Yuri Manga
Senior YNN Correspondent Sean G. wants you to know that Seven Seas has a couple of license announcements for us this week. Topping the list is The Girl I Want is So Handsome, by Yuama. I have reviewed this in Japanese – you can read my thoughts on Ikemen-sugi Shiki-sempai! Volume 1 and Volume 2 here (Tl;dr – it was cute.) Volume 1 is getting a end of year release.
Seven Seas has also announced the license of Jun Ogino’s semelparous, and Double Your Pleasure – A Twin Yuri Anthology, neither of which I am ever likely to mention again.
Via ANN’s Rafael Antonia Pineda, Transparent Light Blue creator Iwami Kyouko is starting up a new series, “Today, She is Not Here.” Get the details on ANN!
On their twitter account, MICRO Magazine announced the serialization of the ROLL OVER AND DIE manga!
We have a couple of volumes that have been added to to Yuricon Store:
Mikanuji, creator of Now Loading….! and Fuzoroi no Renri has a short story collection out from Kadokawa, Mukanuji Short Story Collection Happy End Iranai (みかん氏短編集 ハッピーエンドはいらない).
Kujira’s A Witch’s Love at the End of the World, Volume 3 is headed our way in just over a week, to finish up this story.
Volume 2 of Superwomen in Love: Honey Trap and Rapid Rabbit will be coming at you at the end of the summer.
Yoru to Umi, Volume 3, by Goumoto wraps up that magical tale.
Amano Shuninta has a new collection, Aisarete mo Iindayo (愛されてもいいんだよ) about an unhappy woman who finds happiness during her experience with a sex worker.
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YNN Correspondent Megan wants you to know about Ienai Himitsu no Aishikata (いえない秘密の愛し方). A teacher meets her favorite dounjinshi artist, who turns out to be a student in their school. You can read some sample chapters in Japanese on Takeshobo’s Story Dash.
Also via Megan, is Cosmic Lily (コズミック・リリィ), a one-shot scifi story set in space, by Yoshitaka Nao. You can read this in Japanese on Comic Days website.
Kawashima Suzu offers this sweet little Yuri tidbit in Japanese on Comic Zenon, Kanojo to Shuumatsu Afternoon Tea (彼女と週末アフタヌーンティー). Thanks again to Megan for spotting this on Yuri Navi – I had read and bookmarked it, but hadn’t added it yet. Sometimes I hold items for a later report. ^_^
Yuri Interview
The lovely folks at Yuri Times are pleased to present a 2-part interview with Yuri manga artist Inui Ayu, creator of If We Leave on the Dot, which is being serialized in English on Mangaplanet. Part 1 and Part 2 are up for you to read and enjoy! Thanks to the staff of Yuri Times for bring out this interview in English and Japanese!
Yuri Anime
Rafael Antonia Pineda has the news on ANN about new cast and staff for upcoming anime Aquatope of White Sand.
And Rafael is our go-to guy today, because he’s also noted that the first 4 minutes of the new Revue Starlight movie is being streamed right now for you to watch!
Yuri Visual Novel
YNN Correspondent Patricia B.r writes in with the news about Korean Yuri VN that looks fun! “Lady in Mystery is a mystery/romance visual novel set in 1700s Korea, where the protagonist can romance four potential love interests, who are all women. It was originally released in South Korea in 2014, and I believe this is the first time the game has been translated into English.”
MangaGamer announces Distant Memoraĵo – a Return to the World of The Expression: Amrilato. Distant Memoraĵo contains two new chapters in the tale of Rin and Ruka and their desire to communicate. Check out the trailer on Youtube.
Other News
Not Yuri, but this is big – all 44 volumes of fine wine battle manga Drops of God are available on Comixology. I read this all the way through in Japanese and it was absolutely ridiculous and amazing and informative. Imagine Kaiba and Yu-Gi-Oh rambling on about wine instead of a card game and you’d be very close. Also I learned a LOT, but the focus of the manga is always about enjoying wine first and understanding it second.
Gentlewoman and scholar Rachel Thorn tweeted a 3-part NHK series on how Japanese girls magazine cover art changed and maybe you’re not as into this as I am, but I am very into this! Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. Thank you Rachel! Its especially relevant as I am watching the evolution of Rica Takashima’s art for the cover of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, which is coming out next summer and I am very excited for you all to see it. ^_^
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