Happy Last Yuri Network News of 2025! It’s been a lot of a year for all of us, bu we’ve been pretty blessed on the Yuri front. As I look into my Yuri crystal ball, I can say this with absolute conviction…2026 and 2027 are going to be amazing years for Yuri. Most importantly, while we have Yuri art and stories, and our own lives filled with joy, we have hope. Here on Okazu, where everyone is welcome, we will continue to bring you Yuri news and reviews every week. Let’s get into this week’s Yuri news!
Yuri Manga
Via YNN Correspondent Mang’albine, inee’s Love Bullet is licensed for release in France, notably not from one of the usual suspects, a company called éditions Vega. Speaking of which inee has announced on her X.com account, that Love Bullet has been nominated in the 2026 rankings for manga we want to see animated.
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Aoto Hibiki has announced a new Yuri series beginning in the March issue of Comic Cune Kono Koi, Ittan Mochikaerasete Itadakimasu (この恋、一旦持ち帰らせていただきます), which is an office love story.
Via her official X account, Chapter 9 of Hitorimi Desu (ひとりみです) Morishima Akiko’s story about older lesbians, was updated today on Comic Walker!
Via Comic Natalie, Arui ha Watashi no Metantei, Volume 1 (或いは、私の名探偵) Dr. Pepperco’s new Yuri series from Comic Cune about a detective and partner in high school has it’s first collected volume, on sale now. Comic Cune is once again getting very Yuri. ^_^
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Yuri VN
YuriEureka’s Kiss the Demiurge is 50% off on Steam. This is “a yuri visual novel about love, delusions, and magic. Follow Minori, a mage tasked with keeping magic a secret, as she investigates a group of delusional girls who mistakenly believe themselves to have magic of their own. Will Minori destroy their magic club, or fall in love?”
Pukari announced on X a new Yuri VN coming next spring, the moody-looking Atara Yoru no Kanojo (可惜夜の彼女). According to the thread, it will be available on a platform called Novel Game Collection（ノベルゲームコレクション).
Yuri Light Novel
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, on X.com Volumes 12 and 13 of Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei (転生王女と天才令嬢の魔法革命) will be published back to back in January and February in Japan. Volumes 1-8 are available now in English. Volume 9 is headed our way in summer 2026.
Yuri Anime
There’s a new trailer up for Kamiina Botan, Yoiheru Sugata wa Yurinohana (上伊那ぼたん、酔へる姿は百合の花) about a person who “gets Yuri” when she gets drunk. Whee.
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Live Action
Via Alicia Haddick on Bluesky, Takarazuka’s Castlevania is available as a video on demand with subtitles on Beyond Live through the end of March. I picked up my ticket for a surprising low $15.20 USD for a 2-week window. I think all of that is very reasonable. Check out the promo on Youtube.
Via SapphicLoner on X, Hulu JP’s live-action drama for Shimura Takako’s Otona ni Nattemo, was the No. 1 ranked Original series on the platform.
Other News
Two sad notes today. Via YNN Correspondent Patricia B, Nananan Kiriko, creator of Yuri manga Blue, has passed away at the age of 52.
And via ANN, Kagurasaka Atsushi, creator of Taisho Baseball Girls has also died at age 59.
Via Rebecca Silverman on the ANN Discord, here is a cool-looking (if not cheap) book for those of you doing queer media studies, Queer Narratives in Contemporary American Comics: Gutter Smut (Routledge Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Comics) by Sandra Cox.
Not Yuri, but my write-up of the Manga Is An Art Of Its Own! at The National Museum of Asian Art – Guimet exhibit is up on ANN and it was an amazing exhibit. I hope you’ll read and comment. ^_^
And my review of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Volumes 5-9 is up at ANN as well. Structurally, I think Frieren is a perfect manga. I am so happy to have been given a chance to review this.
Also not Yuri, but utterly delicious: Emily Fajardo wrote a post about having written Scarlet’s last line in May I Ask For One Final Thing? on X and…if you haven’t seen it, you should. ^_^
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