Yuri Manga
Kinokuniya USA is offering a exclusive for the upcoming Love Bullet, Volume 1 release. Get a signboard and sticker with your copy if you pre-order with Kino. This book release is in December from Yen. Interestingly, Yen said at NYCC that they believe this will be their biggest seller of the year. Let’s prove them right! Sr. YNN Correspondent Patricia B notes that Global Bookwalker is running a “Red Yuri” event to celebrate the release.
The Moon on a Rainy Night, Volume 7 is out now from Kodansha. This is an incredible volume. It brings together so many of the themes of this story in a really emotional, relatable way.
The Volume 4 Kickstarter for Galette magazine, has passed the fourth stretch goal! There are 4 days left to get on board and grab this (and back issues) of this creator-owned and crowdfunded Yuri manga magazine.
Via Sr. Correspondent Matt Marcus, Nao Imai’s official X account announced that Yuri Espoir is back, with Volume 5 coming out in November in Japan.
ANN has posted their Fall Manga Guide. I’ve written a ton of reviews for that and the Fall Light Novel Guide. It was a lot of fun and also exhausting. ^_^ Some good Yuri and Yuri-ish stories included, some really forgettable stories, as well. ^_^
Baihe Novels
While we’re talking exclusives, Crunchyroll has an exclusive cover for The Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian, Seven Seas’ first Baihe book. This is headed our way shortly, but I had a hard time deciding which cover I liked better. ^_^
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, Danmei News has the scoop that all Baihe and Danmei coming from Monogatari Novels have been delayed, and some have had their pre-orders stopped.
Queer Comics
Super exciting news reported by Christopher Chiu-Tabet at The Comics Beat, that Tilly Walden’s graphic novel of Charity & Silvia, based on the book by Rachel Hope Cleves which I reviewed in 2015, will be available in Spring 2026.
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Patricia Baxter, Datura Magazine No. 4 is on sale now. If tariffs make the print price too steep, she says that the digital version is available on itch.io.
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Yuri Visual Novels
1000-REKA announced the English language track for Black Lily’s Tale on their X account. Grab it now on Steam for 50% off.
Live-Action
Kickstarter backers for Yorita Miyuki’s Yuri movie Her kiss,my libido twinkles (彼女のくちづけ感染するリビドー) have gotten some updates. The movie will be screening in Japanese theaters on November 7! Check out the official X account for where to get tickets. Some folks report that backer rewards have arrived. Because the US shipping situation is so whack, Yorita-sensei is offering online screening for backers in the US, details to be shared. You can watch the trailer now on Youtube. I was just reading the newest chapter in Galette and marveling at how this series has grown.
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Yuri Anime
ANN’s Bolts has a review of Episodes 1-3 of a Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace based on Kuzushiro’s manga.
Steve Jones is reviewing This Monster Wants To Eat Me for us this season.
Not Yuri, but of interest, the upcoming Zombieland Saga movie trailer is on Youtube and wow.
Other News
Digital service Number Nine sponsored a Yuri Creations Festival, and Yuri Navi has a 2-part report for you. Read Part 1 and Part 2 on Yuri Navi to get a look at some of the comics featured!
Via YNN Correspondent KaTsu, here is a really nice essay about Aya Kana’s novel Koneko o Hirou, Koneko no Kuse ni (子猫を拾う、子猫の癖に) by 李佾學 in Bearing Pain/Misdelivery- Pick up a stray cat, even though I’m a “stray cat” myself- explanation.
I’ve mentioned this movie before, but I have a date today with the movie The Witches of The Orient about a women’s volleyball team of factory workers who set the world on fire in the 60s. Factory teams were quite common and highly competitive. If your library has Kanopy for movies, why not check it out?
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