Yuri Manga
Yen Press has announced that I Don’t Know Which Is Love, by Tamamushi Oku, Volume 1 will be hitting bookstores this month! This comedy about a girl looking for a girlfriend seems like perfect beach reading. ^_^
Monogatari Novels has announced the license for an English edition of Chinese manhua Soulmate written by Keranbing and illustrated by Wenzhilizi. We’ve had reviews of all three French-language volumes here and I’m sure plenty of folks are looking forward to getting more baihe in English. Monogatari Novels also has a Spanish-language edition, so don’t miss out!
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! Manga Volume 4 is headed our way in September.
The second print volume of Ari North’s Always Human webcomic series, Love and Gravity: A Graphic Novel (link is only to Amazon, right now. I’ll get it up on the Store later today with more options) has been released! I just want to show you this cover, because it is gorgeous:
I’ve been a fan of Ari’s story since it was a webcomic. The first volume of the book was adapted from the vertical scroll to a readable format, for a stunning book, which I reviewed in 2020. I’m so happy for Ari and you can be sure that I’m getting a copy as soon as I can!
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We’ve added a few things to the Yuricon Store:
Kohaku no Kijo (琥珀の貴女) is a collection of stories about relationships between senior women and younger adult women. I’ve got this on my Bookwalker waiting to be read.
In Vampeerz, Volume 6 (ヴァンピアーズ) Aria’s servant joins the menagerie.
The Battle of the Bands is here and there’s one last confrontation needed — between Shiho and Aki. Sasayakuyou no Koi wo Utau, Volume 8 (ささやくように恋を唄う) hit JP shelves last month and it is full of drama.
Via Comic Natalie, we have news of Volume 1 of Naisho no Ofutariasma, (ないしょのおふたりさま。) a food and Yuri manga about a delinquent girl and a rich girl who is only interested in food.
Yuri Visual Novel
Via Yuri Daily on FB, Lachesis or Atropos is a new Yuri VN that debuted on Steam. This VN by Quill Games is described: “This world is woven of strings, of fate and of hate. What do you see, detective? A horror-mystery yuri visual novel peering into the maddening darkness of love and death. “
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Other News
Yuri has had more than our fair share of controversies in the past couple of weeks! Bandai Namco and Kadokawa made no new friends when a reference to G-Witch‘s Suletta and Miorine being married that appeared in Gundam Ace magazine was removed from the online version – and an apology was issued, saying that it was “open to interpretation.” My question is this: To whom were they apologizing? Nanananshi on Twitter* encourages us all to contact Bandai and ask explain politely that we do not accept them denying what was made visible in their own series. I will ask for an apology to *us* for erasing the relationship.
*Yes, I am deadnaming Twitter. Abusive step-daddy can’t make me use his stupid name.
Also in the news, we have a much more serious issue. Last week, one of the stars of Thai GL series GAP The Series, Freen, was stalked. Photos of her and her boyfriend were taken and there was an attempt at blackmail. Management company Idol Factory has said they are pursuing charges against the stalker. But the harassment picked up speed when it hit the Internet, with some folks claiming that she “betrayed” them. Largely her fans have been very supportive, as am I. She owes us nothing. There was no “betrayal.” She is an actress, she acted – and did it very well. This is exactly why I am ambivalent about real person shipping, honestly.
As an aside, we have a terrific discussion of Thai GL coming up for Yuricon 2023, in which we discuss this story among other things. It will be posted in a few weeks. ^_^ We also have a guest review on some other Thai GL series for next week. Stay on the lookout for those!
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