Let’s talk anime, Sailor Moon, conventions, and cosplay in an era before streaming and social media in my debut non-fiction novel, “The Fangirl Diaries” scarlet-rhapsody.com?page_id=22298

Don’t say anything to a chatbot that you wouldn’t say to Sam Altman on an open mic in the middle of a packed stadium. Or… just don’t say anything to a chatbot. #youarebeingwatched

As a critic it’s part of my job helping you decide what to see and why! Read & listen to critics from a range of perspectives too! There’s people who I rarely agree with and read anyway. Sometimes they’ll pan something but from their explanation I can tell I’ll enjoy it. Use your brain!

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. okazu.yuricon.com/2026/01/01/a...

In addition to this, if you want to study Japanese but struggle to pin down what to study I suggest you; 1. Ask yourself why you want to study Japanese. If it's to read manga then focus on reading skills. If it's to speak, do think like listen to podcasts and practice speaking with a teacher.

I'm good with it

X already clearly stated that all images posted to X belong to X. Delete X.

A quick round-up and look forward open-access post on Patreon: 2025 was a Year of Yuri! www.patreon.com/posts/147163... 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!

A quick round-up and look forward open-access post on Patreon: 2025 was a Year of Yuri! www.patreon.com/posts/147163... 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!

A quick round-up and look forward open-access post on Patreon: 2025 was a Year of Yuri! www.patreon.com/posts/147163... 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!

【ニュース】百合ビジュアルノベル『ToLight-ForLight』Steamストアページ公開 yulyrical.com/news-2026010... 主人公は転校先で幼なじみと再会するが、相手は覚えていないようで――。それをきっかけに成人を控えた少女たちが将来や夢を追い求めていく物語

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! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/31/o...

The Moon on a Rainy Night TV anime has revealed a new visual and its main staff, along with a collaboration illustration with A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace.

[Review] Wandance really gets you moving.

あけましておめでとうございます！ 今年もよろしくお願いします！

It's Kohaku time at my house. Are we ready? We are never ready.

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! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/31/o...

GLAM BEAT!—a brand-new imprint devoted to women-driven stories that are intimate, bold, and unapologetically romantic. x.com/crossedheart...

hi yes these numbers are so high THANK YOU FOR HAVING FAITH IN US and also I have fear AND a LOT of excitement!! OTHERSIDE IS OPENING TO FICTION AND POETRY SOOOON!! like a little over 24 hours soon!! aaaaaaa!!!!

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. ^_^ okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/29/o...

Her video is related to what @okazu.yuricon.com writes on Okazu, including her collection of essays entitled By Your Side: The First 100 Years of #Yuri Anime and Manga. It was published by Journey Press and can be purchased on multiple places, such as Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/12445/9781... (186/?)

Hat tip to @aliciahaddick.com for the news about this VOD performance!

Today on Okazu – Takarazuka's Castlevania: Awakening Under The Moon Takarazuka Flower Troupe’s performance of Castlevania is available as Video on Demand. It’s a great and reasonably priced way to enjoy a Takarazuka experience. okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/28/t...

山田と加瀬さん。⑤12/26発売ですよ

Pondering over an issue that is a good example of why AI could never.

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. okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/27/y...

[intermezzo] Coincidentally, a nice illustrative demo of “AI” not understanding anything (left) and a human having understanding (right)

Tried to get a rollator for socialistmas. It's already hard enough asking for help. Seems like everyone has to win a lottery for any upward mobility (literally and metaphorically). I will apply next year. I'm not getting any younger and my body still hates me.

IT’S FINALLY OUT. Please give it a read and leave some love? Many thanks to my incredible editor for being so patient as I obsessively put everything together and tried to make it perfect 🤍✨

A reminder to watch Cheetah Cub Cam to get the dopamine flowing nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...

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! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/26/t...

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! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/26/t...

Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally Please see it if you’re curious

In honor of the passing of Nananan Kiriko here is my review of Blue.

This was a genuinely amazing exhibit. Another great excuse to visit Paris!

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! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/22/t...

I just came across a catchpa that asked me to subtract a negative number. What are we even doing? I mean, okay, nice to know I remember simple math, but.

Links to the leaked 60 Minute CECOT piece are getting taken down. This one still works as of 7:20 CST. archive.org/details/60-m...

@peow.bsky.social I have had several folks ask me - is Stop! Hibari-kun! available in the UK?

Anime Herald Magazine #1 is now available and shipping! Be sure to order your copy of this gorgeous, 100+ page edition while supplies last. 💖 Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻 Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔 Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦

I'm starting up reading "More Weight" by Ben Wickey and would like to remind everyone that the Salem Witch Trials were always about a corrupt clergy and local administration persecuting people whose land and goods they wanted, not about anything else. 0 witches were tried, only innocent people.

Today on Okazu – Comic Yuri Hime, December 2025 (コミック百合姫2025年12月号) Comic Yuri Hime rings out the year with a wedding on the cover and a fun volume filled with Yuri manga, anime and more inside! okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/21/c...

We may have found a new, very successful was of dealing with cancer. #ShareGoodNewsToo www.jaist.ac.jp/english/what...

Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – December 20, 2025 This week in new from the global Yuri network, we have live action dramas, new Yuri manga, end-of-year lists and more! Get ready to read to watch and to buy Yuri for the new year. ^_^ okazu.yuricon.com/2025/12/20/y...

Many thanks to everyone who bought a copy of By Your Side during my clean-up Holiday special sale! I have reclaimed my floor!. ^_^ By Your Side is always available in digital or in print! Order it at online or at a bookstore near you. www.yuricon.com/product/bys/

I found marshmallows. The s'mormenorah didn't really work. 🕎

Yesterday I wrote 3 reviews, edited a book, packed books to ship. Today I packed books, wrote 1 review, am working on an article, and have at least 1 review and an edit to do. AMA.

"Oh my godddd okay so you don't like genAI because it steals from artists, makes processes slower, creates more work for underpaid employees, is supported by data centers that are poisoning Black communities, doesn't even look good, and no one asked for it, but do you have to be so MEAN about it"

Down to the last three!