Yuri Manga

We have some new titles up on the Yuricon Store for your reading pleasure!

Kyou, Koshiba Aoi ni Aetara, Volume 2 (今日、小柴葵に会えたら) hit shelves in Japan last month. You’ll be able to read Volume 1 in English as Chasing After Aoi Koshiba from Kodansha in spring 2021.

And while we’re talking Kodansha, here’s a reminder that Yuri is My Job, Volume 6 is available for pre-order. Paperback will be released this autumn.

Yoshitomei Akihito’s new schoolgirl time travel store, Kyou Kara Mirai (今日から未来) is up.

I’m still playing catch-up with Kobachi Ruka’s Hana ni Arashi, Volume 5 (はなにあらし).

I really like Kuwabara Tamotsu’s art and we’ve got adult-life Anata to Watashi no Shuuhassuu (あなたと私の周波数) on the Store!

Takeshobo has kind of been conspicuously missing from recent Yuri, but they are back in the game with drinking and Yuri Happy Hour Girls, Volume 1 (ハッピーアワーガールズ) by Agetate Shino.

Global Bookwalker let me know that Yuritora Jump ~ Ultra Jump Yuri Digital Anthology Volume 3  (ユリトラジャンプ～ウルトラジャンプ百合アンソロジー～) is now available. Like Volume 1 and Volume 2, which was reviewed on Okazu, both are available in digital format only.

Yuri Webcomics

YNN Corespondent Megan wants you to know about a “student council love triangle Yuri comedy” that started on Japanese-language 4-koma Twitter account Twi-yon this week, called Lily Triangle.

Sal Jiang has a new Yuri series with Action Comics, Ayakachan ha Hiroko-sempai wo Otoshitai (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩を落としたい). Check out Chapter 1 for free in Japanese on the Web Action site.

Sal-sensei has another new comic, too – 白と黒～Black & White～. The first three chapters are online in Japanese on the Comic Ruelle & Comic Jardin website!

And while you are on the Comic Ruelle & Comic Jardin website, check out their page for sono.N’s Yuri action series SHWD. ^_^

Yuri Anime

Rafael Antonio Pineda on ANN has the news that Funimation has announced that it will be streaming Adachi and Shimamura this fall on Funimation.com.

ANN’s Adriana Hazra reports that classic gonzo Yuri anime Project A-ko is streaming on RetroCrush.

YuriNavi says we should keep our eyes out for Mahou no Tabitabi (魔女の旅々) an upcoming anime based on a series of GA Bunko novels that, YuriNavi says, includes Yuri meetings. Based on the trailer, I assume that means admirable women are admired by our female protagonist. It looks pretty, in any case.

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Yuri Studio

In case you missed it, last week we posted the first of our new projects on Yuri Studio 3.0, Why Are There So Many Schoolgirls in Yuri? We kept this initial video down under 10 minutes, take a look for a brief, fun look at the answer to the most commonly asked question I get at Yuri panels! I have a bunch of ideas and will be working on the next video shortly. 

Not Yuri, per se, and not Yuri Studio, but Peter Fobian has done a pretty decent video on the History of Magical Girls for Crunchyroll.

Yuri Visual Novels

Studio Élan has announced a new Yuri Visual Novel, Please Be Happy, and Sekai Project has picked it up for distribution to Steam and Switch. Rafael Antonio Pineda and Alex Mateo have the details of the license announcement on ANN. Studio Élan has opened a questionnaire to hear from folks about what they like and are looking for, so let them know what you’d like to see.

JAST USA has announced the release of the third of the Flowers Yuri VN franchise, Flowers ~Le volume sur automne will be available on July 30. Their premium release will come with physical extras like acrylic standees and postcards!

LGBTQ Media

The folks at itch.io have put together a Visual Novel Romance Collection for Black Trans Lives bundle – $140 value for $10, and the money will go to The Okra Project, a group that helps black trans folks with mental health services and food. This collection includes Ladykiller in a Bind and Heaven Will Be Mine, both of which were reviewed favorably here on Okazu by Louise. ^_^

YNN Correspondent, Joek K. wants you to know that live-action Amazon Prime series, Hannah, Season 2 includes a storyline about a university professor and her wife. I watch some of the first season of this series. It didn’t keep my attention, but it might be in your wheelhouse. (Right now I’m watching Wynona Earp on Netflix – yes, I’m years late to that – and it’s perfectly ignorable while I work.)

Other News

Artist, and our good friend, Rica Takashima is interviewed in manga art magazine S  季刊S(エス) this month! I enjoy this magazine, it’s always a little wide-eyed and fannishly fawning about cool art and artists. ^_^

I’ve been having a little fun with a side project: Check out Yuri Manga Bot on Twitter. ^_^

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