Yuri Manga
Viz Media has announced that Mierie Hieranashi’s The Girl Who Can’t Get a Girlfriend will be released in Spring 2023. I’m super excited for that.
Global Bookwalker is running a Yuri Festival 2022, notes YNN Correspondent High on Lullabies. Up to 40% coin back plus bonus items! Think I’m gonna run over to Bookwalker and grab me some of these titles as soon as I’m done here. ^_^
New items up on the Yuricon Store!
My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: Girls Patch, follows Catarina’s harem from this goofy love comedy.
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Volume 3 hits shelves in English this month!
Namekawa-san Won’t Take a Licking!, Volume 1 is a screwball comedy, all wackiness ensues and weird facial expressions.
I Can’t Believe I Slept With You!, Volume 2 hit shelves this week.
The JK to Tomodachi no Okan (JKとともだちのオカン) is about a young woman who likes older women, and has developed a crush on her schoolmate’s mother.
Comic Yuri Hime, August 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年8月号) hit Japanese shelves this weekend.
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Yuri Manga Online
Via Comic Natalie, Irona Onna no ko ro Kiss o Shiteritara, Yuri Kiss ni Mezameshiteshimaimashita (色んな女の子とキスをしていたら、百合キスに目覚めてしまいました…。) is the story of a girl who saves girls with a kiss, This series begins in the July issue of Mangatime Kirara Forward. (Link to the Bookwalker listing, where you can check out some of the comic in the sample pages.
Also via Comic Natalie, Dakaretai Onna (抱かれたい女) Volume 1 is available in Japanese about the relationship of a college student and an older woman. There is a editorial warning on Amazon Japan that male characters will appear in this volume.
Koi to Yobu ni wa Aosugiru (恋と呼ぶには青すぎる) follow a young woman working at an izakaya who falls for a career woman, who is a looking for love in the wrong places. Check out Yuri Navi for sample pages.
Web Action presents Jihanki (自販機), a sweet little short by Kohinata Iroha.
Via Yuri Navi we have the first chapter of Hikizan Totoroji,”Kajikamu Yubisaki” (かじかむ指先) in full, in Japanese.
Yuri Doujinshi
Oshima Tomo and Oshiwa Towa (creator of High School Girls from ancient times when Comics One and Dr. Master existed.) work together on doujinshi all the time. Lilyka has picked one one of their least odd ones, After School 1. I am fairly certain I picked this up at a doujinshi event in the past. ^_^
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Yuri Essays
We’ve added 2 news essays to the Yuricon Essays page, as well as organized the Yuri Studio listings!:
Revolutionary Girl Utena – by Helen McCarthy. Historical perspective of Revolutionary Girl Utena, looking at roots in post-World War 2 thought, Takarazuka and feminist themes of this gateway Yuri series.
The Origins of Shōjo Manga – A pictorial history of the origins of girls’ manga on Google Arts and Culture by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Yuri Light Novel
Otherside Picnic, Volume 7 had been reviewed here -it was great and is Yurier than ever. It’s now up on the Yuricon Store.
Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou -Revolution-, Volume 2 (私の推しは悪役令嬢。-Revolution-) the second volume of inori’s isekai light novel series is out now in print in Japanese from Ichijinsha! According to the obi, 200,000 copies of this series are in print – a noteworthy achievement for inori-sensei and Hanagata-sensei.
Yuri Visual Novels
Noodletub Games is at it again, with an adorable Yuri Visual Novel on Kickstarter – Good Luck Baby! is “An adventure/mystery yuri visual novel about falling in love, saving the world, and finding your place within it.” It’s already passed the original goal, with almost a month to go, so take a look!
Other News
Thanks to YNN Correspondents Ivan and David who noted Katie Gill’s article on Tor.com, Sailor Moon at 30: Looking Back at the Iconic Series.
Latonya Pennington has a round up of How LGBTQ+ stories have evolved and flourished in manga: An in-depth look at the history of LGBTQ+ manga for The Popverse.
On ANN, Nicholas Dupree & Monique Thomas want us to Celebrate Pride with Kase-san!
I continued my LGBTQ_ manga series for queer bookstore Giovanni’s Room. Part 1 was about Yaoi manga and this week, Part 2 is about Yuri Manga! Next week I cover Queer manga. ^_^ Please enjoy the custom header images we made for the articles. ^_^
Last, but not least, I was extremely pleased to chat with Heather Rose Jones over at the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast about By Your Side and more! I’ve been listening to this podcast since the early spring to catch up to current episodes. It’s a cool podcast if you have an interest in queer women in history.
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