Once again, today’s review requires a bit of context. In 2019, Pixiv and Comic Yuri Hime ran a Literary Yuri Short Story contest. I finally managed to read and review the first collection in …
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Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest Selection 3 (百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション)
Once again, today’s review requires a bit of context. In 2019, Pixiv and Comic Yuri Hime ran a Literary Yuri Short Story contest. I finally managed to read…
Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest Selection 2019 (百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション)
This story begins somewhere in the middle of itself. I was online one day and saw an announcement for the 2nd Yuri Literary Short Story Contest on Pixiv,…
Zerogo: Yuri Literary Magazine (零合 : 百合総合文芸誌)
In recent years, I have reviewed two kinds of Yuri short story collections here on Okazu: The Pixiv+Yuri Hime Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest ((百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション) collections and…
The State of 文芸誌
The newsletter is online, which means so is the podcast: This month I wrote about the 文壇 (bundan, literary world), which is most easily accessible in monthly literary…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 3, 2023
English Yuri Manga Still doing some catch up on the Yuricon Store, but I’m mostly through the back log now and heading into the final stretch, at which…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 3, 2024
Yuri Manga Italian manga publisher Toshokan has licensed Sal Jiang’s Black & White. Check out their catalog for preview pages. Via YNN Artemis, Aneido’s 18+ The Murderer and…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 3, 2020
Yuri Manga We have some new items on the Yuricon Store! Naoko Kodama’s new series, Days of Love at Seagull Villa, Volume 1. When Mayumi leaves her old…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 3, 2021
Yuricon Store Update Thanks to our Okazu patrons, the Yuricon Store reboot is about to get into full swing. We’ve re-enabled the multiple retailer option, so you’ll have…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 3, 2024
Some personal news to start. This week I begin a new job, in a new industry for the first time in 30 years(!), so reviews may be extra…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 3, 2023
Yuri Survey Tania is currently working on a Survey of Yuri readership in Japan. Feel free to share her link to get more responses to her survey! She’s…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 3, 2024
Happy Okazu Birthday month! August is always such an amazing time of year with tons of stuff going on and this year is no different. So let’s get…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 3, 2022
I want to thank everyone who participated in our Okazu 20th Anniversary Treasure Hunt! You are all Yuri Masters! The next thing we’ll be celebrating this year is…
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Yuri Hakaarashi (百合墓荒らし)
With a title translated on the cover as “Lily Grave Vandalism” you just know I had to pick up Yuri Hakaarashi (百合墓荒らし) by Natsuo Tougen. Yutaka hates her…
Matching App Yuri Anthology (マッチングアプリ百合アンソロジー)
Ichijinsha has a whole pile of new anthologies these days, almost all of which fall so far out of my interest zone, I’ve picked up only one of…
Yuri Anthology: LiLium Yuri Anthology, Vol. 1 / リリウム 百合アンソロジー
Comic Zin is the bomb. I’ve probably mentioned it before, but it’s a teeny little cave crammed full of treasures. Across the street and down a block or…
Yuri-Ota ni Yuri ha Gohattodesu!, Volume 1 (百合オタに百合はご法度です!)
In U-temo’s Yuri fantasy, Yuri-Ota ni Yuri ha Gohattodesu!, Volume 1 (百合オタに百合はご法度です!), Yuri is the law by which Yuri otaku Watanabe Fuyu lives. When she transfers to a…
Yuri Manga: Comic Yuri Hime, March 2020 (コミック百合姫2020年3月号)
Now that we’ve settled into to the new year’s look of artistic fonts vomiting all over the cover and ignoring the third of the magazine that makes me…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 24, 2020
Yuri Games The 2020 Yuri Game Jam is happening right now. Make the games you want to play! EVN Chronicles has a terrific write up of the Visual…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 30, 2023
Welcome to the last Yuri Network New report of 2023! This is the 43rd YNN post of this year, which means only 9 weeks were left un-YNNed. Given…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 31, 2020
Yuri Live-Action Huge news this week as Netflix announced a live-action adaptation of Nakamura Ching’s GUNJO (羣青). This dark, but magnificent, Yuri manga follows two women – one,…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 15, 2023
Yuri Anime Don’t miss Volicia of Pluto, streaming now on Youtube with English subtitles. Crystalyn Hogkins has the details over at ANN. Yuri Manga New on the…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 17, 2022
Buckle in folks, we have a *lot* of news this week. Yuri Anime The top story this week is definitely the formal announcement of Watashi no Oshi ha…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 25, 2020
Industry News This week, we need to start with news that is broader than the Yuri Network, specifically, as a number of important industry issues have come to…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 25, 2023
Yuri Events Yuricon 2023 continues this week with the first of our “Yuri is their job!” track. I spoke with three professional translators about their work on some…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 10, 2020
Yuri Anime There’s a bunch of Yuri-ish anime hitting streaming services right now. Assault Lily Bouquet is streaming on Funimation. I’ve watched the first episode. We will be…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 13, 2023
Yuri Anime It lives! I’m In Love With the Villainess will be premiering in October 2023! Check out the trailer on Youtube. Crystalyn Hogkins has details of casting…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 6, 2023
Yuri Manga Still catching up on the Yuricon Store, but here’s a start. Definitely don’t miss the concluding volumes of two of my favorite Yuri manga! Catch These…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 22, 2020
Yuri Events Top News this week: Yuriten is back! This traveling Yuri art exhibit and store will be going on the road for a Japan-wide tour beginning in…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 8, 2022
Yuri Anime Crunchyroll has picked up Liz and the Blue Bird, say ANN’s Alex Mateo. I really hope you’ll watch this, if you haven’t already. It was quite…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 17, 2024
Okazu turned 22 years old this past week! Given the fact that 38% of websites from 2013 no longer exist, to have 22 years of Yuri reviews and…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 14, 2020
Yuri Events As you might have guessed, all the spring and many of the summer events have been – or ought to be – canceled. My appearances are…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 27, 2024
Yuri Event A group art show for four Galette magazine artists is planned for July in Kichioji, Tokyo! July 17-22, at the Sabineko Gallery, art by 4 Yuri…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 28, 2024
First of all, my very sincere thanks to Luce, who covered YNN last week. It’s always a lot of work and she did a great job! Yuri Manga…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 9, 2023
Yuri Manga Yamashita Tomoko’s Ikkou Nikki, about a person-avoidant woman who takes in her niece, who is queer, has been named best manga in DaVinci magazine’s “Book of…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 5, 2022
Yuri Manga We’re starting off with some truly wonderful news – Seven Seas has licensed a title from Galette magazine! Intelligently, they have picked up Morinaga Milk’s Watashi…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 27, 2021
Yuri Manga We had a bonanza of releases this week! Shio Usui’s charming office romance story, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon , Volume 1 is out from Seven…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 5, 2021
Thank you everyone who came to the Mechademia panel at too-effin’-early today! And my very sincere thanks to James and Verena for being fabulous panelists. As a result…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 26, 2020
Yuri Manga The OASG reports that free previews for the 20th Anniversary Revolutionary Girl Utena manga, After the Revolution, is available on Viz.com. Here’s something to pay attention…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 13, 2022
Yuri Event In an unusual turn of events, both Rica Takashima and I will be at Flame Con, a fantastic LGBTQ+ comic event in New York City on…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 29, 2022
Yuri Manga Kodansha has announced the license of Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki.This book, which is slated for a Autumn 2022 release is “A poignant coming-of-age…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 1, 2022
Yuri Manga Volume 3 of the I’m in Love With the Villainess manga has hit shelves this week from Seven Seas. Rae and Claire will face each other…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 30, 2021
Yuri Video In case you missed it, we have a new video up on Yuri Studio – this time a paean to Shakaijin Yuri! Yuri Manga If…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 12, 2024
Yuri Manga Sal Jiang has announced a new series, Wicked Spot (ウィキッドスポット), as part of the Candle A imprint from Kadokawa. “Sada is a modern-day witch who is…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 15, 2022
Yuri Events I am a guest at Women In Comics Con at the Bronx Library Center on October 29, from 11-6. Admission is free! Rica Takashima and I…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 20, 2024
Yuri Events The schedule has dropped for Anime NYC and there are going to be a bunch of interesting panels. It’s got a nice mix of industry and…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 30, 2024
Anime News We have a lot of Yuri-adjacent, Yuri-wishful-thinking and a bit of Yuri anime coming our way this spring. The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Anime…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 7, 2019
Yuri Manga It’s here! Volume 1 of The Rose of Versailles is getting a super-limited release in selected US Kinokuniya stores on December 17, and more general release…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 4, 2022
Yuri Studies I want to start by thanking everyone who has bought By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga so far. I wake…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 19, 2022
Yuri Manga Top news this week is Seven Seas’ license for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou! This incredibly gentle and sweet story takes place during the twilight of the human…