Yuri Events

Top news this week is that Yen Press is running a one-day Yuri Cafe in New York City on February 7. Seats have already filled, so I will not link to the announcement, BUT! Because the event is timed, due to so many people wanting to join, and some folks not getting a seat, I am taking this opportunity to run an impromptu Yuricon/Okazu get-together.

My wife and I will be at the Yuri Cafe from 12-1 PM, and after that, we will be heading over to Mid-town Kinokuniya. They have a small cafe on the second floor and a Yuri section you can browse, plus loads of Yuri merch.  We’ll be there from about 1:30-4PM.  This is open to anyone, but I am imposing a few ground rules for people who wish to join us: 

 -This is a place of business. Please do not be overly loud, rude, distracting or in people’s way. 

 – Buy *something*. A bottle of water at the cafe, ideally a piece of Yuri merch, a book…something. This is not a public space. We need to make sure that we do not invade their space and use their resources for no return. I know you just came to/ are going to a cafe. That is a different place of business.

– Please be kind and friendly. Say hello to other people who join. Introduce yourself! We are all Yurijin.

– Clean up after yourself. This should be obvious, but just in case, if you unwrap something, or eat something, please make sure you throw away the refuse. 

Thank you.  I look forward to see people and hanging out for a little while. Hope to see you at the cafe and post-cafe meetup. If you are not in or near NYC, and would like to see Yen do this in a place near you, see if they attend a local convention and let them know you’d like something similar. 

Via Takashima-sensei’s X account, Animate Gratte is doing a Yamada and Kase-san cafe event on February 2, 2026 in 9 Animate locations in Japan!

Into the New Lily is a combined Baeghab/GL/Yuri festival happening in Seoul, Korea on May 3, 2026. From my understanding this is combining two events into one. This is a reservation-only event, for people 15 years or older.

Yuru Yuri anime is celebrating a 15th anniversary event, says Comic Natalie. The “Yuriyurararara Yuruyuri Broadcast Room 15th Anniversary Event” will be held at Science Hall in Tokyo on April 19th.

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Yuri Manga

Via Aoto Hibiki’s X account, she has a new manga being serialized in Comic Cune magazine, Kono Koi, Ittan Mochikaerasete Itadakimasu (この恋、一旦持ち帰らせていただきます). She says this is an office romance about a career-driven sempai and a warm and fuzzy kouhai. It appears that Cune is ramping up the Yuri once again.

The Princess Flower of Sylph (Volume 1 of which was reviewed here on Okazu by Patricia Baxter) has gone independent and is being serialized on a number of platforms, all of which are on the Yuricon Store. This fantasy story is a great indie work and can use your support!

Muromaki-sensei reminds you on X that Lilies Blooming in 100 Days is on sale now from Yen Press.

GlamBeat is teasing a new Yuri license – one of 12! – announcement coming soon, on their X account.

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Yuri Anime

Is it even a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime if Mizuki Nana doesn’t sing the opening theme? Well, luckily the new series,  Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance, will fit that bill. Joana Cayanan at ANN has details.

atelier on X has put their Yuri animation No Love 1/2 on archive.org so anyone, anywhere can watch it. This is described as “A cocktail mix of yuri with neo-noir and girls-with-guns.“

Anime Japan’s “Manga We Want To See Animated” Ranking is on and you can vote for a number of Yuri titles! Love Bullet is currently No. 44, Sukeban and Tenkousei (not Yuri, but friendship) is #24, Takane-san and Arashi-chan is #28, and Lonely Girl ni Sakaraenai (I Can’t Say No To The Lonely Girl) is #48!

Other News

Speaking of YNN Correspondent and guest reviewer, Patricia Baxter, check out her new article for Anime Herald! Unmasking Neurodivergence in the Manga World.

I am super excited to share the first three books I am editing for Manga Mavericks! All are up for pre-order now:

FISHGOD by Chlona is a completely wacky story about revenge and corruption and monster fish. Meet Jaytle Nish, a man who lost his parents to those fish as a child and a mysterious woman (?) Kasaco, who appears out of nowhere to help him fight them. This book is crazy fun.

Horon of the Closed Country is my truest love of this batch. This fairytale-like story of three people who have lost something important to them, and are traveling together to find it, is haunting and beautiful. Horon’s cast includes two non-binary characters. It’s outstanding.

Sinbad: This is classic shounen manga based on the Voyages of Sinbad. It’s full of Arabian Nights atmosphere and color, and adventure and Sinbad saving pretty girls. It’s rope-swinging fun. 

I’m working with fantastic translators, Trish Ledoux and Mari Morioito. You didn’t hear it from me, but keep your eyes pealed to Manga Mavericks, because Good. Things. Will. Be. Coming. ^_^

On ANN this week I reviewed Wash It All Away, Volumes 2-5. I liked and did not like this series in equal parts.

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Yuri Research

The top news of the week is that Japan’s first Yuri research book, Hajimete no Yuri Studies: Queer/Feminist no Shiten Kara (はじめての百合スタディーズ: クィア/フェミニストの視点から) by Nakamura Kasumi, Kondoh Ginga, and Mizukami Aya with supplemental essays by myself and Shinada Reika, published by Ohta Book, will hit Japanese shelves next month. I hope you’ll pre-order it and give it the push it deserves! This book is a big deal, as I mentioned in my Okazu post this week about it.

BBC China has a Chinese-language article about Yuri/GL/Baihe, with a brief discussion of Thai Dramas: 泰国女同性恋爱情故事如何发展成为一个价值数百万美元的产业 by 南甘帕特·帕昌 (Nongnapat Patcham).

Yuri Manga

Morishima Akiko-sensei (who did the cover art for the Yuri Studies book), noted on X that Yuri Kuma Arashi turns 10 years old (!) this year. The Kadokawa Store is selling anniversary acrylic stands.

Also from Morishima-sensei, Chapter 10 of her manga Hitorimi Desu. (ひとりみです) will take on the travails of a lesbian couple trying to have a child back in the early 2000s. Read it in Japanese on Comic Walker.

Edition 88 is doing an art merch collaboration with Rose of Versailles prints and acrylic stands this week at the gallery in Tokyo.

Ikuta Hana’s Ryuu to Ryuu no Kekkon (竜と龍の結婚), a tale about two dragon princesses in a political engagement, is on the Yuricon Store!

ANN’s Crystalyn Hodgkins notes that Girls Band Cry is getting a manga. 

Galette on Bluesky announces the cover for Galette No. 37 (ガレット). Cover art by pen, and again, so grown-up. ^_^

Gal x Gal Yuri, which is currently running on Viz.com and their app is getting a merchandise collab with Oshi-Challe. Check out the site to get in on the lottery to grab cute gal Yuri acrylic!

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Yuri Light Novel

So far on JP Kindle only (but fingers  crossed for other options) the sequel Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! (振り向きなさい、わたくしに！) follows the twins, Aleah and Mei, as teens.

Via inori.-sensei’s Pixiv Fanbox, she has another new light novel, Reijou Tame (令嬢テイム), which she plans on debuting at Bungaku Flea Market Tokyo 42. 

Chaser Game W has been novelized with a two-volume series on JP Kindle.

Baihe News

From Baiheverse, we have a new series,  Remaking of the Unforgotten Love from creator Causticsoda, translated by longlegdog. “Hitting a slump in life, Li Han turns to Lu Shiyin—an author and her childhood friend—for help. Shiyin, having long liked Li Han, accepts on the terms that Li Han becomes her assistant. However, Li Han soon finds out that this author’s life is not as peaceful as she imagined…”

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, Baiheverse on X just announced the license for Have no Fear, Shijie’s Here by Can’tNameThings. It’s an isekai/transmigration tale that sounds very fun, tbh.

Yuri Anime

Awajima Hyakkei, the anime adaptation of Shimura Takako’s manga series has a second promotional trailer up on Youtube.

Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai (きみが死ぬまで恋をしたい) anime key visual is up via the official anime account on X. Crystalynn Hodgkins has details and a link to a promo video on ANN. 

The Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising– anime film is delayed, says Rafael Antonio Pineda on ANN.

For more Madoka fun, check out Ken Iikura-Gross’s report on the Shaft Exhibition at the Mixalive Tokyo venue in Ikebukuro, 50 Years of Shaft Works in One Exhibition: Exploring the SHAFT 50th Anniversary Exhibition.

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ANN’s Winter 2026 Light Novel Guide is up and I read a lot of LNs so you didn’t have to and a few you should, even if they aren’t Yuri. There were three I really enjoyed – all three are novels, rather than light novels. ^_^ 

Via Comic Natalie, here are some images from the Look Back Exhibition in Azabudai Hills in Tokyo, based on the live-action adaptation of the manga by Fujimoto Tatsuki. I’ve reviewed the manga in Japanese and English and the anime here on Okazu.

DaVinci magazine is publishing a special Looking at 20 Years of BL through DaVinci,  (別冊ダ・ヴィンチ ダ・ヴィンチが見つめたBLの20年 2006～2026) available on Amazon JP and Bookwalker JP. And other bookstores in person and online, undoubtedly.

Cutie Honey and Kekko Kamen creator Go Nagai is being inducted into the Eisner Comics Hall of Fame. Crystalynn reports on that as well on ANN.

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Yuri Live-Action

Sr. YNN Correspondent Frank Hecker wants you to know about Candy, a new sapphic live-action series from Singapore, streaming on GagaOOLala. The synopsis sounds amazing: “Nuannuan—the girl she once left behind in her youth—reenters her life as an assistant. Under the pressure of fame and public scrutiny, the two escape the city to join a rural reality show.”

The Chaser Game W live-action series is getting a sequel film in May, says ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda.

Ironic shenanigans are occurring with the If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die stage play. A manager harassed a cast member with “inappropriate communications” so the cast member’s activities are being suspended and she is being replaced. Enraging. If there is a single series hat has made me truly loathe the idol industry, it’s this one. Anyway, Anita Tai has the details on ANN. 

Via Comic Natalie, we learn that Yuri manga Fukukaichou no Omona Oshigoto is getting a live-action drama. This is a high school story about the VP and President of a school council.

The Tokyo Dyke documentary is available to be watched on Vimeo, says YNN Correspondents eve, and blogbourri notes that Honey & Honey creator Takeuchi Sachiko is interviewed in this.

Yuri Anime

Bushiroad announced a Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight sequel, says ANN’s Joanna Cayanan.

Andoroid wa Keiken Ninzuu ni Hairimasu ka? ? (アンドロイドは経験人数に入りますか？？) short anime is running right now on Japanese television, and other JP platforms. It appears that the OceanVeil streaming platform has AnimeFesta titles, so if you have a subscription to that, you can watch it there.

Sylvia Jones takes a really thoughtful look at the first two episodes of the anime adaptation of Roll Over and Die on ANN.

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Yuri Manga

Via Comic Natalie, Watashitachi no Koi ga Kanahiraku Toki (私たちの恋が花開くとき) is an isekai Yuri anthology. This is from Bamboo Comics and I don’t recognize any of the creators, so now I’m extra interested!

This one-shot in Comic Days F30 no Kimi  (F30のきみ) is about the mysterious things that happen after a girl draws her classmate. Yuri Navi tells us that this won an award from Afternoon magazine, and it is pretty interesting.

Galette Illustration Book No. 5 is out and available on Booth.pm! This continues the collection of pen’s amazing cover art and other color illustrations from the magazine. 

Speaking of the magazine, Galette Special English Edition No. 4 Kickstarter rewards have shipped. They look great as always and I think a special thanks to the folks at Galette WORKS is in order, as this one really stressed them out with concerns about the tariffs and higher shipping costs.

Amano Mochi celebrated on X, an honorable mention for their Yuri one-shot Harukasu no Furi (春風のふり) on the FLOS  Comics Awards. You can read this manga in Japanese on Comic Walker.

Yen posted on socials about Yuri and muromaki-sensei did them one better by promising good health if you read Yuri! ^_^

Thank you for everyone’s support!!!! Read yuri it makes your skin glow and gives you six pack abs in 100 days!!!!!

いつもありがとうございます☺️いよいよの英語版、大変光栄に思っています💓よろしくお願いします

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— ムロマキ@『百合に恋した101日間』発売中 (@mrmk.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM

Yuri Light Novels

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 8.5 is headed our way this month. This volume contains seven short stories about the characters. At last, something to read on the plane that won’t make me cry.

inori.-sensei has announced that her sequel to I’m In Love With the Villianess, Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou: Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! has been picked up in Japanese by GL Bunko. She asks that you contact the publisher of the series in your country and ask them to license it. That’s Seven Seas for English readers. Luckily Seven Seas’ monthly licensing survey is live, so you can jump right over and ask!

Yuri Visual Novels

Via Yuri Navi, game dev company Yuri Lyrical has new Visual Novel, available on Steam. As a VTuber, you act as a guardian angel over various Yuri couples in Watashi-tachi Fake Marriage? (私たちフェイクマリッジ？)

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Morishima Akiko posted a piece of art in support for same-sex marriage in Japan on her X account.

Citrus on X says that that the series is running a Cool Japan collaboration at “Hotel Citrus” at the Tokyo Bay Hotel on Ariake. You can go there and get some merch! This collab runs through the end of the month.

The COSPA store is carrying the merch from the Comic Yuri Hime 20th Anniversary event, if you missed that.

Creator Kyota Ko, whose videos on the foibles of the Japanese language are very amusing (I loved the one about how Kyoto’s sarcasm is orders above Tokyo’s) has a new video. Via YNN Correspondent Roxie, he mentions Yuri in Why do anime characters nosebleed so often? Check it out on Youtube.

The mook Kikan SS is running an interview about creating the manga of  If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It To The Budokan, I Would Die, with creator Hirao Auri.

Good Things to Read

We have a pile of reviews for you this week. ^_^

Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney thinks the LN series The Holy Grail of Eris, while not Yuri, might be of interest to Okazu readers. He suggests reading Rebecca Silverman’s review of the first two episode of the anime on ANN. The series is streaming on Crunchyroll. Yen has the LNs.

I reviewed the Drops of God Season 2 on Apple TV and interviewed the stars of the series over on ANN. It was a very short interview, but they were fun and engaged with the questions in a meaningful way.

My review of Baki The Grappler, Volume 5-6, grapples with staying interesting while the manga is basically this kid getting beaten and beating the shit out of people. ^_^ It’s so much fun.

Errata

Last week YNN and other sources reported that the Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve The Villainess is getting an anime adaptation. This is not true. Creator Nekotarou has said on their X account that this was an erroneous announcement by SugoiLITE. No such adaptation is being planned. We apologize for sharing the misinformation here.

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Yuri and Yuri-adjacent Live-Action

Via Comic Natalie, we learn that SakaShima‘s student council Yuri manga  Fukukaichou no Omona Oshigoto (副会長の主なお仕事)  is getting a live action adaptation. The drama is currently airing on TokyoMX on Fridays.

Fans of Chaser Game W (reviewed here on Okazu by Frank) will be thrilled to hear that the second season of the live-action series is getting a sequel film in Spring 2026, Chaser Game W Intimate Relationship. ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details.

Discotek has announced the release of 2016’s cyberpunk Cutey Honey Tears. I know it probably won’t be Yuri, but Honey always is welcome on Okazu. ^_^

Also not Yuri, but darn interesting-looking is Cosmic Princess Kaguya, which will be streaming on Netflix this month. Japanese mythology, idol/band stuff and girl stuff. ^_^ Maybe adjacent? We’ll see. Looks colorful.

*Also* not Yuri, but adjacent is the news that the Sound! Euphonium Final Movie, Part 1 has a theme, by TRUE. I do wish to express displeasure at multi-part final movies. Bad. No cookie.

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Yuri Manga

Hanakage Alt’s Unnie’tte Yonde mo Ii desuka? (オンニって呼んでもいいですか？) about a K-pop stan and the star she idolizes meeting on a dating app, has moved to CMOA and is heading for a tankoubon collection, according Hanakage-sensei’s X account. Check out the free sample chapter in Japanese.

Adeline Kon‘s Yuri GN about two competitive skaters, Just Between Us is available from YuandMe Books!

Yuri Light Novel

inori. has announced a new I’m In Love With The Villaness sequel novel, which will be released in Japan with GL Bunko, Furimukinasai, Watakushi ni! (振り向きなさい、わたくしに！), which follows the adventures of Rae and Claire’s adopted daughters Aleah and Mei. The link above goes to Kindle JP only, but I’m sure we’ll see it in other formats and languages soon enough. 

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Of interest to fans of the series and/or libraries, Berkely Hermann discusses the library design in Bloom Into You in An open library and the value of studying in “Bloom Into You”.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, yoneztsu on TokTok got to ride the Comic Yuri Hime x Eizan Railway collab cars! Check out the video for fun Yuri on train action. ^_^

My ANN reviews for this week are Black Jack – The Complete OVA collection, with direction by Osamu Dezaki and wow, was that weird and wonderful and 10Dance, the live-action adaptation of Satoh Inoue’s BL manga, streaming on Netflix. 

Also key your eyes out for my upcoming review of another live-action series, The Drops of God, second season on AppleTV. Alex Mateo has the news on ANN for that series. 

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Yuri Anime 

We have a key visual and an official X account from the upcoming Amayo no Tsuki (雨夜の月) / The Moon on a Rainy Night anime. ANN’s Crystalynn Hodgkins has the details.

New Arc: There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ is up on Youtube and already has over 120K views. The original series is staying up on the It’s Anime powered by REMOW channel until January 5th.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Luce, Nozomi has put the complete Revolutionary Girl Utena television anime up on Youtube. It may be region-locked, so if you are outside the US, let us know if you can watch it. 

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, ANN’s Alex Mateo has the news that the new Magical Lyrical Nanoha franchise anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance will debut in summer 2026. Crystalyn Hodgkins provides a promo video and cast news. 

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Yuri Manga

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, a new Yuri/GL/Baihe imprint has been announced by Crossed Hearts, GLAM BEAT. On X, they say of this imprint that it is “devoted to women-driven stories that are intimate, bold, and unapologetically romantic.”

Joana Cayanan on ANN has the news that A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof manga will be ending with the 7th volume.

On Shonen Jump Plus, Kashima Ayunari has a one-shot that isn’t Yuri,  but is really interesting and Yuri-adjacent about a woman who has a friend who just doesn’t seem to change with the years. Check out Meh-chan no Himitsu online in Japanese. 

Somehow, Kuzushiro has *another* manga. This one is a one-shot (thanks David for the clarification) on Kuragebunch, which I presume is the online arm of Comic Bunch. Gintama no Kachi o Ageru Houhou (銀玉の価値を上げる方法) is about the friendship between Yoshioka Mito , an honor student who aspires to be a doctor, and Saiga Rei, a “low-ranking” gal.

Yuri Audiobooks

Seven Seas wants you to know that the audiobook for Adachi and Shimamura, Volume 8 is out!

Yuri Light Novels

Also from Seven Seas, Adachi and Shimamura Short Stories, Volume 2 will hit shelves in February.

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Yuri Visual Novels

Via Yurilyrical on Bluesky, their visual novel ToLight-ForLight is now available on Steam. This is Chinese language only for the moment, but keep an eye on it.

Yuri Webcomics

Daniel G wants you to know about his fantasy fighting manga Kuina: Rise of the All-Girl Harem. Expect a lot of nudity and fighting in a story about a girl who gains power with every person she slays. You can read this for free on GlobalComix or buy a PDF to support the creator.

Other News

Here’s the round up of posts I have written for ANN this week. If you have time and interest, your views and comments are very welcome! 

Wandance, Volumes 4-5;  Girl Past the Filters, Volume 1; Drops of God: Mariage, Volumes 6-7; Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volumes 5-9, and Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord, Volumes 1-3.

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