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100 Years of Yuri 2020 Project, Guest Post by Katherine Hanson

January 3rd, 2020

Welcome back to the 100 Years of Yuri 2020 Project! Today we have a very special guest post by Katherine Hanson of the Yuriboke blog. Katherine’s scholarship is top-notch and it was my real pleasure to have her join this project. As I noted yesterday, I set up exactly no rules for this project, so […]

100 Years of Yuri 2020 Project, Guest Post by Erin Subramanian

January 2nd, 2020

To begin this finale of the 100 Years of Yuri, welcome one of my longtime and most respected peers in Yuri fandom, Erin Subramanian! Erin has been a translator of  Yuri manga for years and has translated some of your favorite titles for ALC Publishing and JManga. When I asked everyone to contribute to this […]

Okazu Top Yuri of 2019

December 31st, 2019

As we wrap up this year, the 100th anniversary of the Yuri genre, I like to imagine what Yoshiya Nobuko might think, if she were to spring to life and see Yuri anime, manga, novels, games…stories of women in love with women, in both fantasy and “real world” settings and bookstores around the world with […]

Okazu Top Yuri Manga of 2019

December 29th, 2019

Annually, I say to you that this is the easiest of the lists to write. In previous years this was completely true. This year however, we hit a tipping point with Yuri manga: No sooner do I discover a series’ existence, than it’s scooped up for license, sometimes before I have a chance to read […]

Yuri Manga: Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau, Volume 1 (γ•γ•γ‚„γγ‚ˆγ†γ«ζ‹γ‚’ε”„γ† )

November 13th, 2019

Takeshima Eku’s Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau, Volume 1 (γ•γ•γ‚„γγ‚ˆγ†γ«ζ‹γ‚’ε”„γ†) charmed me from the very first pages I read in Comic Yuri Hime magazine.  Himari enters high school and as she and her friends watch performances during club recruitment, she falls head over heels for frontman Yori. Yori is shocked that this first-year just admits to […]