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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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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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We are on the cusp of Pride month and I have to say…this year is going to be amazing. Queer folks world-wide are fired up and ready to stand out and stand up for rights. I don’t usually suggest this, but if you can make a local Pride event…go. Be seen, be heard. Be you.

Yuri has had an incredible breakout year, with big hits and big fun on the way and it’s gone mainstream in ways we could not have ever imagined. So get your rainbows out and get in the Utena car, we’re going to Yuri. ^_^

Yuri Anime

Our top news today is the theatrical release of Revolutionary Girl Utena The Movie: The Adolescence of Utena is coming to North American theaters. Yesterday I wrote up an article with links to theater chains that will be carrying it.  And hint – you can ask your theater if you can have the poster. They’ll only throw it out. ^_^

Coming on August 8 to Netflix is THE RIBBON HERO, a fresh take on Tezuka’s Princess Knight. It looks…good! Extra points for The Phoenix reference in the trailer.

Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty Complete Collection is out this week from Sentai Filmworks!

For folks enjoying Kamiina Botan Fully Blossoms When Drunk on Crunchyroll,  Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus shared this X post by Wall  who recommends Professor Ken Suzuki’s book on SSM in Taiwan, for  those who Japanese fans who noted that Jinran’s older sister is married to a woman. Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney,  the series is get a Blu-ray and DVD release in Japan this July.

Yuri Events

In Higashinakano, Tokyo, Japan, at loneliness books, queer Yuri creators Rica Takashima and Morishima Akiko are doing a talk event about Yuri in the 1990s and today, on June 18, from 8-10PM. This is a ticketed event, with limited space, so register today! At last 20% of the people there will know me, so feel free to say hi to everyone! ^_^

Fun Yuri News

While we’re talking Yuri history, Japan Gay Guide did a pretty fun interview with me about the modern history of Yuri, and Yuricon. Thanks Tobias Waters for the questions! Read Q&A with Yuri Expert and Historian, Erica Friedman.

With Utena in mall theaters, what else could we ask for? Well, this week on Pop Culture Jeopardy, Yuri is was the question to an answer. On Jeopardy. Joshua Bote served the Yurijin well, with the right question, “What Is Yuri?” to a clue in the category “Is That Russian?” that read, “No…It Covers Japanese Media Focusing on Relationships Between Female Characters.” I nearly fainted. Yuri is mainstream. Holy shit.

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Yuri Manga in English

Fujichika’s The Delinquent and the Transfer Student, Volume 1 is headed our way and Kinokuniya is doing a special pre-order with a shikishi illustration!

Yuri Espoir, Volume 5 is up on the Yuricon Store. This will hit shelves in September, from Tokyopop. 

Also on the Store, we have The Death Defying Princess Creates a Yuri Harem to Survive, Volume 1 which is absolutely exactly what it says on the tin.

Humble Bundle and Kodansha have teamed up for a BL, Yuri & More from Ichijinsha Bundle! For $35 you can get $1200 worth of manga and raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

August will see Yen Press’s release of  What Does The Fox Say, Volume 1 in English. Yen also promoted Shino and Ren on Bluesky.

Sal Jiang went onto social media to say that Wicked Spot will end with chapter 16.

Battan also took to the socials to say that their current series Fatale Game is at risk of cancellation. All chapters but the last two are currently free in English on Kodansha’s K-Manga site! Go read and support it. Battan was in NYC last night for a talk at MINT Manga and will be at TCAF in Toronto.

Via Matt, Viz has announced Surface Tension, the third VIZ Originals One-Shot following Drifting into Summer and Sky Full of Stars from Tiklil. 

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Akiyama Haru’s Watashi no Blue Garnet, Volume 2 (私のブルーガーネット) is up on the Yuricon Store.

Via publisher Number 9, Yuni’s digital comic Anata Mitai ni, Volume 1 (あなたみたいに) is getting a print volume. This story follows a woman who falls in love with another woman for the first time.

Via Comic Natalie, Asumi-chan and Kocho-chan, Volume 1 (亜澄ちゃんと胡蝶ちゃん) is out. This rom-com is about a selfish girl and a selfless girl who are dating.

Also Via Comic Natalie, in Kareshi no Onna Tomodachi ga Guigui Kuru (Watashi ni) (彼氏の女友達がぐいぐい来る（私に)), Takanashi Mao is seeing a guy who really doesn’t understand her and it’s affecting her. When she meets her boyfriend’s friend, Shiraishi Sayu, she finds her life being pieced back together.

I keep forgetting to post this. Senno Knife has a self-published Yuri manga Carmilla (カーミラ) on his Booth page. This is a girls’ school story based on the classic lesbian vampire novel.

Fans of Ohsawa Yayoi’s Hello, Melancholic! might be interested in a Hello, Melancholic! Saki and Chika Special Ep. (ハロー、メランコリック！-SAKI CHIKA SPECIAL EP-) she put out. You can get that digitally on Bookwalker JP.

And for fans of sono.N’s SHWD, there is an SHWD Extra-Ep.1 up on Pixiv, free to read in Japanese.

Via G-Man on X, Unmei wa Yaku ni Tatanai (運命は役に立たない) is a story after red threads appear on everyone’s finger leading them to their fated match…even if they don’t want it. Read sample chapters in Japanese on HanaYume.com!

LGBTQ Comics

Via Matt once again, Iron Circus has JOE THE PIRATE, about Marion Carstairs, b. 1890, who “came out of the womb queer,” & lived life as Joe: WWI ambulance driver, speedboat pilot, lover of Marlene Dietrich.”

I bought myself a present this week of Tille Walden’s graphic novel adaptation of Charity and Sylvia. I really enjoyed Rachel Hope Cleve’s book on this early American lesbian couple and reviewed it here on Okazu in 2015.

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Live- Action

Via Olivia on X, a subbed version of a TV show about lesbian life on Nippon TV. This aired in the days leading up to a  Japanese Supreme Court decision about same-sex marriage, while pride celebrations are happening countrywide.

Taiwan Travelogue is slated for a live-action drama! This will be a Japan-Taiwan TV adaptation. I will move heaven and earth to watch this.

Light Novels

Mob Shoujo ga Last Boss Majo o Shiawasenisuru made (モブ少女がラスボス魔女を幸せにするまで) is an isekai about two friends who are reincarnated on opposite sides. Rozelika is determined to make Grace smile again.

Other News

Our newest team member, Japan correspondent Sasori, has a game page on Steam. 灯台の見守り — Lighthouse’s Vigil is a moody little horror game. Wishlist it and help her get it released.

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A don’t-miss event for Yuri fans! On June 18 in Nakano, sponsored by  Loneliness Books, Rica Takashima and Morishima Akiko will be doing a joint talk event about Yuri! Morishima-sensei will be talking about Yuri in the ’90s and Takashima-sensei will be talking about Yuri in America. How exciting!

Yuri Manga

Yen Press announced the license for Snowmelt and Agapanthus at Anime North!  I reviewed Volume 1 here on Okazu in Japanese in 2024. This is a classic Yuri school story, with likable characters.

Yen is also doing a The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, hardcover Vol. 2 Numbered Edition Web Exclusive. 

Yuama’s newest story, being serialized right now in Comic Yuri Hime magazine,  has it’s first collected volume.  Tayutau Koi no Chirisai ni, Volume 1 (たゆたう恋の散り際に) is available on Bookwalker JP.

Note: Because shipping from Japan and buying books due to payment processors being hampered by right-wing bullshit is making things more expensive and slower, going forward I’m going to default to Bookwalker JP for Japanese manga links, until I put things on the Yuricon Store. 

Creator Ayukawa Ao on X says that this week Sunday Webry will begin serializing Natori to Shizuha (なとりとしずは), a story about two young women who meet and become close through Judo. May not be Yuri romance, but will be intimate friendship, which is fine by me.

A new series that has been getting some praise and some criticism is Gansaku ni Dai Juuban (贋作の第十番) which runs in Champion Cross. This series is a Yuri mystery about a butch orchestra conductor who pairs with a femme historical musical score analyst in order to recreate the score of Beethoven’s 10th symphony…a score which was responsible for the death of the analyst’s mother. By Kajimoto Reika, the art and story in this are all over the place, but there are also reasonable allegations of AI use in the color pages. That’s a shame because otherwise, the story is fascinatingly too much in a good way.

Sazame to Rio (さざめとりお ) is a story about two women’s lives together. 

Another Yuri manga named after the couple (which does seem to be a trend…) is Mikoto to Rei, (ミコトとレイ」), by Kudo Eru.  According to Comic Natalie, this story about a girl who is chill and a member of the morals committee at school began on social media and now has a collected first volume.

One-shot Gesso by Kurose Yu won a Kadokawa Editorial reward. This short about a girl who paints is on X.com to read for free. Gesso is the medium one paints on board or canvas as a primer for before painting.

inori. on X.com announced that the German edition of  I’m In Love With The Villainess, Volume 2  from Dokioco “will be released as a Deluxe Edition featuring the complete second part and a new cover by Hanagata-sensei.” inori.-sensei also added that she has written a bonus story for this edition!

Yuri Live Action

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Taiwainese lesbian dating reality show Girls Love House,  Episode 1 is on Youtube with EN subtitles.

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Yuri Merch and Pop-Up Shops

Via Matt Marcus, there is a Kamiina Botan Fully Blossoms When Drunk pop-up store in the Princess Cafe on Sunshine-dori in Ikebukuro. (I sob with desire to be on Sunshine-dori in Ikebukuro.) The Cafe is promoting it on their X account.

Also via Matt, Here is a Mobile Suit Gundam ~ The Witch From Mercury  x kitsune and tanuke collaboration at Maruchan. Gundampixel on Bsky has the images. You probably can guess which creature Suletta and Miorine are. ^_^

For those of you in or around Brooklyn, NYC, the Yurimart will be held at Yume at 671 Flatbush Ave on Sunday, May 31 from 12-6. I’m going to stop by for a bit, so if you see me, say hi! I’ll have a few stickers to give away. ^_^

And via YNN Correspondent Sasori, the folks behind Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai/ I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day are doing some after-event sales for goods that were at Prism Garden. Check out their official X account for details.

Yuri Light Novels

Cinderella no Kutsu Shokunin ~ Risou no Hitoashi, Otsukuri Shimasu ~シンデレラの靴職人 ～理想の一足、お作りします～   is about You, who works at a shoe company and dreams of opening a shop that sells custom-made shoes. About to give up, You meets Aoi, who encourages her to open a shop. Various customers come to “Sun Maid” with various wishes: A bride who pursues perfection, a young man who admires stiletto heels, a girl who is devoted to what she loves…” “Custom-made magic cannot be broken even at midnight.” This is available on Bookwalker JP. I’ll add that to my reading queue. ^_^

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The extraordinary Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāngzǐ has won the International Booker Prize. The NY Times utterly failed to make it make sense, but Waterstones on X summed it up beautifully, “A metafictional triumph blending a queer love story with both intimate and sweeping reflections on colonialism, culture and complexities of translation.” Here is a translation of translator Lin King’s acceptance speech.

Other News

Warsaw, Poland has just recognized its first same-sex marriage after an EU ruling that they must recognize marriages from other EU countries.

Last up, you know how I love girl gang stories. One of the three great series that will never die is YajiKita Gakuen Douchuuki. It’s not explicitly gay, but Kita is a chick magnet. Today I realized that the newest iteration of the series is YajiKita Isekai Douchuuki (やじきた異世界道中記) , which is to say the cast of this modern-day Taiga Drama have all been sent..to another world. Outstanding. ^_^

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Yuri Event News

On May 28, Yume in Brooklyn, NYC will hold a Yuri Mart. I’m really hoping to make this just to see what art folks are making. ^_^

May 30 at Shirayuri Women’s College in Chōfu, Tokyo, Cobalt Bunko is holding a 50th Anniversary Commemorative Symposium “Cobalt Bunko 50 Years and Girl Culture“.  How cool is that! Maria-sama  ga Miteru creator Konno Oyuki is one of the speakers.

On May 29-June 2, Manga International Network (MINT) is running a Japanese Manga in NYC series of events that will include Battan, creator of Run Away With Me, Girl. This is a fantastic looking series.

COMITIA 156 is taking place on June 7, at Tokyo Big Sight, and plenty of Yuri circles will be there. Galette WORKS will be premiering Galette No. 38!

On June 8-15 Comic Yuri Hime is running a 20th anniversary art exhibition at the Namba Marui in Osaka.

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.

The 2nd Annual Queer Feminist Zine Fest will be held Sunday, October 4, at A’ Work Sōzō-kan in Osaka Japan. That sounds awesome.

Atelier LILIUM shared a short video of an initial look at this permanent Yuri cafe/reading room in Ikebukuro. They are hosting an inaugural event featuring art by Hirao Auri. They also shared some photos of Inui Ayu dropping by with some signed books at their opening. 

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New work in English from Thai creator Ratana Satis, Yuri creator X An Assistant with Zero Experience Vol.1 is up for pre-order. The site says that the book will begin printing when they hit 200 orders.

In English we have a new license from Yen: Contract Sisters, “Kasane Hayafuji cannot live without making trips to a certain eatery in order to see Aoyama, a waitress working there. But the next thing she knows, Aoyama comes to her with a “sister contract”…?!” 

Via Yuri Navi, we have “Cafe Lily no Madobe Nite” (カフェーリリーの窓辺にて) a stylish one-shot by Tsuma Bokuto that has run in the July issue of Asuka magazine. You can read it in Japanese on Comic Walker.

Akiyama Haru’s Watashi no Blue Garnet, Volume 3 (私のブルーガーネット) is available on Bookwalker JP.

Comic Cune has a new Yuri romantic comedy about a female college student in a photography club, Zankou Saisatsu (残光再撮), according to Comic Natalie.

Yuri Anime

Revolutionary Girl Utena is getting a theatrical release in the US! I first saw it on the big screen at the Japan Foundation in NYC. It’s worth seeing that way.

Manga Mogura on X offers up this trailer for the upcoming Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games anime.

Cho Kagura-hime is coming out on Blu-Ray in Japan, according to Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus. No news yet on an EN release.

The anime for Let Me Fix You is going forward with production, but without FAR, or ButaPro, after accusations of sexual harassment by FAR were made publicly, then retracted. Crystalynn Hodgkins has the detail on ANN.  The subtext of that situation is extremely loud. 

Merchandise News

Good Smile has a really nice The Rose of Versailles – POP UP PARADE Oscar François de Jarjayes Figure for pre-order. I don’t have they money right now, but I might end up getting it anyway. ^_^ It’s not *that* expensive….

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Yuri Light Novel News

Once again GL Bunko is offering a Light Novel by inori on US Kindle! Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! Volume 1 (振り向きなさい、わたくしに) has Japanese text, but the translation tool on Kindle makes it a snap to read. This is the first volume of the sequel to I’m In Love With The Villainess, starring twin Aleah. This is up on the Yuricon Store.

Other News

AnimeFeminist offer us some reading from Lateria Scott with Agency, consent, and queer monstrosity in This Monster Wants to Eat Me.

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This week’s news is looking mighty global!

English Yuri News

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, Tokyopop has licensed Hiraeth Remained by Nitamoto. “Sanayama Kazura, a girl who just wants to be loved, discovers that the girl she had been spending all of her money on to look her way has betrayed her. In her moment of despair, she is approached by Yoshibe Kinka, who asks if she would like to die with her.”

Chinese Baihe News

Baiheverse has two announcements this week!  Have No Fear, Shijie’s Here!, is”a xianxia transmigration story created by the independent manhua creator CantNameThings.” The first 10 chapters, along with all future extra chapters, will be completely free to read.  I’ll try to make time for this.

They also have announced the long-awaited collaborative work with nihaohaohaojun, Long as We Have Loved. The synopsis for this reads, “Years later, after another call from her mother about getting married, Zhou Ruoheng couldn’t help but think back on her school days—how, once upon a time, there had been someone she loved.”

Yuri novelist 九夏／Irene309 says on X that they were interviewed by Litmus  magazine about Idol Yuri and several of their novels. They go on to say that they are glad that there can be this kind of exchange across oceans. This interview is in Chinese, but hopefully I’ll be able to find and read it one day. 

Korean GL News

Via GirlsLoveInfo on X, Korean GL comic, The Wingless White Angel (하얀 천사에게 날개는 없다: 타락 소녀) “follows a bullied girl who meets someone who feels like an angel… but is she salvation or something darker?” This will premiere this month on Lezhin Snack. I’m guesssing that this is shorter form comics.

Thai GL News

Thai GL novel, 4 Elements: The Earth by Salmon, which was made into a live-action drama starring AppleMim, is getting a Japanese translation as 4 Elements: The Earth（フォーエレメンツ：アース）.

Japanese Yuri News

Urusekai Picnic (裏世界ピクニック) manga, Volume 16 is getting a May 12 release in Japan and Square Enix holding a release commemoration fair, with extras at every retailer.

Galette WORKS is releasing GALETTE ILLUSTRATION BOOK 06 on 6/6! Fun with numbers. ^_^ Check their website for purchasing links. 

Here’s a classic lesbian pulp-style Yuri novel on Bookwalker JP – Hannari Yuri-iro Onsenkyou (はんなり百合色温泉郷). Mio loses her job and home and ends up working at an onsen…where she and the landlady start a steamy affair. The description warns that there are “lesbian scenes between women.” I actually grinned reading this description.

Via Yuri Navi on X, we have  Koushaku Reijō No Rouraku Misshon ~ Maou To No Seiryaku Kekkon Ga , Jinrui Saigo No Kirifuda Desu ! … ~Tsu Te , Maou Ga Onnanoko No Baai Wa Dousureba Ii No Desu Ka ! ? (公爵令嬢籠絡ミッション～魔王との政略結婚が、人類最後の切り札です！…って、魔王が女の子の場合はどうすればいいのですか！？) is a ridiculously titled story about a young noble sent to seduce the Demon King to save humanity, only find her target to be is a Demon Queen. I’m definitely going to read that nonsense. ^_^

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Yuri Visual Novel News

Via YNN Correspondent Roxie, Dance of the Butterflies is “a WLW psychological thriller visual novel with 4 yurious love interests… and no choice that comes without a cost.” This was created by a Vietnamese studio, Parapuro. Wishlist it on Steam!

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus English and Japanese localization for Citrus Summer – A Visual Novel is being worked on! Follow developer team Lime Studio on X for updates.

Studio Lightbulb on X is working on Tsurugaoka no Nanafushigi (鶴ヶ丘の七不思議) “a science fiction x yuri feature-length free ADV”  about a beautiful girl who saves beautiful girls. This is in production, an we’ll keep an eye on it. ^_^

Yuri Events

The new permanent Yuri cafe space in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Atelier LILIUM is hosting an art exhibition on June 5-June 17, 平尾アウリの描く女の子展～Girls, by Auri Hirao.

Via Rica Takashima on Instagram, Yume, the pre-Pride Yuri market in Brooklyn, NYC is taking applications! This event is happening on May 31, 2026 in Flatbush. I am going to try to attend.

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Congrats to Anime Herald, for going into production on the second issue of Anime Herald Magazine! The first issue was fantastic (if I do say so myself, as I contributed an article.) ^_^

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