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Futari ha Daitai Konna Kanji, Volume 3 (ふたりはだいたいこんなかんじ)
One of the defining characteristics of an adult life is facing setbacks. You can work really hard, gambare with all you have and still not achieve the goal. Sometimes it’s hard and sometimes it’s just...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 4, 2021
Event News There’s still time to register for Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics sponsored by the Japan Foundation of New York. I’m looking forward to it so much and hope to see you...
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Your Magic is in Another City – Arcane: League of Legends on Netflix
Today’s post is thanks to Ted the Awesome, who made an impassioned pitch for me to watch Arcane. And so I have. As you know, I do not play games very often, but had of course heard of League of...
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Uraroji Romanya Monogatari (裏路地浪漫屋物語)
Uraroji Romanya Monogatari (裏路地浪漫屋物語) is a collection of Yuri stories by creator Kumosuzume. It’s a nice collection, with a variety of tones. The title story tells of a dress maker and her model, and...
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semelparous, Volume 1, Guest Review by G-Man
Welcome back to Okazu on Guest Review Wednesday! I am so excited to welcome another brand new Guest Reviewer today. If you’re a regular reader, you know what my opinion of Semelparous is, so I asked...
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Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 5 (おとなになっても)
Previous volumes of Shimura Takako’s adult life drama have centered on three adults whose life has been thrown into turmoil by unexpected emotions. Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 5 (おとなになっても) is about the...
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Look Back (ルックバック)
Today’s review was inspired by a combination of two very different things. Various folks having mentioned this book in Yuri-friendly spaces online and, by complete coincidence, the fantastic podcast...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 11, 2021
Yuri Manga We have (finally!) a bunch of titles on the Yuricon Store! Chasing After Aoi Koshiba, Volume 3 will be out in January 2022. Eri Ejima’s popular Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games,...
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Comic Yuri Hime December 2021 (コミック百合姫2021年12月号)
Comic Yuri Hime, December 2021 (コミック百合姫2021年12月号) was a terrific end to a year of pretty darn good Yuri manga! To begin with “One Hundred Years Distance,” Hanna Ren’s science-fiction time-travel...
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Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 7 (付き合ってあげてもいいかな)
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...
View ArticleThree Books For Fans of Revolutionary Girl Utena
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...
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Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics Event Tonight
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...
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CasaCon tonight!
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...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 18, 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...
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The Aquatope on White Sand, 2nd Cour
If you have not yet read it (or need a refresher,) please consider taking a look at Megan’s terrific review of the first cour of this series. After a tumultuous and emotional first half, The Aquatope...
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Comic Yuri Hime, January 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年1月号)
After the text-heavy cover story for 2021, Comic Yuri Hime, January 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年1月号) treats us to a new image-heavy, story, this one by, I believe the characters are pronounced Isshiki (一色). The...
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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 them. This one, Matching App Yuri Anthology...
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Kunoichi Bettegumi Igarashi Satsuki, Volume 3 (くノ一別手組ー五十嵐五月)
In Kunoichi Bettegumi Igarashi Satsuki, Volume 3 (くノ一別手組ー五十嵐五月), Satsuki comes face to face with a political group that wants, not just foreigners’ expulsion from Japan…but their deaths! But first, we...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 25, 2021
Yuri Manga We have a lot of new titles on the Yuricon Shop, so get yourself a gift or two – you deserve it. ^_^ One of my favorite series in recent years, Ohsawa Yayoi’s Hello, Melancholic, Volume 1...
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Sailor Moon S Kaguyahime no Koibito is a Christmas Movie
As the rest of the world deliberates whether Home Alone or Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie, I have always felt myself above such things. ^_^ But then, translator Jocelyne Allen pointed out that...
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