Now that I am making a concerted effort to catch up on the Yuricon Store, there are two things we must reckon with: 1) There will be a lot of additions in this week’s report and 2) There is SO MUCH Yuri coming out that, a week into the update, I have added as many items to my “to be added” list in my bookmarks as I have added things to the Store. ^_^; We are surrounded by an abundance of Yuri riches. So buckle in, we have a lot of cool stuff this week to get to!
Yuri Anime
The Lycoris Recoil Blu-Ray box set will be available in late August. It looks adorable. Save %30 with a pre-order on RightStuf.
Yuri Figurines
From the fine folks at Yuri Daily on Facebook, we have the news that Furyu is putting out two Yuri Is My Job! figurines. You can get our leads in their salon personas – Ayanokoji Mitsuki or Shirasagi Hime for about $130 USD each. These figurines are eerily life-like-to-the-anime.
Yuri Manga
Seven Seas announced the license of How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend?, by the creator of Monologue Woven For You, Syu Yasaka.
How Do We Relationship?, Volume 9 will be hitting shelves in late July. Miwa and Saeko’s relationship has gone through a lot, but they are still finding their best ways to be themselves.
Chasing After Aoi Koshiba, Volume 4 gave us an unexpected ending to the series. I reviewed it yesterday here on Okazu.
Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Volume 5 also completes this sentai Yuri series. Can a suited heroine and her arch-nemesis save the day?
From Blue Drop creator Akihito Yoshitomo My Future Starts Today ~Miku & Kyoko~, Volume 1 was picked up and translated into English by MediBang! as a digital license. Does anyone remember Blue Drop besides me, at this point? I liked it – especially the Drama CDs.
Qualia The Purple Manga Collection is now available on the Store, as well. Without question, the people who loved this story, love this story. I mean that in a kind way.
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Galette, No. 25 (ガレット) has been out since March and is available from a number of sellers. I am still positive about this creator-run quarterly Yuri manga magazine and would love to see it continue for 5 more years!
Akiyama Haru’s Iberis no Hanayome ( イベリスの花嫁) is about a wedding planner who finds herself falling for the bride.
Lily & Ivy – Ken-couple Yuri & Sex Anthology (リリー&アイビー ~ケンカップル百合×性愛アンソロジー~) is for fans of series like Black & White, with a little rough love in the mix.
Fukusuunin Kousai Yuri Anthology (複数人交際百合アンソロジー レモネード) is a poly anthology, with relationships of 3 or more people.
Yuri Short Story Collection wiz (百合小説コレクション wiz) is a collection of winning entries from the Yuri Literary Short Story Contest on Pixiv.
Nagata Kabi has more to say about her life in Suizou Ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita. (膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。) I’m reading it now and will get back to you shortly.
I’m In Love With The Villainess News
Crunchyroll has announced that they will be streaming the I’m In Love With The Villainess anime, which is headed our way in October. Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details over on ANN.
On her Pixiv Fanbox last week, inori.-sensei announced a new spin-off project I’m In Love With The Villainess. Maid’s Kitchen (私の推しは悪役令嬢。メイドキッチン) The art for this cooking comedy starring Rei, Claire and Lene, will be by Tsuke-sensei. It will also run in Comic Yuri Hime magazine. Take a look at the cover here on inori.-sensei’s twitter!
There are two more voiced comics for Wataoshi from Ichijinsha. You can find there here and here. That completes the series, I believe.
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Queer Comics
“Blood! Bounties!! & Badass Babes!!! reads the tagline for Blade Maidens, by Zoe Tunnel and Valentine M. Smith. Queer trans and NB protags and lot of action. It’s fun. ^_^
Yuri Visual Novels
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, two classic Yuri VNs have been remastered and are available on Steam! Akai Ito HD Remaster and Aoi Shiro HD Remaster, are set in the same universe. Ashley reviewed the latter for Okazu 13 years ago!
ebi-hime has a new game, It gets so lonely here, “a yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?” CWs for violence and cannibalism. Available on Steam and itch.io.
Other News
Also Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, Takarazuka’s Casino Royale is coming to screens with a live online performance on June 11. The live version is 1:30PM JST on June 11, while the online “restreaming” is at 4AM JST (so 3PM EST) on June 26. There is no video on demand. You’re buying a ticket to a show. There will be EN subtitles on the restream.
Lilyka is running a 41% off Yuri doujinshi sale, with the code “41” right now. More importantly, the Lilyka website is being deprecated soon (no date has been given.) emanga.com has already rolled the Yuri works from Lilyka into their GL collection.
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Oh dang, I honestly had no idea that the “Akai Ito” and “Aoi Shiro” remakes had been released! Hopefully, they will get some notice because frankly they basically popped out of nowhere. The games are also available on the Switch for those who prefer playing their visual novels there.
On a different note, I’ll have to give “Blade Maidens” a look, sounds like fun!