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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 29, 2025

March 29th, 2025

In black block letters, YNN Yuri Network News. On the left, in black silhouette, a woman with a broad brim hat and dress stands, a woman in a tight outfit sits against the Y. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu

Live Action Yuri

Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker has good news to report. He says that the pseudonymous Korean director Soo Not Sue is filming a new series, An Office Thing; the link goes to the trailer on Youtube. Frank notes that the trailer is filmed for a smartphone, so turn your head sideways if you’re viewing on a desktop. He also notes, “Even better yet: It stars Choi Ji-won as Yu Bin, who was a side character in Soo Not Sue’s previous series She Makes My Heart Flutter (which Frank reviewed here on Okazu last year). Choi was quite funny as Yu Bin, who was unlucky in love; maybe as a lead character she’ll have better luck! “


Yuri Anime

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof anime is already popping up on Yuri sites. Alex Mateo has details of the production on ANN.

ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the updated info on Gundam GQuuuuuuX. And, in other Gundam news, Ken Iikura-Gross notes that in the latest “First Gundam Watched” Poll not only does Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch From Mercury have a clear majority, the number of people who answered GWitch comes close to the number of people who answered the poll at all the last time. That is an amazing shift.

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Yuri Manga

Kanaria ha Kiraboshi no Yume o Miru, Volume 1 (カナリアは綺羅星の夢をみる) is a Taisho romance about a girl who wants to design clothes, and a mysterious foreigner, with the evocative name of Tsubaki, a reference I missed entirely until my translation tool translated it as La Traviata and I said, “d’oh!” while slapping myself on the forehead. ^_^

Muryoku Seijo to Munou Oujo ~ Maryoku Zero de Shoukansareta Seijo no Isekai Kyuukokuki (~無力聖女と無能王女~魔力ゼロで召喚された聖女の異世界救国記~) is an isekai about two “useless” women who find that together they have power. I quite like this one. ^_^

Viz’s newest Yuri entry is Pink Candy Kiss, Volume 1,  by Uozumi Ami. This is a tale of two people with a history who meet once again later in life.

Kase-san and Yamada, Volume 4 is the 9th volume(!) of the story of these two lovable girls and their, now, college life. Will Kase-san be able to move in with Yamada, or will her weirdo roommate throw a wrench into their new life?

Ohzawa Yayoi has  new series, Amefuri Harete Hana Hikaru (雨降り晴れて花ひかる) about a married woman and the complicated relationship she and her husband have with the woman she truly loves. I haven’t read this series at all, but Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available.

Via Comic Natalie, Haikei, Arishi Hi ni Saku Hana-tachi e, Volume 1 (拝啓、在りし日に咲く花たちへ) is about a serious girl who finds a secret love affair from the past in letters in a library book at the girls’ school she attends. I might go for this one, I do like meta stories.  ^_^

 

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Other News

Berkeley Hermann has an in-depth look at Dezai Osamu’s masterwork adaptation of Riyoko Ikeda’s Dear Brother.

Drop-In Manga has a terrific discussion of the many roles the color green plays in The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All in The Green Space That Is Green Yuri.

 

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One Response

  1. Thanks so much for the mention! I plan to submit part two of my review today in fact. I was surprised to find a lack of focus on the petition arc of the series, which is extremely relevant considering everything that’s going on now. There are actually a lot of reviews out there of Dear Brother, but most seem to focus on the early part of the series, rather than the later part, although the reviews you’ve done on here surely done the series justice. Funny enough, after I finished K-On and got my dose of female friendship (it really is an enjoyable series in its own way), I moved to Bloom Into You, and I had forgotten the scene where Kodama Miyako smokes a cigarette. Now, I’m no fan of smoking myself, but she was just as sexy smoking as Rei is in Dear Brother, you could say. So, it reminded me of that. And yes, rewatching Bloom Into You was very enjoyable (this is the first time I’ve watched on Blu-ray), considering its now on a bunch of streaming platforms (Disney+ and HIDIVE in fact). I think A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof anime could have some yuri subtext at the very least, that’s my hope at least.

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