Yuri Visual Novel
Via Yuri Mother, Yuri Visual novel Forest Guardian has launched on Nintendo Switch from Top Hat Studios.
Mangagamer has released a new Yuri VN, Wanting Wings, by BaseSon.
Yuri Manga
Out now from Yen Press, is the fifth – and so far, final – anthology volume Éclair Orange. I’m hoping they churn out one more for an Éclair Violet.
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 2, (山田と加瀬さん。), the continuing story of one of our favorite Yuri couples navigating college life and relationships in the big city together, is on sale this week in Japan.
Queer Comics
Creator Jessica Jimerson wanted you all to know about their cool queer comic Winter Cabin! You can read Issue #1 on DeviantArt.
YNN Correspondent Megan wants you to know about a LGBT+ novel titled Hige to Napkin (ヒゲとナプキン) “written by Ototake Hirotada…. The novel was written in collaboration with and modeled on the life of Ototake’s old friend, trans rights campaigner Sugiyama Fumino, and is about a 28 year old trans man.” For more details about this novel, read Megan’s whole comment.
Natsuo Mutsumi is a Yuri artist who draws bois, butches and boyish Yuri. ^_^ Check out their work on Twitter!
Shilin has their shop up and running and I highly recommend taking a look if you want to pick out some stylish queer comics.
Other News
Riyoko Ikeda Production responds to fashion brand Moschino’s apparent copies of Rose of Versailles art in this fantastic ANN article by Kim Morrisey and Lynzee Loveridge on what looks to many of us to be blatant copying.
This news is far afield, but I absolutely LOVED this typeface. Kachi-Buwa, by Emi Takahashi. Jyni Ong takes a look at it on It’s Nice That, in Kachi-Buwa is a variable Katakana typeface expressing Japanese onomatopoeic expressions. Check out the article then take a look at the font.
From YNN Correspondent Michael V, the New York Times has a Book Review of Lisa Selin Davis’ Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different.
Become a YNN Correspondent by reporting any Yuri-related news with your name and an email I can reply to – thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network! Special thanks to Okazu Patrons for helping us reach our 2020 goal of giving guest writers a raise and helping us support queer creators!
“From YNN Correspondent Michael V, the New York Times has a Book Review of Lisa Selin Davis’ Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different.”
Tomboys were once considered “weird” girls with anti-social, “unfemaly” behavior, but now many men will even call them their ideal type. It is impressive how throughout history the same social trends can be both completely condemned and idealized in society.
“Riyoko Ikeda Production responds to fashion brand Moschino’s apparent copies of Rose of Versailles art in this fantastic ANN article by Kim Morrisey and Lynzee Loveridge on what looks to many of us to be blatant copying.”
Fun fact. In the 90s Ikeda-sensei designed some costumes for the famous visual kei group Lareine and even drew the cover and booklet for one of their singles, but over the years, many Western fans thought that Kamijo and the others were just so obsessed with her manga that they were copying the costumes from there.
Volume 1 of Anata wa Bun-chan no Koi by Miyazaki Natsujikei came out. It’s a manga about unrequited love driving people crazy, with the title character being a young woman who can’t get over her feelings for her female childhood friend. It doesn’t feel like it’s written as a yuri manga though and seems to be getting almost no attention from yuri fans. Kodansha’s marketing around it emphasizes the mangaka and her talent – it runs in Morning Two and this month’s issue had an interview with a member of rock band King Gnu talking about how much he liked her work.
Thank you, something to look out for.
Some news close from my heart – Common Bonds, a Sci-fi aromantic anthology which I backed the Kickstarted for, recently sent out the print books to backers, my copy arrived yesterday. Copies for non-backers will be available later, here’s the twitter account for updates: https://twitter.com/commonbondsant1
Vlad Love advance screening event on Dec 28th – event will also feature a talk with Oshii and other staff: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000063.000036834.html
There’s also a casting interview up on the official Youtube plus cast announced for the dads of the main characters – I suppose Oshii wasn’t exaggerating with how this anime only has bishoujo or Ossan characters and nothing in between :P https://twitter.com/VLADLOVE_ANIME/status/1330073532097835010
Thank you for the heads up. I’m less convinced than ever that Vlad Love is worth mentioning here. ^_^ There really doesn’t seem to be any reason to follow it for YNN at this point.
Thank you for the pointer. Morning Two has always been about the “manga is cool” crowd, in my humble opinion. I first read GUNJO there, and there’s been a fascinating variety of series running in those pages.
I picked up Forest Guardian on a whim. It was cheap and there’s not a lot of yuri VN content available for the Switch.
It’s really more of a kinetic comic than a VN, or at least I haven’t hit any branching paths yet. The story is predictable and shallow, but sweet – kitsune shrine maiden is distrusted and misunderstood by neighboring humans, hasn’t had any visitors in a long time, is kinda lonely. The character designs and backgrounds are anime standard and well-executed but kind of characterless. The shrine maiden is cute and kind and it’s probably worth it if you can get it for under $10. It only takes a few hours to finish.
Thanks for letting us know!