Granted, but I'm specifically talking about the in-universe conceits of a particular anime/manga, in that the few references to males come from mentions of fathers.

It restricts mentions or references to males to those deemed absolutely necessary: where it must acknowledge that they must have had a father at some point in order to have been conceived, for example. Otherwise Yuru Yuri takes place in a world where only girls who love girls exist: the yuriverse.

...worry about, but I do. I find myself couching my enthusiasm for it and other titles: it's good, for what it is. I like it, but it's trash. But is it trash, and does it even matter if it is? Maybe!

But, importantly, I enjoy this too, as much perhaps but in different ways to a novel. It is shallow and shiny, and simple - any depth it can have is given to it by those who watch/play and adore it, as many do. What I don't know is whether it is good to like it. Maybe this is something I shouldn't

It is also the product of a great many talented people working to produce a visually appealing and entertaining sports anime. It is also about legendary Japanese racehorses reincarnated as girls with horse ears and tails who do an idol show after the race if they win. This is a bananas premise.

...of a very specific time and place, and the people who inhabit it. It is a work centred on the effects of memory, of the idea of love, of home, and a great deal more. Umamusume is not that. Umamusume is an anime designed primarily to instil and prolong interest in a popular mobile game.

My enjoyment of these properties are very different. To be specific I am currently reading 'A Girl in Winter' by Philip Larkin, which is a gentle prose poem portrait of a woman contemplating the events of a visit to England during her childhood. I enjoy this for its detailed and subtle portrayal

(Favourites continued)
- Kannagi
- Sailor Moon
- Little Witch Academia
- Yuru Yuri
- Flip Flappers (yes I know)
- Magical Angel Creamy Mami
- Fairy Princess Minky Momo

All-time favourites
- Urusei Yatsura
- Dirty Pair
- Sound! Euphonium
- Akiba Maid War
- Evangelion
- Gunbuster
- Nichijou
- Kill la Kill