a lot of yuri manga right now, some of them mediocre but many of them great, so let's

get right to this, and try not to skip around or leave the video, because many of the best

are on the backend. I'll only be listing series with an English translation, will put

details on-screen if they're licensed, and have timestamps in the description, so let's

go. Starting off we've got Bloom into You, the

ongoing classic that everyone is surely already aware of. The series is wrapping up by the

end of this year, so if you somehow haven't jumped on it, or were waiting for its completion,

now's the time. Its recent handling of the characters is just as strong as ever, and

no aspect of the series, from its art to its paneling, has taken even the slightest dip

with time. Nakatani-sensei's work has played a major role in the current popularization

of this genre, and any fan owes it to themselves and to her to go read this.

Shimeji Simulation is the newest manga by the author of Girls' Last Tour, and yes,

you heard that right. It's a 4-panel gag series, so don't expect any serious material

here, but the yuri is most assuredly real. If you want some idea of what to expect, imagine

the most absurd moments of Girls' Last Tour, and turn that dial in your mind all the way

up to 11. Its surreal depiction of nihilism and depression feels perfectly fitting, and

honestly the main relationship is even kinda cute in spite of how bizarre it all is. I

can't promise that GLT fans will like it, but they should at least give it a shot.

Yuri is My Job is like if Blend-S was good, and by that I mean it's set at a “yuri

cafe” where all of the waitresses perform the roles of classic yuri archetypes, and

our main character is roped into this against her will after injuring the manager, which

probably isn't legal but ah well. This focus on performance brings up important questions

of how well we can know others and even ourselves, and its writing is incredibly deft for what

could otherwise be a very schlocky series. Poking fun at voyeurism is a classic premise

going back at least as far as Hitchcock, and it works to great effect here both in creating

drama and in delivering a satisfying yuri romance.

Liberty is exactly what we all need: a serious musical drama manga about two adult women.

Now, I know that Octave, After Hours, and even another manga further down this list

count, but this one's got its own appeal. Written by Izumi Kitta, who's a relatively

well-known voice actress, it stars that classic yuri pair: a bored and somewhat detached games

writer who finds herself pursued by the up-and-coming singer of a band she's working with, after

almost running over her in her car. Said singer is sometimes a bit… pushy when it comes

to her advances, but it's more than reciprocated, and is just one of many fantastic series on

this list about adults. Urasekai Picnic, or, Otherside Picnic, is

an adaptation of a light novel by Iori Miyazawa, whose interesting interview will be linked

in the description. Part of a new wave of yuri stories, it's a science-fiction work

taking a neo-Lovecraftian bent, where the main characters find themselves capable of

accessing the titular Urasekai, meaning Reverse World, and attempting to discover how it and

its dangerous oddities function, all alongside strong yuri drama. It's a series named after

the novel which inspired Stalker, so, I think that should be enough of a selling point.

It isn't licensed, but the novels are, so you can read those soon if legality is important

to you. Next up we've got Kase-san. As with Bloom,

this shouldn't need to be one I need to say too much about, but I've seen the strange

rumor going around that it's over, and it isn't. It just isn't. Anyway, with that

clarified, let's talk shop. While the release rate has slowed down, it's been worth it,

as Kase and Yamada contend with the newfound challenges of work, college, and living further

away from one another. Their relationship is only strengthening with these new hurdles

to clear, and damn are they clearing them. Also, Kase is really hot when she dresses

up, and I just wanted you to know that. Otona ni Natte mo, or, Even Though We're

Adults is about an utterly repulsive and captivating woman who cheats on her husband with a girl

she meets at a bar. It's not pleasant, but it's pretty realistic as to the troubles

of a relationship, and its handled wonderfully by the same mind who brought us Wandering

Son and Sweet Blue Flowers, Takako Shimura. It's still in its early days, but for those

who clamor for a serious, adult drama about two grown-up women, this is exactly what you

want, even running in a josei magazine. For those interested in reading fluff, and those

who can't feel a drop of sympathy for a cheater: turn elsewhere.

Watashi no Kawaii Koneko-chan, or, My Cute Little Kitten is the latest manga from Milk

Morinaga, a name that should need no introduction but will get some anyway: she's the author

of Girl Friends. In her first series depicting two adult women(noticing a trend in the contemporary

yuri market?) she portrays two roommates, both of whom have feelings for one another

but find difficulty in spitting that out. It is, for the most part, a very Milk Morinaga

story, with an overflowing of shoujo style and a plethora of misunderstandings, but its

focus on adult roommates gives it a different tone, enough so to make it worth reading.

Still Sick is another popular genre of adult yuri romance… that of the office coworkers.

Did that specific subgenre pop up, in spite of the relative infrequency of dating coworkers,

because it duplicates the school dynamic in many ways, complete with senpai/kohai? Probably.

Anyway, it stars a doujin manga artist who's caught drawing yuri by her colleague at Comiket,

or maybe some yuri event I can't remember, a fact which is used to blackmail her into

becoming friends. It's frankly shockingly funny, and for anyone who enjoys stories about

following your artistic passions, this is a good one.

Hayama-sensei and Terano-sensei are dating is exactly what it says, a fluffy romance

about two teachers who also happen to be dating. Unlike many of the previous manga on this

list, there is nothing here for you if you are a grouch who doesn't enjoy cute girls

being cute and sapphic with one another from time to time. To soapbox for a second, I'm

happy we've reached this point. There was a time where all fluff was in schoolgirl series

and romance with adults had to be dramatic, but that time has passed, and going off this

list, it'd be hard to claim yuri has too many more schoolgirl stories than manga romance

as a whole. Go us! Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na, translated as,

So, Do You Want to Go Out, or, is not just a mouthful, but absolutely, searingly good.

A college manga—man I love those—it stars two young women who just kinda lapse into

a relationship because both are open, rather than out of some blinding passion. It's

nice, even with all the drama that comes with. More importantly, it's legitimately laugh

my posterior off funny—sorry for the censoring, gotta play to the adsense algorithms—though

much of that comes down to the translation work; it's nice to get a translator who's

willing to use modern slang when it's appropriate. Five stars, must read for all.

Sasayaku You Ni Koi Wo Utau, or, Whispering You a Love Song is the kind of manga which

is shockingly rare on this list, a simple girl meets girl love story set at a school,

and yet it doesn't feel at all out of place. When a young woman immediately falls in love

with the performance of her senpai at her class reception, she promptly tries to tell

her that… but ends up wording it like a confession. The senpai is enraptured with

her right then and there, which is what begins this absurdly adorable little romance. Detailed

lineart makes for very cute characters, whether troubled or over the moon. It's a classic

formula, but there's a reason it became that way, because it's still good.

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! is universally, and by universally

I mean in the West, called BakaRina, because the main character's name is Katarina and

she's a complete idiot. Reincarnated into the world of an otome game she played once,

it stars the purest girl who has ever lived, someone who only and always does right by

those she cares about. Because of that, she accrues quite a harem, three members of which

are girls. There's plenty of guys in love with her too, so if you're more of the separatist

variety this might not be in your strikezone, but given that she's unlikely to end up

with any one person, this should satisfy yuri fans who want a bit of isekai mixed in.

Kimi ga Shinu Made Koi wo Shitai, or, I Want You to Love Me Until I Die is a fantastical

horror series, where a magic academy employs young girls to fight and often die against

some unknown enemy. Very little is clear in this series, and that includes my opinions

on it! It's strange, and even the relationships, constructed as they are by the school for

the sake of their operations, do not feel the most genuine. But maybe that's the point.

I feel legitimately unnerved reading this manga, especially when its more gory bits

come in, and it's certainly yuri, so if that sounds up your alley, it probably is.

Cheerful Amnesia has been recommended before, but I'm gonna do it again. Another four-panel

gag comedy, this one involves a girl who loses her memory and yet is still intensely attracted

to her former girlfriend. Things have progressed since the time I last mentioned it, and while

I won't spoil too much, I will say that it feels like a manga that plans on wrapping

up on the sooner end of things, so I'd jump on it now. It remains hilarious and with its

progress has avoided dwelling too long on jokes that may have gotten stale. Go read

it and thank me for doing so. Motto Hanjuku Joshi is exactly what it sounds

like: more Hanjuku Joshi. Said Hanjuku Joshi comes from Morishima Akiko, one of the most

esteemed mangaka in the genre, and the fact that we're getting more of it after a decade

speaks to how blessed we are as a people, so if you focus on yuri alone and not literally

anything else in the world, it seems like we're moving to a great place! As with its

predecessor series, it's funny, it's round, and it's a damn good time. Morishima follows

up on threads that were never quite tied in the original, while still letting its main

girls be mostly happy, since they solved their problems in the past. This is how you do a

sequel. Lily Marble is strange, but it's a good

one. Its art style may not appeal to everyone, but a glance at it should show it's for

those of truly discerning taste. Centering a number of women who work at a gym, it shows

various couples and pairings, while also demonstrating the fact that the members of those pairings

have other friends, and lives, and other silly things like that. Perhaps more important though

is that this manga is incredibly hot. It's fanservicey, for sure, it's just that the

manner of fanservice isn't D-cups and panty shots—no hate if that's what you like—but

fit women, stretching and stuff, and oh baby is that something which should exist.

Hana ni Arashi is even more “that one yuri manga you read back in 2005”, but I still

love it. Its girls are keeping their relationship hidden, as the series is sure to tell you

at the start of every chapter, but the thin, almost ethereal art is enough to draw the

reader into the precarious romance immediately, and its endearing seeing them find little

spaces for intimacy in and amongst their attempts at hiding their romance. Progress is slow,

and drama can be brutally hard to sit through as a result, but hey, I somehow haven't

had anything quite like this on the list so far, and for what it is, this is very good.

Oddman 11 is another one I recommended before and oh my god has it ever changed in the year

and a half—oh how time flies—since. As always, take the necessary caveat that the

main character theoretically wants to date a boy into account, because even though the

current path is clearly towards her beginning a polyamorous relationship with all the girls

who are into her, it's theoretically possible that my man Dowman Sayman could flip the script

on me and go the bad route. Still, it's probably about as absurd as Shimeji Simulation,

and honestly funnier, so you don't have an excuse to not be reading this. IT REFERENCES

THE DRAKENGARD ENDING FOR PETE'S SAKE. Luminous=Blue is an outstanding new series

about a young photographer who transfers to the school of her idol, only to learn said

idol is in a slump. Getting involved with a pair of ex-girlfriends, she finds herself

caught in a web of deceit and manipulation. Which doesn't sound like a cute romance

because it really isn't. There's plenty of cute moments, but the ultra-detailed art

contributes to both a very beautiful series and a deeply disturbing one, with plenty of

room to fill in all the blanks with the lies told by the characters. Mean things happen

here, and it could be the darkest work on this list if it weren't for one more coming

in a bit, but through that comes some very strong material on being honest with your

feelings, the way photos reveal our hidden emotions, and the framing of sexuality. The

fact I talked about this longer than any of the others says it all: this is a must-read

for literally any yuri fan. Koushin Koinu ni Koibumi wo, or, A Love Letter