Yuri Manga

Galette Vol.5  Special English Edition Kickstarter has cleared the final stretch goal with 3 days left to go. Selected back issues of the booklets have been made available, as well. These are selling out and, as they have said in updates, there are no plans to reprint them. So nab what you can while you can.

I believe this is the first of the issues to reach the final stretch goal, so congratulations to Galette, and to us!^_^

Kinokuniya is offering a special edition of Girls x Vampire Doujinshi by Mikami Teren (No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover, Unless…!) and Minori Chigusa (Shino and Ren).  I admit, I would never have expected to see something like this advertised, ever, at a Kino, much less published by them. ^_^ (Also…is Kino entering the publishing space? Remind me to do a round up of all the publishers we’re seeing in Yuri and Baihe in English right now.)

Via Seven Seas, Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel Vol. 5, the final volume of the series, is out now.

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 11 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) is up on the Yuricon Store.

Haru no Hikari ni Nomarete mo (春の光に呑まれても) by Nishina is story about two girls who find themselves and each other through photography club. This Comic Yuri Hime series is out now as a collected volume from Ichijinsha.

Via Manga Mogura on X, non-binary Yuri Pale Blue-Green Colored Saudade has been licensed in French. You can check out the original Japanese on Comic Walker.

Via The Comics Beat‘s Christopher Chiu-Tabet, we have news of Blüdwire from Mad Cave Studios. This dystopian queer comic is a story about two female sex robots who go rogue. Sound right up my alley. ^_^

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Yuri Anime

Via ANN’s Joanna Cayanan we have cast news and a premiere date for the upcoming Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games anime!

In my travels around X this morning I came across a few Yuri anime celebrating their booths at Anime Japan. This Monster Wants to Eat Me, There’s No Freakin Way I’ll Be Your Lover…Unless! and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day all have a presence at this event! I attended this event at Big Sight once – it was overwhelming and amazing.

Joanna Cayanan also reports a cast announcement for Episode 12 of the Roll Over and Die anime.

I know it’s not Yuri, but the Major always has a place here: The new Ghost in the Shell anime key visuals and promotional videos are on ANN, with Alex Mateo reporting in. I’m actually quite interested in how Science Saru is animating the manga.

Yuri Events

Girls Love Fest is on tomorrow, March 29 at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-Kan. If you miss this one, GLF will be back at the Ota-ku Sangyou Plaza PiO in June.

The authors of 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), Nakamura Kasumi, Kondoh Ginga, Mizukami Aya and cover artist Morishima Akiko will be doing a Yuri talk on April 3rd from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM JST. They are streaming the event for folks that cannot make it to Honya B & B to be there in person. You can be sure I’ll be watching! The streaming ticket costs ¥1,650 (a bit over $10USD) and you’ll be able to watch after the event for 3 months, according to the information on the ticket page.  Get your ticket today on Peatix!

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Yuri Visual Novel  & Games

Via YNN Correspondent Roxie, Takano’s The Vampire’s Bride, “a visual novel game featuring a pure love girls’ love story bound by blood, with the concept of “Vampires x Military Uniforms x girls’ love (yuri) ” is available on Steam.

Congratulations are in order – Roxie has been nominated for Advocates for Representation at the*gamehers Awards for her work with Aikasa Collective!   There are still three days left to vote if you are part of that community. Congrats to our friend Roxie!

Fans of the Blue Reflection games will be excited to know about BLUE REFLECTION Quartet release from Koei Temco, featuring all four titles in the series!

Yuri Pop-Ups & Merch

The Kinokuniya Global pop-up event for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy at All, is still running and via Matt Marcus, Muzzle announced on X a new pop-up for Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta in six locations in Japan.

Other News 

Adam Wesott at The Comics Beat offers up a short piece on how SAILOR MOON changed superheroes.

And while I have been killing myself reading and writing for the upcoming Spring Manga Guide at ANN, my review of Wandance, Volume 8-10, is up now. I cannot express to you how much manga, K-comics, LNs and other print media is out this spring. ^_^;

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Yuri Manga

Crossed Hearts announced another GLAM BEAT Yuri license this week – Afternoon Tea For Two.

Tokyopop has licensed The Shadow and the Flower by Hana Ikuta about two teenaged ninjas. ^_^ I keep telling you, this is the year of Ikuta. 

To celebrate the release of the 12th volume of Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou., Melonbooks is offering up an acrylic standee extra that will make every Rae x Claire fan applaud. Volume 11 is up on the Yuricon Store, and 12 will go up as soon as I have all the links.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Ashley, NSFW comic Strings Attached by hattersarts about an older boss and nepo baby employee, is out on itch.io.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, Drifting Into Summer, Volume 3 is coming soon from Viz Media. Catch it for free on Viz.com or the Viz app next week. This is setting up to be a solid sapphic swim team drama.

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Yuri Kickstarters

Galette Vol. 5 EN Special Edition Kickstarter has blown through the 6 million yen goal and with 10 days to go and looks like it’s likely to hit that final goal. 

Yorita Miyuki’s Her Kiss, My Libido Twinkles, Volume 3 has surpassed its final stretch goal and is heading into the last few days of the campaign.

BluPetal’s Let Me Fix You by Kurihara Sakura Kickstarter has also passed the final stretch goal with 20 days left to go.

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Yuri Anime

YNN Correspondent Burkeley Hermann wants you to know that Sentai Filmworks has listed Rock is a Lady’s Modesty Complete Blu-Ray Collection to be released in June.

On This Week in Anime Sylvia and Chris take a look at Cream Lemon in Porn From Before We Were Born. Ha, no I was totally alive then. And I did a cough-medicine flavored review of all the Yuri parts of Cream Lemon, including the Cream Lemon: Escalation Novels (Volume 1 and Volume 2) here on Okazu. 

Yuri Event

April 3rd at Honya B&B in Setagaya, Tokyo, authors Ginga Kondoh, Kasumi Nakamura, Fumi Mizukami and cover artist Akiko Morishima, will be doing a “Yuri and Queer Talk with Akiko Morishima” commemorating the publication of 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)! I hope someone can be part of the live event and tell us how it went, but for those of us unable to make it, we can sign up for a streaming ticket online. 

Via Kaysteahouseyuri on Instagram, a Yuri Cafe event is being planned in Chicago at Omi Cafe on June 13. Keep your eyes on their account for details.

Not just Yuri  – Shinjuku Ni-choume is holding a month-long Pride event in June 2026. I think that’s pretty cool.

Live Action News   

Via Letterboxd on Facebook, the live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back, will be getting a theatrical release in the UK.

Other News

Fantagraphics is trying once more with a Wandering Son Volume 1 & 2 omnibus. I hope this release is successful enough to make it through the end of the series. While I’m at it, congratulations to Fantagraphics on their 50th anniversary!

Via YNN Correspondent A Hidden Waffle from the Okazu Discord,  Yuama announced on X that the Medicos Shop in Shibuya will be holding a Yuama pop-up shop, featuring goods from her new series Tayutau Koi no Chirisai ni and Kimi to Tsudzuru Utakata / The Summer You Were There.

Not Yuri, but definitely a bildungsroman featuring two young women, Paris ni Saku Etoile, is a film that premiered in Japan last week, about two Japanese girls striving for their dreams in early 20th century Paris. Click the link to catch the trailer on YT. Thanks to Catsuka on X for the news.

For some fun historical reading, Elizabeth Bushouse’s Explorations in Translation celebrates Localization Lore: Women’s History Month 2026 with some early names in the game localization industry. I found this fascinating and hope you will as well.

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Yuri Manga in English 

Kodansha took to the socials to let people know Sal Jiang’s Wicked Spot will be headed our way in May!

I managed to squeak out a few minutes to add some items to the Yuricon Store!

Monster-Colored Island, Volume 2 is headed our way from Yen Press in May. I reviewed Volume 1 here on Okazu* last November.

A Curtain Call For You, Volume 2 is out now from Vertical/Kodansha. I really enjoyed Volume 1, when I reviewed it here on Okazu* last autumn.

Crossed Hearts on X announced a new Yuri license for Time is a Closet, about two time travelers who love fashion.

Battan announced on X that two of their manga have been picked up for EN editions. I’m betting that one of them is Fatale Game (ファタールゲーム), which I just reviewed here on Okazu.*

Yuri Manga in Japanese

Galette Illustration Book 05, the next collection of cover and color art from Galette is out in print and digital.

Watashi-tachi no Koi ga Hanahiraku Toki Isekai Renai Yuri Anthology (私たちの恋が花開くとき 異世界恋愛百合アンソロジー) puzzles me. This is a collection  of”Another World” Yuri romances…but the cover characters look like typical attendees at a *this* world school for rich girls. So more of the same…in another world? Of course I’ll have to find out. ^_^

Aruiwa, Watashi no Meitantei, Volume 1 (或いは、私の名探偵) is a Comic Cune series about a girl who dreams of becoming a great detective. I don’t know if it is Yuri, but there’s always a chance with Cune series.

Ibara-hime no Oyasumi (いばら姫とおやすみ) is an adult life novel about an insomniac girl who finds she can sleep… with a career woman next to her.

Prism Garden on X noted that that Melonbooks will carry their acrylic standee for Nekotarou’s The Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve The Villaness (限界OLさんは悪役令嬢さまに仕えたい).  Volume 1 and Volume 2 have been reviewed here on Okazu*.  It is probably a good thing for me that Melonbooks no longer takes US credit cards, or I would have a house stuffed with these standees.

ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has news of a new Shimura Takako series, based on the novel Danchi no Futari, about two women in their 50s.

Yuri Manga in Spanish 

Planeta Cómic announces the license of Taguchi Shouichi’s Futari Escape in Spanish as Escápate Conmigo.

Yuri Kickstarters

The Vol. 5 Galette Special English Edition Kickstarter will launch tonight for those of us in the US. According to their official Bluesky, they have 370 people waiting for the news. That’s more than double last time, so I expect that all the higher levels will be sold by the time I get there. ^_^ 

BluPetal is also launching with a Yuri Kickstarter. This new venture has some experienced names behind it, including Del Rey and MANGAMO’s Dallas Middaugh. They are Kickstarting Let Me Fix You by Sakura Kurihara. This has already surpassed it’s goal. I have some concerns about the wages they have listed on their website for writing and podcasting. I’m hoping to get in touch with someone there to see what the story is. While it is nice to see another publisher, this has a DMP feel, where KS funds don’t go to paying folks who do the work.

Yorita Miyuki’s Her Kiss, My Libido Twinkles, Volume 3 Kickstarter has surpassed the second stretch goal…with 9 days left on the ticker.

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Yuri Light Novels

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 9 is up on the Yuricon Store, sans a Crunchyroll link. When that’s available, I’ll add it. We’re getting this volume this summer! I very much enjoyed Volume 8.5 when I reviewed it this winter here on Okazu*.

Unsung Epics of the Hero’s Journey,Volume 1 follows a woman chosen by the divine blade on her journey with a mercenary adventurer. This is headed our way from J-Novel Club in May. I was eying it in Japanese, I’ll wait. ^_^

Yuri Visual Novels 

Parupuro Studio on X says that they are looking for 2D artists to help them with an upcoming “wlw visual novel game”  that they say is the first in Vietnam.

Studio Élan’s Witch You Want is available on Steam or itch,io and listed on the Yuricon Store.

ebihime is working with Studio Élan on Our Home, My Keeper, according to their Bluesky account.

Via Sr. YNN Correspondent Matt Marcus, The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition is releasing for FREE March 18th, 2026 from Team CETACITY. Check out their post on X for details and a trailer.

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Other News

Via lexie on X,Yuri Zine 3 is taking applications from creators who want to share their work in this multi-media ‘zine.

The Northern Ballet is premiering Gentleman Jack, a ballet based on the Diaries of Anne Lister! If you get to see this, do let us know how it is. It is running in Lister’s own home area of Northeast England, and London.

We’ve just stopped reeling from the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All x Sanrio collaboration (of which I managed to nab some goodies for upcoming Lucky Boxes!) and now we are floored again at Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau x Sanrio collab!  Look at Sanrio in their Yuri era. So cute.

March 7 marked the 34th anniversary of the premiere of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon on Japanese televisions. Toei celebrated on X.

Of interest to readers here. Yen is releasing Girls’ Last Tour Collector’s Edition: 1st Ration Pack in August.

I reviewed Baki The Grappler, Volumes 7-8 on ANN,  which were *so* violent that even someone inside the manga barfed.

The Spring Manga/LN/K-Comics/18+ Guides are about to begin on ANN and I am reading and writing my heart out. Keep your eyes peeled for my name all over those. ^_^ I just did an interview that was ridiculously fun for them, as well. 

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*Did you ever wonder why reviews are always stated as “here on Okazu”? This is because scraper sites still exist that redirect links to themselves. I want readers wondering why “GenericAnimeNews.com” or whatever keeps mention Okazu. It’s spitting into an ocean, but it’s a thing we can do to reclaim our ownership.

This was not the post I expected to write today. It’s pretty brutal that this is going out on International Women’s Day.

CW for CSA, Suicide, Online Harassment

It has come to my attention that a Yuri science fiction author in Japan has embroiled the Yuri community in a scandal. To begin with, I received an email today with an “investigative report” about an author going by the name of Namboku. The report stated that this author, though having a partner, allegedly deceived a fan in order to have an affair and, when she found out, threatened her. The fan has subsequently committed suicide and the author has been deleting posts on their socials. The Yuri community in Japan is outraged in part because of the lack of reaction by the author’s publishers. On X, people are speaking out plainly about this situation.

None of Namboku’s work is licensed in English, but that is not a good reason for us to ignore this. 

In the week after the Manga One scandal at Shogakukan, (and the whole Epstein files cesspit on the political stage) fans are taking a stand against systems that protect predators.  

You know that we say Yuri is by anyone and Yuri is for everyone here, but equally, it needs to be said that the global Yuri community stands up for women.  Whether it is book publishing, manga, companies, or governments, any and every  system that protects predators deserves to be destroyed. 

What can we do as readers? Well, we can write publishers. I wrote one of several emails already to a Japanese publisher this morning. Others will be going out. I want them to understand that the global Yuri community is watching and we see how they side with predators through silence and inaction.  

The inevitable criticism will be that if I feel so strongly about this, why am I not doing the same about my own government. I assure you, I am. I contact my government representatives regularly to let them know what must be done. I contact and criticize companies that enshrine bias and give my money to companies that normalize equality and opportunity for people to thrive. In so far as I am able, I spend every day mobilizing to save what we can of our future.

We might not have buying power in Japanese science fiction on our own, but our voices can and should be in union against men who abuse women. The Yuri community is for all women, everywhere, whether they are Japanese, Iranian, Palestinian, American, cis or trans. 

We ask that publishers reject people (whether creators or staff) who do not show women respect. We’re done with horrible men being promoted and protected. Namboku’s actions are personal, but his publishers’ actions or lack thereof, are a public statement.

Yuri can be by anyone and can be enjoyed by everyone, but we Yurijin demand that Yuri artists and publishers respect women.