Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 4, 2024

May 4th, 2024

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Yuri Audiobook & Drama CD

As reported yesterday, when I reviewed the 5th and final audiobook of the initial I’m In Love With The Villainess series, Seven Seas has announced that we’ll be getting the Claire-side point of view series also as an audiobook series! I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner Audiobook, Volume 1 is slated for a June release.

Watashi No Yuri Ha Oshigoto Desu! ‘Cafe Liebe Onna Gakuen Yori Aiwokomete’ Radio CD (TVアニメ「私の百合はお仕事です!」「カフェ・リーベ女学園より愛を込めて」 ラジオCD) is now up on the Yuricon Store! This is a collection of all the Radio shows done by the actresses for the anime Yuri Is My Job! anime.

 

Yuri Manga in English

We have a lot of new, and a few old, items up on the Yuricon Store!

The second volume of the manga for There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless…, is headed our way from Seven Seas in June.

I’m in Love with the Villainess manga, Volume 6 hits shelves this week in English, also from Seven Seas. Claire learns how life is for commoners…  inori.-sensei announced on her Pixiv Fanbox that she’s working on a collection of ILTV side stories for supporters. More to come on that.

Futaribeya, Volume 3 from Tokyopop is on the Yuricon Store. I’ll work diligently to get all of this listed.

Cheerful Amnesia, Volume 2 hit shelves this winter from Yen Press!

 

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Yuri Manga in Japanese

Speaking of series I fell way behind on, I not only have to add the remaining volumes of this, but also update old links, but Kimi no Tamaenara Shineru, Volume 10 (姫のためなら死ねる) is now on the Yuricon Store. Those of you enjoying Kuzushiro’s Amayo no Tsuki (雨夜の月) , might be entertained by her interpretation of Heian court life, with diarist Sei Shonagan as a NEET blogger and Murasaki Shikibu as her buxom rival.

Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Volume 8 ( 私の推しは悪役令嬢。) manga tackles Yu’s arc with some amazing writing and art.

This series has been halted, and it’s digital only, but Monomo Moto and Izumi Kitta’s Liberty, Volume 2 (リバティ) is up on the Store, because it’s been sitting in my to-go-up list for a long time and I wanted it off there. ^_^

Japanese manga creator Aneido held a successful Kickstarter to publish their 18+ Yuri ero-horror manga, The Murderer And Her Runaway Desire in English and now you can download that comic directly from Aneido-sensei’s digital store.

Speaking of creator-owned work translated into English, via Natsuo Mutsumi-sensei, who gave this glowing praise, King Kurasaki is running their first Kickstarter to translate their Yuri manga,君と夏の音:You and the sound of Summer, into English! There’s almost 2 months left for this, so I’ll remind everyone gain, but I know I’d like to see this make it.

Aishitabun Dake Aishite Hoshii-! (愛したぶんだけ愛してほしいっ!) tells the story of a girl waiting for her prince on a white horse, who falls for a prince-like woman.

Galette, No. 27 (ガレットNo.27)  is up on the Store. Sadly, Galette no longer appears to be available on US Kindle, but they are definitely still available through Bookwalker.

Mikaunji’s story of random couples continues with Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume 8 (不揃いの連理). Read it in English as Assorted Entanglements, from Yen Press!

 

Queer Comics

Via long-time friend of Yuri, Niki Smith, she wants you to all know about Succulent: Trans-Inclusive Sapphic Comics on Kickstarter! The campaign page describes it this way: “Succulent is a lush collection of sapphic erotic comics. Twelve tales which are hot, humid, and above all, dirty.” With more than a week to go, this comics is only a few hundred dollars from it’s goal and is almost certainly going to make it, so jump on into the loam! ^_^

 

Anime News

Along with the live-action movie, Yamashita Tomoko’s Ikoku Nikki is also getting a television anime. Presumably all this attention comes from this series having been names best manga of 2023 in DaVinci magazine. Crystalyn Hodgkins has the details on ANN.

ON This Week In Anime, Nick, Chris, Lucas and Steve ask Is The Anime Girl Band Era Here? and the answer seems to be “Yes!” Some of my favorites are called out, including Hello Melancholic, but, what? No K-On!?

 

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Yuri Visual Novel

Via YNN Correspondent Michelangelo H, House of Chavez is a new Yuri VN from Winter Wolves, that he thinks looks promising. “Play as Adriana and travel to Europe with her brother Bruno. Meet Silke, who attended to Adriana’s grandmother Maria during her final moments, and Dolores, a stunning and secretive woman on a trip. Explore House Chavez’s shadowy hallways and navigate the mysteries within.”

 

Other News

Clover DeMerrit has offered up an interesting look at From Takarazuka to Terayama: The influence of queer theater on Revolutionary Girl Utena. Some of it may be familiar to readers here, but the whole has a lot of new information that I certainly did not know! It’s a great read, and I’ll be adding the link to our Yuricon Resources page, for sure.

 

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