Yuri Manga in English
Big week on the Yuricon Store. We have someone cleaning up the old entries, so I can focus on getting new ones in. ^_^
This Monster Wants To Eat Me, Volume 1 is headed our way next month from Yen! I have been following this in Japanese, reviews of Vols. 1-7 are here on Okazu and Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 8 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) is out in Japan.
She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat, Volume 4 is headed our way shortly!
I just reviewed this yesterday. The Moon on a Rainy Night, Volume 4 is another amazing volume of Kuzushiro’s manga about disability, queerness and friendship.
Sandy F reviewed Otherside Picnic manga, Volume 9 this week for us – there’s a lot of big feelings in this one.
Cheerful Amnesia, Volume 3 by Tamamushi Oku is headed our way next month.
Futaribeya: A Room for Two, Volume 4 is still available in digital format.
Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel, Vol. 1 was released in February. If anyone has read it and wants to talk about it here, drop me a line!
Help us give raises to our Staff and Guest writers!
Become an Okazu Patron today!
Yuri Manga in Japanese
Ai no Kotoba (愛のことば) by Inui Ayu, is a collection of her shorts from the Galette MEETS doujinshi.
Speaking of Galette magazine, I’m a few issues behind, so Galette, No. 27 (ガレットNo.27) and Galette, No. 28 (ガレットNo.28) are up! 29 and 30 to come.
Fans of The Moon On A Rainy Night might want to read Kuzushiro’s “historical” comedy, Kimi no Tamaenara Shineru. Volume 10 (姫のためなら死ねる)
Fans of outdoor cooking, food and gentle Yuri will want to get Osoto Gohan wo go-issho ni, Volume 2 (おそとごはんをご一緒に) as Fuka learns to love eating outdoors with her neighbor, Yomogi.
Yuri Light Novel News
The Adachi and Shimamura Light Novels series will not end with Volume 12, according to author Iruma Hitoma as originally planned. ANN’s Anita Tai has the details.
Support Yuri journalism on Ko-fi!
Yuri Anime
Shimura Takako, creator of Sweet Blue Flowers and Even Though We’re Adults, has another anime credit under her belt. According to ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda, her Awajima Hyakkei, stories about students at an musical revue troupe school is getting an anime. I reviewed Volume 1 and 2 here on Okazu.
Via YNN Correspondent m and the blue bird, The entire Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo (「少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト ロンド・ロンド・ロンド) compilation anime is available in Japanese, without subtitles, on YouTube for a limited time..
ANN’s Alex Mateo notes that anime film adaptation of Chainsaw Man creator Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Look Back will screen at the Annecy Film Festival.
Still have no idea if it is even Yuri-adjacent, but on the chance that it is, check out Rafael Antonio Pineda’s report on ANN that Momentary Lily will be premiering at Anime Expo.
Yuri Visual Novels
Via ebi-hime on Bluesky, their upcoming “cute yuri VN,” Clear Skye Thinking trailer is up on Steam.
Studio Élan has announced new merchandise for their VNs.
Yuri Live-Action
Via the Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau official X account, Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau is getting a stage play! Jonana Cayana has the details on ANN.
LGBTQ Media
Seven Seas has announced an audiobook edition of a memoir of by Ryousuke Nanasaki, Until I Meet My Husband, the story of the first same-sex marriage officially recognized by a Japanese religion.
If you’d like to support Yuri journalism and research, Patreon and Ko-Fi are where we currently accept subscriptions and tips. Our goal now, into 2024, is to raise our guest writers’ wages to above industry standard, which are too low!
Your support goes straight to paying for Guest Reviews, folks helping with videos, site maintenance, managing the Yuricon Store and directly supporting other Yuri creators. Just $5/month makes a huge impact! Become part of the Okazu family!
Become a part of the Yuri Network, by being a YNN Correspondent: Contact Us with any Yuri-related news you want to share with us.
