Yuri Manga

My Wandering Warrior Existence, the next autobiographical comic essay by Kabi Nagata, is out from Seven Seas. This look at her relationship to sexuality, gender, and human relationships is up on the Yuricon Store!

Also from Seven Seas is Ajiichi’s Failed Princesses, Volume 5. This hits shelves in early April.

Kimi to Shiranai Natsu ni Naru (君としらない夏になる) is a wonderful story about two young women who decide that the rat race is just not for them and run away to an island together.

Doujinjo Yuri Anthology (同人女百合アンソロジー), which I reviewed here was a fun look at doujinshi life.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Tabby Wright for all her assistance with the problems that have plagued the Store in recent weeks. The short story is that one of the plugins was not adapting to PHP8. If you use the Product Retailer Plugin for WooCommerce by SkyVerge, and are having trouble with it, there is a temporary fix now on GitHub, Make Product Retailers plugin compatible with PHP8. Thanks also to Pit and Erica at SkyVerge for making this fix, so I can stop pulling my hair out. ^_^;

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Yuri Interviews

Our friend Serena over at The Lily Cat has done a wonderful interview with Yuri artist Pandesaii! Enjoy a look at the Heartwarming Art of Pandesaii. ^_^

Over on Otaku USA magazine, Danica Davidson interviews producer Koga and writer Hatsumi Shimizu for game dev teams Hublots and Sukera Sparo in Spreading Yuri Love with the Producer and Writer of Lilyka’s Games.

Yuri Doujinshi

Lilyka is releasing Seta Setas’ Yuri Wall series in 8 parts. This doujinshi series is about a literal wall that wants to encourage Yuri couples. It is kinda weird, a lot creepy, and also kind of sweet? I never reviewed this when I read it, but I did review Yuri Kagi ~ Sempai no Himitsu wo Nozoitemita~ (百合鍵 ~先輩の秘密をのぞいてみた~) by the same creator, with a similar tone.

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Yuri Literature

Okazu Patron Frank Hecker has written a book! That Type of Girl is “an in-depth exploration of the characters, plot, and themes of Takako Shimura’s manga Sweet Blue Flowers.” Take a look for free and if you like what you see, why not purchase a copy  to show your support? Links to download and buy the book on the page.

Rafe Thompson also has a GL-inspired novel out and would like you to know about it. Where Did Hanako’s Free Spirit Go? Available on Kindle and other outlets.

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Anime News

I’m pretty sure I’m announcing this for only me, but ANN’s Crystalynn Hodgkins has news and trailer for Shin Ikki Tousen, which will be out in May. It appears that most of our (my?) favorite characters will be appearing. Why do I like this series? I just really like stories that have callbacks to mythological roots…apparently no matter how shitty they are. ^_^ Is this series even Yuri anymore? I have no idea.

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Other News

The 2022 MSU Japanese Pop Culture and Transmedia Workshop Translator Roundtable is on Youtube! This was a roundup of our Michigan State University workshop this past February. Its full of great perspective and advice from translation, editing and lettering professionals, featuring: Zack Davisson, Louise Heal Kawai, Mari Morimoto, Sara Linsley, Sarah Moon, Jennifer O’Donnell, Jennifer Sherman and moderated by me. ^_^

Tor.com has an article on the characters we’ll be meeting in the upcoming next book in Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series, Nona the Ninth

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