What do you get when a bunch of the best adult-life Yuri artists get together and explore random themes, then collect them together into anthology doujinshi? You get the Yuricon series! (No relation to my Yuricon.) We’ve explored a few of the earlier volumes here on Okazu, Yuricon Travel (ユリコン Travel) and Yuricon Jimoto Hougenhen (ユリコン 地元方言編) (which is available in Japanese on US Kindle, as is Yuricon Otaku Joshiben (オタク女子編), which I cannot remember why I did not review.)

I was beyond myself to be able to get Yuricon Tabemono to Joshiben (ユリコン　食べ物と女子編). My very sincere thanks to Xan who picked it up at Comiket for me. You are my hero!

Why was I looking forward to this issue so much? Because it focused on the three things in the world I enjoy most: Food, Women and Yuri. There’s little else that I want – although I’m still hoping for a sports Yuri series that takes place at the Special Olympics in Tokyo. (Two competitors from rivalry and love at the Special Olympics. Please. Thank you.)

The first story, by Seta Seta is less about food than it is about dieting. A woman finds that her jealousy hides other feelings when her friend loses weight.

Riru contributes a story about a woman who runs a lunch truck, who takes great pains to woo a food critic. The smiles on their faces at the end are a lovely payoff. Also, an expected side effect of reading this at night before bed, while hungry –  I want to try a noriben. 

Baked goods bring two women together in Takemiya Jin’s story…stollen and chocolate bread and a bonus chinese cabbage (also called napa cabbage) millefeuille nabe recipe and comic.

Kitao Taki takes a deep dive into a years-long relationship between two women and souffle cheesecake. Yeah, now I want a Japanese cheesecake. Yes. I am easily influenced. ^_^

Ratings:

Overall – 9

Four strong adult-life Yuri contributors focused on love and food and love of food. You can’t go wrong, really. ^_^

If this issue becomes available digitally on Amazon.com, I’ll let you know. In the mean time Melonbooks has it and you can use Tenso or White Rabbit or some other buying service to get it if you need. Or ask a friend who is going to an event where it’s being sold! That seems to work for me. ^_^ I’ve used Tenso, buying some t-shirts from Hayashiya Shizuru-sensei’s shop (I am currently coveting this bag. It makes me weep with joy) and it was a bit repetitive to fill out, but it worked like a charm and the costs were – for me, anyway – perfectly acceptable.