There has been a veritable explosion of BL in Japanese Live-Action Drama recently, by which I mean a handful of series. Otouto no Otto has been followed by Kinou Nani Tabeta? , and Ossan Rabu, which was being advertised everywhere in Ikebukuro when I was there in September. I haven’t had any time to watch […]
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 4, 2017
Yuri Manga We’re starting today with some excellent news out of Italy from YNN Correspondent Laura C! She has these items to share: A new edition of Sailor Moon is being published by Star Comics. They call it Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon New Edition, in 16 volumes which should include the short stories and Sailor V. […]
Yuri Manga: Hana to Hina no Houkago, Volume 2 (ハナとヒナは放課後)
In Volume 1, we met Hana, a typical high-school girl with an afterschool job at a mascot goods store, against school rules. At the store, she meets and befriends Hinako, another student from her school, who joins her as a part-timer. Hinako is also an amateur model with polished, adult looks, despite her actually being a […]
Otome no Teikoku, vol. 5 Manga (オトメの帝国 5) Guest Review by Mariko S.
Welcome back Mariko S who has been bravely plowing through Kishi Torajirou’s Yuri series for us! Gambare, Mariko! Keep going! Rah! I struggled with a way to approach this review for Otome no Teikoku vol. 5, (オトメの帝国 5) which stands at the halfway mark of the currently published volumes. In many ways the merits and flaws closely […]
Live-Action: Blue is the Warmest Color (La Vie Adèle)
In 2013, the Palme d’Or, the highest award at Cannes, went to a movie adaptation of Julie Maroh’s comic, Le Bleu est une couleur chaude. That year I was able to review the English-language edition of the graphic novel, Blue is the Warmest Color. It was an uncomfortable read, but for all the right reasons. […]
