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New Cardcaptor Sakura Manga Series in June
ANN has the scoop on CLAMP’s classic magical girl series, Cardcaptor Sakura, which is getting a new manga series to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary! Debuting in June, in Nakayoshi magazine the series...
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Otome no Teikoku Manga (オトメの帝国) Guest Review by Mariko S
It’s a happy day here at Okazu!! We have a new Guest Reviewer, Mariko S who has bravely decided to wade back into a series I panned back in 2008. Buckle in and get ready for a completely different...
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Shoujo Seifu – Bergamot Dominions Guest Review by Bruce P
Welcome to another Guest Review Wednesday, Once again, we have the pleasure of Bruce P’s unique perspective! Settle down and get ready to laugh. Here’s a geopolitical question you may never have...
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Tokyo Journal 2016, Part 1 Sailor Moon in Roppongi, Rose of Versailles in...
It’s been a whirlwind trip here in Tokyo. As I type a whirlwind blows a storm across Kantou, so it seemed like a good day to catch up. ^_^ The very first thing we did was hit the Sailor Moon exhibition...
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Tokyo Journal, Part 2 – Tokyo Comics Showcase, Volume 1
The next main event on my schedule was being part of the Tokyo Comics Showcase, Volume 1, a Rainbow Pride Week event. So many thanks to Tsuchiya Yuki-san and the very darling Tachibana Remi-san for all...
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Tokyo Journal 2016, Part 3 Comitia
Comitia is…amazing. I mean, yes, it looks like every other comic event in Japan, with various circles seated at little tables, that you find by navigating rows with letters and numbers, but…but…at...
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Tokyo Journal, Part 4 – Tokyo Rainbow Pride Day
Our final event of this eventful trip was to the Tokyo Rainbow Pride Festa at Yoyogi Park. Yoyogi Park is the Park closest to Harajuku and the Meiji Shrine, so the crowds there are always delightfully...
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Tokyo Journal 2016 – Home Again
Made it home after a particularly excruciating trip. It was a little shorter than usual, but a guy a few rows over with a hacking cough made sleep all but impossible, and the flyers included a...
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Yuri Manga: Otome no Teikoku, Volume 2 (オトメの帝国) Guest Review by Mariko S
Hello and welcome to another edition of Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu. And let me tell you how welcome it is as jet lag and I get to know one another intimately. Today, Guest Reviewer Mariko S...
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Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki (English)
I know you know that I don’t really game all that much, but even living under a gaming rock as I do, I know Street Fighter. I remember seeing the first versions of this in arcades in my youth and I’ve...
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Futaribeya Manga, Volumes 1 and 2 (ふたりべや)
Q: When is a Yuri manga not a Yuri manga? A: When it has no Yuri. This may seem like a zen koan, but it is in fact, the subject of our attention today. Futaribeya (ふたりべや) frequently appears on Yuri...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 14, 2016
Yuri Manga YNN Senior Correspondent Grisznak writes in to let us know that Polish company Studio JG announced that they’ll be releasing Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo by Milk Morinaga this summer! A new...
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Sailor Moon Musical – Un Noveau Voyage (ミュージカル「美少女戦士セーラームーン」-Un Nouveau Voyage-)
It is with great pleasure that I thank Tachibana Remi-san for sponsoring today’s review! Remi-san was kind enough to give me the DVD of Sailor Moon Musical – Un Noveau Voyage (ミュージカル「美少女戦士セーラームーン」-Un...
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Yuri Manga：Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shine, Volume 1（推しが武道館いってくれたら死ぬ）
So used am I to feeling frustration born of absolute disinterest in hideously boring characters in previous Hirao Auri manga series, that reading Hirao Auri’s new manga, Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara...
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Event: Informal Okazu Meetup at Girls Love Festival on June 5
Girls Love Festival, the largest Yuri-only doujinshi show in Japan is coming up in the Tokyo Metrpolitan area on June 5. You can check out the attending circles, the series they plan on having...
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Yuri Manga: HaruYuri (ハルユリ)
In Volume 1 of HaruYuri (ハルユリ), Ichijou Ranko is a boyish, charming young woman and unknown to herself, all the girls fall for her instantly. But none of them go as far as Sakurano Komachi who, on the...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 213, 2016
Yuri Manga Ohkami-san to Keruberosu (大上さんとケルベロスゥ!) by Naraba is a vaguely mythology-themed take on school life Yuri. The July issue of Comic Yuri Hime hit shelves this week. Volume 6 of Kuzushiro’s...
View ArticleA [Very] Brief History of Yuri
Here are the full text and graphics I used in my presentation at the Tokyo Comics Showcase, Vol. 1, on May 3, 2016 as part of Tokyo Rainbow Pride. If you have 8 minutes, you can understand where Yuri...
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Yuri Manga: Only ☆You~Anata to Watashi no Futari Bocchi Keikaku (オンリー☆ユー...
Only ☆You~Anata to Watashi no Futari Bocchi Keikaku (オンリー☆ユー ~あなたと私の二人ぼっち計画~) starts off with a cute-ish premise. What if, the Student Council President decides, girls who are loners are paired up...
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Yuri Manga: Otome no Teikoku, Volume 3 (オトメの帝国) Guest Review by Mariko S
Oh blessed Guest Review Wednesday, how I love you. We welcome back Mariko S with the third of her review series taking a look at Kishi Torajirou’s Otome no Teikoku, Volume 3. (オトメの帝国) (If you’ve just...
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