Yuri Manga in English

The Moon on a Rainy Night, Volume 5 is headed our way this month. It’s up on the Yuricon Store, but more links to come, as it’s not yet up on CR or Bookwalker Global.

Coming up from Tokyopop is Yomogimochi’s weirdly titled Boys Gilding The Lily Shall Die!?, Volume 1. Let me talk about this a little bit. Tokyopop had this initially listed as “Boys Interfering With Yuri Shall Die!?” and I completely understand why they went with that, but neither title has anything at all to do with the story.

At Comitia this year I picked up a sample doujinshi of the first couple of chapters of this story. I was interested because the premise of girls in band always interests me, but the title was so weird and the description focused on the wrong thing too, so I had passed when it first came out in Japanese. But at Comitia I picked it up and it was what I thought it might be. So the story is about Katagiri, a very, very serious trumpet player and Aikawa, who transfers in and takes the top position. Aikawa has a boy friend. He is not important to the story, really. But Aikawa and Katagiri begin to have a rivalry/something else thing going on that is quite good and tense. Ignore the title and just get the book.

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 Yuri Manga in Japanese

While we’re adding stuff by Kuzushiro-sensei, we’ve added Kimi no Tamenara Shineru, Volume 11 (姫のためなら死ねる) her “historical” fantasy about life in the Heian court with Sei Shonagon and Murasaki Shikibu.

Galette, No. 29  (ガレット) is also up on the Store, as is a collection of manga from the magazine by Uno Jinnia, called Mokuyoubi Ice Cream Morning + Night (木曜日のアイスクリーム 朝＋夜).

Kashikaze’s Lonely Girl ni Sakaraenai, Volume 6 (ロンリーガールに逆らえない)  completes the set in Japanese. I reviewed Volume 1 of I Can’t Say No To The Lonely Girl in April.

Kodama Naoko’s current manga in Comic Yuri Hime, Usotsuki Hanayome to Dousei Kekkon-ron, Volume 1 (嘘つき花嫁と同性結婚論), is about a lesbian whose life is upended when a woman she used to crush on leaves her husband and asks to stay with her.

Via Comic Natalie, we have another (!) fantasy series starting in Comic Yuri Hime, but also a historical series set in the Taisho period, with  “Muryoku Seijo to Munou Oujo ~ Maryoku Zero de Shoukansareta Seijo no Isekai Kyuukokuki ~” (無力聖女と無能王女～魔力ゼロで召喚された聖女の異世界救国記～) a story of a summoned” saint” with no power and a princess who cannot use her power, and “Kanaria wa Kiraboshi no Yume o Miru” (カナリアは綺羅星の夢をみる), a romantic story set in the Taisho period about Fumino, a female student who dreams of pursuing a career in fashion, and a high-class prostitute who becomes her model…and I am really hoping that one rocks.

Yuri Manga in Spanish

Via Arai Sumiko-sensei’s X account, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, Volume 1 is now available in Spanish for Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México and Perú. I find it kind of interesting that this Spanish-language translation is going with the English-language title.

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Yuri Interview

Via Staff Writer Matt Marcus, here is an interview with Tamifull, creator of How Do We Relationship in Japanese on 47 News, Don’t miss out! Masterpiece depicting love between college students: 10,000-word interview with Tamifull.

Yuri Novel

Via YNN Correspondent MakiPeakSpider, Libery Pub has a an English translation of Thai GL novel Petrichor Rust In the Rain,  available on Thai novel sites, Meb, Naiin and Mareads.

 
Yuri Live Action

Via Comic Natalie, we have key visual for the Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau stage play!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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Yuri Audiobook & Drama CD

As reported yesterday, when I reviewed the 5th and final audiobook of the initial I’m In Love With The Villainess series, Seven Seas has announced that we’ll be getting the Claire-side point of view series also as an audiobook series! I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner Audiobook, Volume 1 is slated for a June release.

Watashi No Yuri Ha Oshigoto Desu! ‘Cafe Liebe Onna Gakuen Yori Aiwokomete’ Radio CD (TVアニメ「私の百合はお仕事です！」「カフェ・リーベ女学園より愛を込めて」 ラジオCD) is now up on the Yuricon Store! This is a collection of all the Radio shows done by the actresses for the anime Yuri Is My Job! anime.

Yuri Manga in English

We have a lot of new, and a few old, items up on the Yuricon Store!

The second volume of the manga for There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless…, is headed our way from Seven Seas in June.

I’m in Love with the Villainess manga, Volume 6 hits shelves this week in English, also from Seven Seas. Claire learns how life is for commoners…  inori.-sensei announced on her Pixiv Fanbox that she’s working on a collection of ILTV side stories for supporters. More to come on that.

Futaribeya, Volume 3 from Tokyopop is on the Yuricon Store. I’ll work diligently to get all of this listed.

Cheerful Amnesia, Volume 2 hit shelves this winter from Yen Press!

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Speaking of series I fell way behind on, I not only have to add the remaining volumes of this, but also update old links, but Kimi no Tamaenara Shineru, Volume 10 (姫のためなら死ねる) is now on the Yuricon Store. Those of you enjoying Kuzushiro’s Amayo no Tsuki (雨夜の月) , might be entertained by her interpretation of Heian court life, with diarist Sei Shonagan as a NEET blogger and Murasaki Shikibu as her buxom rival.

Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Volume 8 ( 私の推しは悪役令嬢。) manga tackles Yu’s arc with some amazing writing and art.

This series has been halted, and it’s digital only, but Monomo Moto and Izumi Kitta’s Liberty, Volume 2 (リバティ) is up on the Store, because it’s been sitting in my to-go-up list for a long time and I wanted it off there. ^_^

Japanese manga creator Aneido held a successful Kickstarter to publish their 18+ Yuri ero-horror manga, The Murderer And Her Runaway Desire in English and now you can download that comic directly from Aneido-sensei’s digital store.

Speaking of creator-owned work translated into English, via Natsuo Mutsumi-sensei, who gave this glowing praise, King Kurasaki is running their first Kickstarter to translate their Yuri manga,君と夏の音:You and the sound of Summer, into English! There’s almost 2 months left for this, so I’ll remind everyone gain, but I know I’d like to see this make it.

Aishitabun Dake Aishite Hoshii-! (愛したぶんだけ愛してほしいっ！) tells the story of a girl waiting for her prince on a white horse, who falls for a prince-like woman.

Galette, No. 27 (ガレットNo.27)  is up on the Store. Sadly, Galette no longer appears to be available on US Kindle, but they are definitely still available through Bookwalker.

Mikaunji’s story of random couples continues with Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume 8 (不揃いの連理). Read it in English as Assorted Entanglements, from Yen Press!

Queer Comics

Via long-time friend of Yuri, Niki Smith, she wants you to all know about Succulent: Trans-Inclusive Sapphic Comics on Kickstarter! The campaign page describes it this way: “Succulent is a lush collection of sapphic erotic comics. Twelve tales which are hot, humid, and above all, dirty.” With more than a week to go, this comics is only a few hundred dollars from it’s goal and is almost certainly going to make it, so jump on into the loam! ^_^

Anime News

Along with the live-action movie, Yamashita Tomoko’s Ikoku Nikki is also getting a television anime. Presumably all this attention comes from this series having been names best manga of 2023 in DaVinci magazine. Crystalyn Hodgkins has the details on ANN.

ON This Week In Anime, Nick, Chris, Lucas and Steve ask Is The Anime Girl Band Era Here? and the answer seems to be “Yes!” Some of my favorites are called out, including Hello Melancholic, but, what? No K-On!?

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Yuri Visual Novel

Via YNN Correspondent Michelangelo H, House of Chavez is a new Yuri VN from Winter Wolves, that he thinks looks promising. “Play as Adriana and travel to Europe with her brother Bruno. Meet Silke, who attended to Adriana’s grandmother Maria during her final moments, and Dolores, a stunning and secretive woman on a trip. Explore House Chavez’s shadowy hallways and navigate the mysteries within.”

Other News

Clover DeMerrit has offered up an interesting look at From Takarazuka to Terayama: The influence of queer theater on Revolutionary Girl Utena. Some of it may be familiar to readers here, but the whole has a lot of new information that I certainly did not know! It’s a great read, and I’ll be adding the link to our Yuricon Resources page, for sure.

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Yuri Event

A group art show for four Galette magazine artists is planned for July in Kichioji, Tokyo! July 17-22, at the Sabineko Gallery, art by 4 Yuri artists, Hakamada Mera, Morinaga Milk, Yatosaki Haru and Yorita Miyuki will be displayed for the Shoujo to Shoujo ~ Yuri Sakka Yonnin Ten (百合作家4人展). You can get news at the link above, or follow the show on X.

According to Morinaga-sensei, there will be online sales of goods, so if you cannot attend, definitely bookmark the show and stay up to date.

Yuri Manga

Top news this week is the official announcement that Yen Press has licensed Arai Sumiko’s hit webcomic, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All.

Yen has also announced the manga for Lycoris Recoil.

Rose of Versailles Episodes Manga Volume 1 is headed our way and I’m gonna be real with you – you must get this collection of the 40th anniversary Rose of Versailles stories. Not only does it end the entire tale, it does something extraordinary while doing so.

I’m in Love with the Villainess, Vol. 6 is out now from Seven Seas. in which Rae and Claire visit Rae’s hometown, meet her family and hunt the Undead.

I Married My Female Friend, Volume 2 hit shelves this month – after Ruriko’s illness, things are shifting between her and Kurumi.

Kiyoko Iwami’s dark and erotic Yuri manga My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today , Volume 1 is slated for release next month.

Via Yuri Navi, the manga for Jellyfish Can’t Swim In the Night,  Yoru no Kuraga ha Oyogenai (夜のクラゲは泳げない) is being serialized on line at Pocket Shonen Magazine. Click the link for three free chapters in Japanese.

Via creator Takashima Hiromi on X (whol celebrated with new art), Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 4 (山田と加瀬さん) is out in Japan. In English, we have Kase-san and Yamada, Volume 3, the review of which is coming soon. ^_^ The June issue Special Issue of WINGS magazine (WINGS (ウィングス) 2024年 06 月号) features Yamada and Kase-san, as well.

She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat News Supplement

Also hitting shelves is  May is She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 4! More food and more emotions. This is a terrific volume, as I said when I reviewed it in Japanese last year. ^_^

Via YNN Correspondent Pan on the Okazu Discord, Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna (作りたい女と食べたい女) is on sale at Bookwalker JP as well. And…

Via YNN Correspondent Manga’Albine, Éditions Akata has announced the release of L’amour east AU Menu, the French-language edition of Tsukurita Onna to Tabetai Onna. ^_^

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Yuri Anime

Discotek has released Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s. I am really hoping for StrikerS at long last.

The trailer and details for the anime film adaptation of Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Look Back is up on ANN. Anita Tai has the details. I couldn’t make it through the trailer without crying….this movie is going to be gorgeous and it will kill me. (T_T)

Christopher Farris and Steve Jones on ANN take a pretty balanced look at the discourse around So, Is Sound Euphonium Queerbaiting or Not?. My position is that this only looks like queerbaiting if one does not recognize that intimacy does not equate to romance and people can be intimate without being lovers or family. I don’t see anything like love or romantic interest between Kumiko and Reina, just intimate friendship. Drop by the Okazu Discord and let’s hear your take on it.

ANN’s Joanna Cayana has the teaser trailer for a new project called Momentary Lily that we might want to keep our eyes on.

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Yuri Light Novel

I’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner, Volume 2 is out with the second volume of Claire’s perspective of the events she and Rae experienced. This volume is worth reading as there is an entire plotline that did not appear in the main story.

ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the scoop that Jellyfish Can’t Swim In The Night is also getting a novelization. This sounds very promising.

Melonbooks is doing a special promotion around inori-sensei‘s newest LN, Yuusha ni Naritai Shoujo To, Yuusha Narubeki Kanojo (勇者になりたい少女と、勇者になるべき彼女) with a reprint of the initial bonus standee and the chance to win a signed copy!

Other News

Pixiv is expanding their Literary Yuri Contest into a new category. The first Literary Yuri Manga Contest has been announced. The winner will get award money and publication in Comic Yuri Hime. The last story I read for the short story collection was SO good that I’m inclined to be really hopeful about this new iteration.

Via Manga Mogura on X, Bloom Into You creator Nakatani Nio did a special cover celebrating Dengeki Daioh‘s 30th anniversary. See how many characters you can recognize! I was surprised at how many I remembered from Yuri series through the years. ^_^

Also Via Manga Mogura, celebrating a 30th anniversary is Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, which we now have in English thanks to Seven Seas!

Egan Loo over at ANN  wants us to know about the Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra smartphone game which is slated to launch this year.

Bookshop.org is offering free shipping this weekend in honor of Indie Bookstore day!

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Today sees the streaming simulcast premiere of Whisper Me A Love Song on HIDIVE.  Okazu Correspondent Roxie took a grand tour of Tokyo & Kyoto this week finding marketing campaigns, collabs and goods for us, which we posted yesterday. Today she tells us that there is also a new pop-up shop at Gamers. She notes that the manga was sold out when she got there – and the floor was packed with a nice variety of age groups. Comic Natalie has a still in which Himari and Yori blush at one another – from the anime.

Daryl Harding at Crunchyroll News has the details on Sound! Euphonium‘s creditless opening. I watched Ep. 1 and had to laugh when the first-years said they didn’t want to play clarinet. It is a very complicated instrument, so I get you, kids. ^_^

The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio has added new cast member, according to ANN’s Alex Mateo. That is streaming on Crunchyroll right now.

Jellyfish Can’t Swim In The Night has also added cast members, according to ANN’s Anita Tai. This will be streaming on HIDIVE.

Laid-Back Camp and Love Live! Sunshine!! anime are doing a Shizuoka tourism collaboration, and, gosh, I hope the campsites and tourist centers are ready for the influx of people…. Kara Dennison has the news over at Crunchyroll News.

With so many Yuri, Yuri-adjacent and cute girls doing cute things cutely anime this season, Anime News Network has a Spring 2024 Season Preview to help you decide what to watch.

Wrapping up the winter season, Steve Jones completely captures my feelings about Metallic Rouge: “A wholly realized version of Naomi and Rouge’s arc would have been wonderful, with this desperate act of soul-binding providing the tart yet tantalizing cherry on top (Gideon the Ninth fans know what I’m talking about). The half-baked version the anime gives us just feels like a tease.” Read his whole review on ANN.

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Yuri Events

Here is a preliminary list of events I will be participating in this year, bring Yuri and queer manga with me, everywhere I go. ^_^

Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures – April 15-17 online. (Sold out)

Rainbow Book Fair – April 20, in person at the LGBTQ Center in NYC, from 12-6Pm. Rica Takashima and I will be signing books together. Grab a signed copy of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga!

Blyme Yaoi – August 17-18, online –  This will be pre-recorded so it can be subtitled in Portugese, but I’ll be there to take questions, as well. ^_^

Citrus Con – August 23-25 online – I’m going to be trying out a new presentation this year for the lovely folks at at this con.

Anime NYC – August 23-25 in person in NYC – I’ll be at an Artist Alley table, on panels and generally guesting around!^_^

Live Action News

Award-winning manga Ikoku Nikki, by Yamashita Tomoko, is getting a live-action film. Anita Tai has the details and the trailer on ANN.

GAP The Series spin-off, Blank The Series is up on Youtube. YNN Correspondent Frank H notes that this age-gap series, featuring Sam’s older sister from GAP, has been the center of some controversy over the…well, age gap.

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Yuri Manga

Via Comic Natalie, Danshi Koukōsei, Otome Game no Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei Suru. (男子高校生、乙女ゲームの悪役令嬢に転生する。) is an Isekai about a young man who is reincarnated in a game world as the Villainess, but decides to pursue a “Yuri route” with the heroine. This manga will start in the May issue of Dragon Age magazine, from Kadokawa.

Via Yuri Navi, Watashi to Kanojo no Kawaii Koi no Hajime-kata (私と彼女のかわいい恋のはじめ方) is a Shakaijin Yuri about two adult women. You can read the first chapter in Japanese for free on web comic app Palcy.

Other News

Via YNN Correspondent Cryssoberyl, Mechasmile is putting out a figurine of Souma’s mecha from Kannazuki no Miko. The promo image for it is…well, it is a choice, let me tell you. I won’t spoil, just go look. ^_^

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