Yuri Manga

Yume to Koi de wa Tsuriawanai (夢と恋ではつり合わない) is the story of a girl who believes that she cannot be in love and be successful who, on the eve of exams, falls in love.

Not a manga, per se, but K to M Kamokamen Illustration Collection (KとM　かも仮面初作品集) is a collection volume of online and original art that follows K and M as they are friends, then more.

Galette Vol. 4 Special English Edition Kickstarter campaign is set to go live on October 15. I know we’re all excited to support independent, creator-owned Yuri! 

Via LumRanmaYasha on Bluesky, the Yen Press retailers panel was full of good news for Yuri fans. First, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All is one of Yen’s Top 10 best sellers with only 2 volumes so far. Compare it to other top selling series which have 2x-10x more volumes. Additionally, Yen is saying that Love Bullet is expected to be their biggest seller of 2025, with a *December* release. It’s not yet on the Yuricon Store, as a cover has not yet been revealed, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon, Bookwalker, Crunchyroll and Bookshop.org. Read the whole thread, it’s good news and we can all use good news.

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All was nominated for a Harvey Award this year. It lost out to Witch Hat Atelier, which…if you gotta lose, that’s a good one to lose to. ^_^

Mangaalerts is doing a Sailor Moon manga box set giveaway. Check out their post on Bluesky for details!

Hanakage Alt took to Bluesky to announce that their manga, On’ni tte yonde mo īdesu ka? (オンニって呼んでもいいですか ?) is #1 on Comic Walker in the Yuri category. Woo!

ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the news that The Summer You Were There creator Yuama has a new series beginning in  Comic Yuri Hime, Tayutau Koi no Chirigawa ni.

Via YNN Correspondent akatsukinoluna, a new Yuri imprint has launched in Japan. Bunkasha has announced the orSis label. Some of the names are familiar, Nomiya Rion, Yoshitomi Akihito, Akegata Yuu. I am wondering if this is related to the closure of Futekiya’s Manga Planet, as Akegata Yuu’s Tsuki to Suppin had been one of their titles, and Nomiya Rion had also had some work there. Keep an eye on these!

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Yuri Goods

The Love Bullet pop-up has reached Kinokuniya’s online store, for those that can’t make it to a con or a Kino location. Grab some fun Love Bullet merch, and check out the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All shop as well. 

LGBTQ Comic & Novel

The Fanboy Factor reports that the sold out Adventure Time Bubbeline College Special #1 is going into a second printing in November. 

Christine Love, game dev known for Ladykiller in a Bind, has a novel out. Star Sword Nemesis is about “the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space,” featuring art by Max Schwartz.

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Yuri Anime

Anime Feminist’s Vrai Kaiser takes a look at two of this season’s Yuri anime in This Monster Wants to Eat Me – Episode 1 and A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace – Episode 1.

I also reviewed This Monster Wants To Eat Me anime this week here on Okazu, ICYMI. ^_^

Yuri Live Action

Via backer notification and Comic Natalie, Yorita Miyuki’s crowdfunded live-action film adaptation of her manga, Kanojo no Kuchizuke Kansen Suru Libido (彼女のくちづけ 感染するリビドー)  is getting a theatrical release in Ikebukuro on November 7. How exciting!

Other News

Via Anime News Network on Bluesky, here’s a metal version of the Sailor Moon theme by Powerglove for you to enjoy. ^_^

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Yuri Manga

New titles on the Yuricon Store!

Coming soon! The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All, Volume 3 has a November release date. It was so good in Japanese, I cannot wait for you to be able to read it! (Also, I am dying to read Volume 4…..)

This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Volume 5 is headed our way this November. (No Crunchyroll link as of yet, I’ll keep an eye on it.)

Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!?, Volume 3 has been out from LoveLove (Tokyopop) for a while, but I finally got that up. This band rivals to ? story is better than the title makes it sound.

Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty, Volume 1 was reviewed this week on Okazu.

Anemone ga Netsu wo Obiru, Volume 5 (アネモネが熱を帯びる) is on the Store!

In Kimi ga Hoeru Tame no Uta o, Volume 2 (キミが吠えるための歌を、) Haru and Yuu form a team, and take their song online to see if it resonates.

Gengou Yuri Anthology (元号百合アンソロジー)  tells Yuri stories from the Meiji period through the Reiwa. This is a look at Yuri through history.

Usui Shio’s high school “fake” love story about a girl prince and the Student Council president continues in Volume 2 of Koi ni Koi suru Koibito Kankei ( 恋に恋するコイビト関係).

This week I reviewed Heimin No Watashi Desu Ga Koushaku Reijou-sama o Taburakashite Ikite Imasu, Volume 2 (平民の私ですが公爵令嬢様をたぶらかして生きています) and it was great!

Koi Yori Aoku, Volume 3  (恋より青く)  continues the story of two girls whose relations is neither friendship, nor lovers.

And finally, Ohsawa Yayoi’s new series, Harassment ga Kowai Maki-sempai! (ハラスメントが怖いマキ先輩!), about a manager who sincerely would like to get to know her office kouhai a little better, but is afraid of being seen as a harasser, is up on the Store. I know it’s supposed to be a comedy, but..uh.

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Yuri Anime News

This Monster Wants To Eat Me anime has debuted this week on Crunchyroll. Like the manga, it is atmosphere and vibe over plot, but damn, it is beautiful! As a reminder, this is not a romance, it is a story about processing trauma.

ANN’s Joanna Cayanan has news of a 2026 premiere for a new Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime, titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary!

Light Novels 

Via Yuri Navi, Yusha no Tabi no Uragawa de (勇者の旅の裏側で) tells the story of a unlikely hero and her traveling companion as they try and save the world from a foretold tragedy. There is also a manga adaptation. Honestly, this looks great, I’m going to give it a try.

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Yuri Visual Novels 

As a climax to their “Fall in Love” event, Studio Élan has released their new Yuri VN, Lock & Key, available on Steam and Itch.io.

Via YNN Correspondent Katgrrrl,  and the Innocent Grey official X account, the Flowers Visual Novel series are getting 2 orchestral soundtracks this December.

Other News

Kinokuniya is running a The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All diner-themed merchandise collaboration.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, we have news that the creator of TGSWIIWAGAA, Arai Sumiko has done the art for a new collected volume of stories about women’s lives that ran in DaVinci magazine by Suzuki Ruomi, Me-me SHE Yatsura Kashikokute Orokana Watashi-tachi o Hokansuru, Kanojo-tachi no Monogatari (めめSHEやつら 賢くて愚かな私たちを補完する、彼女たちの物語).

From their Bluesky account, Futekiya is closing Manga Planet at the end of March 2026. There is still time to catch some of Yuri titles they had available.

If you’d like to support Yuri journalism and research, Patreon and Ko-Fi are where we currently accept subscriptions and tips.  Our goal now, into 2025, is to raise our guest writers’ wages to above industry standard, which are too low!

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Yuri Anime

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover, Unless… is getting an additional 5 episodes, which will be released as a theatrical event. ANN’s Alex Mateo has details. 

ANN’s crew put together their list of the Most-Anticipated Anime of Fall 2025 and in the #1 place is, This Monster Wants To Eat Me, based on the manga by Naekawa Sae. I did not participate in this article, but..well, yes, me too. ^_^

Speaking of this series, Anime Feminist as posted a look at the world premiere of the anime, and interview with the staff in WATATABE: This Monster Wants to Eat Me—World premiere and insights from the creative team.

Girls Band Cry is getting a new anime film – Egan Loo has the details over on ANN.

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Yuri Manga

Muromaki’s collection, Lilies Blooming in 100 Days is coming our way from Yen Press at the end of the year. This was the result of a self-imposed challenge, in which Muromaki-sensei drew a Yuri scenario every day for 100 days.

If you have backed Galette Special English Issues No. 1-3, you will have received a survey from Galette WORKS about the affect of the tariffs on any new Kickstarters.  They are furiously discussing the issue behind the scenes.  I will let you know what I said. I told them that I believe that it is more important than ever to support Yuri/queer comics and that my primary goals in backing Galette is to support the creators of Galette and promote Yuri manga. I enjoy digital and physical media, so if the tariffs make it impossible for a physical copy or goods, I’m happy to get digital. 

Baiheverse has launched another new title, Wolf and Rabbit. “One is a wolf, seemingly aloof, yet gentle and caring deep down. The other is a bubbly, resilient rabbit. Together, they share sweet moments in the calm of everyday life…” This is by Nihaohaohaojun, which a commenter on their platform noted is  same creator as The Wayward Tenant and Her Pretty Landlady, another Baiheverse title. 

I stopped by the closest Kinokuniya where the Love Bullet pop-up is live! Drop by to get some fun Love Bullet merch. I snapped a picture for you. ^_^

The Shortbox Comics Fair is nigh! Read comics for free from October 1-31. Lucky Cavity announced a masc woman comic for their entry on X. Keep your eyes peeled…there’s always good queer stuff at SBF.

Yuri Visual Novels

Studio Élan’s Fall In Love Festival is live on Steam. We’re getting a lot of folks sending us demos and we’ve picked a few to review, so keep your eyes peeled for those. 

Studio Élan will be releasing their newest Yuri VN, Lock and Key on the 30th at the end of the festival.

Not part of the event, but worth knowing about is Her Love, Like Poison, a toxic Yuri VN from Ebi-hime, also on Steam.

Denfaminicogamer has the news that Takano Marika who plays Jill and Ito Kanae who plays Dorothy in VA-11 HALL-A Valhalla will appear in a collaboration with Astral Party, which is a free party game for up to 4 people.

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Yuri Events and Research

I am a Guest at Y/CON in Paris, France on November 15-16, 2025. I hope you will join me there for a weekend of fun Yuri, BL and queer manga, comics and BD antics! I’ll be paneling, signing my book, and if enough of you join me, I’ll arrange for a Yuricon/Okazu meet-up!

Our new Yuri research project is cooking. Frank Hecker and I are looking for folks who watch Yuri/GL dramas on Youtube or on streaming services to take a short survey, and maybe do a foll.w-up interview if you are interested. Surveys are being conducted in English, Spanish and Portugese. We’d love your input! The survey will be open until November 30, so please share around on all your socials. Here is my Bluesky post with all 3 languages to share.

I am taking speaking invitations for Q1 2026 now, so if you’d like me at your organization, school or event, please contact me!

On a personal note, thank you to everyone who congratulated me on working with ANN. They are a fantastic group of people. Today I have some more good news to share. I will be working with the lovely (and gloriously talented) team at Manga Mavericks on their upcoming book, FISHGOD and a few other titles they have not yet announced, as an editor. Among other titles, they publish Yuri/queer work by Alt Hanakage and Aneido. ^_^ I cannot wait to get started. 

So, after decades of working in and around the manga industry, I am officially a full-time freelance writer/editor.  ^_^

Other News

Thank you to Austin, who posted some photos from a Narumi Kakinouchi (creator of Vampire Princess Miyu) exhibit in Japan! 

The Comic Yuri Hime x Eiden collaboration began on September 23, and X user halu shared this picture of a Yuri train car.

Jameson Rohrer, an online pal of mine is starting a new Youtube channel and is hoping folks will help him out by subscribing. Comix 4 All is “a channel where you can learn about upcoming comic book and graphic novel releases, interviews with comic creators, librarians, educators, publishers and more.” So if you love comics, please subscribe. ^_^

If you’d like to support Yuri journalism and research, Patreon and Ko-Fi are where we currently accept subscriptions and tips.  Our goal now, into 2025, is to raise our guest writers’ wages to above industry standard, which are too low!

Your support goes straight to paying for Guest Reviews, folks helping with videos, site maintenance, managing the Yuricon Store and directly supporting other Yuri creators. Just $5/month makes a huge impact! Become part of the Okazu family!

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Yuri Manga

SHWD creator sono.N, has a new series on Comic Walker. Hoshi no taion, meguru yume (星の体温、巡る夢) follow the life of a 40 year old woman who has spent years taking care of an elderly relative and now finds herself at loose ends.

Rock Is A Lady’s Modesty, Volume 1 will hit EN shelves this week. I’m looking forward to reading the manga version of this wonderfully ridiculous anime from Yen Press.

Yen is also releasing Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: Repeat, Volume 1

From Seven Seas, we have Naoko Kodama’s The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Volume 1 heading our way early next month.

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Yuri Novels

Via Sr. YNN Correpondent Ashley reports that game developer Christine Love has a book coming out!  Star Sword Love soon. Love says “you’ll get to read about Eris, Comet Halley, and how one romance in Neptune orbit will change the fate of the Solar System forever!”

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Sean Gaffney wants you to know that Watashi o Tabetai Hitodenashi manga by Naekawa Sae is getting a novel adaptation in October.

Sean also reviewed Adachi and Shimamura, Vol. 12 on his blog,  A Case Suitable For Treatment.

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Yuri Anime

Via YNN Correspondent Burkeley Hermann says that “Sentai Filmworks added new December 2025 preorders, include Flower and Asura ( based on a novel series by Ayano Takeda, who wrote Sound! Euphonium) and Azumanga Daioh.” 

ANN’s Alex Mateo reports on new cast announcements for the upcoming Kamiina Botan, Yoheru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana.

Other News

Personal  update:  While I do not have a full-time job at the moment, I want to thank the wonderful team at Anime News Network for adding me to their team. They are fantastic people and great writers –  fun and funny. You should start seeing some reviews from me soon. I’ve been reading/writing like a maniac for them. ^_^ And I have some other positive news which I hope to be able to announce soon.  ^_^

Your support for Yuri journalism and research has never been more important. Patreon and Ko-Fi are where we currently accept subscriptions and tips.  Our goal now, into 2025, is to raise our guest writers’ wages to above industry standard, which are too low!

Your support goes straight to paying for Guest Reviews, folks helping with videos, site maintenance, managing the Yuricon Store and directly supporting other Yuri creators. Just $5/month makes a huge impact! Become part of the Okazu family!

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