Lily Lily Rose by Konno Kita, is an unexpectedly pleasant manga with some LGBTQ-relevant situations. Nobara’s twin sister is dead and she is in the position of having to care for her niece, Lily. Nobara’s not a bad person, she’s just slightly eccentric. She lives in a house along with many cats and a first-floor […]
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A Survey of Lesbianism and Mental Instability in Yuri
We’ve looked at Yuri’s roots in lesbian social movements and Japanese girls’ literature, but there’s an aspect of our history we haven’t addressed. Today we’re going to take a look at some series in which lesbianism is linked, either directly or indirectly, with an unstable mental state. There will be spoilers ahead, but mostly for […]
Sabegu! Manga (さばげぶっ!)
Back in 2011, there was a surprising renaissance of shoujo Yuri. All three of the top Shoujo magazines, Nakayoshi, Ciao and Ribon were running titles with Yuri plots and characters. After those series ended, what was left was a very silly title called Sabagebu! (さばげぶっ!)I first wrote about Sabagebu! when I was reading Nakayoshi again […]
Top Ten Yuri Manga of 2011
In stark contrast to last week’s top ten anime list, I liked doing this one…and never before have I liked doing it as much as I have this year. The ONLY downside was having to whittle this list down to ten entries (and, as you’ll see, I didn’t really.) Of course as always, you may […]
Yuri Network News – May 7, 2011
Yuri Anime From CRNews and YNN correspondent Komatsu-san , Morita-san ha Mukuchi is getting a TV anime. I really want them to cast some ridiculously famous actress as Morita-san who, of course, has no lines. (*_*) *** Yuri Events Also from Komatsu-san, Shimura Takako original art from Aoi Hana is being exhibited in Chiba and […]