you'll note that the run of western animation (steven universe, she-ra, etc etc) directly influenced by older works with yuri elements (utena, sailor moon) that also ran alongside during this time & influenced younger people. what an interesting moment we are in right now

for ex. whatever your thoughts on citrus (2012 - 2018) it had such an influence on post 2010s chinese lesbian net culture that the 🍊 had become a subcultural marker for lesbians & sapphics. bloom into you (2015 - 2019) similarly basically re-introduced yuri drama to mass audiences in the west