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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 19, 2022
Yuri Manga My Wandering Warrior Existence, the next autobiographical comic essay by Kabi Nagata, is out from Seven Seas. This look at her relationship to sexuality, gender, and human relationships is...
View ArticleTranslators, Editors and Letterer Roundtable on Youtube
This past winter I facilitated a 4-week workshop for Michigan State University on Japanese Pop Culture and Transmedia translation. Thanks to our sponsor Catherine Ryu and the incredible talent we...
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My Wandering Warrior Existence
Kabi Nagata is back once again with a volume of her comic essay work. My Wandering Warrior Existence is quite possibly her best work to date. To begin with, let me provide a Content Warning of some...
View ArticleShort Break from Okazu
Hello Okazu Readers and Commenters, Patrons and Fans! I’m taking a short break from Okazu this week for a few days, to 1) proofread my book; 2) catch up on my reading and 3) give my brain a rest. I’m...
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Catch These Hands, Volume 1
Takebe used to be the toughest girl in school, but all her old friends have moved on, are getting married, having babies. She can’t even keep a real job. She’s stuck in her delinquent lifestyle and...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 26, 2022
Yuri Manga Catch These Hands! by murata is out now from Yen Press and extremely entertaining. I’m glad to have at least one gang girl manga out, since all the ones I truly love would be massive...
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Invisible Kingdom, Volumes 1, 2 & 3
One of my goals for 2022, was the get over to my local library and read more comics out of their diverse GN section. Long story short, I arranged for the YA Graphic Novel section to be located...
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MURCIÉLAGO, Volume 17
It has been 2 years since I last reviewed a volume of this manga. Not for any particular reason, just that these two years have been full to the brim of incredible, groundbreaking Yuri and I just sort...
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By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga on sale June 1!
Here is the awesome full cover of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga! Available June 1 from Journey Press. Art by: Rica Takashima Cover Design by: Christine Sandquist Thanks to...
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Onnadakara, to Paati o Tsuihousaretanode Densetsu no Majyo to Saikyou Taggu o...
It seems like a lifetime ago that the male leaders of Tokyo Medical University were slightly abashed for 5 seconds about their unfair treatment of women in scoring. It was merely 4 years ago when that...
View ArticleMieri Hiranashi’s The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend Licensed By Viz
Wonderful news today, as online artist Mieri Hiranashi announced that her online manga The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend, an autobiographical manga about her trials as a butch lesbian trying to get...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 2, 2022
Yuri Research You’ll forgive me for making this my headline this week. My own book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga will be on sale June 1! This book collects 20 years of...
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Comic Yuri Hime, April 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年4月号)
Comic Yuri Hime, April 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年4月号) starts off with an evocative cover image. I very much continue to enjoy this year’s cover design, with it’s patchwork of color and texture. Great design...
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Hana ni Arashi, Volume 9 (はなにあらし)
We have watched Nanoha and Chidori since they began dating. For a very long time, it was under the radar, but as they look towards a wider future together, they’ve been less concerned if their friends...
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My Idol Sits the Next Desk Over, Volume 2 Guest Review by Luce
Please welcome back Luce, who will take a look at the remaining volumes of this series for us! In the first volume, we saw Sakiko get over a good part of her shyness and awe of Chihiro, the girl...
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Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou. -Revolution-, Volume 1...
It’s almost impossible to believe that I have never actually read the Japanese Volume 1 of this series, but it is true. I had read some of it as a webnovel, when it was licensed by Seven Seas, before I...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 9, 2022
Yuri Live Action Idol Factor has released three short trailers for their upcoming Thai Yuri live-action GAP The Series: The “cutie” trailer; the “tears” trailer, and; the “savage” trailer are all on...
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Dick Fight Island, Volume 1
Today we’re doing something a little different. I sincerely mean that. too, because while it might seem that Dick Fight Island by Reibun Ike, is as far from Yuri as you could get, it has more in common...
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Gunbured x Sisters, Volume 2 (ガンバレッドｘシスターズ), Guest Review by Mariko S.
I’m extremely pleased to welcome back the Okazu Guest Reviewer who takes on series that I’m not going near…Mariko Shinobu! /extravagant flailing of arms/ For a refresher, check out her review of...
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Amayo no Tsuki, Volume 1 ( 雨夜の月)
Saki loves piano. Or does she? She loves taking lessons with her teacher, she’s sure of that. But her teacher is leaving… In Amayo no Tsuki, Volume 1 ( 雨夜の月), on the street, heading towards lessons,...
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