Yuri Manga

New on the Yuricon Store!

Whisper Me A Love Song, Volume 7 will be gracing our shelves this winter, in time to make a great holiday gift. ^_^

Also hitting shelves in winter is Shio Usui’s I Married My Female Friend, Volume 1. This could have been a really superficial series, but hasn’t been at all. Some great stuff has happened in the so-far 3 volumes that are out in Japan.

Running in Margaret magazine, a woman meets her oldest, dearest friend…but something has changed between them in Tsumetakute Yawaraka, Volume 1 ( 冷たくて 柔らか).

Vampeerz, Volume  7 , ( ヴァンピアーズ)  has also joined the  Yuricon store.

A number of folks have written in to note that “The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All,” Kininatteru Hito Ga Otoko Janakatta (気になってる人が男じゃなかった) by Arai Sumiko, took 1st place in the Next Manga Awards in the Web manga category. The message from the author specifically thanks support from international fans. I reviewed that manga last month here on Okazu. 

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ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pinedaa has news that Mikanuji’s Yuri and food manga Sempai, Oishii Desuka?  ((先輩、美味しいですか?) is ending soon. I was rather disappointed with the latest volume in my review last May.

Yuri Doujinshi

Via YNN Correspondent Marcus, two doujinshi by creator of Catch These Hands!, murata, featuring Soramori and Takebe from that series, are available for free digital download at Melonbooks. You will need to have a Melonbooks account and download the Melonbooks free e-reader to get them, but they are very fun.

Webtoon News

Via Yuri Daily on Facebook, webcomic platform TappyToon has made What Does The Fox Say? unavailable for purchase as of August 30. They note that “According to official information, the original publisher demanded the title to be removed from [being available to be unlocked.]” This is confirmed on the comic page on Tappytoons.

Yuri Anime

Via YNN Correspondent Patricia B., we have a trailer for the upcoming anime Hoshikuzu Telepath. I’m very interested to see where this story goes, as I have only read and reviewed the first volume. It looks, like it’s going to be a standard “school club” story.

Kibou no Chikara, the adult Precure story has a trailer and a hint of Precure relationships that survived into adulthood. Joana Cayanan has details on ANN.

Burkeley Hermann takes a long look at the anime for the Alice Gear Aegis Expansion Japanese mobile game and finds it quite Yuri indeed.

 
Yuri Events

The Yuriten Webstore is open! You can purchase goods that are featured at the Yuri art exhibition, in Tokyo and Osaka. A credit card and a buying or shipping service like Buyee/Tenso or White Rabbit will allow you to get goods delivered to you wherever you are. We don’t have specific dates yet, but it looks like the exhibitions will be happening in October and November for Tokyo and respecively.

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Yuri Visual Novel & Games

The folks at Noodletub Games have launched the kickstarter for their new 18+ Yuri Visual Novel, Renai Bakudan, which they describe as “Run a love hotel and find your soulmate in this erotic adventure!”

Via YNN Correspondent Paul E., who reviewed Lovestruck just as it was closing down. It appears that some enthusiastic fans are recreating it from archive material Check out Love’s Truck: The Final Stop for some fandom love.

Yuri Voice Drama

Via May Barrameda, an independent translator working with doujinshi circles, Yuri Situation Voice Drama Kodoku na Majo to Hirowareko no Anata (孤独な魔女と拾われ子のあなた) by Japanese doujinshi circle Ichika no Yurien (いちかの百合園) is now available with English language subtitles! And right now it’s available for 30% off at DL site!

I was a huge consumer of CD Dramas back in the day and I should probably get back into Voice Dramas now that they are being distributed. ^_^ Check out DLSite for other Yuri Voice Dramas, as well.

Other News

Over at Anime Feminist, Sarah Guinevere Smit has written a great article on Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and Transgender Cyborgs’ Experience of the Apocalypse.

Also for Anime Feminist, Mehitabel Glenhaber takes a look at “An Inner Revolution Of The Japanese Women”: The Rose of Versailles As feminist historical fiction.

YNN Correspondent David Mankins would like you to know about the film Witches of the Orient, about a factory-sponsored  women’s volleyball team, who became the Japanese national team and competed in the 1964 Olympics! The film seems to have been released in the UK and Ireland, but we do have a trailer on Youtube. Those of you in or near Cambridge, MA, can access the film through your library card!

Wrapping up for the week – I can’t remember where I found this, but this music video for 虎狼来 (Kororon), is lovely!

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