Some personal news to start. This week I begin a new job, in a new industry for the first time in 30 years(!), so reviews may be extra sporadic until my schedule gels. The fun part of this job is t…
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 19, 2022
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 1, 2020
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 8, 2020
Yuri Manga Via YNN Senior Correspondent Eric P. we have news of Love Me For Who I Am, Volume 1, a “An LGBT+ manga about finding friendship and…
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 12, 2022
Yuri Web & Digital Comics Via her Facebook page, Kuru, aka Color_LES, has announced that Mage & Demon Queen will conclude this year. Of course I will miss…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 5, 2022
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 11, 2023
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Yuri Visual Novels Breaking News! The visual novel creative team at Studio Élan, announces a new publishing initiative, Bellhouse, by Studio Élan. Bellhouse will be publishing games not…
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 22, 2020
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 18, 2023
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 15, 2020
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 5, 2022
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – February 13, 2021
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 6, 2024
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 23, 2024
Yuri Manga Tokyopop has licensed a new Yuri manga! Via Yuri Anime News, we’re getting Yomogimochi’s Yuri ni Hasmaru Otoko ha Shinubaii!? (百合にはさまる男は死ねばいい!?) as Boys Who Interfere W…
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Yuri Manga I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai) licensed by Kodansha, via Alex Mateo. Creator Arai Sumiko has…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 9, 2024
LGBTQ Events April is the second-best month to be in NYC, so if you’re around, join me and Rica Takashima at the Rainbow Book Fair at CLAGS: The…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 13, 2024
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 30, 2024
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 3, 2023
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 3, 2022
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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) – October 1, 2022
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 20, 2023
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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) – June 20, 2020
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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) – December 5, 2020
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Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 23, 2021
Yuri Manga A new license this week from Seven Seas, Namekawa-san Won’t Take a Licking! Vol. 1, a Comic Yuri Hime classroom gonzo comedy series. The link leads…
Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – June 25, 2022
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