Yuri Manga: Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Volume 3 (やがて君になる )
In Volume 3 of Nakatani Nio’s Yagate Kimi ni Naru, (やがて君になる) some very good things happen and some very not good things happen. I will begin with the not-good things, which is to say, the main plot...
View ArticleThe Perqs of Okazu Patronage Lucky Box Contest!
Hello my friends. I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for, well, everything. Thank you for reading and commenting (some fantastic comments on yesterday’s post! I think I replied to all of you)...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 28, 2017
Sailor Moon News The fourth season of Sailor Moon Crystal has been announced, according to Rocket24News, as part of the official 25th anniversary of the series. At this point, we have to just assume...
View ArticleLGBTQ: Oath, An Anthology of New (Queer) Heroes
I’m horribly backlogged on the books I backed on Kickstarter in 2016. Today I’m going to take a look at Oath, An Anthology of New (Queer) Heroes. Created by a lineup of talented creators, this book is...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Season Theater Theatrical, Volume 1 (シーズンシアターシアトリカル )
In Season Theater Theatrical, Volume 1 (シーズンシアターシアトリカル ), Manabi is a director and Taiyo is an actress and together they create Yuri-themed musical performances for online streaming site Play Play...
View ArticleSound Euphonium, Season 2 Anime (English) Guest Review by Michelle Denise N
Woo hoo! It’s Guest Review Wednesday and we have a Guest Review! I love that so much. ^_^ Today, I hope you will welcome new Guest Reviewer Michelle Denise N of Lonelypond,and make her feel as welcome...
View ArticleYuri Drama CD: Grand Stage Romance Review, Volume 3 (Kazamiya Eru) ( グラン・ステージ...
Squee! Seriously, could Inoue Marina get any cuter? ^_^ In Grand Stage Romance Review, Volume 3 (Kazamiya Eru) ( グラン・ステージ ロマンスレビュー 第3幕「風宮絵琉」) the youngest of the Sora-gumi otokoyaku faces a crisis....
View ArticleQueer Manga Lecture at Michigan on Youtube
With many thanks to the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, the entirely of my lecture Alt Manga, Queer Manga – Telling Our Own Stories is now available on Youtube for your enjoyment. I...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 3, 2017
Yuri Manga Very exciting news out of Brazil! YNN Correspondent Pâmela P. wants everyone to know that Newpop publisher has announced that Philosophia by Amano Shuninta and Sunset Orange Lips by...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Gakuen Polizi, Volume 2 (English)
Time is a funny thing. I first reviewed Gakuen Polizi, Volume 2 when it came out in Japanese. And, since then, I’ve found myself increasingly dissatisfied with the narrative. So much so, that I...
View ArticleCode Name ha Sailor V Perfect Edition Manga, Volume 2 (コードネームはセーラーV 新装版)
It’s well known that Sailor Venus was the first of the Senshi to appear, as I mention in my review of Volume 1. But it becomes extremely plain as one reads the second volume of Code Name ha Sailor V...
View ArticleTorikaebaya Manga, Volume 10 (とりかえ・ばや)
AUUUUGGGHH. Sorry, but I got almost all the way through Volume 10 of Saitou Chiho-sensei’s Torikaebaya (とりかえ・ばや) without screaming and then I hit the final bit and AUUUUGGGHH! Okay, so. The Mikado is...
View ArticleLGBTQ Representation in Anime and Manga on ANNCast
I’ve been writing and talking about LGBTQ themes anime and manga for almost 20 years now and you know what? I never get tired of it. ^_^ Today’s ANNCast, El Gee Bee, you can hear a fabulous, and much...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 10, 2017
Wow, it’s Saturday already! What a week. What a month! Geez, it’s going to be a crazy year. ^_^ Tons of news this week as I catch up on a backlog! Yuri Manga Saborouta’s Citrus has made it to Volume...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Bloom Into You, Volume 1 (English)
Nakatani Nio’s blockbuster manga has debuted in English as Bloom Into You, Volume 1 from Seven Seas. When I originally reviewed Volume 1 of Yagate Kimi ni Naru, I said that it was “a sweet little Yuri...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Comic Yuri Hime March 2017 (コミック百合姫2017年3月号)
Comic Yuri Hime March 2017 (コミック百合姫2017年3月号) continues with the same variety of Yuri that we’ve come to expect from magazine this year. That said, there’s a definite slant towards the...
View ArticleUpcoming LGBTQ Lectures and Events
Get out those calendars! It’s time to plan our next few months of LGBTQ Comics and Manga events and lectures. February This weekend, on February 19, 2017 our friends at Yaycon, this year in Amersfoort,...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Renai Log (恋愛ログ)
Are you the kind of person who saves the best for last or who goes for the good stuff first? ^_^ When there’s a new shipment of manga in from Japan, I waffle back and forth. Half of me wants to binge...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 17, 2017
Yuri Manga Yet another new Yuri manga from Takemiya Jin is on the way. Fujourina Atashi-tachi (不条理なあたし達) will hit shelves at the end of March. Yahoo! Kurogane Kenn’s Teacher-student romance Hoshikawa...
View ArticleYuri Anime: R.O.D. – Read or Die
How surprised am I to find I have never reviewed R.O.D. – Read or Die here? Very surprised. Although, in retrospect, I guess it’s not all that surprising, as it was released on DVD here in the US in...
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