Yuri Manga
Crossed Hearts announced another GLAM BEAT Yuri license this week – Afternoon Tea For Two.
Tokyopop has licensed The Shadow and the Flower by Hana Ikuta about two teenaged ninjas. ^_^ I keep telling you, this is the year of Ikuta.
To celebrate the release of the 12th volume of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Melonbooks is offering up an acrylic standee extra that will make every Rae x Claire fan applaud. Volume 11 is up on the Yuricon Store, and 12 will go up as soon as I have all the links.
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, NSFW comic Strings Attached by hattersarts about an older boss and nepo baby employee, is out on itch.io.
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Drifting Into Summer, Volume 3 is coming soon from Viz Media. Catch it for free on Viz.com or the Viz app next week. This is setting up to be a solid sapphic swim team drama.
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Yuri Kickstarters
Galette Vol. 5 EN Special Edition Kickstarter has blown through the 6 million yen goal and with 10 days to go and looks like it’s likely to hit that final goal.
Yorita Miyuki’s Her Kiss, My Libido Twinkles, Volume 3 has surpassed its final stretch goal and is heading into the last few days of the campaign.
BluPetal’s Let Me Fix You by Kurihara Sakura Kickstarter has also passed the final stretch goal with 20 days left to go.
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Yuri Anime
YNN Correspondent Burkeley Hermann wants you to know that Sentai Filmworks has listed Rock is a Lady’s Modesty Complete Blu-Ray Collection to be released in June.
On This Week in Anime Sylvia and Chris take a look at Cream Lemon in Porn From Before We Were Born. Ha, no I was totally alive then. And I did a cough-medicine flavored review of all the Yuri parts of Cream Lemon, including the Cream Lemon: Escalation Novels (Volume 1 and Volume 2) here on Okazu.
Yuri Event
April 3rd at Honya B&B in Setagaya, Tokyo, authors Ginga Kondoh, Kasumi Nakamura, Fumi Mizukami and cover artist Akiko Morishima, will be doing a “Yuri and Queer Talk with Akiko Morishima” commemorating the publication of Hajimete no Yuri Studies: Queer/Feminist no Shiten Kara (はじめての百合スタディーズ: クィア/フェミニストの視点から)! I hope someone can be part of the live event and tell us how it went, but for those of us unable to make it, we can sign up for a streaming ticket online.
Via Kaysteahouseyuri on Instagram, a Yuri Cafe event is being planned in Chicago at Omi Cafe on June 13. Keep your eyes on their account for details.
Not just Yuri – Shinjuku Ni-choume is holding a month-long Pride event in June 2026. I think that’s pretty cool.
Live Action News
Via Letterboxd on Facebook, the live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back, will be getting a theatrical release in the UK.
Other News
Fantagraphics is trying once more with a Wandering Son Volume 1 & 2 omnibus. I hope this release is successful enough to make it through the end of the series. While I’m at it, congratulations to Fantagraphics on their 50th anniversary!
Via YNN Correspondent A Hidden Waffle from the Okazu Discord, Yuama announced on X that the Medicos Shop in Shibuya will be holding a Yuama pop-up shop, featuring goods from her new series Tayutau Koi no Chirisai ni and Kimi to Tsudzuru Utakata / The Summer You Were There.
Not Yuri, but definitely a bildungsroman featuring two young women, Paris ni Saku Etoile, is a film that premiered in Japan last week, about two Japanese girls striving for their dreams in early 20th century Paris. Click the link to catch the trailer on YT. Thanks to Catsuka on X for the news.
For some fun historical reading, Elizabeth Bushouse’s Explorations in Translation celebrates Localization Lore: Women’s History Month 2026 with some early names in the game localization industry. I found this fascinating and hope you will as well.
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