Yuri Manga in English
The license announcements from Anime Expo have bloomed and we’re getting a nice crop of lilies this year.
Kodansha has announced Sal Jiang’s Wicked Spot. I genuinely enjoyed Volume 1 in Japanese. This tale of a witch who leaves her secluded village and joins humanity is just dark enough to really be enjoyable.
Tokyopop also has picked up Sal Jiang’s Ayaka Is In Love With Hiroko!, of which I have reviewed all three volumes in Japanese here on Okazu.
Speaking of Sal Jiang, an omnibus of Tough Love At The Office The Complete Yuri Collection, is heading our way this month from Seven Seas. They also just released SHWD, The Complete Yuri Collection. Both of these are on the Yuricon Store.
Yen Press has two announcements for us – Out of the Cocoon, the short story collection by Yuriko Hara that includes a post Cocoon, Entwined story following our escaped protagonists. CW for the other stories that include cannibalism and death. Also, Yen is releasing a limited-edition hardcover webstore exclusive edition for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All.
Kodansha also picked up one of my faves, Fall in Love with the Black Knight (For Her Money). Interesting choice on the title, as the original is about making the Black Knight fall for the Clarice. I’ve got Volume 1 of Gakeppuchi Reijou ha Kuro Kishi-sama o Horesasetai! here and will be reviewing it. Thanks NinjaGoemon for catching that.
Not specific to Yuri, but Square Enix manga titles have been added to Bookwalker Global, so now you can get your Otherside Picnic manga and light novels there, including Otherside Picnic manga, Volume 13, which is hitting shelves in November.
Yuri Manga in Japanese
Koi Yori Aoku, Volume 2 (恋より青く) is up on the Yuricon Store. Takamine and Sakukura attend different high schools as they slowly deepen their relationship.
My absolute favorite mangaka, Hayashiya Shizuru has just announced a new series, “Butchi-gumi ~ Yoroshiku isekai Warera Mabudachi Akkimessatsu Butchigiregumi” (ブッチ組 ～夜露死苦異世界 我等真武親友 悪鬼滅殺仏血義礼組 （よろしくいせかい われらまぶだち あっきめっさつぶっちぎれぐみ）). Check out the free intro on Comic Nora. I had to use a VPN to access it the first time, but it seems to work okay without, now. I am hoping and praying that this is one of the hilarious ideas she used in “Tanerabo manga do it!” from Yuritora Jump, Volume 2 made real. I think it might be. She loves me. ^_^
Via Yuri Zona Spain on Bluesky, Ichijinsha is releasing yrhm Yuri Hime 20th Anniversary Anthology (
Baihe Manhua
Baiheverse has just released a new manhua title, The Wayward Tenant and Her Pretty Landlady by Nihaohaohaojun. Our Senior Baihe editor Frank says of the new title, “The quality of the story remains to be seen, but the English translation reads well and the art is top-notch.”
LGBTQ Manga
Random House Graphics is releasing I Want to Be Your Girl, Volume 1, by Umi Takase, about Hime who has always loved Akira and supports her when Akira decides to live as her true self. Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean G tells me that this is a separate imprint from RH that just debuted called Ink Pop.
A rec from the Okazu Discord, is High Class Homos, a fantasy about a gay prince and a lesbian princess who have a marriage of convenience.
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Yuri Light Novel
This week saw the release of The Girl Who Wants to Be a Hero and the Girl Who Ought to Be a Hero, Vol. 1 by inori.-sensei, with illustrations by Akamoku. It’s a good story with a major plot mcguffin that I hope we’ll revisit in a second volume. I reviewed it in Japanese here on Okazu.
Via Sr. EYNN Correspondent Sean G, the Girls Line light novel imprint has released Kao Dake Yoi Classmate ga, Yatara to Guigui Kuru Yuri no Hanashi. (顔だけ良いクラスメイトが、やたらとグイグイ来る百合の話。) For a “fantasy novel” line, this school story sounds not very “fantastic.” ^_^;
Ningen-chan no Keikaishin ga Ususugiru! (人間ちゃんの警戒心が薄すぎる!) is a new poly Yuri light novel from Kadokawa’s Sneaker Bunko imprint about Asuna, a succubus, who has come to the human world to create a harem of cute girls.
Baihe Light Novel
Just as a reminder, Seven Seas’ first Baihe Light Novel, The Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian, by Feng Ren Zuo Shu will have a November release in English.
Via Douqi on Bluesky, “Pre-orders also open for baihe contemporary romance Her Various Moments (她的山海朝夕) by Hua Yu (华予), originally serialised as The Green Pear Pub (青梨酒馆 ).” This is a Chinese release.
Yuri Visual Novels & Games
Studio Élan has released Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells, which Staff Writer Eleanor Walker reviewed when the staff took a group look at Élan’s Dandelion Set.
LGBTQ+ streaming service GagaOOLaLa, is also offering a free serial code to Yuri game Tied by your Red to VIP members through July 17! Reviews look very positive overall.
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Anime News
ANN’s Adriana Hazra has the news on Roll Over and Die TV Anime.
ANN’s Anita Tai says that the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 20th Anniversary Finale Event to Screen ‘Picture Drama’ Prologue.
Egan Loo on ANN has the trailer for the first Girls Band Cry Compilation movie.
The Ghost in the Shell TV Anime from Science Saru 2nd Teaser and Title Logo on ANN from Alex Mateo. On principle, I will always cover this series. ^_^
While not Yuri, an absolute treat of a story about different kinds of adult women making their way through life, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Anime Season 2 Slated for 2026, say ANN’s Egan Loo. I look forward to it.
Other News
The Okazu Discord has been full of new folks these days. I have been half present, myself, as life is pretty bumpy right now, but folks there are super chill and nice. Drop by! Someone there shared this Instagram link to the yuri.ko archive on IG, listing out some Yuri with adult characters.
East Los Angeles College’s Vincent Price Art Museum is hosting an exhibition that spans three decades of local Latina lesbian activism.
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