Yuri Light Novel

inori.-sensei has announced a new light novel! Homonculus no Namida: Kieta Kimi no Renkinjutsu (ホムンクルスの涙 ～消えたいキミへの錬金術～). This will be simultaneously published in Japanese and English as Homunculus Tears: Alchemy for the Brokenhearted through Amazon KDP, in Spanish from Sekai Edition and in German by Dokico, with illustrations by Aonoshimo-sensei.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life by Mato Sato is slated to come to a completion in March 2025 with volume 11. Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details on ANN.

Yuri Games and VNs

There have been a record-breaking number of entries for the 2024 Yuri Game Jam. The counter currently says 110 submissions! We’ll have a review of a few that our writer really liked coming up soon. As I read my feed, I discovered one of them is Three Peach Hill, by m ebel, about a fox-girl and the woman who woos her.

The creators of  Kyuuketsuki no Hanayaome  – Vampdoll no Hanayome The Novel Game  (吸血鬼の花嫁 ヴァンプドールのはなよめ The Novel Game) took to X to ask folks to wishlist their game on Steam.

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Yuri Manga

ANN’s Joanna Cayanan want you to know that Assorted Entanglements by Mikanuji is set to conclude with a solid ten volumes.

I forgot to mark down the source for this, hopefully someone will help me out and remind me. Another Yuri series that is struggling in Japan has been identified as Kimi no Tame no Curtain Call (君のためのカーテンコール) by Satoru Shiho, with art by Shigeta Megumi. This appears to be an odd-couple style high school romance.

Galette Web noted on X that the English-language Galette Magazine, Volume 1  has shipped to kickstarter backers! A few folks have received theirs already. I’ll certainly report in when I get mine. ^_^ Supporters for Galette through Galette Fan Club will also receive a digital copy of the magazine in English.

Hanakage Alt has also stated that all of the Sempai no Kouhai Yuri manga kickstarter signed books have been sent out.

Akiyama Haru provided a 14-page sample of her new book Watashi no Blue Garnet (私のブルーガーネット), Volume 1, on X. Volume 1 is out now in Japan.

Light novel Doushi Shoujo yo, Teki o Ute (同志少女よ、敵を撃て) the story of a girl left orphaned by the war and the passionate conflict she wages with her Russian military instructor, Irina, is now a manga.

And from Comic OGYAAA! on X, Koi Yori Aoku, Volume 3‘s (恋より青く) release is being celebrated with a cute acrylic standee of the principles, Takamine and Sakakura.

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Anime News

See You Tomorrow At The Food Court manga is getting an anime adaptation. Crystalynn Hodgkins has the details on ANN.

Discotek announced the release of the original Cutie Honey anime series. It’s not really Yuri, but it sets up a decades long ship that will never go away. ^_^

Somi, a company known for their vinegar, is partnering with The Rose of Versailles movie to…um, sell vinegar! They are running a contest with a possible prize of a trip to France.

I still doubt that this is at all Yuri, or even Yuri-ish, but Momentary Lily is slated for a January streaming start on Crunchyroll, according to ANN’s Alex Mateo.

Other News

Manga Erotics F, which has been out of print for ten years, is launching an online presence. This was the magazine in which Shimura Takako’s Aoi Hana/ Sweet Blue Flowers ran. Anita Tai has the news at ANN.

Good news for researchers needing access to Japanese art and imagines. NCC Japan now has a image use protocol and form for gaining access to images for reseaarch. These probably do not include much manga, but this is a good resource to bookmark.

Via Senior YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney, ZeroReq011 note the power of Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Cutely (often abbreviated on the Okazu discord as CGDCTC ^_^) in Not Your Average Anime about Cute Girls Doing Cute Things on ANN.

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Yuri Manga

Hakamada Mera announced on Bluesky the launch of her two-volume series Aikata System (相方システム), available through the Galette Web site. I reviewed Volume 1 and Volume 2 when they were released by Dogenzaka Shobo. The series has recently concluded in Galette and is now available in two parts. I’ll probably get these, it’s an intense but good, series.

As I mentioned in my review this week of Oshigoto x Buddy Yuri Anthology Comic (お仕事×バディ 百合アンソロジーコミック), YURI HUB is a new imprint on Bookwalker JP that includes works by Inui Ayu, Nomiya Rion and the folks at Rainbow Port Tokyo Anchor, formerly Yuri Cafe Anchor – and some of them are translated into English! Check out the lineup, including Room For Honeys, a coffee shop romance that gives back almost half the cost in points right now.

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Light Novel News

Creator of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (of which I owe you a review of Volume 8, hopefully this week), Karasu Piero’s new series, Seijоu-sensei no Mahou wa Susunderu!is getting a manga adaptation. Anita Tai has the details on ANN.

Kadokawa announced the manga adaptation of light novel Shoujo Seikan Hyouryuu-ki (少女星間漂流記) about two girls who travel together through spaceto find a safe haven, written by  Higashizaki Tomoko with art by Younogumo.

Yuri Events

JaME on Bluesky promoted an upcoming event, Olá BL&GL Thailand in Brazil, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, which will bring together 8 artists from BL and GL series on February 1, 2025, at Terra SP in São Paulo. Tickets are free.

Yuriten is coming soon in Tokyo from January 25-February 2, and in Osaka from February 8-16. I am hoping the universe will allow me to make one of these, but am not expecting it, so if you plan on visiting, please let us know if you want to write up an event report for us.

My book talk in Brooklyn with JD Glass and Mala Kumar on “the gift of love” an queer joy, has been postponed to March 21, 2025. Registration is now open!

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Other News

Innocent Grey took to X to tell folks of the upcoming 10th anniversary publications for the FLOWERS visual novel series, Flowers Art Works Petit Couleur  and Flowers Orchestra Concert Mémoire éternelle.

Megan Navarro Conley has an interesting look at Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! and the toxic workplace on Anime Feminist.

Graphiction Books on Bluesky announced a new two-volume tribute artbook for the Cutie Honey series. The set will be split into the “Cutie side” and the “Honey side.” Check their posts, to see the contributor names!

Designer rosé-nik has released a new Revolutionary Girl Utena-themed purse and brooch, which are available on their store.

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Yuri Events

Yuriten is ramping up with the opening of their Yuriten Store online. All orders are pre-orders, which will be filled after the exhibition has concluded in February. Even knowing I’ll get burned on shipping in the new year, there were a few items I just had to have, so my order is in. 

Yuriten is also planning an event awards ceremony – rules for voting are posted at Yuriten2024cherish.com. You’ll need to have an active X account. Last week I asked them to consider moving to Bluesky and they responded by blocking me, so I won’t be voting. ^_^;

If you are in the NYC area on December 10, please join authors JD Glass, Mala Kumar and myself at The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn, NY for a discussion of “The Gift of Love” and queer joy. This is going to be a powerful discussion and I’d love to see you there! Registration is $15, but you get a $15 discount on any book in the store – and we’ll be signing our books, of course.

Via Shoujo Crave on X, Sailor Moon Super Live will be returning to London in February 2025. This is highly recommended by me and my wife, who says “Go! Go! Go!”  We attended the 2019 NYC show and it was fabulous! Do see it if you have a chance.

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Yuri Anime

The new Precure series has been announced and it seems to be the inevitable evolution of the franchise, as You and Idol Precure♪, will be the 22nd series. Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details on ANN.

ANN’s Alex Mateo wants to warn you that NIS has stated they will no longer be printing physical media for it’s anime titles, which includes Card Captor Sakura, among others

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise has announced a 25th anniversary project, including a new manga, new merch and an television edit of the Nanoha movies. Egan Loo has the details on ANN.

Yuri Manga

Yen has debuted the cover and release date for She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 5 which is headed our way in January!

Yuina Chiri’s Okiku-san ha Icha Tsukitai  (お菊さんはいちゃ憑きたい) has sample chapters on Comic Walker. An Edo-period demon in our time is less interested in demoning than in kissing a pretty girl. It’s pretty servicey, just so you’re warned.

A story about two warring factions in a girls’ school, Kimi Meku Yoru no Kogarete (君めく夜に焦がれて) seems overwrought and fun. Check it out on Bookwalker JP!

Nomiya Rion has a new series, Watashi to Kanojo no Kawaii Koi no Hajimekata (私と彼女のかわいい恋のはじめ方) which you can read for free on Pixiv, is about a cute receptionist and the apparently cold and unfriendly sales rep who unexpectedly invites her to dinner.

Check out this 5-second animation on X by Kamejiro from their Yuri series, The Princess of Sylph (シルフの花姫) which you can read on Pixiv.

Ayumi Shinozaki wants you to know that her English translation of Yuri series My Magical Girl is available on DL Site and it is not 18+, even though the site requires you to affirm that you are over 18 because a lot of content there is very adult.

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Yuri Merch

Bookshop.org is offering free shipping and the chance to support your local independent bookstore while enjoying the convenience of shopping online. Grab a copy of my book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga for yourself or a friend!

Melonbooks is running a Yuri special for Fuzuroi no Renri, Volume 9 by Mikanuji, with a Saori x Shizuka acrylic standee. Melonbooks will stop taking Visa and Mastercard on December 18, and this goes on sale the 17th, so you might be able to squeak in!

Takeshima Hiromi-sensei wants you to know about this lovely Kase-san and Yamada acrylic standee on the Yuriten store!

Sweets co-op Anisugar announced a collab with Whisper Me A Love Song on X for various adorable sweets as part of a multi-faceted “matching outfits” series of merch tie-ins, including a pop-up shop in the Shinjuku Marui annex.

Studio Élan is doing a massive Black Friday sale for merch and VNs on their store.

Other News

Galette magazine has just radically changed it’s supporter levels as of today (Dec. 1 in Japan.) Pixiv Fanbox support is now down to two choices – 500￥ or 5000￥. For more options, go to their Galette Fanclub, which still has a simplified 4 levels of sponsorship.

Comic Yuri Hime magazine is posting job openings. This could be a good opportunity to get in on the ground floor if you are looking for work in Japan.

Not Yuri, but of interest, Seven Seas licensed The Twelve Kingdoms light novels. This blast from the past was one the most enraging anime I have ever liked. ^_^ I’m interested to read what happened after the anime ended.

Kabi Nagata’s newest comic series focuses on her troubled relationship with food, You can read Kore ha Yuganda Shoku Report Desu  (これはゆがんだ食レポです) in JP on Comic Action.

CW for imperialism, war crimes, Japanese nationalism: I found an English translation of one of Yoshiya Nobuko’s articles written in Manchuria about the Japanese invasion into China. This translation is from 2014, but the site it is on is very much a right-wing revisionist org with a clear propagandist bent. If you still want to read, here is Yoshiya Nobuko’s Bearing Witness To The Ravages Of War In Northern China from 1937.

With help from our Senior Asian Live Action Drama staff writer and supporter of Okazu, Frank Hecker, the Okazu account is verified on Bluesky, yay! Thank you Frank! Follow and chat with me at @okazu.yuricon.com on Bluesky. I’ve moved off of X completely, except for following JP accounts still there.

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Short report today, I’m typing this from  a waiting room at a hospital. (I’m fine, but it’s been a tough week, tbh.)

Yuri Audiobooks

Seven Seas has announced the release of several new Yuri Light Novel audiobooks:

Qualia the Purple audiobook will be available at the end of this month, and ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! will drop next month.

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Yuri Manga

Morishima Akiko announced on X  that chapter 3 of her senior Yuri manga Hitorimi desu. (ひとりみです) will be released in December, with a preview of the cover image.

Kinokuniya NYC has decorated for the season with a bright green The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t A Guy At All window display…and they are  offering a membership card with their exclusive cover image!

While we’re talking promos, the Ichijinsha shop is offering a limited Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) holiday print.

And one more from MangaOh – an acrylic figurine for Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru.

The new Girls’s Line manga imprint has started with the key thing – getting their mascots sorted. They have announced on X that the art will be by Kisaragi Yuri, illustrator for The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and The Genius Young Lady light novel series. The first serialized story for Girls’ Line will appear in the January Issue of Dragon magazine.

Yuri Visual Novels & Games

Our friends over at Aikasa Collective are proud to announce that their Yuri VN Mizuchi is getting a release on Nintendo Switch in Japan! How exciting!

Studio Élanis celebrating the second birthday of their Yuri VN Please Be Happyand a new release ofNational Park Girls: Love Our Parks Edition.

Lily Valeen wants you to know that Boss Game: The Final Boss is My Heart is a lesbian romance boss rush and is on sale on Steam.

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Yuri Anime 

The Rose of Versailles movie is holding a lottery for a special screening in December in Japan. Check the details on  their account on X.

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover, Unless… anime has a trailer up on Youtube.

Other News

Taiwan Travelogue, the contemporary Baihe novel won the National Book Award for translated title. Congratulations to Yáng Shuāngzǐ,

Picrea is hosting a 4-page online doujinshi event. Check out the site for some fun, short original works.

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Yuri Anime

The top news this week is the announcement of an anime adaptation for Kuzushiro’s The Moon on a Rainy Night/ Amayo no Tsuki (雨夜の月)! This series about disability and queer life has been one of my favorites since I read the first volume in Japanese. I look forward to seeing Kuzushiro’s work animated.

Whisper Me A Love Song / Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau (ささやくように恋を唄う) episodes 11 & 12 have been scheduled for broadcast in Japan on December 28. I’m very glad the production company is able to complete the series. I know we were all getting a little worried.

ANNs Alex Mateo reports on Amazon Prime streaming Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back anime film. This Week in Anime has Steve and Lucas discussing the film, with the lens of their own recent loss of Nick, and Jairus Taylor provides a glowing review for the film. I have still not watched it, as I am not in an appropriate emotional state to cope just yet.

I’m In Love With The Villainess / Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) anime has slipped to third place on the Tokyo Anime Awards. Still respectable, but inori.-sensei has asked that if you want to, please consider voting by December 2. Bandai Channel is showing the whole series, which I hope helps.

GKids has obtained N. American right to Liz and the Blue Bird. Alex Mateo has the news on ANN.

ANN’s Rafel Antonio Pineda has the news and trailer for Witchy Precure!!: Mirai Days sequel anime.

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Yuri Events

Comic Academy 25 will be held at Tokyo University and the Tokyo University Yuri Club will be selling their magazine Liliest, Volume 8!

Comitia is going to be at Tokyo Big Sight on November 17th in the East Halls 3, 4, 5, 6,and 7.

I’ll be moderating a talk on December 10 at The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn, NY! Authors JD Glass, Mala Kumar and I will be discussing the Gift of Love and queer joy! There is a small charge, but you’ll get it back in store credit. Hope to see you there. ^_^

Winter Comiket will be at Tokyo Big Sight on December 29 & 30.

Yuriten will be in Tokyo from January 25- February 2, and in Osaka from February 8- 16.

Yuri Manga

Éditions Akata has formally announced several new licenses, including schwinn’s senior Yuri series, Hana Monogatari for French readers.

Aoto Hibiki has a series being translated and serialized on Manga Planet: First Love Story: Shino x Asuka Story.“Ever since Shino saw Asuka take the stage to lead the freshman pledge, she knew they were in completely different worlds. Intelligent, endlessly talented Asuka is the type who’d only be friends with fellow preppy girls – never ordinary girls like her! The correct plan of action for Shino to take for her high school debut is to fit in by sticking close to her old friends, getting through academics somehow, and snagging herself a boyfriend – but when Asuka herself asks Shino to be her friend, does fitting in even matter?”

Aneido-sensei posted a short comic about a woman who sells her soul to the devil on Bluesky in English, and asks us the question – what is the soul after all?

Galette No. 32 (ガレットNo.32) is going on sale officially for Comitia 150. You can buy it digitally or in print from the different options on the Yuricon Store.

Akiyama Haru, creator of Octave, has a new series, Watashi no Blue Garnet (私のブルーガーネット) which is getting an acrylic figurine on MangaOh. This series follow Ai and Kon. Kon is looking for a former lover when their lives become intertwined.

U-temo has a new series beginning this month at Manga-Action, Okawari Itadake Darouka? This is a horror story about a girl who can summon spirits by eating and a classmate who eats spirits. Honestly, this looks kind of fun in a dark way.

Yatosaki Haru has an new online comic on Comic-Days called Akuma made Amai Watashi no Kanojo (あくまであまい私の彼女) about a girl whose heart is broken after her girlfriend breaks up with her. She meets a beautiful girl who she falls for, only to learn that the beautiful girl is a succubus. Thanks David for the corrected title!

Via Yuri Navi, Fujimoto Remochi has a new “cool boyish” Ikemen x Ikemen Yuri manga, Makoto-sempai no mae de ha Kakko  Tsukerarenai!(真先輩の前ではかっこつけられない！) on Web Ace.

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Yuri Light Novel

J-Novel Club has announced a new Yuri LN, The Hero-Killing Bride written by Aoikou with art by Enji. ANN’s Crystalyn Hodgkins has the details. Sure it’s lascivious crap, but I dunno, I might read it. ^_^

Yuri Visual Novel

Ebi-hime has another Yuri VN for you! Shut-In Vampire, is about a secret Vampire who is behind on the rent and only has two weeks to pay up

Quill Yuri offers up Death Becomes You: Yuri Onsen Vacation on Steam. “Alice and Sophie finally have the time to go on an onsen retreat. However, their trip gets inturrupted [sic] by mysterious magic. The last straw: “MY FOOD!!!” Will the couple be able to find the culprit and finally enjoy their vacation? “

Other News

I’ve moved the Yuri Manga Bot to Bluesky. This is where I make up plots for Yuri manga as the mood takes me. ^_^

Melon Books will no longer be accepting Mastercard or Visa from December 19. This appears to be something they are trying to fix, but for now, you’ll need Amex, JCB or another card on file. Joana Cayanan has the details on ANN.

Lycoris Recoil has an aquarium-themed museum shop in Tokyo Skytree from November 22 to December 8. And Crunchyroll now has the ClariS music video of the series OP,  Alive.

Please enjoy this video pow put to music by Miyo for inee’s manga LOVE BULLET! on X.

Crunchyroll now has translated Newtype magazine Crunchyroll edition online for free – check out the flipbook.

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