Yuri Espoir, Volume 1
Kokoro has just learned that when she graduates high school, she is to be married to someone to whom her father owes a significant favor. She is not happy about this, and refers to it as “dying” after...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 16, 2022
Yuri Interview We have some exciting news here on Okazu! Tomorrow, we have an interview with I’m in Love With the Villainess creator inori. I’m super excited for you all to read it. (And for you to...
View ArticleInterview With inori, Creator of I’m In Love With the Villainess
Hello and welcome to an exciting interview. Today we welcome inori-sensei, creator of the I’m in Love With the Villainess series. Over the years, I’ve been pleased to have interviewed some...
View ArticleNew on Yuri Studio! S03 E02 Girl Gangs in Anime and Manga
In honor of murata’s Catch These Hands! out now from Yen Press, I take a look at some popular girl gang anime and manga and talk about why I like them so very much. ^_^ As always, please consider...
View ArticleMy Idol Sits the Next Desk Over, Volume 3 Guest Review by Luce
Once again, it is my great pleasure to welcome guest reviewer Luce back to Okazu! In volume 1 and volume 2, we met and got to know Sakiko, a shy girl who is a big fan of an idol group Spring Sunshine,...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 23, 2022
Yuri Interviews This past week got off to an amazing start with a wonderful interview. inori-sensei, creator of I’m in Love With the Villainess, was kind enough to answer some questions for us here on...
View ArticleBirdie Wing -Golf Girls’ Story-
In the world of underground golf, one girl reigns supreme, Eve Aleon, known as the Rainbow Bullet, is alone at the top of Nafrece’s illicit golf betting world. Eve is a girl with one skill – she can...
View ArticleThe Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young...
Anisphia is a very unusual princess. Awakened to knowledge from a life in our world, she has a unique relationship to the magic of her current world. While she has magical potential, she cannot...
View ArticleSex Ed 120%, Volume 3
Sex Ed 120% has been a heck of a ride. Informative and highly whimsical, it’s provided a lot of solid information and fair amount of utterly useless information side by side, with a wacky sense of...
View ArticleComic Yuri Hime May 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年5月号)
Comic Yuri Hime May 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年5月号) had a few great zOMG moments, so let’s dig right in! “Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Utau” by Takeshima Eku relaxes into festival mode, with yukata, and fireworks and...
View ArticleThe Executioner and Her Way of Life Anime
We’ve been following the Executioner and Her Way of Life Light Novels here on Okazu. (Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3) They are not bad, with a few features that make them worth continuing to read,...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 30, 2022
Yuri Literature Mark Your Calendars! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga pre-orders officially open up on May 2! I’ll launch a page on the Yuricon Store with links for it in print...
View ArticleOrder By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga Today!
20 years in the making, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, is a ground breaking history of the Yuri genre. Factual, funny and highly entertaining, By Your Side is a series of...
View ArticleAmayo no Tsuki, Volume 2 ( 雨夜の月)
In Volume 1, we met Saki, a high school student who plays piano, and her classmate (and piano teacher’s daughter), Kanon, who is hard of hearing. Kanon is initially uninterested in becoming close to...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 7, 2022
I’m going to lead with this once again, because today marks a week of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga being the #1 best seller in the hotly competitive category of LGBTQ+...
View ArticleOur Teachers Are Dating!, Volume 4
Hayama Asuka and Terano Saki have been together for a while now. Their students think they are adorable, fellow teachers are on their side. In Our Teachers Are Dating!, Volume 4 they are shepherding...
View ArticleSoulmate, Volume 1, Guest Review by Laurent Lignon
Welcome to another Guest Review Wednesday and welcome back to Journaliste/Chroniqueur Laurent Lignon! Laurent is going to introduce us to the French-language edition of a Chinese webtoon and I, for...
View ArticleFutari ha Daitai Konna Kanji, Volume 4 (ふたりはだいたいこんなかんじ)
In Futari ha Daitai Konna Kanji, Volume 4 (ふたりはだいたいこんなかんじ) Ikeda Takashi brings his specific brand of wacky slice-of-life to a fantastic conclusion. In the first three volumes of this series (Volume 1...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 14, 2022
Yuri Anime We knew it was coming, but at last we have confirmation! Top news this week is that Miman’s romantic comedy Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu!, released by Kodansha in English as Yuri is My...
View ArticleHeimin no Kuse ni Namaikina!, Volume 1 (平民癖に生意気な!)
We’ve all read the “other perspective” Light Novel by now, haven’t we? My Next Life as a Villainess, for instance, ends every chapter with the same story from the other person’s perspective and, while...
View Article