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.
 

Short report today, as I am prepping to present a new thing at Citrus Con in a few hours. I hope I’ll see you there!

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Yuri Books

It’s here! 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) is live and real and pre-orders will be getting an acrylic standee of the cover image by Morishima Akiko! I did not know there was a pre-order bonus. I sure hope I’ll get one of those.  ^_^ This is the first book of its kind in Japanese…I am so humbled to be part of it.

Yuri Hime Cover Art Collection 2011-2025 (百合姫表紙集) tracks the cover art of the first and only monthly Yuri manga magazine. This is a follow-up to Yuri Hime Color Artworks CHRONICLE (百合姫カラーアートワークス CHRONICLE) which covered 2005-2010.

Yuri Short Story Collection wiz 2 (百合小説コレクション wiz 2) has revealed cover art by Kii Kanna on X.

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Anime News

MediaOCD announced the licenses for Aim for the Ace!: The Movie, Aim for the Ace!: Another Match, and Aim for the Ace!: TV Series. While these are not Yuri, the rivalry between Hiromi and Reika is intense. Crystalynn Hodgkins has the details on ANN.

Also not Yuri, but of interest, Hulu has added the Pretty Cure dub to it’s lineup. Anita Tai has the news over at ANN.

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Yuri Manga

Yorita Miyuki is launching a Kickstarter for Volume 3 of the English edition of Her Kiss, My Libido Twinkles.

Dokico on X announced a German edition for Haru Yatosaki’s Ami-chan’s Tagebuch, from Galette magazine!

Other News

Via YNN Correspondent KatGrrrl, @majikaryunanoyo on X made a little Yuri Game animation. It’s only 16 seconds, but very satisfying. ^_^

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Yuri Events

I’ll be talking about Queer Manga That Changed Everything at Citrus Con on Saturday, Feb 28 @ 2:30 PM EST. It’s free to attend, you do have to register. I’ll see you on their Discord!

Yuri Manga in English

Viz Media released Not So Shoujo Love Story, Volume 3 this month. Curryuku’s ongoing school rom-com is actually quite funny as it plays with the tropes of rom-com manga.

Yen Press has put their “Do You Know Your Yuri?” crossword puzzle from the Yen Press Cafe online so you can play too! It’s really do you know your Yen Press Yuri, but it’s a really cute thing to play.

Via Sorryteam on X, who noticed that Tokyopop did not announce this new Yuri manga last week, What is Normal Love? Volume 1 by Hana Ikuta. Ikuta is the creator of the series Oni to Yoake, in which the souls of Bakumatsu “patriots” re reborn in high school girls. I’ve reviewed several of those volume here on Okazu. Hang tight, more Ikuta is on the way. ^_^

Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Volume 9 is up on the Yuricon Store and headed our way in April. We have reviews of Volumes 1-6 here on Okazu.

Inklore Books just announced and English edition of HER TALE OF SHIM CHONG, the popular Korean GL based on a historical Jeoson story.

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Volume 10 is up on the Yuricon Store. It’s a big volume as Cham Jam front Reo is retiring.

Yuri Manga in Japanese

I’m trying to catch up with the vast backlog of books to get up on the Yuricon Store, so let’s start with something new by Ikuta Hana, Nise Ai, Hon Ai, Volume 1 (ニセアイホンアイ) is about a romance between an actress and a college student who saves her.

Shin’uchuu] Yori Ai o Komete, Volume 1 (超深宇宙より愛をこめて) by Ashidaka Woz, tells the tale of an ostracized girl and the alien princess who saves her. 

Anemone ga Netsu wo Obiru, Volume 6 (アネモネが熱を帯びる) spreads the Yuri love around this Yuritopia of a school with more couples.

Koi Yori Aoku, Volume 4 (恋より青く) is when the story takes big turn towards love as Takamine and Sakura collaborate on a joint club magazine.

Yuri Manga in English and French and Japanese

Last week Yen announced the license of Chigusa Minori’s Shino and Ren. This week French publisher Meian announced Shino et Ren in French, and in Japan, the sequel, Shino to Ren Future, Volume 1 (志乃と恋Future) is on the Yuricon Store. This follows the two after school, when they are trying to find time together as adults.

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Yuri Anime

The anime for Kimi ga Shinu Made Koi wo Shitai /I Want to Love You Until Your Dying Day, which is premiering in July,  has a new promotional video on their official X account.

Sentai Filmworks is reprinting the Bloom Into You complete anime collection! We were recently disussing how rarely Yuri gets a reprint. It’s nice to see this influential series get one. If you missed it the first time around or want to have a copy that a streaming license loss can’t steal away, preorder it on Blu-Ray now.

Yuri Visual Novels

Studio Élan announced a new Yuri VN – My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?! Wishlist this rival to lovers streamer romance today on Steam. 

 Via the official account on X,  A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986 will be on sale on Steam and Itch.io from February 17 to March 3. We appreciate your support. 

Yuri Audiobook

The audiobook adaptation of Adachi and Shimamura, Volume 3 is up on the Yuricon Store.

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Yuri Light Novels

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady has come to an end with LN volume 13. T celebrate, Karasu Piero’s official X account offers up a lovely voice-drama video retrospective of all of the volumes.

“Hitokiri Shoujo,” Koushaku Reijou no Goei ni Naru, Volume 1 (『人斬り』少女、公爵令嬢の護衛になる) about  a girl who is trained as a bodyguard, but exiled for a crime she didn’t commit and a nobleman’s daughter who is running for her life. 

Yuri Research

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) is on sale now in Japan! I cannot wait to read this. ^_^ I am also very honored to have an essay included in this book.

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