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Yuri Events
I’ve honestly never seen so many Pride events in my life. And the vibe this year is definitely “Resistance” and Fuck the Haters” more than I have seen in years! Remember, Pride began as an uprising against corruption and hate, and kept going as a way to be seen and heard when the forces around us want us silent and gone. This year stand, up and stand out!
Continuing my scan of IG for Yuri events, if you are in the Chicago area, there is a Yuri cafe at OMI cafe on June 13th! Can’t find a Yuri cafe near you? Run one and let me know!
Toronto Comic Arts Festival is this weekend in Toronto, Canada. Admission is free. Battan, creator of Run Away With Me, Girl, is one of the guests!
Comic Yuri Hime’s 20th Anniversary art exhibit is open now in Osaka! Check out their promotional video on Youtube. (I think it comes off as kind of creepy, honestly.)
COMITIA 156 is taking place on June 7, at Tokyo Big Sight, and plenty of Yuri circles will be there.
Revolutionary Girl Utena Movie: The Adolescence of Utena is in theaters on June 21. This is must-see anime. ^_^
Rica Takashima and Morishima Akiko will be talking about Yuri in the 90s and Yuri in America at loneliness books on June 18, in Nakano.
The next Girls Love Fest is on June 21. It’s back in Keikyu Kamata/Ota Ward Industrial Plaza PiO, Ota Ward, Tokyo. They’ve shared their specific themes and future dates on X.
Atelier LILIUM, is hosting an inaugural art exhibition by Hirao Auri. Loads of Yuri creators and fans have been visiting this first permanent Yuri cafe in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Check out their X feed for comments and pictures.
At ANCHOR rainbow port Tokyo, in Shinjuku, they are doing a Pride month menu. ^_^
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Yuri Manga in English
Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus Yen Press is doing a Pride sale of their BL, Yuri, LGBTQ(ish) books.
Kodansha is doing a Humble Bundle Pride sale of their BL, Yuri, LGBTQ(ish) books, too. ^_^
Via OASG on X, Fanfare/Ponent Mon is reprinting a number of their books, including Kiriko Nananan’s 1997 Yuri work, Blue.
Toronto’s The Beguiling comic and manga store is leaping in to doujinshi publishing with Battan’s The Golden Fly (Kinbae). The Kickstarter has already exceeded its goal and has 15 days to go.
Lucky Cavity would like you to pay what you want for their Yuri comic Leftovers,”a one-shot yuri/GL comic about running into your ex but she’s being possessed by a freaky alien.”
Yuri Manga in Japanese
Big news, Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna / She Loves To Cook and She Loves to Eat, has reached 1 million copies in print…with only 5 volumes. How about them lilies? Kadokawa has put together a special celebration page. CandleA is making the manga free to read in Japanese to celebrate and as part of their pride month event. And Volume 6 is hitting Japanese bookshelves on June 15!
Via Matt, COMIC OGYAAA!! has a new comic about two women who become roomates in order to bet on the horses. Sure, why not? ^_^ Sample chapters of Kimi to Mitai Race ga Aru (きみと観たいレースがある,) Original work: Rei Watanabe, Kyo Shumachi and manga by Tamotsu Kuwabara can be read online in Japanese.
Speaking of CandleA, they nod to Yuri Navi for mentioning Rival Arrival (ライバルアライバル) a new manga about former idols, who broke up after a fight. Now that they are in their 60s, they team up once again. Obviously, I am going to have to read this. ^_^
Hanakage Alt’s Sempai to Kohai (先輩の後輩) is 505 off in Japanese, English and Spanish!
Yuri VNs
Via Sr YNN Correspondent Sasori, The Toxic Yuri Game Jam 2 is on! Sasori is participating, how about you?
Yuri Novels
Tokyopop’s LoveLove imprint is making a foray into novels with Rokakoen’s psychological horror Yuri, Ugly Girls.
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Yuri Webcomics
Last Beat by Hawker is up on Tapas. “Akira Hirano is a mysterious ronin who, after losing everything, seeks to find a new purpose to her blade. However, ‘Aki’ carries a curse with every heartbeat”
Yuri Merch and Pop-Ups
Obviously the Comic Yuri Hime 20th Anniversary Exhibit has all kinds of goods.
Geestore has items from the Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau pop-up for the 20th anniversary, as well
Watashi o Tabetai Hito de Nashi / This Monster Wants To Eat Me has a pop-up store in Akihabara Gamers.
Yuri & LGBTQ Articles
Battan has been in the US for MINT Manga series and TCAF. Yatta-Tachi’s Adam Wescott caught up with Battan and Sumire Nobuhiro for a MINTERVIEW.
Via YNN Correspondent Haryu, here is an article from The Diplomat: The Politics Behind Taiwan’s Soft Power: “Taiwan Travelogue” and its Booker Prize win highlight the nuances – and controversies – of contemporary culture in Taiwan.
Anise and Phryne magazines publisher Hagiwara Mami has an article about her motivation for publishing those first lesbian magazines in Japan in ETC, Volume 13.
Other News
A brand new book on the history of the Japanese LGBTQ+ community is coming out in Japan. LGBT History Book Nihon-hen Byoudou o Motomete Koe o Ageta Hitobito no Tatakai (LGBTヒストリーブック日本編 平等を求めて声を上げた人々の闘い). I’m totally going to get a copy.
A Yamagishi Ryouko Tribute Book is being released by Kawade Shobo. Essay authors will include shoujo superstar Moto Hagio, Yamagishi-sensei is revered not only as a brilliant shoujo manga artist, but also a fine art painter. I consider her work Shiroi Heya no Futari the first Yuri manga.
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