Yuri Event
A group art show for four Galette magazine artists is planned for July in Kichioji, Tokyo! July 17-22, at the Sabineko Gallery, art by 4 Yuri artists, Hakamada Mera, Morinaga Milk, Yatosaki Haru and Yorita Miyuki will be displayed for the Shoujo to Shoujo ~ Yuri Sakka Yonnin Ten (百合作家4人展). You can get news at the link above, or follow the show on X.
According to Morinaga-sensei, there will be online sales of goods, so if you cannot attend, definitely bookmark the show and stay up to date.
Yuri Manga
Top news this week is the official announcement that Yen Press has licensed Arai Sumiko’s hit webcomic, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All.
Yen has also announced the manga for Lycoris Recoil.
Rose of Versailles Episodes Manga Volume 1 is headed our way and I’m gonna be real with you – you must get this collection of the 40th anniversary Rose of Versailles stories. Not only does it end the entire tale, it does something extraordinary while doing so.
I’m in Love with the Villainess, Vol. 6 is out now from Seven Seas. in which Rae and Claire visit Rae’s hometown, meet her family and hunt the Undead.
I Married My Female Friend, Volume 2 hit shelves this month – after Ruriko’s illness, things are shifting between her and Kurumi.
Kiyoko Iwami’s dark and erotic Yuri manga My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today , Volume 1 is slated for release next month.
Via Yuri Navi, the manga for Jellyfish Can’t Swim In the Night, Yoru no Kuraga ha Oyogenai (夜のクラゲは泳げない) is being serialized on line at Pocket Shonen Magazine. Click the link for three free chapters in Japanese.
Via creator Takashima Hiromi on X (whol celebrated with new art), Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 4 (山田と加瀬さん) is out in Japan. In English, we have Kase-san and Yamada, Volume 3, the review of which is coming soon. ^_^ The June issue Special Issue of WINGS magazine (WINGS (ウィングス) 2024年 06 月号) features Yamada and Kase-san, as well.
She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat News Supplement
Also hitting shelves is May is She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 4! More food and more emotions. This is a terrific volume, as I said when I reviewed it in Japanese last year. ^_^
Via YNN Correspondent Pan on the Okazu Discord, Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna (作りたい女と食べたい女) is on sale at Bookwalker JP as well. And…
Via YNN Correspondent Manga’Albine, Éditions Akata has announced the release of L’amour east AU Menu, the French-language edition of Tsukurita Onna to Tabetai Onna. ^_^
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Yuri Anime
Discotek has released Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s. I am really hoping for StrikerS at long last.
The trailer and details for the anime film adaptation of Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Look Back is up on ANN. Anita Tai has the details. I couldn’t make it through the trailer without crying….this movie is going to be gorgeous and it will kill me. (T_T)
Christopher Farris and Steve Jones on ANN take a pretty balanced look at the discourse around So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?. My position is that this only looks like queerbaiting if one does not recognize that intimacy does not equate to romance and people can be intimate without being lovers or family. I don’t see anything like love or romantic interest between Kumiko and Reina, just intimate friendship. Drop by the Okazu Discord and let’s hear your take on it.
ANN’s Joanna Cayana has the teaser trailer for a new project called Momentary Lily that we might want to keep our eyes on.
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Yuri Light Novel
I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner, Volume 2 is out with the second volume of Claire’s perspective of the events she and Rae experienced. This volume is worth reading as there is an entire plotline that did not appear in the main story.
ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the scoop that Jellyfish Can’t Swim In The Night is also getting a novelization. This sounds very promising.
Melonbooks is doing a special promotion around inori-sensei‘s newest LN, Yuusha ni Naritai Shoujo To, Yuusha Narubeki Kanojo (勇者になりたい少女と、勇者になるべき彼女) with a reprint of the initial bonus standee and the chance to win a signed copy!
Other News
Pixiv is expanding their Literary Yuri Contest into a new category. The first Literary Yuri Manga Contest has been announced. The winner will get award money and publication in Comic Yuri Hime. The last story I read for the short story collection was SO good that I’m inclined to be really hopeful about this new iteration.
Via Manga Mogura on X, Bloom Into You creator Nakatani Nio did a special cover celebrating Dengeki Daioh‘s 30th anniversary. See how many characters you can recognize! I was surprised at how many I remembered from Yuri series through the years. ^_^
Also Via Manga Mogura, celebrating a 30th anniversary is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, which we now have in English thanks to Seven Seas!
Egan Loo over at ANN wants us to know about the Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra smartphone game which is slated to launch this year.
Bookshop.org is offering free shipping this weekend in honor of Indie Bookstore day!
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