In recent years, I have reviewed two kinds of Yuri short story collections here on Okazu: The Pixiv+Yuri Hime Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest ((百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション) collections and a number of scienc…
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Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest Selection 3 (百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション)
Once again, today’s review requires a bit of context. In 2019, Pixiv and Comic Yuri Hime ran a Literary Yuri Short Story contest. I finally managed to read…
Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest Selection 2019 (百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション)
This story begins somewhere in the middle of itself. I was online one day and saw an announcement for the 2nd Yuri Literary Short Story Contest on Pixiv,…
Yuri Bungei Shousetsu Contest Selection 3 (百合文芸小説 コンテスト セレクション)
Once again, today’s review requires a bit of context. In 2019, Pixiv and Comic Yuri Hime ran a Literary Yuri Short Story contest. I finally managed to read…
The State of 文芸誌
The newsletter is online, which means so is the podcast: This month I wrote about the 文壇 (bundan, literary world), which is most easily accessible in monthly literary…
Comic Yuri Hime Magazine, April 2020 (コミック百合姫2020年4月号)
Here we are at the April 2020 issue of Comic Yuri Hime magazine(コミック百合姫2020年4月号). This year the cover theme is women in ill-fitting clothing having what always looks like…
Yuri Hakaarashi (百合墓荒らし)
With a title translated on the cover as “Lily Grave Vandalism” you just know I had to pick up Yuri Hakaarashi (百合墓荒らし) by Natsuo Tougen. Yutaka hates her…
Matching App Yuri Anthology (マッチングアプリ百合アンソロジー)
Ichijinsha has a whole pile of new anthologies these days, almost all of which fall so far out of my interest zone, I’ve picked up only one of…
Yuri Anthology: LiLium Yuri Anthology, Vol. 1 / リリウム 百合アンソロジー
Comic Zin is the bomb. I’ve probably mentioned it before, but it’s a teeny little cave crammed full of treasures. Across the street and down a block or…
Yuri-Ota ni Yuri ha Gohattodesu!, Volume 1 (百合オタに百合はご法度です!)
In U-temo’s Yuri fantasy, Yuri-Ota ni Yuri ha Gohattodesu!, Volume 1 (百合オタに百合はご法度です!), Yuri is the law by which Yuri otaku Watanabe Fuyu lives. When she transfers to a…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 19, 2020
Yuri Manga The first volume of the manga Watashi no Oshi ha Akujyaku Reijou. (私の推しは悪役令嬢。) is out now from Yuri Hime Comics! If you enjoyed the light novel,…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 21, 2021
Thanks very much to every one who came to last week’s Yuricon anniversary event and thank you all for your patience as I made my way through this…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 18, 2021
Yuri Light Novels I’m in Love With the Villainess Light Novel, Volume 4 is up for pre-order and let me tell you how good it is…it’s great. ^_^…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 13, 2021
We have an absolute avalanche of news today, so let’s get right into it! Yuri Webnovel I am absolutely delighted to announce that Manga Planet has licensed Girls…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 27, 2020
Yuri Manga Kodansha added a new Yuri license this spring with Takeoka Hazuki’s Kyou, Koshiba Aoi ni Aetara (今日、小柴葵に会えたら), as Chasing After Aoi Koshiba. I’ve reviewed Volume 1,…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 4, 2021
Yuri Manga The Bloom Into You Anthology, Volume 1 is hitting shelves this month from Seven Seas. This was a great addition to any Bloom Into You fan’s…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 16, 2024
Anime News The upcoming season will be filled with Yuri-adjacent or Yuri-adjacent-adjacent – i.e., cute girls doing things cutely – to keep us busy. All (or mostly-)-female …
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 1, 2022
Yuri Manga Volume 3 of the I’m in Love With the Villainess manga has hit shelves this week from Seven Seas. Rae and Claire will face each other…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 12, 2022
Yuri Anime Sentai Filmworks has licensed The Executioner and Her Way of Life.This means that it will be exclusive to their HIDIVE streaming service. The anime will be…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 23, 2022
Yuri Interviews This past week got off to an amazing start with a wonderful interview. inori-sensei, creator of I’m in Love With the Villainess, was kind enough to…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 11, 2023
Yuri Anime ANN’s Egan Loo has the scoop on more staff and a delay until spring for upcoming Yuri anime Whisper Me A Love Song, based on the…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 26, 2022
Yuri Events I am being interviewed by Kinokuniya NYC on November 29, and at 1PM or thereabouts will be available at the store to sign some books! The…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 28, 2020
Okazu News We’re having some trouble with Facebook, which has seen fit to remove every single post I’ve ever made from Okazu from our Yuricon group on Facebook.…
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…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 11. 2024
Yuri Manga in English Big week on the Yuricon Store. We have someone cleaning up the old entries, so I can focus on getting new ones in. ^_^…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 24, 2020
Yuri Games The 2020 Yuri Game Jam is happening right now. Make the games you want to play! EVN Chronicles has a terrific write up of the Visual…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 19, 2022
Yuri Manga Top news this week is Seven Seas’ license for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou! This incredibly gentle and sweet story takes place during the twilight of the human…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 25, 2023
Yuri Events Yuricon 2023 continues this week with the first of our “Yuri is their job!” track. I spoke with three professional translators about their work on some…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 11, 2023
Yuri Manga ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, Volume 3 manga is out from Seven Seas, after…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 23, 2020
Online Yuri Panel Just a bit over a week until our 2020 Online Yuri Panel. Patrons of Okazu will get special backstage access on Wednesday, May 27th as…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 28, 2020
Yuri Manga On the Yuricon Store, we’ve got a couple of new items! Whisper Me a Love Song, Volume 2, will be hitting shelves next month. Yamada and…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 2, 2024
Yuri Manga We’ve added a bunch of stuff to the Yuricon Store! Ratana Satis’ Pulse, Volume 3 , Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6 and Volume 7 to…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 29, 2023
I want to start off today by thanking all of you who have been sending me support and good thoughts. This is my first YNN report since February…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 5, 2020
Yuri Event I’m absolutely ecstatic to announce that the Yuriten Yuri Exhibition, which was canceled due to the pandemic last spring has announced a new online event! I’m…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 25, 2020
Yuri Anime Via Senior YNN Correspondent Eric P., Sentai is reissuing Maria Watches Over Us as a complete collection on Blu-Ray. So all four seasons and the shorts…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 30, 2023
Yuri Anime Set your alarms! Crunchyroll will begin streaming I’m In Love With The Villainess on Oct. 2 and Stardust Telepath on October 9. Thanks to YNN Correspondent…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 20, 2020
Yuri Light Novels A couple of new Yuri Light Novels on the Yuricon Store! Adachi and Shimamura continues with Volume 3. I’m re-reading Volume 1 now in English…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 6, 2022
Yuri Manga Yen Press announces the license for Fuzoroi Renri by Mikanuji-sensei (the first 5 volumes of which I have reviewed here on Okazu) as Assorted Entanglements. We’ve…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 1, 2021
Yuri Manga We’ve added a bunch of titles to the Yuricon Store to start! Failed Princesses, Volume 4. Ajiichi’s tale of opposites tells a whole story on the…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 29, 2022
Yuri Manga Kodansha has announced the license of Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki.This book, which is slated for a Autumn 2022 release is “A poignant coming-of-age…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 16, 2021
Yuri Manga [Boyish²] Butch×Butch Yuri Anthology has made its Kickstarter goal with more than a month left! That means you have plenty of time to back this anthology.…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 3, 2022
I want to thank everyone who participated in our Okazu 20th Anniversary Treasure Hunt! You are all Yuri Masters! The next thing we’ll be celebrating this year is…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 15, 2020
Yuri Light Novel The first of the Sayaka Light Novels from Seven Seas has arrived. ^_^ Bloom Into You : Regarding Saeki Sayaka Volume 1 is exactly as…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 2, 2022
Yuri Research You’ll forgive me for making this my headline this week. My own book, By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga will…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 9, 2020
Yuri Events Join us all today on the Okazu Discord for our lowest-key Yuri event ever. There is no agenda, so come by, relax, have some tea and…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 27, 2021
Yuri Goods The Gee! Store, with locations in Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai, Kokura and Nagoya, is running a series of Comic Yuri Hime pop up shops. You can buy…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 18, 2021
Yuri Studio I’m doing a special of recording of the next Yuri Studio! Tomorrow at 3PM Eastern US time, I’m going to address two great questions, I got…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 17, 2021
Yuri Manga We’ve added some new items to the Yuricon Store: Volume 1 of the Otherside Picnic manga is something I’m really looking forward to. In part because…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 4, 2024
Yuri Audiobook & Drama CD As reported yesterday, when I reviewed the 5th and final audiobook of the initial I’m In Love With The Villainess series, Seven Seas…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 20, 2021
Yuri Live Action The trailer for Netflix’ live-action movie of Nakamura Ching’s GUNJO, (羣青) Ride or Die, now has a subtitled trailer. Rafael Antonio Pineda has the details…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 11, 2020
Print schedules are in the air, but digital editions are still headed our way! Before you knee-jerk comment “I like print better”, consider…if you’re reading scanlations or online…