I just read most of the first chapter of a shoujo manga.

[snarp]

This one, which is presently running in Hana to Yume. The love interest is this lecherous fox demon who wants to kick the homeless heroine back out in the street. A flashback started that I think was going to explain how his tragic past excuses this, but I stopped because I decided I'd rather think about C# again.

In this brave modern age, are there manga romances where the guy isn't a creep who excuses his behavior by means of a tragic past? Is Ouran High School Host Club seriously all we've got there? Ouran and Nana to Kaoru. I just listed the softcore bondage comic, I don't know if you caught that. It was the very best I could do.

I'd probably be happier with the trend if the girl got to take that role occasionally. I mean, is there even any yuri manga where one of the girls is genuinely a jerk? Where she doesn't die, I mean.

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[mikkeneko]

I'm not really sure I'd want to see more asshole characters in yuri -- the yuri equivalent seems to be psycho lesbians, a trope that gets lots of play. Apparently liking girls makes you crazy. It's too early in the morning to think of a whole variety of tropes, but Shizuru from Mai-HIME and Juri from Utena are two classic examples.

[snarp]

SPEAK NO ILL OF JURI. She's my favorite.