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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 7, 2023

January 7th, 2023

Welcome to a whole new year of Yuri. ^_^

Yuri Events

20 years ago, I ran a three-day event to celebrate Yuri fandom. Yuricon 2003 was a small, but world-changing event. Due to  – /arms gesturing wildly/ everything – we’re taking our Yuricon 2023 celebration online. We already have nearly a dozen interviews and panels we’re working on, which will be shared throughout the year as they are completed on Yuri Studio. If you would like to run a panel or make a presentation on a Yuri-related topic, for Yuricon 2023 please fill out our Panel/ Presentation Application Form! Treat this like any other event and apply when you want to take charge of your panel.

I have a number of podcasts and events lined up where I’ll be talking about Yuri. I’ll announce these shortly. Suffice to say, 2023 is going to be another busy year!

Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu! has a themed cafe at Wonder Parlour Cafe in Ikebukuro in Tokyo from January 15 through February 14 in honor of the upcoming anime. Someone please go there and report back for me!

 

Yuri Anime

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady has launched on Crunchyroll. During our annual Okazu Patron holiday party, I was requested to do some react videos on all the Yuri anime coming out this year.  I just reviewed volume 3 of the light novel series, so I’m in. ^_^

Via Yuri Anime News on Twitter, Hikikomari Kyukuestu-hime no Monmon (ひきこまり吸血姫の悶々) is getting an anime. I am informed that the Yuri content in this series is of the breast-groping variety, in case this is not to your taste. Watch the trailer on Youtube. YNN  Sr. Correspondent Sean G has reviewed Volume 1 of  the LN for this series on his website, so you may wish to check to see if this is your thing. Alex Mateo has anime details over at ANN.

Birdie Wing Season 2 is coming! And the trailer is 10 out of 10 Birdie Wings. ^_^Egan Loo has the details over on ANN.

Also on ANN, Alex Mateo reports that Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury‘s Season 1 final episode will be delayed on some streaming services.

 

 

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Yuri Manga

Volume 5 and Volume 6 of Mayu, Matou (繭、纏う) will be released simultaneously, with a continuous cover (and, it would seem, the correct ending! ^_^). These are both up on the Yuricon Store for print or digital editions. There is no date yet on the English-language edition of these. Volume 4 of Cocoon, Entwined was released last winter by Yen Press.

Via Yurimother, we have news that Ana C. Sánchez’ manga Alter Ego will be getting a sequel this year. Noel Y June will be published later this year in Spanish.

I don’t remember where I found this, but there is a poly Yuri anthology called Fukusuunin Kousai Yuri Anthology (複数人交際百合アンソロジー レモネード) out on Kindle in Japan. It is also available in Japanese on US Kindle. This anthology has 30 contributors including Ajiichi, Utatane Yuu,  Mikami Teren, Usio Shio and more!

The Citrus 10th anniversary pop-up shop is now open! There is a link for overseas buying, if the goods look like your thing. I think they did a really nice job on the acrylic standees, honestly.

Joanna Cayanan reports that Sal Jiang’s Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koishiteru will be ending with a third volume over at ANN I reviewed Volume 2 last month here on Okazu. It’s been a lot of fun.

Sexiled creator Kaeruda Ameko is writing a new manga. Koucha no Majo no Yuuganaru Kyuutei Seikatsu Chiito o Hita Kakusu Saijaku Madou-shi no Madogiwa Life (紅茶の魔女の優雅なる宮廷生活 チートをひた隠す最弱魔導師の窓際ライフ) appears to be about a maid whose skill at making tea may change the world? The Yuri looks milk (maid in love with her lady-type) but it looks cute. You can read a sample chapter on Comic Zenon. I think I’ll be giving this one a try. ^_^

 

Yuri Doujinshi

I kept meaning to share this and kept forgetting. Hayate x Blade creator Hayashiya Shizuru (whose ULTIMATE-MAMA) is on my to-read/review pile right now) had a new doujinshi for winter Comiket. Continuing her food  + yanki girls beating the heck out of each other Yuri series, Yankoi Shoukudo C Set is available at Melonbooks.

 

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Other News

The Yuri Fandom Survey will close on January 11. If you haven’t yet had a chance to fill the survey out, I hope you’ll do that before it closes. Please feel free to share the survey around to any fan spaces you are on. There is no way this can be comprehensive or complete, but the more responses we get, the more well-rounded the results will be. Thank you very much for your time. ^_^

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 24, 2022

December 24th, 2022

Yuri Anime

Sugoi Lite has once again given us hope, this time with the news that a domain has been registered for Whisper Me a Love Song, based on the manga by Takeshima Eku. If this indeed is a 2023 anime, that would make 4 explicitly Yuri anime for next year so far.

 

I’m In Love With the Villainess News

I’m in Love With The Villainess: She’s So Cheeky For A Commoner, Volume 1 is up for pre-order! And, for those of you reading along with the Japanese edition, Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina!, Volume 2 (平民のくせに生意気な) is up on the Yuricon Store for JP and US Kindle. Once again, I will promise you that this is worth reading and isn’t just “another P.O.V” version of the same events.

Also in Japanese is Volume 3 of Watashi no Osho ha Akuyaku Reijou -Revolution- (私の推しは悪役令嬢。-Revolution-), the print edition of the original light novel series. Volume 5 of the manga is also out now in Japan.  I’m in Love With the Villainess, Volume 4 manga is up on the Yuricon Store as well, from Seven Seas

While we’re celebrating, Aonoshimo-sensei offered up an adorable Christmas card from Claire, Rae and Relaire on Twitter.  

Phew, that was a lot.

 

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Yuri Manga

Not sure I remembered to post this, so don’t forget that Hello, Melancholic, Volume 3 is out now from Seven Seas!

Thanks to Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, we learn that Hayashiya Shizuru has done a piece of MURCIÉLAGO fanart that is included in Volume 20! Also from Hayashiya-sensei is a 3rd installment of Yan-koi Shokudo (ヤン恋食堂　C定食) doujinshi series, available at Melonbooks.

Via Comic Natalie, I have a passel of Yuri manga announcements that I’ve been meaning to get up here:

Sachi to Yuka, Volume 1 (サチとユーカ) is out now in Japan. This Yuri love comedy about two adult women who have been friends, roommates and lovers runs in Young Bull magazine. It sounds slice-of-life-y and kinda sweet?

Sakuma-junsa to Hanaoka-junsa ha Tsukiai Hajimete, Volume 1 (佐久間巡査と花岡巡査は付き合いはじめた) is another Yuri comedy, about two policewomen dating.

Zenbu Kimi no Sei da (全部君のせいだ) is a cosplay Yuri comedy by merrihachi. I know I’ve read at least some of this, maybe it was in an anthology?

Sukina Onna no Ko ga Watashi dake Nazeka Kibishii (好きな女の子が私にだけなぜか厳しい) is a “bitter love comedy” about Hina who falls in love with perfect Honda-san. Honda is known to be kind to everyone…except, for some reason, Hina. This is running in web magazine Manga Cross.

This year in Comic Yuri Hime, we’re getting a Yuri+food+camping manga called Osoto Gohan to Issho ni (おそとごはんをご一緒に) by Hazuki. Insert “thinking face emoji” here. Not derivative at all. I want desperately to say

Yume de Furarete Hajimaru Yuri (夢でフラれてはじまる百合) is a relationship that begins with a dream. By Hijiki, this will be serialized on Takeshobo’s web magazine Gamma Plus. Warning, the “Plus” in that name seems to be indicative of breast size. Not this story, but an awful lot of them.

 

 
Yuri Light Novel

Sean Gaffney has reviewed Qualia the Purple over at his own blog, A Case Suitable For Treatment. I remember many people suggesting this to me when it first came out in Japanese more than a decade ago. I never did read it then, so I’m glad he has now. He does recommend it, with some reservations. Read his review and decide for yourself!

Via YNN Correspondent Milli, Tsubomi Éditions on Twitter have announced that the first chapter of The Lost Lamb, a Taiwanese Yuri novel about a young pianist, is available on their French-language Tsubomi App.

 

 

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Other News

Awards season us upon us and I am asking you for a favor. If you’ve read and enjoyed By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, please consider writing it in for the Non-Fiction category of the Rainbow Awards.

Via YNN Correspondent and Okazu Patron, Ivan V., here is a fun little article about the importance of the Internet Archive, and a hefty dollop of Sailor Moon fandom, in Preserving Memory by Moonlight, Ensuring Access by Daylight by Christina Humphreys. Also a bunch of those Senshi attack game gifs we all loved in the early 00’s, of which one lives permanently on my “Worldshaking” Fanfic site. ^_^

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 17, 2022

December 17th, 2022

Buckle in folks, we have a *lot* of news this week.

Yuri Anime

The top story this week is definitely the formal announcement of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. anime for 2023! Do check out the trailer on Youtube. Rafael Antonia Pineda has the details on ANN. The official page doesn’t give us more than “2023,” as a release date, so stay tuned!

This is especially exciting in the light of the fact that we’re also getting several other Yuri anime next year, including another series running in Comic Yuri Hime, Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu! and Kadokawa’s Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei. Volume 3 of the light novel is out now and on my to-read pile!

2023 is, as it happens, the 20th anniversary of the first Yuricon event…and I think we’re going to be able to say that it’s an extraordinary year for Yuri. I *intend* to do something to celebrate – keep June 2023 open on your calendar. I have some thoughts about these series and would love to chat with you all about them. ^_^

Not-Yuri, but worth a mention for the intense sports rivalries, Aim For The Ace Blu-Ray is up on RightStuf for a very reasonable price. Thanks mateo for the heads up! mateo also noted that the team who created the VN Summer’s End cite Aim for the Ace as an inspiration!

 

Yuri Live Action

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean G., Sugoi Lite has the news that a live-action movie of Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu, will be made with Matsumura Sayuri reprising the role she played in the TV version of the series (which I have not yet managed to watch, so if you have and would like to review it for Okazu, let me know!)

We’re currently enjoying the marvelous live-action adaptation of Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna, (作りたい女と食べたい女) and I hope to review tomorrow. ^_^ It’s so good!

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Cryssoberyl, here’s a link to a Korean GL live-action series, She Makes My Heart Flutter.

Via YNN Correspondent st. owly – meb, a Thai bookseller, has an English-language edition of Pink Theory: GAP, the novel that has inspired the live-action Gap The Series – which you may watch legitimately, with subtitles, for free on the Idol Factory channel on Youtube. There’s no reason to hunt for subs for this.  st. owly and I have  both done some research and this does appear to be a legitimate translation. The publishers apologize that it’s not great English, but I imagine we’ll get the idea.  And this way we can let the author know we appreciate their work in a way that gets them some money. ^_^

 

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Yuri Light Novels

Bookwalker Global announced the top 100 English=language Light Novels this year from their platform. Yuri came in at #31 The Executioner and Her Way of Life  from J-Novel Club and #45 with The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady from Yen Press. Read the full ranking list on BOOK☆WALKER Global!

In Japanese, Yuri didn’t really have much of a showing this year in the top rankings, with only Yuri-adjacent series like Lycoris Recoil and My Next Life As a Villainess making it into the ranks at all. Check out what did make the top on the JP Bookwalker site.

GL Bunko has released the second Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou Claire-P.O.V. light novel, Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina, Volume 2 (平民のくせに生意気な) on JP Kindle. No link yet for a US Kindle version of this Japanese-language LN (we do have volume 1 available as a JP-language novel on US Kindle, which I reviewed last February.) We’ll be seeing She’s So Cheeky For A Commoner in English next year from Seven Seas.

Speaking of ILTV, as we find ourselves doing so often these days…. Volume 3 of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou -Revolution- (私の推しは悪役令嬢。-Revolution-), is now available. (This is the print edition of the light novel series from Ichijinsha. GL Bunko is the publisher of the original digital editions.) IF you pre-order this volume and Volume 5 of the manga at the same time, Melonbooks has a special offer with clear file and other gewgaws. Of course…I ordered that. ^_^ It’ll probably be here by March. ^_^;

 
Yuri Visual Novels

YNN Correspondent Patricia B. wants you to know that Oleander Avenue has been released on Steam. She says of the game, “one of my favourite games of the year and an excellent piece of interactive fiction. That being said it is a queer horror, with extremely graphic content throughout,” so she says some content warnings are in order. Here are the CWs on Steam: “body horror, portrayals of child abuse, religious abuse, unreality, homophobia, transphobia, suicide, and other potentially disturbing topics.” Patricia also suggests a photo-sensitivity warning, as there are some scenes with a lot of flashing.

Patricia also notes that The 13th Month (十三月のふたり姫) is out on Steam. This also has a 18+ warning for “sexually explicit sex.” Of this game she says, “This is a visual novel adaptation of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty”, with the core focus being on the witch and the princess she curses to an eternal slumber. Apparently, the story is good, but there are some odd technical issues hampering the game.” Just glancing at the trailer made me a little nauseous from vertigo, fwiw. ^_^;

 

Yuri Doujinshi

I cannot express how happy this particular piece of news makes me. Miduki Monica has resurrected her doujinshi series Lavender of Romance and has a new issue out Lavender of Romance neo.1.  This digital edition is available as a download from Melonbooks’ digital service, Fromagee. Miduki-sensei created the Lavender of Romance series back in the early 00s, where I met her at Winter Comiket in 2002. I have 6 of the first 9 issues. I was honored to be able to publish her manga WORKS as the second Yuri manga in English in 2004. I’m so delighted to see her working again! This one is important enough that I put it on the Yuricon Store.

 

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Yuri Manga

We have a bunch of titles up on the Yuricon Store!

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna, Volume 3 (作りたい女と食べたい女) continues this utterly delightful tale of two women (and the women who intersect with their lives) who bond over food.

Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Volume 5 (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) of the manga is out now and begins the a pivotal arc for Rae and Claire, as Rae’s greatest rival – future-Queen, quadcaster and Claire’s first love – Manaria arrives!

Kimi to Sekai no Owari o Tazunete (きみと世界の終りを訪ねて) is a collection of science-fiction post-apocalyptic shorts that ran in Comic Yuri Hime.

We have two titles from Galette magazine and, for the first time, one of them is coming out in English. ^_^

My Cute Little Kitten, Volume 1, by Milk Morinaga follows Yuna and Rena as they – and their cat – build a life together. This is hitting shelves in English this week from Seven Seas!

Ogawa Masumi Short Story Collection (小川ますみ短編集) is collected from Galette magazine and Galette meets doujinshi.

Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto Desu!, Volume 11 (私の百合はお仕事です!) is when things are starting to get really real. Yuri is My Job!, Volume 10 is out now in English from Seven Seas.

Patricia B also points out that Girl Meat Girl, (ガールミートガール) as reported on by Joanna Cayanan on ANN, “looks pretty likely to be something yuri-ish based on the title and one of the two lead girls being named “Yulily” (yuri + lily). This might also be less a wholesome romance & more a thriller/sci-fi/coming-of-age romp with yuri elements, but it’s too early to tell just yet.”

 

Other News

My publisher wrapped up my year with a look at a bunch of the stuff we’ve done this year for By Your Side: The First 100 Year of Yuri Anime and Manga in On The Road With Erica Friedman.

Laneha House recognized a number of key comics folks in this year’s awards. Among them, I want to congratulate some folks, I consider friends. In their Community Pillar awards, Laneha honored Jennifer Camper, co-founder of Queers & Comics and an amazing comic artist, and Annie Koyama, whose Koyama Provides grants encourage Canadian comics creators, and the Community Inclusion award Mari Naomi, founder of the the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database – and also a talented comic artists and writer. These are amazing people, doing amazing work. They deserve these honors.

Last thing – I am asking you all to please follow me anywhere else than Twitter now. I’m moving my Twitter activities over to Mastodon, because both Twitter and it’s owner are becoming increasingly unstable. The Yuricon Links page has a list of where else you may follow me for news and conversation.

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 8, 2022

December 10th, 2022

Yuri Anime

Crunchyroll has picked up Liz and the Blue Bird, say ANN’s Alex Mateo. I really hope you’ll watch this, if you haven’t already. It was quite good and worth watching a second time, as I mentioned in my 2019 review.

I believe I’ve mentioned this, but YNN correspondent Cryssoberyl brought it up again on the Okazu Discord and I want to make sure you are realize that Citrus is celebrating a 10th anniversary, with an memorial exhibition in the Shinjuku Marui and an 10th anniversary broadcast of the anime. Check the Citrus 10th Anniversary Website for details.

 

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Yuri Manga

We’ll start with some new items up on the Yuricon Store. ^_^ It’s still been kind of busy, but I really hope to catch up on adding items starting this week.

Yuri is My Job, Volume 10 is out and features Nene having had it with “friggin’ heteros” and I am here for it. ^_^

Yuri Espoir, Volume 3 complicates the issue of Kokoro’s “death” by marriage.

For fans of messy relationships, Uso to Kiss ha Houkago, Volume 2 (嘘とキスは放課後) is now up on the Store.

It’s been delayed a few times, but Dark Horse has finally released Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time. I’m really looking forward to reading this.

Jennifer O’Donnell and I talked about the darling Yuri series Whisper Me A Love Song from Kodansha, by Takeshima Eku on her Translation Chat podcast!

 

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Yuri VNs/Games/Voice Drama

Kiss The Demiurge is now available on Steam! A mage tasked with hiding magic meets three girls obsessed with finding it.

Samurai Maiden is also out on Steam, in which kisses lead to power ups. ^_^ Again via Cryssoberyl, here are all the “devoted hearts” animations, in a YT compilation by Kakuchopurei.

It’s not Yuri, but anyway, River City Girls 2, has a release date for North America and Europe, reports Liam Doolan at Nintendo Life.

The Good, The Bad and the Horsey is a “fantasy Wild West GL/WLW/yuri VN” available on itch.io from Team Bumblebee. Someone  offer to review this for us, please. It looks fun as heck. ^_^ Features of the game include Horses and “More horses,” what’s not to like?

 

Yuri Novels & Light Novels

Lots on news from Twitter over the last couple of weeks.

Manga Mogura had the news that the Adachi and Shimamura series will end with the 12th novel.

Yurimother announced that Seven Seas has licensed Qualia the Purple light novel.

douqi says that Chinese baihe novel An Endless Story (有终) are up for pre-orders on Weibo.

Via kokumura, we learn that Kimi no Kyoshitsu ga Eien no Nemurinitsuku ni Made (君の教室が永遠の眠りにつくまで) Yuri horror, mystery novel, has won the The 42nd Masafumi Yokomizo Mystery & Horror Grand Prize of Excellence award. Our little genre is growing up. ^_^

 

By Your Side News

My publisher has a roundup of some of the stuff I’ve been doing this year for my book By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga! While I’m at it, let’s do one more thing: Buy a copy of BYS as a gift for someone and I’ll make sure that you and they get a signed bookplate or digital bookplate! Just email me at [email protected] with a scan/screencap of your receipt and the addresses or emails you’d like me to send to, names and whether I’m sending a real or digital bookplate.

Because I can’t write much anymore, I apologize that I can’t write custom messages. But for hand-signed I’ll my best to get names in there. ^_^;

 

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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 26, 2022

November 26th, 2022

Yuri Events

I am being interviewed by Kinokuniya NYC on November 29, and at 1PM or thereabouts will be available at the store to sign some books! The interview will go live on their socials afterwards.

Via YNN Correpondent Mariko S, the Chicago Japanese Culture Center is having a “Magical Girl Moment” movie night in support of the Chicago Abortion Fund,  featuring Sailor Moon R movie, and Adolescence of Utena on Dec 3 & 4! Drop by meet other Yuri fans and have fun! (Wear an Okazu t-shirt or carry an Okazu sticker or sign. Say hi to one another. ^_^)

James Welker and I are going to be interviewing each other as a panel for CasaCon on December 16th, at 8PM US Eastern Time. CasaCon is free and all panels are on Discord, so why not join us?

 

Yuri Manga

Aside from ANYC news, this week had a fair amount of Yuri manga news. ^_^

Manga Mogura has the news of Kabi Nagata’s newest comic essay, Suisou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Iiyasuku Narimashita (膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。), My Broken Pancreas Made My Life A Little Bit Easier.

Kodansha has written up their licensing announcement for Kuzushiro’s Moon on a Rainy Night and I am incredibly happy!

Yuri Espoir, Volume 3 will hit shelves in January from Tokyopop.

Even Though We’re Adults, Volume 5 is out from Seven Seas.

Citrus is celebrating a 10th anniversary with goods and events. Check out the Citrus 10th Anniversary site for all the news.

 

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ANN‘s Joanna Cayanan has the news that Futari Escape will be wrapping up soon in Comic Yuri Hime. Volume 1 is available in English now, from Seven Seas.

Via Yuri Navi, Ooba Naoto’s HinaYuri Bouken (ひなゆり冒険記), is a fantasy adventure Yuri series from Comic Ryuu. Take a look at the first chapter on Twitter.

Via Comic Natalie, Kimi ni Tsumugu Bouhaku (君に紡ぐ傍白) about a girl who wants to become her childhood friend’s girlfriend, now has a promotional video on YouTube.

Young King Bull, December 2022 issue will feature a comic by Matsuda, Yuri Nanka Kakimasen! (百合なんか描けません！) about two young artists, I guess, trying to draw Yuri. ^_^;

 

Yuri Visual Novels & Games

Studio Élan has released their new Yuri VN, Please Be Happy! on Steam and itch.io! Via their newsletter, they are also doing a sale: Over on Steam, itch.io, and GoG, all of their (non Please Be Happy) games & DLC are 50% off until November 29th. On the Nintendo Switch, Heart of the Woods is on sale for 25% off until November 30th.

Brianna Lei has released Butterfly Soup 2, the sequel to her VN about “gay Asian-American teens playing baseball and falling in love.” This VN “switches between the perspectives of Diya, Noelle, Akarsha, and Min-seo as they navigate high school life in the San Francisco Bay Area.” This is currently name your own price, so definitely take a look!

 
Yuri Anime

In case you missed the news, Crunchyroll will be streaming Yuri is My Job!,in spring 2023.  This is the anime adaptation of the manga series by Miman, which runs in Comic Yuri Hime magazine and is published in English by Seven Seas.

 

Yuri Doujinshi

Lilyka is running a 25% off Thanksgiving sale with the code TG25!

Yuri Cafe Anchor announced that it participated in Comitia today with a work that included contributions from Yuri authors and artists, including I’m in Love With The Villainess‘ inori, Kyou mo Hitotsu Yane no Shita‘s Inui Ayu, and If My Favorite Idol Made It To The Budokan, I Would, Die‘s Hirao Auri.

 

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The amazing movie about American gay comics, No Straight Lines is coming to PBS’ Independent Lens, on January 23rd. This is a must-see look at several key figures in America’s gay comics scene. I saw and reviewed this last year with the Tribeca Film Festival and it was SO worth watching!  Definitely find it on your PBS affiliate.

Egan Loo at ANN reports that the Lycoris Recoil spin-off novel has now sold more than 250K copies…including the one I bought that I will eventually get to. ^_^

 

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