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Yuri Manga

Love Bullet, Volume 1 is on the Yuricon Store. (Yen finalllllly got around to releasing the cover art.) Get your copy of this whimsical, bittersweet and action-filled manga today! I’ll be reviewing it soon. To celebrate, Yen Press is holding a 40% off Yuri sale! Thanks, Jae for the heads up on that.

The CandleA imprint at Kadokawa has shown itself to be very Yuri- and queer friendly. Morishima Akiko’s Hitorimi desu, (ひとりみです。) which she released in a self-published English edition as The Single Life ~ The single lives of 60- year old lesbians is up on Comic Walker.

Galette Special English Edition Vol. 4 finished the Kickstarter at 5 of the 6 stretch goals completed! There is an extended period right now where you can still pledge and be counted towards the final stretch goal. 80 more pledges and they make the final goal. You know what to do.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, we have news that Rakuen: Le Paradise magazine will be ending it’s run in February with what will probably be the 50th issue. According to ANN”s Crystalynn Hodgkins, Hakusensha will be announcing what will happen to the current series, including Nakamura Asumiko’s Mejirobana no Saku / A White Rose in Bloom.

 
Queer Manga

Fantagraphic’s Takumigraphics line announced a paperback reissue (and hopefully completion this time) of Takako Shimura’s Wandering Son series. 

Anime Feminist’s Chiaki Mitama talks to gay manga artist Gengoroh Tagame at the deYoung museum Manga exhibit.

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Yuri Light Novels

I reviewed Volume 1 for ANN’s LN Guide and found it to be stupid fun, and Nara Moore wants you to know that This Gyaru’s Got a Thing for…Vampire Hunters?! Vol. 2 is also a good escapist read! Read her review and then read the book from J-Novel Club.

Via the official X channel,  Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei (転生王女と天才令嬢の魔法革命) volume 12 is headed to Japanese bookstores in 2026. We have volumes 1-8 of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, out now in English from Yen Press.

Fantasia’s Girls Line imprint is holding a Japanese-language Yuri short story competition. Check out their official X account for details.

Via YNN Correspondents Frank and Katgrrrl, Rosmei announced several English-language Baihe novels for release in Singapore. There are some services that will help you get those. This article from Danmei News gives the details on the titles.

Yuri Live Action

Futari Escape is live now on JP streaming channel TVer. You’ll probably need a VPN, but it should be easy enough to watch. In celebration, Melonbooks is running a special campaign on the manga.

Reminder that Yuri movie Her kiss, my libido twinkles 彼女のくちづけ感染するリビドー will be streaming for a time on Youtube due to shipping issues for US backers. Again…a VPN might be useful for non-US folks this time. November 7th, it debuts in JP theaters in my own beloved Ikebukuro.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker, The Secret of Girls on GagaOOLala is a Chinese Hallmark movie about a big-city gal who find love in the countryside. The first two episodes are free.

Via YNN Correspondent Ashley, Ming Ong Chua is selling plushies from her manga-inspired ROADQUEEN: Eternal Road to Love.

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Other News

My review for the Drops of God television series, Season 1 is up on ANN for those of you who are interested in the Apple TV series. Also, more wine talk in Drops of God: Mariage, Volumes 2-3 in which I straight up brag about drinking wine from places mentioned in this manga.

BOOM! Studios will be launching a campaign to fund the Jem and the Holograms: Truly Outrageous Comic Collection this coming week on Kickstarter.

Via Sean Gaffney once again, the folks at Futsutsukana Akujo de wa Gozaimasuga ~ Hinamiya Chounezumi Torikae-den ~ (ふつつかな悪女ではございますが ～雛宮蝶鼠とりかえ伝～) official X account offered this cute Halloween image of our inept villainesses. I intend on reviewing Volume 9 of this extraordinary series tomorrow. This series…it fucking got me sobbing on a plane AGAIN. Sheesh.

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