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Catch These Hands, Volume 4
Decades ago, I was doing a number of community-centered activities, and I noticed that people who came into community spaces often had no idea how to act. In some cases, they were ND, but in many...
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Amayo no Tsuki, Volume 4 ( 雨夜の月)
Well, wow. A whole lot of story happened in this volume. First, Saki finds Kanon’s former best friend – the one Kanon feel betrayed her – and learns the whole story. It was pretty heart-rending, with...
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Comic Yuri Hime, May 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年5月号)
Well, it had to happen. The May volume of Comic Yuri Hime (コミック百合姫2023年5月号) was mostly not of interest to me. There’s a lot of stories that have sex portrayed in a way that is super unappealing to me....
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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 over on ANN. My only benchmark for...
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Doughnuts Under A Crescent Moon, Volume 4
When Kaketa Tsuki to Donuts, Volume 4 (欠けた月とドーナッツ) landed in summer 2022, I said this about it, “…this was the perfect, most exactly correct ending to this series that we could have hoped for.” Now, in...
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Sempai, Oishii desuka? Volume 2 (先輩、美味しいですか?)
Huh. It was almost exactly a year ago I reviewed Volume 1 of Mikanuji’s Yuri + food manga. At the time I said, “I can definitely recommend it with some significant reservations.” Today I am looking at...
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Hoshikuzu Telepath, Volume 1 (星屑テレパス)
I have been meaning to read Hoshikuzu Telepath since 202o, but there were a lot of series to get to first. Now that we are getting an anime of this MangaTime Kirara series, I made some space (heh) in...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 20, 2023
Yuri Manga We have some new items up on the Yuricon Store! Coming this summer, we have If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Volume 2 from Tokyopop. We’ll be getting The Two of...
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Comic Yuri Hime June 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年6月号)
Comic Yuri Hime June 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年6月号) begins with a vastly shifted cover story. What was near-monochrome and pensive looks, now has shifted to color and happy expressions of every day joy. I...
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Maitsuki Niwatsuki Ooyatsuki – Monthly With Ooya, Volume 3 (毎月庭つき大家つき)
Bing! Bing! Bing! We have a winner of the first annual “Adults Having An Important Conversation Like Adults” Award here at Okazu. Asako is living with her landlord, Miyako. Miyako, a retired extremely...
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Chasing After Aoi Koshiba, Volume 4
I first encountered this series in 2020 when I found it at Gamers in Akihabara, with bonus clearfile by artist Fly. I reviewed volume 1 and 2 in English and Japanese here on Okazu…then I kind of forgot...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 27, 2023
Now that I am making a concerted effort to catch up on the Yuricon Store, there are two things we must reckon with: 1) There will be a lot of additions in this week’s report and 2) There is SO MUCH...
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Sailor Moon Sparkling Water – Outer Senshi Edition, Part 2
It wasn’t that many months ago that we encountered news of Ocean Bomb brand’s series of Sailor Moon sparkling waters. I have pursued with otaku single-mindedness getting all of these and drinking them....
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Assorted Entanglements, Volume 1
In 2019, I first encountered Mikanuji’s Fuzoroi Renri. I followed the series, and have reviewed Volumes 1-5 here on Okazu. Now I’m pleased to take another look at this manga series now that it is out...
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Yuri Espoir, Volume 4 Guest Review by Luce
Once again we welcome you to Guest Review Wednesday and welcome Luce back as a Guest Reviewer. This is an ongoing series – we have reviewed Volumes 1-3 on Okazu – so we’ll get right into it. Take it...
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Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 6 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)
Shiori confides to Miko how she met Hinako…and how it has ruined Hinako’s life. At last, the pieces of the puzzle that is Hinako begin to fall into place. Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 6...
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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 really hoping to get some significant numbers....
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Suizou Ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita. (膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。)
In her last book about her physical health, My Alcoholic Escape From Reality, Nagata Kabi-sensei explained the circumstances that landed her in the hospital with alcoholic pancreatitis. We have...
View ArticleYokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition, Volume 2
In Volume 1 we met Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in what once was Musahino, and is now a wind- and sand-swept landscape. Alpha’s owner left years ago, now she spends her days making...
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