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Editorial Decisions Leading to LGBTQ Erasure at Viz (Updated) (2nd Update)
2nd Update! Viz is reaching out to Dana and Rachel and will be making the changes that are needed. I really appreciate Viz moving quickly on the larger issues as well. Misnaming and lack of credit...
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Yuri Manga: Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san, Volume 1 (ヒーローさんと元女幹部さん)
Rapid Rabbit is the super-hero line of defense between humanity and demise at the hands of the Antinoid army. In battle with the baddies and their fearsome mid-level boss Honey Trap, the two women are...
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Yuri Manga: Liberty, Volume 1 (リバティ)
Liberty, Volume 1 (リバティ) follows Honjou Maki, a boyish young woman who works for a small game company and is happy enough with her life, although the constant talk about who is seeing whom and who she...
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Yuri Anthology: Whenever Our Eyes Meet… (English)
A little over a year ago I had the pleasure of reviewing Anoko to Me ga Autabi Watashi ha Shakaiin Yuri Anthology (あの娘と目が合うたび私は 社会人百合アンソロジー). Today I have the even greater pleasure of reviewing the...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 29, 2019
Yuri Manga We’ve added a few new things to the Yuricon Store: Still Sick, Volume 1 by Akaishi, in English from Tokyopop has a November release date. Tamifly’s super popular online hit Tsukiatte Agetemo...
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How Not to Comment Online Revisited – Commenting Etiquette in 2019
Many years ago I wrote an opinion piece on Okazu that went a little viral (at the time, in the pre-Twitter world) about how to and how not to comment on a blog post. A great number of the things that...
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July 9th is the deadline for the 100 Years of Yuri Tour!
July 9th is the absolute last-chance to sign up for the 100 Year of Yuri Tour of Tokyo! We’re going to be shopping at stores for Yuri manga and goods, hitting up key places from Yuri anime. We’ll have...
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Yuri Manga: Comic Yuri Hime July 2019 (コミック百合姫2019年7月号)
Comic Yuri Hime July 2019 (コミック百合姫2019年7月号) was a little bittersweet for me. It marked the end of a series I hoped would never end, hisona’s “Goodbye Dystopia.” But aside from that there was so much...
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Kakegurui Season 2 Anime (English) Guest Review by Mariko S.
It’s Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu and today I a very pleased to once again welcome back Mariko S with another terrific review. I hope you’ll all setting for a treat and let Mariko wisk us away...
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Yuri Manga: SHIBUYA Gal Yuri Anthology (SHIBUYA ギャル百合アンソロジー)
The “gal” is, in her own way, as stock a character in anime and manga, as the ninja. With her hair artfully asymmetrically arranged, her cell phones and nails intricately decorated, and her school...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 6, 2019
Anime Expo weekend is the weekend that a lot of the news I planned on reporting gets set aside for more urgent announcements. ^_^; Yuri Anime Top story already from Anime Expo, Sentai Filmworks has...
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Light Novel: R.O.D, Volume 12
We left the gang back in 2014. Yomiko, Ou-En and the Five Sisters had teamed up with China, leader of Dokusensha, in an attempt to keep the Gutenberk Paper from Gentleman and Joker. Wendy and Nenene...
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Yuri Manga: Yuri is My Job, Volume 3 (English)
In Volume 1 and Volume 2, we met and learne about Hime’s inner life – or lack thereof – and, Kanako, Hime’s best/only friend who believes in Hime’s goal of marrying rich and living a comfortable life....
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Yuri Manga: Yurikon, Volume 2 (ゆりこん)
In 2019 we have Yuri in the schools, Yuri in the office, Yuri slice-of-life, Yuri scifi, Yuri sports, and plenty of Yuri weddings. Yurikon, Volume 2 (ゆりこん) picks up the thread laid down in Volume 1, in...
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Yuri Manga: Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 2 ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな)
Miwa met and started dating band member Saeko in Volume 1, and spent the volume not sure how she wanted their physical relationship to go. In Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 2 ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな),...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 13, 2019
Yuri Events With regret, I have had to cancel my appearance at Crunchyoll Expo. There were some complicating factors. I very much hope to make a future west coast con, but the airlines sure don’t make...
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Yuri Manga: Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume １(不揃いの連理)
Tanaka Iori is a 28-year old OL in a stressful and not very satisfying job. Fuzoroi no Renri, Volume １(不揃いの連理) begins with Iori on her way home after a hard day, stopping by a local izakaya for a meal,...
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The Rose of Versailles – Behind the Scenes
Today I am writing about something near and dear to my heart – the upcoming publication of shoujo manga classic The Rose of Versailles, by Riyoko Ikeda! There is a single, specific reason I want to...
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 20, 2019
Queer Cartoons Couple of important trailers dropped at San Diego Comic Con this week! First up the Steven Universe Movie will be premiering on Cartoon Network on September 2, 2019. Catch the trailer...
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Yuri Artbook: Marguerite – Fly’s Art Works (Marguerite フライ作品集)
Why yes, I am still catching up on relics from my last February trip to Tokyo! In Shosen Book Tower, where the Yuribu was impressively large and well-organized and has a variety of manga, photo albums,...
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