthology is mostly nice, wholesome, fluff or inoffensive stories you'll forget about the next day. If you skip the pedo shit by Auri Hirao and Canno, this is easily 4-stars.
There is literally one story where the couple has sex, but it's literally 2 nip slips and that's it. The other stories have kissing at most, implied sex left up to the reader, or nothing at all. Also whoever organizes this anthology needs to stop bringing Canno back because I'm sick of their pedo bullshit. I went over it in the first book review so I'm just gonna reiterate here: there is literally no reason for a story called "The Unemployed Woman and the High School Girl" to even exist. The 30-year-old ADULT literally acknowledges over and over again what she's doing with this baby girl is wrong...but she continues anyway ??? It turns out she's a sex worker in need of cash and I would have MUCH rather learned more about that aspect about her than have this shit continue. Auri Hirao also wrote "Secret Sharing" which was SO cute because it's about a magical girl and a stoic girl. It was adorable and great...until they brought in a teacher who's having a secret relationship with the stoic girl BLECHH It came out of nowhere and made me go
There was literally no reason for her to exist. Cute art and cute story ruined.
I know I ranted a lot, but this entry overall, isn't the worst. The anthology is mostly nice, wholesome, fluff or inoffensive stories you'll forget about the next day. If you skip the pedo shit by Auri Hirao and Canno, this is easily 4-stars.
May 15, 2020
The first story is the hands-down strongest, followed by "Graduation Piercing," which, oddly enough, deals with a similar topic. For whatever reason, the bittersweet stories really carry the volume.
August 23, 2020
Broke my heart within the first 8 pages! Some of the stories were truly incredible, how much emotion and story could be packed into a small space. Some were a bit silly/cheesy but what is a romance anthology without a bit of that? Some of it was a tad problematic for me, relationships implied between teens and adults, one character admitting they purposely made their love interest dependant on them, etc. However I still recommend this manga anthology!
April 29, 2021
Let’s get this out of the way - the first story in this anthology, Flowers in a Storm, is the single best short manga I have ever read. It has a complete emotional arc that culminates with three spoken words that just wrecked me.
It is the first, but not last, instance of one of these short stories being so good that I wish it was a full series (one of the ones toward the end about a mean-looking girl and her attractive senpai should be serialized yesterday). Nio Nakatani of Bloom Into You fame has a charming and understated entry as well.
I’ve been very hit-or-miss with yuri anthologies and I definitely did not care much for the first Eclair anthology published in the west. The quality of these stories is much, much higher. There are still a couple duds (that magical girl story is only saved by how ludicrous it gets at the end, total waste of a premise), but it’s the exception not the rule.
I’d have given the anthology itself four stars, but Flowers in a Storm got to me in just the right way that it earned that last star all by itself. I’d seriously own this book just for that story alone (your mileage may vary and indeed probably does).
It is the first, but not last, instance of one of these short stories being so good that I wish it was a full series (one of the ones toward the end about a mean-looking girl and her attractive senpai should be serialized yesterday). Nio Nakatani of Bloom Into You fame has a charming and understated entry as well.
I’ve been very hit-or-miss with yuri anthologies and I definitely did not care much for the first Eclair anthology published in the west. The quality of these stories is much, much higher. There are still a couple duds (that magical girl story is only saved by how ludicrous it gets at the end, total waste of a premise), but it’s the exception not the rule.
I’d have given the anthology itself four stars, but Flowers in a Storm got to me in just the right way that it earned that last star all by itself. I’d seriously own this book just for that story alone (your mileage may vary and indeed probably does).
April 24, 2022
Not my cup of tea. There were a lot of outright odd premises - a couple stories that played on the "gay for you and only you" trope, vague to outright pedophilia, and stories that were just outright odd. The story "The Unemployed Woman and the High School Girl" is exactly what it sounds like, and that really did not sit well with me. And on the other hand, the story "Let Me Keep This Secret" had two characters who were both supposed to be around the same age, but one was drawn as a child and the other as an adult - it always weirds me out when manga artists do this, and I couldn't focus on the actual plot of the story because the character design choice was so uncomfortable.
Some of these stories had cute or original promises - I really liked "Graduation Piercing" - but overall the stories in this collection left me feeling more uncomfortable than anything.
Some of these stories had cute or original promises - I really liked "Graduation Piercing" - but overall the stories in this collection left me feeling more uncomfortable than anything.
September 2, 2021
Recommended for people who enjoy yuri/wlw/girls' love/lesbian content.
So first off, you don't *need* to read the first Eclair book, as only one story really carries over, and you could probably understand everything anyway without reading the one in the first Eclair. That's something I was unclear on! I would still recommend grabbing the first because it is an excellent collection, but no particular order is needed by any means.
Anyway, this was a really fun read! I read it in small increments whenever I had a few moments for myself, just story by story. It's a collection of short yuri stories, and like the first book, there are a lot of different "flavors" so to speak. I doubt you could ever find anyone who genuinely and thoroughly enjoys each and every story, as some are obviously catered to very specific tastes, however, you could also definitely find at least one story that really "resonates in your heart".
To give you an idea of how weird some stuff gets, one woman's sewing machine... turns into a woman, but then back into her sewing machine! Some are silly, others are pretty deep, but even the ones that aren't particularly your type can be really fun if you only take them at face value.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised and happy to see that in both books, not every story has sexual tones. In fact, not very many do at all. It opens up for more creative ways to show different relationships and cute things. A lot of the stories are just very pure and sweet, and of course there are ones that are sexual as well, but it's nice to see that not all of them are.
All in all, just a really great read that I'd recommend to any fans of yuri! The Eclair books seem also like a good starting point for anyone who wants to read yuri manga, but might not know where or who to start with. Since there are so many different people whose works are in this, you can get a sense for what writing and art styles you enjoy, then look up their other works.
So first off, you don't *need* to read the first Eclair book, as only one story really carries over, and you could probably understand everything anyway without reading the one in the first Eclair. That's something I was unclear on! I would still recommend grabbing the first because it is an excellent collection, but no particular order is needed by any means.
Anyway, this was a really fun read! I read it in small increments whenever I had a few moments for myself, just story by story. It's a collection of short yuri stories, and like the first book, there are a lot of different "flavors" so to speak. I doubt you could ever find anyone who genuinely and thoroughly enjoys each and every story, as some are obviously catered to very specific tastes, however, you could also definitely find at least one story that really "resonates in your heart".
To give you an idea of how weird some stuff gets, one woman's sewing machine... turns into a woman, but then back into her sewing machine! Some are silly, others are pretty deep, but even the ones that aren't particularly your type can be really fun if you only take them at face value.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised and happy to see that in both books, not every story has sexual tones. In fact, not very many do at all. It opens up for more creative ways to show different relationships and cute things. A lot of the stories are just very pure and sweet, and of course there are ones that are sexual as well, but it's nice to see that not all of them are.
All in all, just a really great read that I'd recommend to any fans of yuri! The Eclair books seem also like a good starting point for anyone who wants to read yuri manga, but might not know where or who to start with. Since there are so many different people whose works are in this, you can get a sense for what writing and art styles you enjoy, then look up their other works.
August 21, 2024
I love anthologies in any media really. I think for this, it was probably a little better than the first installment of anthologies for the "series". I quote it like that because it's not really a series, but there kind of is an order to reading them, as some have stories that continue into the next anthology. I think most if not all are written by women, which is pretty cool. I find some stories though a tiny bit unsettling like one student (grade school - probably high school) had a relationship with a teacher? Or the student who gave money to an adult because she was rich, but wanted more out of it. Otherwise, I think it was well written and I enjoyed the different drawing styles and takes on different lesbian relationships that exist. It seems to represent all kinds of lesbian relationships that maybe for those who are ignorant to it may be able to learn something about it from another perspective. I can't wait to start the other one!
February 14, 2022
Fifteen short yuri stories. And when I say short, for some of them I mean really short. For a few of them, they really didn't have enough time to delve into anything. It might have been better if they cut some of them, to allow for a few to be a bit longer.
I took my ratings for the different stories and overall it came to three stars. The two stories that I liked the best were Though Summer won't come again, and The Princess and the Knight for two days a week. I'm definitely planning on looking into those authors more.
The only ones I didn't like was the one with the flowers, and the one with the highschooler and the 30-year old. Though the magical girl one was weid as well.
I took my ratings for the different stories and overall it came to three stars. The two stories that I liked the best were Though Summer won't come again, and The Princess and the Knight for two days a week. I'm definitely planning on looking into those authors more.
The only ones I didn't like was the one with the flowers, and the one with the highschooler and the 30-year old. Though the magical girl one was weid as well.
February 26, 2021
Most of it was cute and all of it had nice artwork. There were a few that had issues with pedophilia, especially the last story. A love story between a adult and a kid still in high school is not okay.
May 24, 2020
A lovely yuri anthology; it's always fun to see so many different artists represented, and I enjoy the twists several of the stories take here.
August 4, 2020
Some of these were problematic, but others were cute. I forget I don't typically tend to like short stories because I want more from stories i like
November 3, 2020
Most of the stories were pretty meh. My favourites were Taki Kitao's "The Princess and the Knight for Two Days a Week" and Auri Hirao's "Secret Sharing."
June 2, 2021
2.5/5. Yikes the first one was so much better.. the only really good story was the knight and princess one all the rest were pretty basic
July 11, 2021
A problem with anthologies is their quality hinges on the collective strength of the stories within. The second instalment of the Éclair series brings a few good stories but many average and weak ones. With limited space, the writers need to quickly catch your attention with a strong story and characters but the same limited space doesn’t allow any of the stories a chance to grow.
Most of the stories are wholesome fluff pieces but especially The Unemployed Woman and the High School Girl drag the series down with its inappropriate age-gap relationship and dull storytelling.
I’m certainly not giving up on the series but I’m definitely readjusting my expectations for it as I go forward.
Most of the stories are wholesome fluff pieces but especially The Unemployed Woman and the High School Girl drag the series down with its inappropriate age-gap relationship and dull storytelling.
I’m certainly not giving up on the series but I’m definitely readjusting my expectations for it as I go forward.
July 7, 2021
As with most anthologies this collection was hit or miss.
Somewhat disappointing but enough good ones to give it 3 stars.
Somewhat disappointing but enough good ones to give it 3 stars.
November 8, 2021
I struggle with these anthologies so much. I like maybe 1 out of 5… but mostly of these are more problematic than not…. Some I wouldn’t even count ass Yaoi.
November 14, 2021
*3.5
quite a cute book, very short and nice to read
quite a cute book, very short and nice to read
March 20, 2022
平尾アウリ老師的「分享秘密」也太無厘頭太搞笑了吧!! 秒變成粉絲🤣
July 10, 2022
I really enjoy these anthologies. They're cute and short and funny.
August 22, 2022
a couple of the stories had teen/grown ass adult relationships but other than that, the rest of the stories were cute. also there was no reason for this to be sealed
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July 24, 2023I think I only actually liked two of the stories...
May 11, 2025
the one about looking at someone you love looking at something/someone they love…yeah…💗
February 1, 2021
2021 Read #2
Not the best yuri anthology but far from the worst. It was cute and held my attention, but there are nonetheless some problematic ticks here and there. Still, this franchise of anthologies does tend to do more right than bad.
Not the best yuri anthology but far from the worst. It was cute and held my attention, but there are nonetheless some problematic ticks here and there. Still, this franchise of anthologies does tend to do more right than bad.
December 22, 2024
So, some of these stories are just too cute, but the fact they're so short makes me really sad...I wanna see more of some of these couples. Maybe anthologies just aren't for me...Some of these stories are just 15 pages. My favourite story was 'Though Summer Won't Come Again' which is also the longest story at 38 pages long. I can't really give a proper review since all of these stories were different and not linked so the only way I could give a review is if I reviewed each story separately and I am not doing that. Most of them were great but there were a few I didn't like, reason being either me not understanding what's going on or there not being a real aim in the story or that I just didn't like how it ended, but that was only the case for 3 of the stories, and there's like 15. Overall, I recommend this, but not if you absolutely despise cliff-hangers. Also in a good amount of the stories it was kinda hard to tell who was who, I'd think: "are those two the same character or two different ones?". It's probably just because there weren't really any introductions to the characters like you usually would see, since these stories are so short you don't really have room for that.
3.5 stars
3.5 stars
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