Sound Euphonium, Season 3 Finale
In the context of Sound Euphonium, the word “finale” takes on an extra layer of meaning. This is the final act of an anime series that has been around since 2015. We have spent three times the number...
View ArticleBlank: The Series, Season 2
In my review of season 1 of Blank: The Series I noted three negatives of the series: the 16-year age gap between the older Neung and the younger Aneung struck many fans as problematic, the behavior of...
View ArticleThe Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio, Season Finale
Adding to the extensive and mostly excellent list of series Yuri fans were watching this year was a pretty amazing look at the obstacle course of demands young, up-coming voice actors are asked to...
View ArticleAyaka-chan ha Hiroko-sempai ni Koishiteru Live-Action (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる)
Ayaka works in a fairly typical Japanese office where the star of the company is Hiroko, a very competent, caring career woman. After a gaffe early in her career, Ayaka is helped by Hiroko, and as a...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 6, 2024
Yuri Manga We have some new titles on the Yuricon Store! Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition, Volume 5 hits shelves next month and I cannot wait for an end of the world which is far gentler than...
View ArticleAn Error Occurred ( 오류가 발생했습니다), by Lee Sanhwa
A few months ago, I was contacted by Lee Sanhwa, a Korean author, to do a review of a Yuri board game, Yuri Ranbou (百合乱慕), which was followed by another fun review of the Yuri-themed board game Sisters...
View ArticleI’m in Love with the Villainess: She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner, Volume 2
In Volume 1, we once again find ourselves in Bauer’s Royal Academy, where one Rae Taylor upends the school and eventually the entire country in her pursuit of Claire François. Only this time, we’re...
View ArticleLove Bully
By Frank Hecker, Staff Writer Two of the most impactful scenes of season 2 of Blank: The Series featured a fictional version of the real-life Thai show Club Friday, in which people call in to tell the...
View ArticleThe Moon on A Rainy Night, Volume 5
In Volume 4, a number of loose ends are suddenly untangled. Kanon decides to participate in her school festival fully, and Saki helps Ayano see that her behavior was not as awful as she had told...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 13, 2024
Yuri Manga Good news from Dark Horse, who has announced a new omnibus edition of Sonoda Kenichi’s Gunsmith Cats. Crystalyn Hodgkins has the news on ANN. If you’re a recent fan of Yuri, you should pick...
View ArticleComic Yuri Hime, July 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年7月号)
Comic Yuri Hime, July 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年7月号) is 800+ pages of Yuri. I am still boggling at the size of this thing. If they used paper the same thickness as they used to, this volumewould be absolutely...
View ArticleMy Idol Sits the Next Seat Over, Volume 7
by Luce, Okazu Staff Writer My Idol Sits the Next Seat Over, Volume 7 is the final volume, in which we get the fallout of Maaya coming clean about her pretending to Chihiro that she wasn’t already a...
View ArticleThe Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All Cafe, Report by Miguel Adarlo
Hello, this is Miguel Adarlo, also known as an overachieving potato from the Okazu Discord. This time, I’m sharing my visit to the Tower Records Cafe Omotesando during their collaboration with The Guy...
View ArticleKiss the Scars of the Girls, Volume 2
by Christian Le Blanc, Staff Wrier Feet are not something to lance, And the soft palate’s no place for hands. Though we’ve been through school combat, We should leave it at comrade; You and me could...
View ArticleAssorted Entanglements, Volume 5
by Matt Marcus, Staff Writer Have you ever been on a bad first date? Like, a really bad one? Maybe you neglected to vet the content of the movie you bought tickets for (“I’ve heard good things about...
View ArticleYuri 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 fan stuff going on!. I’ll try and do a round-up before...
View ArticleCooking Anime: 50 Iconic Dishes from Your Favorite Anime
Hello Okazu family, this is Pattie, ‘the wife’ and first lady of Yuricon and Okazu. Here’s a little-known fact about Erica… she reads as many cookbooks as I do. There is typically a collection of...
View ArticleOmai Series
Thailand’s next-door neighbor Vietnam is poorer and more socially conservative, and has a government more resistant to addressing its LGBTQ population’s concerns. Thus it’s understandable that...
View ArticleOtherside Picnic, Volume 10
by Sandy Ferguson, Guest Reviewer Otherside Picnic, Volume 10 includes the satisfying conclusion of ‘Sannuki and the Karate Kid’, the beginning of ‘The Whisper Is At-Your-Own-Risk’ and the always...
View ArticleKoharu to Minato: Watashi No Partner Ha Onna No Ko, Volume 1 (小春と湊...
Koharu to Minato: Watashi No Partner Ha Onna No Ko, Volume 1 (小春と湊 わたしのパートナーは女の子) is a fictionalized autobiographical comic essay on the real-lives of the creative team, Daruma and Hiarron, which has...
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