Yuri Manga

Kodansha announced the license for I Can’t Say No To The Lonely Girl by Kashikaze at Anime Expo. I haven’t reviewed volumes of that, but I really did enjoy it when it was running in Comic Yuri Hime. It’s a very sweet story about acceptance, friendship and love. I’m glad they picked it up.

Yuri Is My Job!, Volume 11 was released as Expo was underway. Make sure you have a chaser for that one. Phew.

NHK has a special episode on The Rose of Versailles online. English subtitles are available.

YNN Correspondent Patricia B caught that Nekobungi Sumire has a new doujinshi in English up on Amazon. Silhouette of the Sea Breeze appears to be a Juliet and Juliet story about a sky person and a sea person.

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Volume 2 is being released in English in August. I reviewed the Japanese edition in 2016.

We have Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Volume 5 on the Yuricon Store.

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover, Unless… manga Volume 2 hit shelves in June.

The English edition of Akiko Morishima’s short story THE SINGLE LIFE vol.1: 60-year-old lesbian who is single and living alone. is up on Kindle She said this will be part of a series.

Iberis no Hanayome, Volume 2 (イベリスの花嫁) is the conclusion of Akiyama Haru’s series about a wedding planner who falls for a bridezilla.

Gal to Nekula to Kyuketsuu Kankei (ギャルとネクラの吸血関係) is a gal x vampire love-ish story.

Still cranking away at Vampeerz, (ヴァンピアーズ ) this time we have Volume  4  of this schoolgirl x vampire love-ish story.

Yuri Events

Yuri/GL Phillipines announced that they will be returning to the Cosplay Mania event in Pasay, Sept 30- October 1.

Girls Love Fest is returning to Asakusa in Tokyo on October 9th for their 39th event!

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Yuri Visual Novels

YNN Correspondent Patricia B wants you to know about The Chrono Jotter by Orca Layout, a Chinese visual novel “receiving an English translation two years after its original release. The game focuses on a young woman trying to uncover the mystery of her girlfriend’s murder by utilizing her newly acquired time traveling powers. The focus is primarily on suspense and horror aspects, but the main character is still very clearly motivated by her relationship.”

Yuri Audiobook

Yen Press announced at Anime Expo an audiobook format for The Executioner and Her Way of Life. ANN’s Alex Mateo has the details.  This intrigues me. I hope they’ll add one for MagiRevo. I’d like that be re-read to me. ^_^

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Yuri Anime

YNN Correspondent meow wants everyone to know about Volicia of Pluto-Vapor Trail Another Age 2006- a crowdfunded ‘feature-length mecha vampire yuri anime released on 3rd of July.” It appears to be premiering on Youtube tomorrow, July 9, 9PM JT. I’ll try to be up to see it. Check out the trailer also on YT.

Alex Mateo at ANN has casting announcements for the upcoming Hoshikuzu Telepath anime.

Sean Gaffney gives his final thoughts on Birdie Wing, Episodes 1-25 and, as always, his thoughts are worth reading.

History Hermann also has a spoiler-filler review of Birdie Wing, Season 2.

I’m having a hard time finding a way to talk about everything  I want to say about Birdie Wing, so I appreciate these reviewers who can.

James Whitbrook at Gizmodo writes about how Witch From Mercury’s Finale Made One of Gundam’s Most Fascinating Ideas Queer as Hell

Other News

Star Fruit Books announced a new English language manga magazine last year, Comic Bright. They confirmed this year that it is still being worked on. I love the folks there and wish them well, but I am skeptical about the future of print magazines in English that aren’t celebrity gossip.

The Nippon Club is holding an exhibition called JAPAN’S ANIME SWEEPING THE WORLD both in-person and online. This exhibition will include friends June Kim, whom you may remember as the creator of 12 Days and Hiroki Otsuka whose most recent manga series, Backstage in New York, was made into a live action show in Japan.

Nimona creator ND Stevenson has travelogue comics about the Nimona on Netflix Press Tour. Nimona was a nice movie and if you have Netflix, it’s definitely worth a watch. Very good queer rep, among other things.

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Yuri Events At Anime Expo

Anime Expo kicks off today with a surprising number of Yuri events! I’m In Love With The Villianess manga artist Aonoshimo-sensei will be doing signings for the first 50 people who buy $50 of goods at her table today as the con opens!

And, Episodes 1 and 2 of the upcoming I’m In Love With The Villainess anime will be premiering on July 4. Liam Dempsey has key visuals and special AX art on Crunchyroll News.

Then Comic Yuri Hime editorial staff will be joining the Kodansha panel to talk about Kodansha releases Whisper Me A Love Song and Yuri Is My Job! (I’m hoping for some more licenses, but also news about the Whisper Me A Love Song anime…).

So if you’re at AX, we definitely want to hear your Yuri experiences!

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Yuri Anime

While we’re talking anime…

Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury is teaming up with the European Space Agency to show support for its Mercury Planetary Orbiter.

We have The Executioner and Her Way of Life Complete Collection up on the Yuricon Store.  Chris Beveridge has a review of the set over at The Fandom Post.

Steve Jones gives us his final thoughts on Birdie Wing over at ANN. I am working on an end-of season eulogy myself.

Lycoris Recoil and Pizza Hut have teamed up. ^_^

Serial Experiments Lain turns 25 years old this year, and to celebrate, a new alternate reality game 3301: De-cipher has been announced. Crystalyn Hodgkins has the details at ANN.

Korean Yuri animation The Summer (그 여름) gets the full music video treatment from singer JUNGWOO (정우). Check it out in full on Youtube.

Yuri Manga in English

On Publisher’s Weekly, Shaenon Garrity noted that Rose of Versailles Episodes, Volume 1, the 40th anniversary stories, will be released in November. This was an amazing collection. Post the Revolution, there is still more to tell.

Battan’s Run Away With Me Girl, Volume 3, wraps up that messy story with a tidy ending.

Otherside Picnic manga, Volume 6 will be hitting shelves in August.

Seven Seas has released Ratana Satis’ Pulse, Volume 3. Mel has to face her feelings for Lynn.

Seven Seas is also releasing Failed Princesses 6.5 by Ajiichi. This is a collection of shorts that were not published with the volumes, and some extra original content, as a digital-only release.

Tokyopop has launched a new imprint called LoveLove, it will include all shoujo, josei, BL and Yuri titles. It seems like a relaunch of the Love Is Love imprint to me. I’m not thrilled with there being an imprint for “girls'” stuff while stuff for “boys” is just the regular non-imprint. But, hey, no one asks me. ^_^

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Natsuo Mutsumi is launching a kickstarter for a second [Boyish²] collection. This one includes artists from Japan, USA and Canada. [Boyish²] Butch×Butch Yuri Anthology, Volume 2 has already beaten its original goal in mere days, so let’s help them get to a couple of great stretch goals! The book will be available in digital and print and in English and Japanese, as was the previous volume. And do check out those adorable author profiles on the KS page!

Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 9 (おとなになっても) hit shelves this month in Japan! Volume 6 of Even Though We’re Adults hit English bookstores the same day. I just finished that last night, review to come soon.

Komatsu-san has the news that Yuzaki Sakaomi’s She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat manga is on hiatus due to the author’s health after the 40th chapter was published. He has details over at Crunchyroll News.

Vampeerz, Volume 3 (ヴァンピアーズ) is up on the Yuricon Store in Japanese and Volume 3 of Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires is headed our way from Denpa Books in August.

Koharu to Minato: Watashi no Partner ha Onna no Ko, Volume 1 (小春と湊 わたしのパートナーは女の子)  is a comic essay in Comic Yuri Hime about a long-distance relationship that began on social media and eventually they moved in together.

100 Nichi-Go Ni Saku Yuri (100日後に咲く百合) is a collection of 100 Yuri “situations” by Muromaki.

Gal to Nekula no Kyuuketsu Kankei (ギャルとネクラの吸血関係) is s story about a girl who “failed to make her gal debut” and the girl at the desk next to her, who is rumored to be a vampire.

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Light Novels in Japanese

 Shuu ni Ichido Classmate wo Kau Hanashi ~ Futari no Jikan, Iiwakeno Gosenen~ (週に一度クラスメイトを買う話 ~ふたりの時間、言い訳の五千円~) is about a girl who hires a classmate as a companion in order to have an excuse to hang with her.

Chou to Teikoku (蝶と帝国) looks fascinating. It’s a science fiction Yuri story about Russia at the end of the Imperial period.

Other News

Via YNN Correspondent Frank H., the cast and crew of live-action Thai Be Mine The Series, held a gender and sexuality seminar with pics on Twitter!

Via Yuri Daily on FB, real-life lovers and Vtubers Momijiri Koyu and Emu were married. They announced the marriage on their Twitter.

Vrai Kaiser wrote What Role Are You Playing? Communication, queerness, and neurodivergence in Yuri is My Job! for Anime Feminist. It’s definitely worth a read.

Bang, Bang, Pop!: Reviewing Girls With Guns Anime by Burkely Herman is a reprint of an older article, but has loads of fun nostalgia – and not just ’cause Okazu is cited a number of times. ^_^

Finishing up a Pride Month series, Brianna Lawrence takes a look at Anime Characters Who Made Us Realize We’re Queer on Crunchyroll News.

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June 25th is “Yuri Day” in Japan! So happy Yuri to all of you! ^_^ Check for sales on Yuri at Bookwalker Global and Bookwalker JP.

Yuri Event

Anime Expo will be holding a premier of Episode 1 and 2 of the I’m In Love With The Villainess anime, in conjunction with Aonoshimo-sensei’s appearance.

Yuri Manga In English

The Summer You Were There, Volume 3 by Yuama came out this month. Kaori gently forces to Shizuku to clean up her Akashic ties.

Volume 3 of Akili’s Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires will be hitting shelves in August.

Not Yuri, but possibly of interest to the Okazu audience, MMA manga Teppu has been licensed by Kodansha for digital release. It’s on Bookwalker and Kindle. The OASG on Twitter has the scoop!

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Speaking of Vampeerz, we have Vampeerz, Volume 2 (ヴァンピアーズ ), in Japanese up on the Yuricon Store – we’ll get caught up on this shortly.

Futari Escape, Volume 4 ( ふたりエスケープ), the final volume, is out in Japanese. Volume 3 hit shelves in English-language bookstores this month.

A spin-off from Mizutani Fuuka’s Love At Fourteen, follows classmate Aoi and her relationship with school doctor Hajima-sensei in Reliance, Volume 1 (リライアンス). I was surprised at the development of this relationship in the original manga, but it wasn’t the only problematic side story in this series.

Kono Yo De Ichiban Sutekina Owarikata, Volume 1 (この世で一番素敵な終わり方) is the historical Chinese zombie Yuri we didn’t know we needed. Now we need one with beautiful women and long flowing everything, rather than cute moe art.

A-shi to Watashi Gal x Yuri Anthology ( あーしとわたし。 ギャル×百合アンソロジー) is, as it says a Gal Yuri Anthology. But I note that “gals” have changed a lot in the last 20 years. They used to be way edgier and a bit scary, now they are kind of normalized. This collection has a few creators whose names are familiar to us here.

Yuri Light Novels

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Volume 5 will be hitting shelves and devices in August. I can’t wait. Euphie and Anis go on a dangerous mission…or is it their honeymoon?

Sorawo finally decided to understand her enemy in Otherside Picnic, Volume 7. Now we are all ready for the upcoming Otherside Picnic, Volume 8, headed our way in August.

Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta The Third adds a new complication to this already complicated polyamory series.

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Yuri Visual Novels

We’ve added a bunch of Yuri VNs to the Yuricon Store! This week we’ve added:

 Fragile Feelings by ebi-hime – an intriguing story of illness and recovery.

Yumeutsutsu Re:Master -&- Re:After – This story is set in a small game studio, which now includes 5 stories that happen after the main story concludes.

A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986 just looks amazing. It “is about seeking identity and meaning in a rapidly changing world where conflicting worldviews and cultures collide.”

From YuriEureka, Kiss The Demiurge is a story about a girl who is hiding magic for a secret society.

Lycoris Works has released the key visual and details for their upcoming Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi No Natsu (嘘から始まる恋の夏). This is via Yuri Navi, which has more details and a trailer.

Yuri Anime

Birdie Wing has ended, but it will live in our hearts forever. Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean G. has found a somewhat spoilery interview with the Producer, Sekiyama Akihiro, on Season 2 of the anime. Part 1 | Part 2 in Japanese.

Richard Eisenbels has a review over at ANN on the final episode of Yuri Is My Job. I’ll do a review (and maybe a video) on it shortly. What was your opinion of this series?

Sailor Moon Cosmos has a fabulous new retro anime OP, a la S season season, to “Moonlight Densetsu.” Now I hope they do one to the “Sailor Star Song,” the original OP to the Stars season. ^_^

Yuri Live-Action

Via Yuri Daily, the Polish Yuri news page on FB, we have news of She Is Still Cute Today, an upcoming Chinese Yuri drama based on a webtoon of the same name.

Korea seems to be gearing up for a Yuri summer with the movie The Summer, which is racking up awards and profit unusual for Yuri animation. Manga Mogura has the trailer.

Via YNN Correspondent Frank H, we have news of a something new starring GAP Theory stars Becky and Free. Uranus2324 thus far has only a few visuals. After some consultation with a Thai-speaking colleague, this appears to be an advertising campaign.  Shipping in Thai BL is a big deal and FreenBeck fandom is going strong since GAP was announced. ^_^

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Other News

Via Nastuo Mutsumi on Twitter, a crowdfunding campaign has opened for Women Wearing Men’s Kimono Photograph Collection. Natsuo-sensei says their partner is one of the models. Of course, I funded this right away, but even if you aren’t funding them definitely check out the photos on the page. For one thing, the kimono styles are terrific and are designed for everyday wear by the kimono artist. For the photographer and artist, this seems like a life work, rather than just a bunch of pictures. Among the rewards for backing the book is be part of a photoshoot yourself (for folks in Japan, but it looks like they are at least thinking about how to make it work overseas.)

Women Write About Comics has a very thoughtful discussion about LGBTQ manga in the Pride Month Roundtable, Manga Edition.

Until I Love Myself  is a comic essay about a non-binary manga artist. MrAJCosplay has written a well-considered review of this difficult manga at ANN.

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Event News

I’m In Love With The Villainess and Aonoshimo-sensei has announced their participation at Anime Expo, July 1-4 in Los Angeles Convention Center.

If you are attending, please let us know how it goes!  There’s no way I can attend this year, but I will be thrilled to live vicariously through your experiences. ^_^

Yuri Anime

Hoshikuzu Telepath trailer is up on Youtube. Introverted girl meets “alien” and her life begins to change. In stories like these, it is my belief that the sped-up anime is good for the story.

The big news this week was the announcement of the seiyuu for Sailor Cosmos in the second Sailor Moon Cosmos movie.  They’ve gone with a voice who was there from the beginning and helped make this franchise what it is, so welcome back Kitagawa Keiko, the original Sailor Mars, to the story! I’m pretty happy with this choice. She retired from voicing anime fairly early on (although apparently she continued working in games), so having her back for this is a nice touch. Alex Mateo has details on ANN. Check out the second Cosmos trailer on Youtube.
 

Yuri Manga in English

YNN Corespondent Luce wants you to know that Bookwalker Global is running a Yuri Showcase, with 30% discount and 30% coin back on selected titles.

Run Away With Me Girl, Volume 2 by Battan is up on the Yuricon Store and was reviewed on Okazu this week by Matt Rolf!

My Future Starts Today ~Miku Kyoko~: Volume 2 finishes the story begun in Volume 1, which was reviewed by me this week, as well.

Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Volume 4 is up on the Store.

Qualia the Purple Complete Manga Collection hit shelves this week.

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, Volume 3 of the manga is also on the Store. (This is about where I thought – hey, I’m almost caught up and then realized that no, haha. I’ll never be caught up. There is too much Yuri to keep up with. ^_^)

You can get My Date Is A Total Ike Woman, as print or digital, in English and Japanese editions by author Mutsumi Natsuo. Don’t miss this charming butch x butch doujinshi.

Manga Mogura announced on Twitter that Futaribeya will finish up with Volume 10 which will be released in Japan in July. Tokyopop will be releasing the final volume in English in September.

Rafael Antonio Pineda reports on ANN that Kiss the Scars of the Girls, which will be out in English from Yen Press in November, has ended it’s run in Comic Newtype.

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Yuri Manga in Japanese

It’s the 25th anniversary of Yuru Yuri by namori-sensei and to celebrate, Volumes 1-15 are available for free on Bookwalker JP!

Morninga Milk’s Watashi no Kawaii Neko-chan, Volume 2 (私の可愛い子猫ちゃん) is already sold out as a print volume but is available in digital format. Volume 2 of My Cute Little Kitten will be hitting EN shelves in January 2024.

Taguchi Shouichi’s Futari Escape, Volume 3 (ふたりエスケープ) is s fun frolic of food and adult life avoidance.

A new series in Comic Yuri Hime, Osoto Gohan wo Go-issho ni (おそとごはんをご一緒に) Volume 1 is up on the Yuricon Store. This series is about food and friendship.

From Galette magazine, we have Watashi no Naka de Ichiban ni Hikaru, Anata ( 私の中でいちばんに光る、貴方), a collection of shorts by Yatosaki Haru.

The Yuribute Yuri Hime One-Shot Story Collection (ユリビュート 百合姫読切再録集)  is a “Yuri tribute” to one-shot stories that ran in the original Yuri Hime magazine from 2004-2010.

Yuri Doujinshi

Last week, YNN Correspondent Patricia B. had mentioned this, but it bears repeating – new high-fantasy WLW doujinshi, Tsurugi by Nerikomi Tōkichirō is kickstarting… and has already passed it’s initial goal!

Hitorimi De: 60-sai Lesbian No Single Seikatsu, Issue 1 (ひとりみで: 60歳レズビアンのシングル生活) is  a short about an older lesbian at 60, with no lover or family, by Morishima Akiko.

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LGBTQ Live-Action

Amazing news out of NHK! The She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat live-action series is getting a sequel! Crystalyn Hodgkins has the details over at ANN.

In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction, a film by Lisa Marie Evans & Marianne K. Martin with interviews with major lesbian fiction writers of the 20th century, will be showing at the Frameline Festival and streaming June 24- July 2.

Yuri Light Novels

Volume 1 of the Light Novel series There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless…,  is up on the Yuricon Store.

Yuri Webcomics

Mage & Demon Queen creator COLOR_LES, and Galatea are teaming up with singers Hayley Kiyoko, while other artists are partnering with Ava Max and MAY-A, for a new webtoon called Love Stories. Here’s the full press release from Business Wire.

Yuri Visual Novels

Studio Élan’s Please Be Happy has joined the listings on the Store. I’m making a concerted effort to expand these Yuri VN listings, so if you know of a great Yuri VN and would like to see it listed – or would like to review a Yuri VN – contact me!

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English Yuri Manga

Still doing some catch up on the Yuricon Store, but I’m mostly through the back log now and heading into the final stretch, at which point, I’ll be hustling to catch up to what’s coming out now. ^_^

Coming out this month, we have The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 4 of the manga. Annis, Euphie and Tilty embark on discovering the mysterious power of Lanie Cyan.

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, Volume 2 of the manga is up. Follow Flum and Milkit on their (kinda gross) adventures!

Futari Escape Volume 2 and Volume 3 are up, so let’s get goofy and kills some time learning about dinosaurs and eating food, while pretending it’s winter in the summer.

If I Could Reach You, Volume 7, the final volume of tMnR’s series, will land on shelves this month from Kodansha. In conversation on the Okazu Discord, Hyperart Marcus-san noted that there is a doujinshi that was available with th final volume in Japan that provides an epilogue. I did some digging and found that doujinshi as a digital read on Bookwalker JP! If you want to see what will become of Uta and Kaoru, check out Tatoe Todokanu Itoda to Shite mo “Tsumuida Ito no Sono-saki de” (たとえとどかぬ糸だとしても『紡いだ糸のその先で』). This is in Japanese. I always choose Bookwalker because it has global reach, in case you wonder. ^_^ Also, check out Luce’s overview of the series this week on Okazu!

The climactic final volume of Superwomen in Love! Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit, Volume 5 will be out this month, from Seven Seas! What will become of our heroes and their quest to protect humanity from X’s Antinoids?

Japanese Yuri Manga

Sal Jiang’s violent tale of two women in an overly competitive battle for supremacy in the workplace wraps up with 白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 3. We’ll be getting Volume 2 of Black and White: Tough Love At The Office in February 2024.

YNN Correspondent Patricia B wrote in with the news of a new Yuri manga  Tsurugi by indie yuri mangaka Nerikomi Tōkichirō, who has self-published yuri manga in the past and contributed to the “Boyish2” anthology, that is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Patricia says “It looks like a fun fantasy story with political intrigue” and she hopes it’s successful.

Yuri is My Job! Official Comic Anthology (私の百合はお仕事です！公式コミックアンソロジー) has some amazing contributors! Ohsawa Yayoi, Hara Yuriko, Yuama, Yoshimurakana (!) and others.

Shimura Takako’s series Ottona ni Nattemo (おとなになっても) will be ending soon, but Volume 8 is up on the Store for you to enjoy! Akari and Ayano move in and have to face the reality of their relationship.

Mikanuji’s Fuzuroi no Renri (不揃いの連理 ), Volume 7 seems to focus on deliquent Shizuku and schoolgirl Saori’s relationship under pressure. You can find out who these two are in Assorted Entanglements, Volume 1  and Volume 2  – which is out this week from Yen Press!

Kuchibeta Shokudou (くちべた食堂) is another Yuri and food story that I’m looking forward to reading. It’s been 5 years since this customer has been here – will she find what she’s looking for?

The delightful Yuri Monogatari, (はなものがたり) about two older women bonding over makeup and building a new life, will be ending in July for a 3rd volume of the manga. ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details. Volume 1 has been reviewed here on Okazu.

Yuri Light Novels

We’ve got Qualia the Purple up, for those of you who would like to read a popular science fiction LN about a girl who sees things differently.

Yuri Tama: From Third Wheel to Trifecta The Second is listed on the Store. Interestingly, while the first and third volumes are on Amazon, this one is not. Grab this poly story and let us know why.

Okazu News

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Yuri Animation

Via Manga Mogura on Twitter, they introduce The Summer, a Korean Yuri animation by Red Dog Culture House. Check their twitter link for the trailer. On the Okazu Discord, Frank turned up that The Summer is apparently an adaptation of a novella by Choi Eunyoung. It’s available in a Korean-English bilingual edition: The Summer. Frank also noted that according to a summary he found, The Summer is not just a high-school story but extends into adulthood. And he found an interview with the author on Pen.org. Thanks Frank, great work!

Yuri VNs and Games

It’s time to pre-order Birdie Wing for Nintendo Switch!  This game has a multiplayer mode and a story mode, with mini-games with “gimmicky putting.” It sounds like this really might be great.

Akaiito HD Remaster is a classic Yuri VN adventure. Kei sorts through her late mother’s things and learns of her inheritance deep in the mountains.

Aoishiro HD Remaster is a series set in the same timeline. Syouko goes to a temple with her kendo club for training and finds a girl washed up on the beach.

Noodletub Games’ GOOD LUCK BABY! is now up on the Store. This is a “heartwarming, comedic and emotionally-driven yuri visual novel about love, found family, and saving the world. “

Via Yuri Navi, Lycoris has released the key visual for their upcoming Yuri VN, Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi No Natsu (嘘から始まる恋の夏) on Twitter.

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Other News

Briana Lawrence at Crunchyroll News has put together a weekly list of manga suggestion in Pride Month Reads.

Our dear friends at Cheapmanga.com are retiring after 30 years of cons We’ll miss them, but you can help them clean out the store – go to Cheapmanga.com and get 20% off you order with the code Clearance20. 20% off a copy of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime And Manga is a great deal!

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