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EricaFriedman@mastodon.social

<p>Author of &quot;By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga&quot; out now from Journey Press!</p><p>Have been using and moderating social media since BBSs.</p><p><a href="https://www.yuricon.com/product/bys/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">yuricon.com/product/bys/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>LGBTQ manga tastemaker, Speaker, Writer, Editor, 百合人. She/They</p>

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    Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 26, 2026 We have a ton of news on Yuri manga, Yuri anime, GL manhwa, Yuri VNs, LNs, Yuri research and more this week in news from the Global Yuri Network! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/09/26/yuri-network-news-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-september-26-2026/

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    Today on Okazu – Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance, End of Season Review The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise returns and the results of this alternate timeline for Fate and Nanoha are very satisfying. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/09/27/magical-girl-lyrical-nanoha-exceeds-gun-blaze-vengeance-end-of-season-review/

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    Today on Okazu – Galette No. 38 (ガレットNo.38) An excellent issue of independent, creator-owned, crowdfunded Yuri magazine Galette! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/10/galette-no-38-%e3%82%ac%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%83%88no-38/

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    Today on Okazu – Tsukiatte Agetemo Ii Kana TV Drama, Episodes 1-3 Matt Marcus, who has followed Tamifull’s college-life drama, How Do We Relationship from beginning to end, has some thoughts about the strengths and weaknesses of the live-action drama, streaming with subtitles on GagaOOLala. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/10/02/tsukiatte-agetemo-ii-kana-tv-drama-episodes-1-3/

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    Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 12th, 2026 Exciting Yuri manga news from Morishima Akiko and Hanakage Alt, great Yuri in English, Korean GL, Live-action and more this week in news from the Global Yuri network! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/10/03/yuri-network-news-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-september-12th-2026-2/

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    Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 25th, 2026 New and classic Yuri/GL/ Queer manga and comics, Baihe live-action, art, anime, a Fields Medal winning mathematician who shouts out Yuri as an inspiration and more this week in news from the global Yuri Network! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/07/25/yuri-network-news-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-july-25th-2026/

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    Celebrate 30 years of the first Yuri manga published in English with Rica Takashima at hetLabo in Brooklyn, through the end of the month!

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    Today on Okazu – Yuri News Network – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 11, 2026 Yuri Anime, Yuri manga, Yuri merch, a Yoshiya Nobuko 130th exhibition, Yuri VN, Baihe, queer comics, and more this week from Yuri Network News! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/11/yuri-news-network-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-april-11-2026/

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    Today on Okazu – The Cold Ever After Jeremy Whitely and Megan Huang team up on a comic that could appeal to fans of the grit, violence and horror of Gideon The Ninth. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/12/the-cold-ever-after/

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    Today on Okazu – Unnie &amp;#39;tte Yondemo Ii Desuka?, Volume 1 (オンニって呼んでもいいですか？) Hanakage Alt’s first collected volume of manga offers up a delightful tale of K-pop fandom and queer joy. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/16/unnie-tte-yondemo-ii-desuka-volume-1-%e3%82%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%83%8b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a6%e5%91%bc%e3%82%93%e3%81%a7%e3%82%82%e3%81%84%e3%81%84%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99%e3%81%8b%ef%bc%9f/

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    Today on Okazu – Rainbows After Storms, Volume 6 Nanoha and Chidori’s argument begins to affect the people around them – even ruining their one and only class trip. Will they be able to be honest with one another in this slow burn Yuri romance by Luka Kobachi, available now from Viz! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/17/rainbows-after-storms-volume-6/

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    Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – April 18, 2026 New Yuri from Yen and Seven Seas, Yuri Visual Novels, Yuri Light Novel, Yuri Anime and more this week in news from the Global Yuri Network! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/18/yuri-network-news-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-april-18-2026/

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    Today on Okazu – Comic Yuri Hime, May 2026 (コミック百合姫) Yuri manga, comic essays, letters, anime promos and many other series fills another great volume of Comic Yuri Hime! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/19/comic-yuri-hime-may-2026-%e3%82%b3%e3%83%9f%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e5%a7%ab/

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    I had the incredible pleasure of interviewing One Piece uber fan, Savannah Bananas outfielder Reese Alexiades, a man who is bringing &amp;quot;Suuuuper&amp;quot; energy to the game of Banana Ball! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-04-19/the-one-piece-is-real-an-with-reese-alexiades-from-the-savannah-bananas/.235312

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    Today on Okazu – Koharu and Minato: Happy Life with My Girlfriend, Volume 1 This fictionalized comic essay about a real-life lesbian relationship is serialized in Comic Yuri Hime, and is out now from Seven Seas! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/20/koharu-and-minato-happy-life-with-my-girlfriend-volume-1/

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    Today on Okazu – Can I call You Unnie?, Book Signing Event Report Our brand new Japan Correspondent, Sasori, debuts on Okazu with a report about Hanakage Alt’s book signing event at Yuri cafe ANCHOR rainbow port Tokyo! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/22/can-i-call-you-unnie-book-signing/

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    Today on Okazu – Toxic Yuri Demo Okazu Staff writer Ashley P takes a look the demo of this cute and toxic Yuri VN from Yuri Kissaten! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/29/toxic-yuri-demo/

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    Today on Okazu - Wicked Spot, Volume 1 Sal Jiang’s comedy about a witch and a woman who hates witches who worlds collide on social media, is full of action and surprises. This volume from Kodansha will be out in May! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/30/wicked-spot-volume-1/

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    Today on Okazu – Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 11 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) What is it that yokai fear? A fantastic volume of slow creeping horrors…at the school festival, in Volume 11 of Naekawa Sai’s school life and eldritch horror series. Volume 6 of This Monster Wants To Eat Me is out next month from Yen Press! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/23/watashi-o-tabetai-hito-de-nashi-volume-11-%e7%a7%81%e3%82%92%e5%96%b0%e3%81%b9%e3%81%9f%e3%81%84%e3%80%81%e3%81%b2%e3%81%a8%e3%81%a7%e3%81%aa%e3...

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    @scalzi If only.

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    Today on Okazu – The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch, Volumes 1 &amp;amp; 2 Okazu Staff writer Eleanor W finds this manga written by “Sexiled” author Ameko Kaeruda to be a pleasant surprise, with more depth than she expected. Volumes 1&amp;amp;2 are out now from Titan Manga, with Volume 3 on the way soon. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/15/the-elegant-courtly-life-of-the-tea-witch-1-2/

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    Today on Okazu – Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 5 (山田と加瀬さん。) Yamada discovers her desire to buy wonderful things for Kase-san is impacting her actual relationship with Kase-san in this book about two women building their life together. Congratulations to Takashima Hiromi-sensei on the 10th volume of the Kase-san series! https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/09/yamada-to-kase-san-volume-5-%e5%b1%b1%e7%94%b0%e3%81%a8%e5%8a%a0%e7%80%ac%e3%81%95%e3%82%93%e3%80%82/

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    Today on Okazu – Black Lily&amp;#39;s Tale Okazu Staff Writer Ashley Payne says that this story, with it’s science fiction veneer over real-world issues queer kids face, has it’s heart in the right place, but could use some content warnings. Available now on Steam and Crunchyroll. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/04/06/black-lilys-tale/

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    Today on Okazu – Reverse 4 You, streaming on Netflix Okazu guest reviewer Eric Potter says that this Thai drama on Netflix was a pleasant surprise and made clever use of its sci-fi gimmicks. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/03/25/reverse-4-you-streaming-on-netflix/

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    A Scandal in Yuri Publishing &amp;amp; Important Statement The global Yuri community is speaking up in one voice: systems that promote and protect predators must be destroyed. https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/03/08/a-scandal-in-yuri-publishing-important-statement/