Yuri News Network – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 28, 2026

February 28th, 2026

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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Ryuu to Ryuu no Kekkon (竜と龍の結婚)

February 26th, 2026

Two young women in winter robes sit on a pink background chatting amiably, surrounded by white flowers.Lycoris is the Queen of the Dragon Kingdom. She’s a western style dragon, who breathes fire in her beast form and has fiery red hair and a temper in her human form. So, you can imagine her reaction when Reifa, the first Princess of the Dragon Country, an Eastern style ice dragon, and emotionally cool as a human, arrives to marry her and bring peace to their two countries.  In Ryuu to Ryuu no Kekkon (竜と龍の結婚) two dragons find a way to bring their worlds together.  

Reifa and Lycoris fall for one another pretty quickly, but there is a lot to get through before they can be together. Another dragon is invading the Northern border for one thing and Lycoris is very loathe to actually propose marriage out of sheer embarrassment. When Reifa decides she wants a child, but Lycoris learns that birthing might kill her, it throws everything into turmoil. 

This one-shot manga by Ikuta Hana was a touching, slightly silly and very schmaltzy one-shot volume. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that it gets licensed, because it’s really quite cute. 

 

Ratings: 

Art – 8
Story  – 8
Characters – 9
Service – a teeny tiny bit of partial nudity
Yuri – 10

Overall – 9

The difference between 竜 and 龍 is, I believe the Western Dragon is more like a lizard (or turtle, based on the kanji) and the Eastern is more like a serpent. They are both pronounced “ryuu” but have fundamental differences in shape and function. ^_^

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Pink Candy Kiss, Volume 4

February 25th, 2026

Cover of Pink Candy Kiss, Volume 4 by Ami Uozumi.Two women in green dresses embrace, lightly, looking forward at us, with soft unfocused eyes.by Eleanor Walker, Okazu Staff Reviewer

At the very end of volume 3, which I also reviewed here on Okazu, an unexpected character from Ema’s past reappears. It’s her mother and there’s clearly some history between them, as within the first two pages of of Pink Candy Kiss, Volume 4 she makes a snide comment about Ema’s hair and clothing choices. Ema also contemplates how long it’s been since she saw her, and how much older her mother looks. Hario does at least stand up for his wife, but the cruelty is very pointed and definitely hurts Ema in a way that I’m sure many of the audience will be able to relate to, so much so that she’s ready to give up on the cafe and have Hario handle it instead. There’s nothing like a mother’s love and support is there? At the end of this chapter, Takara asks Ema if she wants to run away. The next chapter opens with another confrontation with Ema’s mother, but this time it’s Takara standing up for her.

The “will they won’t they” dynamic continues to be the crux of this series, although I do worry about how much longer it can carry the story. We’ve known for a while now that Ema and Takara are head over heels for each other, and I just hope that we get a proper confession from someone sooner rather than later, since we did not in this volume. The characters are still wonderfully messy, flawed and above all, realistically human. For that reason, Pink Candy Kiss continues to be one of my favourite ongoing Yuri series, and I’m eagerly awaiting volume 5. I also think it would make a fantastic live action drama, if a company would be brave enough to produce it.

Ratings: 

Art – 7 It’s still a shame there aren’t colour pages with the chapter art on.
Story – 8 The living apart situation is still a little contrived, but the rest works very well. 
Characters – 10. Ema’s mother is vindictive, cruel and totally realistic, as is Ema’s reaction to her. 
Service – None. It still doesn’t need it. This is a story about women’s feelings, written by a woman for other women.
Yuri – 10 So much yuri.

Overall – 8

 

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Queer Manga That Changed The World at Citrus Con

February 24th, 2026

Please join me on Saturday, February 28 at 2:30 to 3:30 PM Eastern US time, online at Citrus Con, for “Queer Manga That Changed The World,” a panel I have been thinking about for years and years, as I delve into stories that had an impact on queer readers…and queer creators.

We always have a great conversation at Citrus Con and there is a ton of queer content, so take a look at their schedule and see if anything else looks interesting! 

The panel will be held on Zoom and shared to the Citrus Con Discord server. Registration is free, but you do have to register. I hope to see you all there!  Now I gotta go finish writing this presentation. ^_^;

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Comic Yuri Hime, March 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年3月号)

February 22nd, 2026

In an orange palette, a young woman sits with multiple outfits thrown on her head by an older woman whose face we cannot see, as she holds out yet another outfit for approval. Art by Chiriko.Comic Yuri Hime, March 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年3月号) cover is another colorful piece by Chiriko. This time a girl is being playfully buried in different clothes by a woman behind her. I still don’t know if these  cover hair, lips and fits will also include blades, but we can hope . ^_^

A new series about a earnest, naive young lady being hunted by the school “wolf”,  “Dareka Ookami-san no Shitsuke-kata Shirimasenka!!?” by Anmi Tsuki has begun. I am not entirely sure how I feel about it and will give it time.

Touma’s “Kimi no Sei dakara, Sekinin totte yo ne” is heating up as both rental girlfriend and her client are thinking it could be more. If the series is going to wrap up swiftly, they’ll be fine. If this is supposed to continue…expect drama. ^_^

In “Hareta Hi no Dress Code” our protagonist is thinking about how the scars on her legs have shaped her life and shes really not okay with that anymore, while Natsuki wishes she could just wear pants and doesn’t really know why she won’t.

Inori. and Aonoshimo are absolutely killing it in “Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” as Rei has to face the complete failure of her plan to save Claire. Misha is there to slap her out of it (and send her to her death, but…)

Hirao Auri joins the magazine with a one-shot about a girl who obsesses about aliens who learns that her club kouhai has been an alien all along. This is a silly as it sounds.

A quick note to note that “Genjitsu Sekai (Real) Demo Shiawase ni Shite Kudasai ne?” by Shiborikasuko, in which a young woman built a harem as the protagonist of a otome game, now has become a harem in our world as all the game characters have tracked her down in her reality. It is as exhausting as it sounds. ^_^

SheepD’s “Kanaria wa Kiraboshi no Yume o Miru” comes to an end, although I would have loved to see an extended after-happily ever after, as Ayano and “Tsubaki” make a life together overseas. (We haven’t seen that trope in years!)
 

As always there are other stories I read and enjoyed and others I did not or never read, which is exactly why a magazine is so useful! I am always interested in a theoretical way, for instance at the “other Yuri” recommendations by the staff. Obviously I don’t always agree, but seeing what they are reading and watching is interesting. I’m really hoping someone there will pick up 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) and mention it…but I can definitely see why there might be reasons why they would not, as well.

Ratings: 

Overall – 8

As always a good volume that would be perfect if we just had a little action and sports to balance out the school and adult life stuff. The April issue is on sale now in Japan!

 

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