Yuri Essay
I wrote a short essay for Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog this week, and I’m really pleased with how it came out. ^_^ I hope you’ll take a look at My Favorite Bit: Erica Friedman Talks About BY YOUR SIDE: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF YURI ANIME AND MANGA
While I am on the topic, I want to thank everyone who has picked up the book so far! If you haven’t yet gotten your copy, it’s available on just about every platform possible and at bookstores near you. I hope you’ll all consider recommending it, dropping a review on Amazon or Goodreads and letting folks know about it. ^_^
Yuri Manga
From Seven Seas, we have Hello, Melancholic!, Volume 2 coming our way this week(!) along with Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Vol. 4 and semelparous, Volume 3 which already hit shelves this month.
Yen Press announced the cover reveal for The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 5: The Promised Land.
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Via YNN Correspondent and Guest Reviewer, Mariko S, we have a suggestion for a Twitter comic: Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Ja Nakatta (気になってる人が男じゃなかった) by Arai Sumiko, handle @agu_knzm. I love the art.
Ano Hanagasaku Oka de, Kimi to Mata Deaetara (あの花が咲く丘で、君とまた出会えたら) is a comicalization of an time slip idea that got it’s start on TikTok, apparently. A girl bored with her life, runs away from home, but sees something unusual while she hides out overnight…. Check it out in Japanese on Comic Walker!
Wakeatte Shachou Reijou ni Hirowaremashita (ワケあって社長令嬢に拾われました) is Akili’s newest, after Still Sick. An OL who has failed to make anything of her life suddenly finds favor with the company president’s daughter. It looks, honestly, like it’s “comedy” of how bad the OL keeps messing up, but there’s a sample chapter in Japanese up on Bookwalker for you to check it out.
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Yuri Light Novel
Seven Seas announced the license of Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina, as She’s So Cheeky for a Commoner, Adrian Hazra has the details at ANN. I’ve reviewed the first volume of this series and was so impressed. Usually the “story from the other person’s perspective” doesn’t add much to the narrative and it’s overused in isekai…but wow, was this a great book.
Yuri Visual Novels
From Studio Élan the demo for Lock and Key: A Magical Girl Mystery is now playable on Steam & itch.io!
Other News
On a completely argh note, I’ve had to pull back even further on Pixiv Fanbox. Apparently once I asked to close the paid backing account, they realized I write reviews and wanted me to pull all the cover art off the links. So going forward, the Pixiv Fanbox for Okazu will only cover Okazu and Yuricon news, like YNN.
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