Yuri Manga

It’s a festival of blossoms, today. The Endless Room saga from the Tsubomi anthology has been released as a collected volume. (Room in a hotel, all the people who stay in it, their lives and loves…)

Also from Tsubomi, comes Tandem Lover, a story I thought started off crudely, but then softened up quite a bit. And Kuroyome, another Tsubomi series that I can remember nothingwhatsoever about, has got a collected volume, too.

And, while I’m at it, the 10th volume of Tsubomi itself is available now, and Volume 11 will be available in April.

The fourth volume of Pure Visual Yuri Anthology Hirari, will be hitting shelves in April, as well. (Wow, a non-Hobunsha title.)

From the creator of MAKA-MAKA and Mars no Kiss, Torajirou Kish,i comes a new story hailed by all the Japanese Yuri lists, Otome no Teikoku. It’s a Young Jump title, but there’s a synposis on the Business Jump website that boils down to “schoolgirls gone wild.” Ho-hum.

Hobunsha, the publisher of Tsubomi is re-releasing Hakamada Mera’a Saigo no Seifuku in two volumes. Volume 1 and Volume 2. (Tecnically, they are the Upper and Lower volumes, so don’t be surprised if the entries on Amazon JP does not say Volume 1 or Volume 2.)

Back to the bizarro world for a moment, in which Oka’s  Hen is being reissued. I know Gantz is a huge hit, but do they really expect the audience for that to be interested in this? Lucky for Yuri fans, though, who can get a copy of this long out of print Yuri story.

And to end this section, something for me – Rakuen Le Paradis, Volume 5 will be available at the very end of February.

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Snatches of Yuri

Of possible interest to Yuri fans is Onee-sama ha Budokai de Odoru. Could be good, could be typical, JP Yuri lists rated it with a high Yuri temperature.

Onna no ko no Naisho Hanashi Collection has a horrible title, but a line-up of names that write Yuri or almost-Yuri, an,d so, if you are the kind of person who still insists on believing that there’s a secret world behind the gauze curtain and you’re getting a peep or two…this will likely be a perfect book for you.

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Yuri Anime

Subaru and Gainax have uploaded English subtitled episodes of their 4-part short collaboration Houkago no Preadesu  (放課後のプレアデス) with the name Wish Upon the Pleiades.  For some reason, it seemed kind of sweet that they did that. Thanks, Subaru and Gainax!

I’ve been making a terrible assumption here and I want to apologize. I am assuming you’re all watching Hourou Musuko: Wandering Son on Crunchyroll. I think you definitely *should* be watching this, especially if you are a fan of Aoi Hana. This is Shimura Takako’s other currently running series. The anime is as beautiful, sensitive and bitter/sweet as Aoi Hana was. A review will be forthcoming.

In Japan, a new Ikkitousen Blu-Ray box set is on sale. Now you can see Ryoumou’s underwear with the high-definition and detail you’ve always craved.

Speaking of underwear, Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny is now available on Crunchyroll and following that train of thought, so is Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. While Moribito is in no way Yuri (or anything remotely like Ikkitousen, except for “woman who kicks ass”) I really cannot express how stellar Moribito is, in every way. It still maintains my vote for “Best Anime Series I Have Ever Watched – Ever.” If you have not yet had a chance to see it, and are not locked out by regional licensing nonsense, then please don’t miss your opportunity now.

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The second volume of Nobara no Mori no Otome-tachi will be out in March. Yay!

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Snatches of Yuri

MangaTime Kirara is pounding out a few series of note in the next few months: Yuyu Shiki , Volume 3;  Onegai Kami-sama; and Mashimaru and Taifun, all have some Yuri according to people who are not me and have different standards than I do, so your mileage may vary.

Also of note, but also caveat emptor is Yasashi Kyoshi Shitsukeru, which is an ero-story about a teacher who doesn’t much like kids. The cover and title are enough to turn me off, but as I say, YMMV.

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Yuri Game

YNN Correspondent Mara sent this tidbit to us through the Yuricon Mailing List:

Koihime Muso‘s approximate release date is the 28th of February right now due to testing issues. As it had not been mentioned here I just thought I’d make sure it is up on this list for two main reasons.

First of all although the game will be the first game (the worst) and of all the Koihime Muso media this has the least Yuri, it is not as if it has none. Just look at the post on Toutaku’s army.

Also because the cost outweighs the current predicted sales Koihime Muso will also be released without voices. However if you look at this post: Should sales reach over 2000 the voices will be included, and a patch released for people who have bought it already. Well yay!

So if you do like Koihime Muso you might want to think about picking it up on release date as we need as high sales as possible to have a chance at getting the voices.

Should it fail just do what I’m planning on: Set up a laptop with the Japanese copy running next to where you are playing and play both simultaneously and identically so you can hear the voice acting from the Japanese version.

Won’t be the first time I did something that pathetic.

(You’re not alone, Mara- we’ve all done something equally as pathetic to feed our need.)

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The first volume of Mikuni Hachime’s current Yuri Hime series, Musou Honey hit the streets last month – folks who loved Gokujo Drops should consider picking this one up.

Japanese Yuri lists are ringing with Kanno Manami’s Himawari-san from MF Comics. Love in a bookstore…swoon.

Time to pony up for the newly renamed Yuri Hime Wildrose – the first volume of Girls Love comes out this month! (Most pressing topic of conversation on the Yuri blogs regarding this is the lack of an apostrophe in “Girls.” I love otaku with all my heart, truly.

This one is for Bruce – Tetsudo Shoujo Manga, It’s train, it’s girls, it’s Yuri!

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Yuri Anime

Update: YNN Correspondent Komatsu-san reminds me that Suite Precure!♪ begins broadcasting in Japan today. The main characters appear to be frenemies, which could certainly mean some Yuri potential.

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That’s a wrap for this week.

Become a Yuri Network Correspondent by sending me any Yuri-related news you find. Emails go to anilesbocon01 at hotmail dot com. Not to the comments here, please, or they might be forgotten or missed. There’s a reason for this madness. This way I know you are a real human, not Anonymous (which I do not encourage – stand by your words with your name!) and I can send you a YNN correspondent’s badge.

Thanks to all of you – you make this a great Yuri Network!