Yuri Manga
Top news this week is the much-anticipated license announcement by Yen Press for inee’s Love Bullet. I reviewed Volume 1 in Japanese at the beginning of the year and was very impressed. ANN’s Alex Mateo has details.
Mikanuji’s Assorted Entanglements, Volume 8 is up on the Yuricon Store. This continues the multi-couple series of random Yuriness. ^_^
Also on the Store, we have the manga adaptation of LYCORIS’s Yuri Visual novel Uso kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu -squall- (嘘から始まる恋の夏 -squall-).
Via Chloé Stawski, the cover artist, on Bluesky – be on the lookout for ADVENTURE TIME: THE BUBBLINE COLLEGE SPECIAL #1 from Oni Press!
Via MangaAlerts on Bluesky, BluPetal is entering the English-language manga publishing world, with plans for BL, TL, Yuri, Geikomi and Shoujosei titles. The statement says that this group is made up of former pros from a number of localization companies. So, we’ll see what happens. ^_^
Yuri Light Novel
Exciting news from inori.-sensei. Pre-orders for a print release of her new LN Homunculus’ Tears should be available this week. I reviewed this new light novel at the beginning of the month and thought it very fast and fun read.
More good news from inori.-sensei and Yen Press, who has licensed her light novel The Girl Who Wants to Be a Hero and the Girl Who Ought to Be a Hero. This is getting a July release in print and digital editions. I reviewed this book in Japanese at the beginning of last year(!) and had this to say about it, “It was a lot of fun. Everything I want in a Dengeki Bunko read – a “light” novel in the broadest sense. It’s small, quickly paced, not entirely predictable and ends just where you want it to.” Good book.
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Yuri Anime
There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover!…Unless has a second trailer for the upcoming anime.
Via Comic Natalie, Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to An Android will be getting a “short anime” series. To celebrate(?) I did a review of Volume 1 of the manga which should go up on ANN shortly.
Over on ANN, Lynzee Loveridge has an interview with Watada Shinya, the Director of Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty, about the “rise of girl bands.”
Shimura Takako’s manga Awajima Hakkei follows the lives of girls in a musical revue troupe school that is not Takarazuka, but it very similar. I reviewed Volume 1 and Volume 2 back in 2015. Check out the trailer for the upcoming anime! Joanna Cayanan has the news and links on ANN.
Liam Dempsey over at Crunchyroll News has the new that Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Anime Film Unveils 8 Character Visuals.
Yuri Audio Drama
Baiheverse presents A Little Sweet: Short Stories from Everyday Life, 10 short 5-minute long audio scenarios with Mei and Wanwan, a committed couple, doing what my wife and I refer to as “playing house.” First hit is free, 30 coins a pop after that.
Yuri Live-Action
Also from Baiheverse on X, they are working on a short film When We Met, adapted from the extras of Qi Xiao Huang Shu’s original baihe novel What Era Do You Think This Is. Director: Xen Starring: He Lei, Ni Jia. You can watch the “official” or “uncensored” versions on Baiheverse.
Yorita Miyuki will be launching a kickstarter for an English-subtitled version of the live-action adaptation of her manga, Her kiss,my libido twinkles 彼女のくちづけ感染するリビドー. Launching soon!
The sequel to Ayaka-chan Is In Love With Hiroko-sempai live-action adaptation of Sal Jiang’s manga, has announced new cast members. ANN’s Joanan Cayanan has the details.
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Yuri Events
Comitia 152 will be held at Tokyo BigSite in Tokyo on June 1. 2025.
I’ll be a guest at CitrusCon, a free online event in June 2025. Not sure what I’m talking about, but it’ll be fun. ^_^
Girls Love Fest 44 is on June 29, 2025 back at the Pio Building in Ota ward, Tokyo.
Baiheverse is holding a Yuri-only event in Shanghai on July 26! Check their site for details.
I am recording a panel for Blymecon, a free online 18+ Brazilian convention in August. I’ll be talking about how I got from writing fanfic to Yuricon and Okazu!
And save those mileage points, because I am going to be a guest at Y/Con in Paris, on November 15-16! I cannot wait to meet Yuri fans from France and the rest of Europe!
Yuri Visual Novels
Via YNN Correspondent Patricia B,
Other News
Our friends at Anime Herald, one of the several anime sites that has been around for a long while, has announced a new magazine, in print and digital. The inaugural issue is available on the Anime Herald Shop. I was honored to be able to write something for this first issue and a bunch of other folks from ANN and other anime sites that have been around the block have as well. I look forward to seeing what our work has become. Good luck to Samantha and Anime Herald! I hope to be able to work with them again in the future.
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