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Today on Okazu - Yuri News Network – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 10, 2026

A whole lotta live-action Yuri (and not), Yuri manga anime, new Light Novel from ILTV’s inori. and more, this week in news from the global Yuri network!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/10/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-january-10-2026/

A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.

Today on Okazu - She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Volume 5

This volume of Sakaomi Yuzaki’s series covers a lot of territory, from creating an affirming found family, the relief of receiving a diagnosis to a life-long problem, to the real-world difficulties of Japanese same-sex couples looking for an apartment.

A winner of Okazu’s Top Yuri of 2025 Special Awards and a fantastic volume of a fantastic manga. Available now from Yen Press!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/09/she-loves-to-cook-and-she-loves-to-eat-volume-5/

Cover of She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat, Volume 5 by Sakaomi Yuzaki. On an unadorned background, 4 adult women walk together chatting and eating or drinking. A tall woman in pants and shirt, a shorter woman in woman in a winter jacket and long skirt.

Today on Okazu - There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless…, Volume 4

Okazu Staff Reviewer Eleanor takes a look at the LN that completes what the author considers “Season 1” of the series, with one more member of Renako’s harem!
Available now from Seven Seas.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/07/theres-no-freaking-way-ill-be-your-lover-unless-ln-4/

Cover of There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover Unless...! Two girls embrace, looking out at us. One has pink hair with a crossed barrettes as decoration on the front, the other has silver-blue hair tied up with a gold ribbon. They both wear Japanese style school uniforms of white blouses with red piping, and gray plaid skirts.

@npt_writes It's weird. Things go in and out of fashion!

I never use an em dash for my own writing, but if it is for publication or another site, I do.

@eniko I honestly think i has always been that way, but it's really obvious now that we can see them in real time, not just through the media

Today on Okazu - Lilies Blooming in 100 Days

Muromaki’s collected online comics representing 100 Yuri scenarios is adapted into English by Yen into a full-color celebration of Yuri tropes.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/05/lilies-blooming-in-100-days/

In a classroom, in front of a window glowing with sunshine, a teacher in blouse and slacks stands behind a student in a chair, her arms gently over the girl's shoulders. The student leans back and reaches up to touch the older woman gently on her face.

OkazuYuri boosted:

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

Today on Okazu - Comic Yuri Hime, January 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年1月号)

New cover artist, new series and a lot of continuing series and a 20th anniversary café in Tokyo for Comic Yuri Hime’s continuing celebration into this new year of Yuri!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/04/comic-yuri-hime-january-2026-%e3%82%b3%e3%83%9f%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e5%a7%ab2026%e5%b9%b41%e6%9c%88%e5%8f%b7/

Cover of Comic Yuri Hime, January 2026 - a bold red background. Looking into a mirror, a young woman with a lace bow tying up her purple-brown hair, has lip color applied by brush held by a woman with long pink braids, her face mostly offscreen.

Today on Okazu - Yuri News Network – (百合ネットワークニュース) – January 3, 2026

New Yuri anime key visual, cast and promos, and old Yuri anime up on Youtube! Yuri manga, LNs, VNs, webcomics and more this week in news from the global Yuri network!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/03/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-january-3-2026/

In blue silhouette, two women face each other. One wears a fedora and male-styled attire, one is in a dress and heels. Their body language is obscure - they may be dancing, or laughing or fighting. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu

Today on Okazu - Ayaka Is In Love With Hiroko, Volume 1

A closeted lesbian fends off unsubtle advances from a straight(?) work colleague in this workplace comedy by Sal Jiang. Available February from Tokyopop’s LoveLove imprint.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/01/ayaka-is-in-love-with-hiroko-volume-1/

A woman in a business suit on the phone looking off to her right, is watched by a blushing woman in a pink off the shoulder dress who crouches down to look up at the other woman.

@yamako あけましておめでとうございます！

A quick round-up and look forward open-access post on Patreon: 2025 was a Year of Yuri! https://www.patreon.com/posts/147163973

I hope that, if you are a free patron, or not a patron yet, you'll consider supporting Okazu Yuricon and all the work we to do keep you up to date on Yuri!

Okazu Staff Presents The Top Yuri of 2025!

Earlier this week the Okazu staff gave a few Special Awards to series that so many of us love. Today we look at the series, people, publications that we think were the Top Yuri of 2025!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/31/okazu-staff-presents-the-top-yuri-of-2025/

Today on Okazu - Okazu’s Top Yuri of 2025 Special Awards Winners!

These four manga have been so popular on Okazu that we decided to give them a list of their own. ^_^

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/29/okazus-top-yuri-of-2025-special-awards-winners/

Bright green cover of The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At ALL, Two girls surrounded by guitar picks blowing in a high wind

Two girls sit laughing and talking at a table. One girl with long hair leans forward across the table

A girl with white wings, in blue and white uniform, holding a gun, charges towards us

4 women of different heights and sizes wearing casual cloths walk along eating and chatting

@hbons That's incredibly sweet.

Today on Okazu – Takarazuka's Castlevania: Awakening Under The Moon

Takarazuka Flower Troupe’s performance of Castlevania is available as Video on Demand on Beyond Live, starring Sea Towaki as Alucard and Misaki Hoshizora as Maria. It’s a great and reasonably priced way to enjoy a Takarazuka experience.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/28/takarazukas-castlevania-awakening-under-the-moon/ Okazu

Title card of Takarazuka Flower troupe's Castlevania Awakening Under The Moon on the left, with stars Sea Towaki as Alucard and Misaki Hoshizora as Maria on the right. Both dressed in blue. Alucard in an elaborate 18th century coat and vest, Maria in a dress with a silver ribbon on her left hip.

@mayintoronto Any of the above as my fancy takes me.

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 27, 2025

For the last Yuri news report of 2025, we have new Yuri manga, Yuri visual novels, Yuri anime and live-action news and more! Here’s to one more year of great Yuri news in the books.

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/27/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-december-27-2025/

In black block letters, YNN Yuri Network News. On the left, in black silhouette, a woman with a broad brim hat and dress stands, a woman in a tight outfit sits against the Y. Art by Mari Kurisato for Okazu

Today on Okazu – The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All, Volume 3

The third volume of Sumiko Arai’s award-winning manga is full of laughs, deals with serious issues and stomps on tired tropes, to a “Dad rock” soundtrack. Available now from Yen Press!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/26/the-guy-she-was-interested-in-wasnt-a-guy-at-all-volume-3/

On a bright neon green background, drawn in black and white, guitar picks flying around as in a high wind, two girls look at us. One, in t-shirt and jeans, holds a guitar, the other in blouse and skirt, their hair and clothes flying wildly.

Today on Okazu – The Fed-Up Office Lady Wants to Serve the Villainess, Volume 2

Nekotarou’s isekai tale of a over-competent office lady in her favorite game trying to save everyone…even the villainess, is a fun and cute story. Out now from Seven Seas!

https://okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/22/the-fed-up-office-lady-wants-to-serve-the-villainess-volume-2/

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