June 25th is “Yuri Day” in Japan! So happy Yuri to all of you! ^_^ Check for sales on Yuri at Bookwalker Global and Bookwalker JP.

Yuri Event

Anime Expo will be holding a premier of Episode 1 and 2 of the I’m In Love With The Villainess anime, in conjunction with Aonoshimo-sensei’s appearance.

Yuri Manga In English

The Summer You Were There, Volume 3 by Yuama came out this month. Kaori gently forces to Shizuku to clean up her Akashic ties.

Volume 3 of Akili’s Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires will be hitting shelves in August.

Not Yuri, but possibly of interest to the Okazu audience, MMA manga Teppu has been licensed by Kodansha for digital release. It’s on Bookwalker and Kindle. The OASG on Twitter has the scoop!

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Speaking of Vampeerz, we have Vampeerz, Volume 2 (ヴァンピアーズ ), in Japanese up on the Yuricon Store – we’ll get caught up on this shortly.

Futari Escape, Volume 4 ( ふたりエスケープ), the final volume, is out in Japanese. Volume 3 hit shelves in English-language bookstores this month.

A spin-off from Mizutani Fuuka’s Love At Fourteen, follows classmate Aoi and her relationship with school doctor Hajima-sensei in Reliance, Volume 1 (リライアンス). I was surprised at the development of this relationship in the original manga, but it wasn’t the only problematic side story in this series.

Kono Yo De Ichiban Sutekina Owarikata, Volume 1 (この世で一番素敵な終わり方) is the historical Chinese zombie Yuri we didn’t know we needed. Now we need one with beautiful women and long flowing everything, rather than cute moe art.

A-shi to Watashi Gal x Yuri Anthology ( あーしとわたし。 ギャル×百合アンソロジー) is, as it says a Gal Yuri Anthology. But I note that “gals” have changed a lot in the last 20 years. They used to be way edgier and a bit scary, now they are kind of normalized. This collection has a few creators whose names are familiar to us here.

Yuri Light Novels

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Volume 5 will be hitting shelves and devices in August. I can’t wait. Euphie and Anis go on a dangerous mission…or is it their honeymoon?

Sorawo finally decided to understand her enemy in Otherside Picnic, Volume 7. Now we are all ready for the upcoming Otherside Picnic, Volume 8, headed our way in August.

Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta The Third adds a new complication to this already complicated polyamory series.

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Yuri Visual Novels

We’ve added a bunch of Yuri VNs to the Yuricon Store! This week we’ve added:

 Fragile Feelings by ebi-hime – an intriguing story of illness and recovery.

Yumeutsutsu Re:Master -&- Re:After – This story is set in a small game studio, which now includes 5 stories that happen after the main story concludes.

A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986 just looks amazing. It “is about seeking identity and meaning in a rapidly changing world where conflicting worldviews and cultures collide.”

From YuriEureka, Kiss The Demiurge is a story about a girl who is hiding magic for a secret society.

Lycoris Works has released the key visual and details for their upcoming Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi No Natsu (嘘から始まる恋の夏). This is via Yuri Navi, which has more details and a trailer.

Yuri Anime

Birdie Wing has ended, but it will live in our hearts forever. Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean G. has found a somewhat spoilery interview with the Producer, Sekiyama Akihiro, on Season 2 of the anime. Part 1 | Part 2 in Japanese.

Richard Eisenbels has a review over at ANN on the final episode of Yuri Is My Job. I’ll do a review (and maybe a video) on it shortly. What was your opinion of this series?

Sailor Moon Cosmos has a fabulous new retro anime OP, a la S season season, to “Moonlight Densetsu.” Now I hope they do one to the “Sailor Star Song,” the original OP to the Stars season. ^_^

Yuri Live-Action

Via Yuri Daily, the Polish Yuri news page on FB, we have news of She Is Still Cute Today, an upcoming Chinese Yuri drama based on a webtoon of the same name.

Korea seems to be gearing up for a Yuri summer with the movie The Summer, which is racking up awards and profit unusual for Yuri animation. Manga Mogura has the trailer.

Via YNN Correspondent Frank H, we have news of a something new starring GAP Theory stars Becky and Free. Uranus2324 thus far has only a few visuals. After some consultation with a Thai-speaking colleague, this appears to be an advertising campaign.  Shipping in Thai BL is a big deal and FreenBeck fandom is going strong since GAP was announced. ^_^

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Other News

Via Nastuo Mutsumi on Twitter, a crowdfunding campaign has opened for Women Wearing Men’s Kimono Photograph Collection. Natsuo-sensei says their partner is one of the models. Of course, I funded this right away, but even if you aren’t funding them definitely check out the photos on the page. For one thing, the kimono styles are terrific and are designed for everyday wear by the kimono artist. For the photographer and artist, this seems like a life work, rather than just a bunch of pictures. Among the rewards for backing the book is be part of a photoshoot yourself (for folks in Japan, but it looks like they are at least thinking about how to make it work overseas.)

Women Write About Comics has a very thoughtful discussion about LGBTQ manga in the Pride Month Roundtable, Manga Edition.

Until I Love Myself  is a comic essay about a non-binary manga artist. MrAJCosplay has written a well-considered review of this difficult manga at ANN.

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