Yuri Events
I’ll be presenting “The First 100 Years of Lesbian-themed Anime and Manga” at Flame Con, August 20-21 in New York City. Looking forward very much to returning to Flame Con. ^_^
If you’d like me to come to a con near you – please tell the con to invite me. There’s only a couple cons I won’t at least try to get to, if I’m invited. ^_^
2023 will be the 20th anniversary of Yuricon. Would you be interested in a virtual convention? Let me know in the comments!
Bookwalker JP ran a “Yuri Day” on July 1, and Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu! is running a giveaway to celebrate that and the upcoming anime. Through July 9, follow the official WataYuri anime account, like and retweet the promotional post and you are entered to win an official book card. Wonder Parlour in Ikebukuro, Tokyo is running a collaboration Cafe through July 10! ^_^ (I’m smiling through my tears here. I wish I could be there.) Check out the pictures!
Yuri Manga
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Volume 3 is out now from Seven Seas! This is a must-read manga for a lot of reasons I cannot yet tell you without spoilers. Let me say that this series does right something that Bloom Into You did not.
Syrup: A Yuri Anthology, Volume 4 is now out in English from Seven Seas, as well.
tMnR’s If Could Reach You ends with Volume 7, which was released late last month. If you enjoyed this series, I’d love to have a wrap-up review for Okazu. Drop me a line!
Yuri Espoir, Volume 2 is up on the Yuricon Store, out now from Tokyopop.
Catch These Hands, Volume 2, out from Yen is also on the Store. ^_^
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 3 (山田と加瀬さん。) came out last month. More love-love adventures with Kase-san and Yamada, as they build lives separately and together.
Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 4 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) What relationship do these two girls have beyond predator and prey? I love this series.
Usio Shio has a second series that I really like, also in Comic Yuri Hime. In Onna Tomodachi to Kekkonshitemita, Volume 2 (女ともだちと結婚してみた。) Kurumi and Ruriko negotiate their marriage and their friendship. Is it time for new rules?
Via Bookwalker, you can now vote in the NEXT Manga Awards in English! This contest is sponsored by NicoNico and DaVinci magazine….I point this out because we’ve mentioned DaVinci many times here on Okazu. It’s very Yuri and lesbian supportive for a mainstream women’s magazine. There are several excellent Yuri manga listed this year, including several of my personal favorites. Yuri choices include I’m in Love With the Villainess, The Skirt Rings at the Landing, The Summer You Were There and Futari Escape in print manga and The Moon on a Rainy Night and She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat in the Web Manga category – both of these I think are outstanding.
Bookwalker is also running a free Volume 1 sale that includes My Idol Sits the Next Desk Over!, Volume 1. This sale runs through July 28.
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The July issue of Ultra Jump magazine features Kimi no sei da (全部君のせいだ) a Yuri cosplay comedy by merryhachi. I like using Bookwalker JP for this kind of thing. Not gonna get the book in print just to read a short and see if I like it. ^_^
Shoyateruko has written a sequel to a earlier story about two college students. Stella ☆ Record (ステラ☆レコード) follows “True Feeelings as Ritsuko and Kyouko try to understand each other, now that they have been honest about the feelings for one another. This is running in Young King Ours GH August issue.
Yuri Light Novels
I’m in Love With the Villainess, Volume 5 is poised to hit shelves. The digital edition is heading your way at the end of July, and the print will follow in September!
The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Volume 5 is slated for a September release as well.
J-Novel Club announced the license of webnovel Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta: at Anime Expo. Rafael Antonio Pineda has details.
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Yuri Live Action
ANN’s Alex Mateo has the extraordinary news that If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die, is getting a live-action drama!
Yuri Visual Novel
Studio Élan announced that the demo for Lock and Key: A Magical Girl Mystery, will be publicly available next Friday, July 8th on Steam & itch.io.
Yuri Doujinshi and Webcomics
Lilyka is running a summer sale – 20% off all Yuri doujinshi!
Webtoon Kiss it Goodbye is crowdfunding a print collection! Ticcytx’s Yuri webtoon follows two school girls in Japan in a slice-of-life series.
Other News
For Pride Month, YuriMother did a deep dive into the complex and complicated X-Gender, by Asuka Miyazaki, out now from Seven Seas.
Not Yuri, but tangentially of interest, Yen Press announced omnibus volumes of K-On! and a sequel, K-ON! Shuffle at Anime Expo this weekend. Adriana Hazra has the details.
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