Sleepy-girl representation is important
Every damn day before I go to bed, I lay in bed and read yuri until I fall asleep. And then I post cute little snippits from it (or really dumb snippits from it) onto this website for your enjoyment. And I get a lot of people who go "Liz, as the world's leading yuri sommelier, what would you recommend?"
And I always say just ask and I'll give you a yuri or two to tide you over, but someone suggested I just put that shit in a post SO I'MMA PUT THAT SHIT IN A POST
I already did one of these big ol' posts, but that was was entirely series that were finished (for the most part. I did have one on there had had a continuation, and one that's ending in three days). There's way more yuri out there. All of these are series (still no one-shots, I may do that some day) that have not been fully completely, or not fully translated. These are still ongoing, so if you're gonna read them and get into them, I recommend you do what I do and put them in a bookmark and consider them as occasional update webcomics lol
If you like any of these, let me know whatcha think, and consider supporting the artists and writers! You can often find a way to do that on the website I'm linking. Many of these are licensed, in fact, and you can get official translations and books of em. And some you can ONLY get in that way. I recommend that.
BRING ON THE GIRLS! ....A LOT of them, in fact! I've written up over thirty different series that you can go read, right now, and should, because they're quite good. Wow. That's a lot. This took me all afternoon lol anyways ENOUGH TALK, TIME FOR LESBIANISM.
I Don't Know Which One is Love
Warnings: Harem. One of the pairings is teacher x student. college kids.
Mei-chan just graduated highschool with her heart broken. The girl she was crushing on, her best friend, is straight as can be. Now that she's going into college she's decided not only will she reinvent herself, but she'll GET A GIRLFRIEND! Very quickly, however, she meets five girls that she immediately falls head over heels in love with, and they also seem to be pretty into her, each in their own ways...
You have Riri, the touchy snuggly sweet friend who's a bit reserved and shy, but has a surprising past as a sexy model. There's Maria-Sensei, a psychology professor at the college who is The Mommy type and thinks Mei is the cuttest thing in the world. Minato Senpai, a prince-like older student who's extremely into music, sound, and especially ASMR, and immediately falls in love with Mei's voice, and also gets Mei involved in the local arts scene. That art scene also includes Karin-Senpai, an aspiring actor who is a kiss demon playgirl who IMMEDIATELY starts making out with Mei. Then finally, there's Mei's roommate, the irreverent ace senpai Kaoru, who takes a liking to Mei... and has a tendency to have her Switch Get Flipped when smelling Kaoru, due to a rather strong kink.
Yes, every character loves Mei for a different reason, and they're all based on the five senses.
No real clue where this one is going yet. It seems to ME to be a deconstruction of a lot of harem anime tropes, intentionally, and a bit of a parody of the idea, while also just being a good gay harem manga. Pretty much all the characters are fun in their own way. It's 100% possible this will go the mythical route, the route that people like me would DREAM of seeing in a harem manga: THE POLYAMORY ROUTE. But we will have to see.
Read this if you're into: Cute blushing girls. Girls being OBVIOUSLY super into each other. Lots of horny energy. A varied and fun cast.
If you like this, consider checking out: Tamamusi's previous works. Bright and Cheery Amnesia girl is good and I would have recommended it in my previous post but that post was 18 works long and I needed to stop somewhere. That one is a goofy romance about a girl who loses her memories, reverts to her high school self, and finds out she's ten years older and has a banging hot girlfriend now.
Warnings: High school girls. Mild drama.
Nagisa has just entered high school. It was not her first highschool choice... she, in fact, failed the exam for her first choice, because she missed the exam time because she was helping a sick girl. In her shame of failure, she reinvents herself, becoming a cool beauty. On her first day at her new school, however, she finds out that same girl who caused her to fail is in her class! And though she knows it's not her fault, she can't help but hate this student, Mashiro. Mashiro, however, quickly takes a liking to Nagisa...
This quickly evolves into some cute fluff romance between the two of them as they grow closer, both trying to change who they are. Nagisa doesn't want to hate Mashiro for something she couldn't control, and Mashiro wants to stop being a sickly burden on everyone. They carry each other out of this depression and these negative feelings. There's also side romances that I'll be real, I'm not as into. Nagisa and Mashiro are the real stars.
Read this if you like: blushing girls who can barely contain crushes but don't quite get it yet. Some mild drama but nothing serious.
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but she has a tendency to cook way more than she could ever possibly eat by herself. So she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who lives alone and seems to really enjoy her food. What evolves from this is a close relationship, born of food and a love for it, which grows closer with each meal.
This one is honestly pretty stunning. What starts as just a cute slice of life slow burn romance becomes one of the gayest god damn things. It has commentary on everything LGBT, with good ace rep, and you get real invested in the romance between these two.
Read this one if you like: Gay women. Seriously. Also, food. Every chapter is about cooking a different dish.
Warnings: Highschool girls. Not much else.
Chidori and Nanoha are best friends. But even more than that, they are in love. But they keep their relationship a secret from everyone. Hiding from prying eyes, they spend their days flirting sneakily, fretting from the constant interruptions.
This is a slice of life manga about two girlfriends in an all girl school who are hiding their relationship because they don't want to be teased by their friends. Not like, in a homophobic way. More in a "we will never hear the end of it" way. So this is easier. It's simple and cute.
Read this if you like: Simple, slice of life. Very VERY mild drama, if any at all. Idiot couples.
For Some Reason Suddenly I Wanted To..... With the Coworker Who Sits Next to Me
Warnings: Lightly NSFW.
Hayami Tomoka has a really serious problem. She wants to get laid. But that's such a hassle, and boys are too much... Anyway, unrelated to that, there's a coworker who sits next to her at work, the uptight Kohashi Mami. They don't get along very well. But one day after a long day at the office, the two go out and grab some drinks and find they're easier to talk to than they expected! And it turns out, Kohashi also has a serious problem, herself...
This was originally a short story that has been updated and added to with new chapters every now and then when the author feels like it.
Read this if you like: Some spicy lewdness to your gay.
How do I Get together With my Childhood Friend?
Warnings: High school girls.
Minami and Yuzu are close as friends can be. Friends and neighbors all their lives, they are inseperable, doing everything together. They're quite opposites, the two of them: Minami is a serious hardworker who hyperfocuses on things she puts her mind to and is friendly and well loved at school, and Yuzu is an ADHD addled spacey girl who really only focuses on her hobbies and interests, like astronomy, and is kinda shy and keeps to herself. But they've been together as long as they can remember, and nothing will ever change that!
Then one day, Minami overhears Yuzu being confessed to... and she realizes something about herself.
Read this one if you like: Idiot couples and useless lesbians. ESPECIALLY Minami. For a smart serious girl she's so god damn wife-brained that it overwhelms everything else about her.
Warnings: Incest as a plot point. Pushy main character (it chills out extremely after the first few chapters).
So, there's a genre of manga that is very, very popular. Isekai into an otome game, where the main character falls in love with the villain of that story. I'm about to post like, three of these in a row, and they all have similar tropes and ideas, but are all good in their own ways.
In this one, ordinary office worker Rei wakes one day to find she's in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. She knows this world inside and out, as she's one of the most prolific fanfic writers of this world, so she's researched it back and forth, especially involving her favorite character, the villainess, Vlaire Francois. The character has a tragic end in the story of the game, and Rei always wrote fanfic to change that. Now that she's the mary sue protagonist, with incredible magic power, she will do everything in her power to protect Claire. The same Claire who hates commoners and is annoyed at Rei's very existence.
Read this if you like: Serious fantasy and political storylines, but with gay romance smacked into it. Isekai with a super knowledgable main character. villainess isekai, specifically ones with an ineffectual not actually bad villain (Claire is rough but good deep down). Good art.
The Fed Up Office Lady Wants to Serve the Villainess
Stop me if you've heard this one. Mitori is an ordinary office worker who is Isekai'd into the world of her favorite otome game, one she knows inside and out. She is summoned, through her phone, to the world by the villainess, Lapis Tenenbrae, who is a cold chessmaster that Mitori knows is going to start a genocide against commoners. But Mitori, who had just been fired and was finding it hard to continue to live, now is given a new place to live, and new work to do, as her "miraculous future-telling" (she just knows the story very well) and office worker skills gets her hired by Lapis as her personal secretary. Mitori finally has a place to belong. And she decides, she's going to do everything in her power to save Lapis and give the story a happy end.
Read this if you like: Useless women. Some unhealthy relationship vibes. Love triangles. Isekai, specifically villainess isekai. Serious and political plots.
Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!
Yvonne has been reincarnated into the world of an otome game as the rich villainess! According to the game's plot, her loathsome role is to do little more than bully and mistreat the poor heroine of the story, Elsa. Yvonne doesn't want to fit into her new role, but the game has a built in Villainess System that will punish her and harm those she cares about if she doesn't do exactly what it says. It's hard to do that though, when she doesn't want to hurt Elsa, and when Elsa seems to be... intentionally getting closer and closer to Yvonne, almost as if...
Read this if you like: Villainess Isekai but with a bit of a twist compared to the others. Gay girls trying to avoid the Obvious. Some mild drama and serious plot, but mostly it's about Gay Girls Being Gay.
Warnings: High School girls. Some love triangle stuff later on.
Yamada-san and Kase-san are accquaintences in high school together. Kase is the star track runner of the school, and Yamada is the simple but sweet plant appointee. It's love at first sight for Yamada, as she keeps finding her eyes drawn to the cool Kase-san. And Kase keeps getting closer to her, acting friendly... This is about their growing relationship, and them growing as people as they graduate high school.
This series IS done, but the same characters got a sequel series, which is still going!
Read this if you like: Cute and sweet slice of life. I dunno if I'm doing this one justice, it's one of the most popular yuri series out there right now, very cute and sweet. I legit just started reading it instead of continuing with this post okay continuing now
Warnings: Some heavy drama and angst
Rena and Yuna are roommates, and have been roommates since college. Yuna is a serious hardworker, and very very gay and in love with Rena. Not that Rena knows that. Rena is a bit of a slacker and goofs off. But one day Yuna comes home to find that Rena has adopted a kitten she found outside. Their entire dynamic in the house changes as that cat enters, and feelings begin to overflow....
Read this if you like: Serious romance with angst drama and interpersonal issues. Also, cats.
My Wish is to Fall in Love Until You Die
Warning: Violence, blood, death, child soldiers
Shiina is a child at an orphanage that raises magical assassins. They are sent, while still in school, to fight against a neighboring country they've been at war with for generations. No one even remembers why. Shiina's roommate dies in one of these battles, and she's left alone. She's not particularly skilled in magic, or noteworthy in any way. But one day, she meets the school's "Secret Weapon", Mimi, a young girl who happens to be immortal. Mimi grows attached to Shiina, and the two start their new life together as Mimi becomes her new roommate.
Read this if you like: Some seriousness in your yuri. Like, people die. Main characters die. Anything can and will happen, and it doesn't hold back on the gruesomeness and depression of it all. But at the center of all of this is Shiina and Mimi, growing closer.
Warning: Vampires, blood, some angst and drama
Maria is an ancient vampire who sealed herself away, hundreds of years ago. She's suddenly reawoken from her slumber by a cute werewolf girl, Xinglang. Her coffin had a curse, however. Whoever wakes her up must be her food for one whole year, and then they will forget everything about Maria once that year is up. This becomes... complicated once Maria moves in with Xinglang and her friend, living in the modern world surrounded by Humans, and she begins to fall for the cute werewolf girl...
Read this if you like: REALLY cute stuff. Really, there's some really good fluff here, and werewolf x vampire is an adorable pairing. Also lots of interpersonal drama and relationship stuff.
Warnings: NSFW echhi, some violence and horror
Hijiri Ryouyou is Japan's top exorcist, great at her job... but disliked by basically everyone for being kind of insufferable. One day she's sent to exorcize one of The Three Great Ghosts, evil spirits with the power to destroy the land. She's not strong enough to exorcize this spirit, but if she pacifies it, it might pass on peacefully... and what does this spirit want?
This spirit, Okiku, wants to spend every day flirting with cute girls. Yeah, mood.
Read this if you like: Ghost stories. Horny energy. Goofy but also scary and threatening at the same time. "Now I'm scared AND horny!"
Our Yuri Started With Me Getting Rejected in a Dream
Warnings: School girls
Exactly what it says on the tin. Tsukushi awakes one morning from a terrible nightmare. In the dream, she confessed her love to her childhood best friend Hinoka, and was rejected! The weird thing is she's not even in LOVE with Hinoka! But wow, that rejection REALLY hurt! Huh I'm sure that's nothing though.
Read this if you like: Some of the best fluff I have ever read. MASSIVE idiot couple energy, like, holy moly. Two gay girls who are so in love with each other you're afraid the love energy is gonna collapse into a black hole but no, there's no way she's into me, BECAUSE A DREAM SAID SO.
So, Do You Wanna Go Out, Or...?
Warnings: Aaaaangst
Saeko and Miwa are college students that meet by literally bumping into each other. They hit it off as friends, despite Saeko's first words to Miwa being how great her tits are. They join a band together and become good friends, and then jump heeaaadfirst into a relationship. Sure hope nothing bad happens here!
Read this if you like: Dysfunctional lesbian relationships. Lots of relationship angst.
Warnings: Aaaangst, Highschool Girls
Minamo is an antisocial girl. Yurika is the cheerful idol of her grade. The two could not be any more different. And yet, one day, Minamo sees Yurika with another girl. Yurika isn't out to the school yet... That sight will set in motion events that will bring the two of them closer together.
Read this if you like: Interpersonal conflicts. Lots of drama and angst. Looks into unhealthy relationships and exploring them (backstory, not main character relationships).
Warnings: None I can think of, except that the series was dropped and there's no finished translation
Chaeyon Kang and Seungha Sohn are models. One day they meet during a lesbian-themed photo shoot, but it turns out, they've met before... They were in school together, in fourth grade. Back then, Seungha would often tease and bully the young Chaeyon. And as they meet now, years later, turns out that hasn't changed much.
Read this if you like: Gay longing looks. Really really good art, very hot expressions, and don't mind a not as interesting or well written story.
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All
Warnings: School Girls, Mild Drama
This is one of the BIG ONES right now. Like, the most popular yuri you could imagine. This shit slaps.
Mitsuki is a wallflower at school. Your typical nerd. But in reality, she's really into grunge and punk rock from the United States. She works at her uncle's shop and lives and breaths music. She doesn't have anyone to connect with about this, but that's okay... until it turns out her classmate, the popular gyaru Aya, is really into that kind of music too. And one day she enters the shop, and falls head over heels for Mitsuki, dressed up in a hoodie and mask... not even realizing the gender of the person she's crushing on!
Read this if you like: Amazing art. Really cute gay energy. A story that is, as described by the artist, "NOT yuri", but "about gay girls". It's got a bit of a different energy, in a good way IMO.
Trying Out Marriage With My Female Friend
Warnings: Mild Drama
Ruriko and Kurumi are highschool friends, and very close! Kurumi is a go with the flow kinda girl, and Ruriko is a more serious quite natured sweetheart. As their other friends get married and have kids aroudn them, Kurumi doesn't think she'll EVER be able to achieve that kind of life, and isn't sure if she WANTS to. But Ruriko offers her a suggestion: Hey, gay marriage is being legalized soon. In five years, if neither of us are married, why don't we just... get married?
And so it begins. Now for her magazine column, Kurumi writes about her new life as a newly-wed to her best friend! I'm sure there's no deep hidden emotions behind all of THIS, right? Just some friends!
Read this if you like: Slice of life with some mild drama. Cute married couple wife vibes. Idiot Couple.
Warnings: Alcohol, obviously. Mild Drama. Some violence.
Naori has always loved alcohol. Not neccesarily drinking it, but making it. The beauty of it, all the different concoctions you can make! She got it from her grandfather, a bartender. And now, in college, she likes to make drinks for herself... and no one else, because she's a bit of a misanthrope with no friends. At a party trying to meet some people however, she ends up saving Hinata, a girl who was having alcohol pushed onto her by some pushy guys. Hinata goes back with Naori to her place, and ends up asking for a drink. And it turns out...
In this world, Oni are those who need alcohol to survive. But they are cursed to only be able to drink alcohol given to them by Humans. Naori suddenly finds herself in a world she never would have imagined.
Read this if you like: Monster girls. Fantastical stories. "Food" manga, but for alcohol this time.
An Illustrated Guide to Sapphic Behavior
Warnings: None I can think of
Luoluo is your typical disaster lesbian. One day she sprains her arm and goes to the doctor. The doctor, Dr. Yu, is a cool beauty and Luoluo IMMEDIATELY falls in love. And now she's finding any excuse she can to go to the hospital and see her...
Read this if you like: Not too serious goofy yuri
Warnings: Angst and Drama, especially around disability. Internal Homophobia.
Saki is a quiet girl trying to live her life. She's into playing the piano, as she's been taught by her sensei since she was 7. Her sensei, however, is suddenly getting married and closing down her school, so now Saki needs a new piano teacher. At the same time, a new student comes to school, Kanon, a deaf student who prefers to be alone. Saki's new teacher turns out to be Kanon's mother, so the two of them end up seeing more of each other than they expected! As they grow closer, Saki must discover what living with a disability is truly like, and what it means to support those with them. At the same time, Saki has her own troubles that she's keeping hidden inside. Namely, these feelings she had for her piano teacher all her life, they weren't normal... and now she's developing similar feelings for Kanon
Read this if you like: Stories with a strong emphasis on disability, and the troubles that come with them.
Warnings: Lots of violence, death, and horror
Satsuki is an outcast at her school. She's a creepy weirdo who is infamous for constantly lying to people. But she's never actually lied. Not once. She cannot lie. She just keeps telling people... they're going to die.
Satsuki can see "ghosts" of people's corpses 24 hours before they're going to die. Using this power, she does everything she can to try and save her classmates from their inevitable deaths, becoming more and more hated with every word she says to try and warn them. And the ghosts keep coming. Something keeps trying to murder the students at her highschool. Why is that...?
Read this if you like: Mysteries and horror. This series is REALLY tense, like upsettingly so. I actually can't bring myself to read it sometimes, it's too much. Also, it IS yuri, but the yuri is much, much more subdued than anything else I've shown here. Satsuki is gay, and there are characters around her who are gay too, but that's not the point of the story. So read this if you like horror with yuri elements.
Warnings: Lots of violence, abusive relationships. Lightly NSFW. Hasn't been updated in ages.
In a major bank, Shirakawa Junko, working in the overseas investor business department, is the shining star of the company. One day, Kuroda Kayo, who entered the company at the same time, is transferred to Shirakawa's department. Shirakawa is put in charge of Kuroda's department training... and it looks like Kuroda keeps trying to upstage her! Every little thing they do, seems to cause the other to bristle... how will their relationship evolve?
Read this if you like: Fucked up relationships. Hate sex. The most fucked up lesbians you can imagine. Strangely hot sex scenes.
If you like this, read: Anything by Jal Jiang, her stuff is impecible and she writes the best fucked up lesbians. Though they're never quite as fucked up as this.
Warnings: Light Drama
Song Liaoliao has never gotten over her childhood friend, Pei Yu, who disappeared suddenly when they were young. Now suddenly and without warning, Pei Yu reappears in her life, getting a new job as a director in her company! Liaoliao at first is nervous, but then is happy to be friends once again with her childhood friend! But Pei Yu seems to have other plans...
Read this if you like: Light fluff, one girl madly in love and the other realizing she always has been too.
Warnings: Horror
Class rep Minegishi Hinata is saved from a traffic accident by the new transfer student Nagatsuki Shion. Shion is perfectly fine after being hit by the truck, however, it turns out she's actually a Half-Human Half-Zombie! The impact from the car breaks Shion's special apparatus that keeps her heart beating, and if Shion's heart stops for even a moment, she'll become a full zombie! The only way to prevent that from happening is for Hinata to get Shion's heart pounding...
Read this if you like: Very goofy horror, or just horror in general. Also goofy comedy yuri.
Snake Woman and Little Miss Offering
Warnings: Age Gap, Monster Girl, not updated in years
The Great Serpent God Suiren is often given maidens by the locals to appease her and keep her docile... And thus she is given another maiden, Suzu, a quiet demure girl who's only desire in life is to be eaten, and thus please, Suiren. Suiren however, claims... not yet. She's not ready to eat her offering yet. And now Suzu finds herself in Suiren's mansion, being doted on and taken care of. Can she handle this?!
Read this if you like: Yuki and the Authoress, my #1 reccomendation last time. Hot sexy powerful woman playing with cute shy girl.
Warnings: Angst, homophobia, parental abuse, bullying, small age gap
This one is technically done but Webtoons is doing this new thing where it's like, re-airing it? I'm not sure I get it. It's a good series tho.
Emma Lane, despite her tough exterior, has never really been into the outdoors. But her mom has custody of her over the Summer, and instead of actually spending time with her, ships her off to Camp Mapplewood. Angry about the whole situation, Emma decides to get kicked out as fast as she can. However, this draws the attention of Vivian Black, a mysterious and gorgeous assistant counselor, and EXACTLY her type. Emma never wanted to be at camp, but it might turn out the camp, and Vivian, is exactly what she needs.
Read this if you like: Teenage angst coming of age romance drama. Cute gay panic scenes.
Warnings: Monster Girl, slow to update
This was originally a bunch of images and ideas originally posted on Tumblr, but the author made it a full fledged story comic.
Dr. Simon is a scientist working at an undercover multi-government facility, studying what might be an alien artifact. In an accident, she gets some of her blood on the orb, and it hatches like an egg. She finds herself face to face with the alien inside, a mute alien entity, who she named Ada. Ada forms a peculiar connection with Dr. Simon, and a strained relationship with the rest of the facility, who are anxious, nervous, and terrified of how... flippant Dr. Simon is about all this.
Read this if you like: Sexy aliens and monster girl stuff. Light GL themes, mystery, and human curiosity.
Warnings: Violence
Lenore awakens on a beach. She remembers nothing, not even her name.But she has a briefcase with belongings that state her name is Lenore, so good enough. She finds a girl in a similar situation, Annabel Lee, and the two swear to help each other. When they reach the building on the hill, they find out that they are dead, and now enrolled in this acadamy. Whoever can graduate will get a second chance at life. Whoever flunks out will be cursed to wander this world, forever.
Whoever they once were, and who they are now, they're still not sure. But as memories of their past lives come flooding back, one thing is clear: Lenore and Annabel Lee are more connected than they could ever imagine.
Read this if you like: Really exciting action webcomics with gay tones and vibes. Constant plot twists and lots of great characters. Edgar Allen Poe. Seriously, all of the characters are based off his different stories and poems.
Warnings: Cheating, abusive spouses, drama
A cute slice of life webcomic about two mothers, mother of four and doting wife Imogen, and open lesbian and single mother of one, Alex, who moves in next door. This is the story of their friendship and life as they move through hardships and the tough life of... well, being moms.
Read if you like: Interpersonal drama. Moms.
Warnings: Racism, class and species divide.
Tess is a gloomy and quiet Gorgon with a massive crush on her sweet and chipper Dryad coworker, Mira. The two get along well, but Tess doesn't want to move any further than that. She CAN'T. So when Mira, on one of their lunches after work, asks Tess to pretend to be her girlfriend to get her parents off her back, Tess knows she SHOULDN'T. But....
Made by the same artist who made the amazing Always Human, if you've ever read that!
Read this if you like: Anxious lesbians and serious background stories involving racial tension.
