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Rather than viewing Yuri only as sensitive content, the analysis treats the genre as a counter-narrative in which women’s and especially lesbians’ lived experiences appear within a heteronormative, androcentric, patriarchal society. Using Barthes’ semiology and Janet Chafetz’s seven masculinity traits, the study decodes female masculinity and lesbian traits in Still Sick.","I-Pop: International Journal of Indonesian Popular Culture and Communication  \nVol. 4(1) pp. 1-21, (2023) DOI: 10.36782/i-pop.v4i1.130  \nFemale Masculinity Representation in Still Sick Yuri Manga: Indonesian Perspective  \nRizki Maulana Anindita 1*and Ardian Indro Yuwono2  \nABSTRACT  \nIndonesia has an enormous manga audience and fans. One of the known genres is Yuri, a lesbian romance story. As a country with many Muslims who practice some Islamic customs, it is not surprising that this genre is often seen as controversial since it conflicts with moral teachings and is labeled as an LGBTQ+ normalization space. However, to not see the genre objectively is also a waste since it represents the actual life of women, especially lesbians, in a heteronormative society that glorifies androcentric capitalistic patriarchal ideology—something we also usually see in Indonesia. Therefore, the Yuri genre is a counter-narrative to Japanese and Indonesian society. Using Barthes’ semiology with Janet Chafetz’s seven traits of masculinity, we analyzed the representation of female masculinity and lesbian traits in the Still Sick manga to decode the representation of a lesbian’s female masculinity in Yuri manga. This article offers a new perspective on this discriminated genre. It shows that entertainment media bears criticism against its society while helping the public, especially domestic hobbyists, understand Yuri manga and its female masculinity more. Five points can be discussed in this article: 1) the shakaijin Yuri theme reconstructs the girls’ love genre and masculinity in manga and anime, 2) the negotiated power relation between lesbian households, 3) women’s hybrid ikigai acts as a critique against the masculine counterpart, and 4) critic against the heteronormative-homophobic society through the representation of lesbian life in Japan. The comparison between Japanese and Indonesian popular culture is also discussed to understand the context.  \nKeywords  \nfemale masculinity, manga and anime, representation, semiology, yuri genre  \nTo cite this article (7thAPA style):  \nAnindita, R. M. & Yuwono, A. I. (2023). Female masculinity representation in Still Sick Yuri manga. I-Pop: International Journal of Indonesian Popular Culture and Communication, 4(1), 1-21. [http://doi.org/10.36782/i](http://doi.org/10.36782/i)pop.v4i1.130  \nINTRODUCTION  \nHiroki saw both anime or manga as postmodern products (2003 in Galbraith, 2014) since how massive and dynamic these Japanese popular cultures have become since “Astro Boy” aired for the first time in 1963 (Yasuo, [Nippon.com](Nippon.com), 2013). This indicated the trust and belief from the Japanese Government towards  \nboth anime and manga as one of their savior after the burst of economic bubble at the end of 80s (Lamarre, 2009) . The usefulness of anime and manga are not limited to domestic uses, but also in promoting tourism to overseas tourist to have their “pilgrimage”. As for the international politics, both popular cultures have the soft power to renegotiate post-war image of Japan’s  \n1 2 Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Sosio Yustisia No.1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia  \n* Corresponding author: [rmanindita19@gmail.com](rmanindita19@gmail.com)  \ntowards their former colonized territory such as China or Korea (Yu, 2015) and also Indonesia.  \nThe growth of this popular cultures are usually known as otaku culture in Japan (Condry, 2011 in Reisel 2018; Ito, 2014 in Galbraith, 2014) . The culture has been being a pandemic virus since 1980s as world witnessed the growth of imported anime or manga consumption to the point of domestic comics got heavily competed and sidelined from the market (MacWilliams, 2008; Yu, 2015) . Indonesia’s one of them. Onwards, this article mainly discuss manga.  \nIndonesia is one of the biggest manga consumer countries in the world since 1990s. 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