Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 18, 2021

December 18th, 2021

Yuri Light Novels

I’m in Love With the Villainess Light Novel, Volume 4 is up for pre-order and let me tell you how good it is…it’s great. ^_^

Bookwalker has their 50 Bestselling LN and Manga list up and I’m in Love with the Villainess came in at #14! (As Sean G. pointed out, if you take the manga out of the list, it was #10.) Roll Over and Die came in at #38.

Via Comic Natalie, Haganai writer, Hirasaka Yomi has started a Yuri story in Big Gangan Comics, Shimekiri mae ni wa Yuri ga Hakadoru (〆切前には百合が捗る). You can read a sample of the story on the GA bunko website, liked above. Someone recently asked me if I’d read this and while it looked familiar, I couldn’t place why I hadn’t. Now I can –  Gangan and I have not had a harmonious relationship. ^_^ This does look nice but, yep, the color images jump right into bathing, don’t they.
So…maybe…I will read it. No promises.

And Volume 7 of Urasekai Picnic (裏世界ピクニック) has hit shelves this week in Japan.

 

 

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Yuri Manga

We have a few new items up on the Yuricon Store.

The Girl I Want Is So Handsome! – The Complete Manga Collection, is an omnibus version of Ikemen-sugi, Shiki-sempai!,  very cute short girl meets-absurdly-cool-and-handsome-girl school love story.

Watashi no Oshi ha Akujyaku Reijou., Volume 3 manga (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) is up on the Store. It’s the big battle between Claire and Rae!

Comic Yuri Hime, January 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年1月号). New cover story, new design, great Yuri manga!

Minna Watashi no Hara no Naka (みんな私のはらのなか) by Chisako, is a Shakaijin Yuri story about a women with a huge appetite looking for  someone who accepts her whole self. Take it for a test drive in Japanese at Takeshobo’s Storia Dash website.

Ichijinsha has a new themed anthology out, Maid-san to Yuri ni Tsuite no Anthology (メイドさんと百合についてのアンソロジー). As you might be able to surmise from the title, it is a maid Yuri anthology. ^_^

Via Comic Natalie, Futari Escape (ふたりエスケープ) is getting a 3rd volume. It’s a fun manga….but is it Yuri? I still can’t decide.

Iwami Kyoko’s new series, Kyou ha Kanojo ga Inai kara (今日はカノジョがいないから) has a collected Volume 1 hitting JP shelves this weekend!

Kodama Naoko has a new short works collection called Suki Dakara H Shitemasu. (好きだからHしてます。)

Via Yuri Navi, we have Comic Zenon online running a one-shot Mermaid and Idol manga, Namatatsu Mermaid
 (波立つマーメイド) by Makise Hatsune.

 

Yuri Visual Novel

Lilyka is selling another Yuri Visual Novel, SukeraSparo’s OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos ~Love・or・die~.

 

Anime News

On Twitter, Diskotek has announced the license of Ms. Vampire Who Lives In My Neighborhood.

 

Other News

Via Comic Natalie, Kawaii Roh’s Gal to Otaku ha Wakariaenai (ギャルとオタクはわかりあえない。) and Village Vanguard are collaborating on a line of goods together. You can get these in the Village Vanguard stores this week.

 

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CasaCon tonight!

December 17th, 2021

One more event this week. Tonight at 8PM EST, you can find me and the charming James Welker talking about BL and Yuri and answering your questions. 

How BL and Yuri Has Grown Over the Decades will be on CasaCon’s Discord server, the invite to which you will receive when you register. Registration is free.

The video ought to be uploaded after the panel is done on the CasaCon YT channel, so we’re going to endeavor to keep it clean and friendly. ^_^

This is going to be an informal chat, so I hope you’ll join us!



Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics Event Tonight

December 16th, 2021

 

 

Join Deborah Shamoon, Mia Lewis, Kazumi Nagaike and me, tonight for Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics by The Japan Foundation from 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST.

Registration is free and yes, the video will be posted on Youtube for folks who miss the discussion.

It’s going to be a great discussion and I hope to see you there!



Three Books For Fans of Revolutionary Girl Utena

December 15th, 2021

Today’s review is a video!

Revolutionary Girl Utena was a major gateway anime for a generation of Yuri fans. 20 years later, it is inspiring literature. Check out these three titles for their Utena references and roots!

 

Books mentioned:

Silk & Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology on Kindle
Featuring stories by:
Ellen Kushner * Aliette de Bodard * Yoon Ha Lee * Neon Yang * Jennifer Mace * Django Wexler * Freya Marske * Claire Bartlett * K.A. Doore * Alison Tam * Ann LeBlanc * Cara Patterson * Chris Wolfgang * Elaine McIonyn * Elizabeth Davis * S.K. Terentiev * Kaitlyn Zivanovich

A/CINet Case Files: An Inside Job by Erica Friedman on Kindle

The Terra Ignota Series, by Ada Palmer

Too Like the Lightning
Seven Surrender
The Will to Battle
Perhaps the Stars

(links to Amazon, but these are available at any bookstore or site)

Today’s t-shirt: Hana & Hina Afterschool, by Milk Morinaga, from the 2018 Yuriten event:

Hana & Hina Afterschool is available in English form Seven Seas.



Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 7 (付き合ってあげてもいいかな)

December 13th, 2021

When I reviewed Volume 6 I said of that volume that it was like a fever finally breaking. “You don’t feel “good,” per se, but you feel better, somehow.” Well, the fever is gone and Tsukiatte Agettemo Iikana, Volume 7 is the volume I have been waiting for.

We have watched Miwa and Saeko go through some serious identity and life stuff since Volume 1. They are not the same people we met, nor should they be. In fact, this is the most “college life” story I have ever read; where the people, their choices and behaviors are all totally appropriate for their age.

Saeko and Miwa have moved on from their relationship – and are doing pretty well at being friends. Saeko’s relationship with Yuria is facing some bumpy parts of the road, but Yuria is a stronger person than Saeko and these two will have new, exciting problems to deal with.

Miwa has a whole different issue. Her new kouhai, Tamaki, really, really wants to be her girlfriend and Miwa thinks she’s super cute, but is still hesitant to ruin a budding friendship. That’s going to be a developing situation.

 The characters and the art have grown, Tamifull’s narrative skills are excellent here. We’ve been with them through a lot…and we’re still here as they enter the next phase of their lives. And I’m here for it. 

What a great volume.

Ratings:

Art – 8
Story – 9
Characters – 9
Yuri – 8
Service – 5

Overall – 9