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Semelparous
semelparous Vol. 1
Within a walled city that separates our world from the kaiju trying to destroy it, humanity fights for survival in this intense new yuri series.
Ever since they were young girls, best friends Yorino and Haruka have been training to join the ranks of the Bulwarks—soldiers who defend humanity from the kaiju trying to break through. But when Haruka is killed during a routine drill, Yorino’s world is shattered. Will she ever be able to open her heart to another? Strap in for intense, apocalyptic romance!
Ever since they were young girls, best friends Yorino and Haruka have been training to join the ranks of the Bulwarks—soldiers who defend humanity from the kaiju trying to break through. But when Haruka is killed during a routine drill, Yorino’s world is shattered. Will she ever be able to open her heart to another? Strap in for intense, apocalyptic romance!
164 pages, Paperback
Published December 14, 2021
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December 29, 2021
3.5 rounded down for some truly ridiculous breast physics and male gaze trappings - I know not all yuri is written for women, but the balloon boobs and the fact that "sharing aegis" requires putting your hand on the other person's heart - which in this series is apparently located around the nipple - is a bit much.
With that caveat, Semelparous is darkly fascinating. In the story's world, people who can manipulate a power known as aegis fight in the interspace between worlds, where giant monsters known as kaiju try to break through to our world. Don't let the name fool you - these are less Gamera and more a cross between the Titans from Attack on Titan and the Hollows from Bleach, and they're hiding a truly disturbing secret inside of them. The story follows young bulwark (soldier) Yorino, whose best friend Haruka is killed defending her on their first foray into the interspace. Yorino joins the bulwarks anyway and is pared with Youko, who very much has a crush on her. The yuri is really window dressing to the science fiction/horror blend that is the story, and if you're easily disturbed, I'm not sure I'd recommend this. But if you're into dark sci fi, this is an interesting one, and it stands to go some interesting, albeit upsetting, places. I didn't expect to like it, but I think I may need to keep reading future volumes.
With that caveat, Semelparous is darkly fascinating. In the story's world, people who can manipulate a power known as aegis fight in the interspace between worlds, where giant monsters known as kaiju try to break through to our world. Don't let the name fool you - these are less Gamera and more a cross between the Titans from Attack on Titan and the Hollows from Bleach, and they're hiding a truly disturbing secret inside of them. The story follows young bulwark (soldier) Yorino, whose best friend Haruka is killed defending her on their first foray into the interspace. Yorino joins the bulwarks anyway and is pared with Youko, who very much has a crush on her. The yuri is really window dressing to the science fiction/horror blend that is the story, and if you're easily disturbed, I'm not sure I'd recommend this. But if you're into dark sci fi, this is an interesting one, and it stands to go some interesting, albeit upsetting, places. I didn't expect to like it, but I think I may need to keep reading future volumes.
January 16, 2023
The biggest anime jugs I have ever seen
December 25, 2021
You, the young hero, stands over the corpse of your best friend. You two have trained side-by-side to battle kaiju, interdimensional titanic humanoid invaders, and join the ranks of an elite squad of warriors called bulwarks. Now your best friend is dead at your feet, and you are about to be crushed by a kaiju.
Then the greatest bulwark of all, an ample breasted, leggy, eighteen-year-old beauty with long dark hair and glasses, swoops in and sweeps you away to safety. She needs your power, your aegis, that warriors offer one another to bolster them in battle. You nod, you’d do anything to defeat the kaiju. You’ll give her all the power you have. So you channel all of your aegis into your right hand and reach out…
… and grab her giant anime tiddy.
And honestly, I dig it.
Check out the full review of this wild manga on my BL review blog: https://michaellyonswrites.wordpress....
Then the greatest bulwark of all, an ample breasted, leggy, eighteen-year-old beauty with long dark hair and glasses, swoops in and sweeps you away to safety. She needs your power, your aegis, that warriors offer one another to bolster them in battle. You nod, you’d do anything to defeat the kaiju. You’ll give her all the power you have. So you channel all of your aegis into your right hand and reach out…
… and grab her giant anime tiddy.
And honestly, I dig it.
Check out the full review of this wild manga on my BL review blog: https://michaellyonswrites.wordpress....
February 8, 2022
The story is really cool. I'm intrigued by the concept of the parallel universes, the kaiju, and the Bulwarks. But the art feels very much catered to the male gaze - mostly because of the way each character's boobs are drawn.
But I'll leave room to hopefully be pleasantly surprised by the story in future volumes.
But I'll leave room to hopefully be pleasantly surprised by the story in future volumes.
March 27, 2024
Wonderful story if you can see the speech bubbles past the ginormous sandbags hanging off their chests
July 3, 2024
As is true for a handful (well, more than a handful...) of manga I own, I can't really remember why I bought this, but it probably had something to do with boobs. The manga is published by Seven Seas, but not their Ghost Ship imprint. It's a yuri manga, which makes some sense since I recall Seven Seas either began as a yuri publisher or just published a shitload of yuri ages ago. I think my Strawberry Panic omnibus is Seven Seas. But... so is my Scientific Railgun manga, which is... dubious.
It appears this manga was originally published in Japan in 2020, so it's the same year Kaiju No. 8 started. A possible coincidence, but semelparous bears more than a handful (superficial) similarities. I also see Shingeki no Kyojin and Gantz. I want to say there's a sense of Tokko here as well, but I simply can't assume that was popular enough to matter. I don't know and/or can't tell if the yuri elements were influenced by anything in particular. I want to say the way Aegis transfer works is inspired by Mana in Fate/, but that's maybe a stretch.
Is this a good manga? Yes. Probably. From what I saw when looking for further volumes, it seems to be really short. Three volumes? So either this will be a tight little story, or else it will have a non-ending. We'll see. As it stands right now, the action scenes are pretty good, though I don't really love how "clean" the cuts through the kaiju are. And I definitely don't like how samey the kaiju are in appearance. There's some effort put into the lore, which is good because it feels like a "legitimate" manga instead of an "excuse plot" to get the girls in skintight, latex-looking bodysuits and having them lez out. The fact that kaiju are connected to humans in the main universe seems like a plot idea for a bigger/longer series, so we'll see how that plays out. Right now, I'm anticipating Titan-Shifter shit, or like Yorino fighting a kaiju powered by the alternate-universe Haruka, or herself, or something.
Does this manga work for ass and titties? Yes. Definitely; see below. Having said that, sometimes the boobs are too big and round that they look like maybe they're filled with helium. It's like a One Piece thing; I could understand if others might not find them "hot" in their absurdity, as sometimes I feel indifferent to their appearance.
Thus far, the yuri isn't too pronounced. Yorino was close to her friend Haruka, but possibly just a tight friendship / surrogate-sisterhood thing. Youko definitely gives off "groomer" vibes, so we'll see how that goes. As of the end of the volume, Yorino doesn't quite seem like she's too into gay sex, but she's more open to the idea than when she first met Youko. We'll see how that goes, as well as if there's any hetero netorare bullshit to derail us.
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Yorino thighs on the front cover...!
Full-color boobs and thighs on the two-page spread near the front of the volume...!
Latex bodysuit boobies when the captain lady is dying...!
N**th-grade Yorino legs in school uniform...!
N**th-grade Haruka legs as well...!
Yorino thighs and legs when getting saved...!
Youko fat fucking latex titties when Yorino channels her Aegis into them...!!! 🤤
Youko ass when running up the kaiju arm...! Youko tits, hips, ass, and legs when slashing the kaiju face...!
Yorino thighs and legs on the character sheet after Chapter 1...!
Yorino ass, thighs, tummy, and boobs in ripped clothes on the cover of Chapter 2...!
Yorino boobs when she first tries on her suit...!
Youko titties in her OL look...!
Yorino and Youko boobs and thighs in their suits together...!
Yorino and Youko pokey nipples when channeling Aegis into each other...!
Yorino ass as she slides on the ground after landing some hits against her first kaiju...!
Yorino ass and thighs as she strikes a pose before resuming her assault...!
Youko pressing her big balloon titties into Yorino's in the shower...!!! 🥵
Youko's heavy hangers on the cover of Chapter 3...!
Yorino thighs as she gets knocked into the wall...!
Yorino thighs and pantsu when Youko saves her...!
That peak of panty on Yorino's ass when she misses the kaiju eye...!
Yorino and Youko boobs on the cover of Chapter 4...! To be honest, the ripped clothes kinda look gross. Like pulling apart melted mozzarella. Not something I would prefer to associate with breasts... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yorino thighs and a sliver of panty on her lower back when she finds resolve to continue fighting kaiju...!
Youko thigh in the bed...!
Youko's cleavage in her bra at the back of the volume...!
Yorino's ass in panties at the back of the volume...! 🤤
It appears this manga was originally published in Japan in 2020, so it's the same year Kaiju No. 8 started. A possible coincidence, but semelparous bears more than a handful (superficial) similarities. I also see Shingeki no Kyojin and Gantz. I want to say there's a sense of Tokko here as well, but I simply can't assume that was popular enough to matter. I don't know and/or can't tell if the yuri elements were influenced by anything in particular. I want to say the way Aegis transfer works is inspired by Mana in Fate/, but that's maybe a stretch.
Is this a good manga? Yes. Probably. From what I saw when looking for further volumes, it seems to be really short. Three volumes? So either this will be a tight little story, or else it will have a non-ending. We'll see. As it stands right now, the action scenes are pretty good, though I don't really love how "clean" the cuts through the kaiju are. And I definitely don't like how samey the kaiju are in appearance. There's some effort put into the lore, which is good because it feels like a "legitimate" manga instead of an "excuse plot" to get the girls in skintight, latex-looking bodysuits and having them lez out. The fact that kaiju are connected to humans in the main universe seems like a plot idea for a bigger/longer series, so we'll see how that plays out. Right now, I'm anticipating Titan-Shifter shit, or like Yorino fighting a kaiju powered by the alternate-universe Haruka, or herself, or something.
Does this manga work for ass and titties? Yes. Definitely; see below. Having said that, sometimes the boobs are too big and round that they look like maybe they're filled with helium. It's like a One Piece thing; I could understand if others might not find them "hot" in their absurdity, as sometimes I feel indifferent to their appearance.
Thus far, the yuri isn't too pronounced. Yorino was close to her friend Haruka, but possibly just a tight friendship / surrogate-sisterhood thing. Youko definitely gives off "groomer" vibes, so we'll see how that goes. As of the end of the volume, Yorino doesn't quite seem like she's too into gay sex, but she's more open to the idea than when she first met Youko. We'll see how that goes, as well as if there's any hetero netorare bullshit to derail us.
****
Yorino thighs on the front cover...!
Full-color boobs and thighs on the two-page spread near the front of the volume...!
Latex bodysuit boobies when the captain lady is dying...!
N**th-grade Yorino legs in school uniform...!
N**th-grade Haruka legs as well...!
Yorino thighs and legs when getting saved...!
Youko fat fucking latex titties when Yorino channels her Aegis into them...!!! 🤤
Youko ass when running up the kaiju arm...! Youko tits, hips, ass, and legs when slashing the kaiju face...!
Yorino thighs and legs on the character sheet after Chapter 1...!
Yorino ass, thighs, tummy, and boobs in ripped clothes on the cover of Chapter 2...!
Yorino boobs when she first tries on her suit...!
Youko titties in her OL look...!
Yorino and Youko boobs and thighs in their suits together...!
Yorino and Youko pokey nipples when channeling Aegis into each other...!
Yorino ass as she slides on the ground after landing some hits against her first kaiju...!
Yorino ass and thighs as she strikes a pose before resuming her assault...!
Youko pressing her big balloon titties into Yorino's in the shower...!!! 🥵
Youko's heavy hangers on the cover of Chapter 3...!
Yorino thighs as she gets knocked into the wall...!
Yorino thighs and pantsu when Youko saves her...!
That peak of panty on Yorino's ass when she misses the kaiju eye...!
Yorino and Youko boobs on the cover of Chapter 4...! To be honest, the ripped clothes kinda look gross. Like pulling apart melted mozzarella. Not something I would prefer to associate with breasts... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yorino thighs and a sliver of panty on her lower back when she finds resolve to continue fighting kaiju...!
Youko thigh in the bed...!
Youko's cleavage in her bra at the back of the volume...!
Yorino's ass in panties at the back of the volume...! 🤤
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 9, 2023
I brought this series randomly after just looking at the cover. It looked intriguing. It wasn't until I brought the 3rd volume before reading the series that I was worried, especially with how graphic the cover was, however, even though there is some evchi aspects in this volume they are not over the top or just thrown in for the sake of it so it's all good for now....
The actual story isn't anything special, certain aspects very generic, but I shall reserve final judgment until the 3 volumes I have currently are read.
The actual story isn't anything special, certain aspects very generic, but I shall reserve final judgment until the 3 volumes I have currently are read.
February 21, 2022
This was not the monster killing manga I wanted it to be. It started to feel all over the place, gaps in the story and boob grabbing that's supposed to pass for power transference and yuri all in one.
March 1, 2022
This manga packs a punch! Excellent worldbuilding, gorgeous art, likable cast of characters. And the plot twist at the end made me gasp! I wouldn't really say this is yuri so much as sci fi but it is amazing. Looks like it's only going to be three volumes and that's a shame.
March 12, 2022
Semelparous vol.1 is an interesting beginning in a new sci-fi, action packed yuri romance. The premise and art style are good, and I am very much excited to see what comes next!
April 24, 2022
The book are interesting as well as a lot of explaining which is good to understand the world and line of work of the Bulwarks. I'm kind of excited when volum 2 will be released.
April 24, 2022
Basically yuri Kaiju No. 8 but with a world building premise that's almost too good for the series.
June 24, 2022
If you’re looking to read something good but a little more obscure, Semelparous is basically
Attack on Titan but yuri
Attack on Titan but yuri
June 30, 2022
The story is pretty good, although a lot of similarities to Aot
The drawings..... Have this people ever seen a women before?
The drawings..... Have this people ever seen a women before?
November 1, 2022
Too sexual and confusing for me
February 23, 2023
I finally started this series due to a friend's recommendation, and I was surprised by how intriguing it was, even though it feels like a fan service, ecchi series. I'm not always opposed to it!
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