News Flash: Strike Witches O.V.A. Release Date Revealed

The release date for Strike Witches OVA(Operation Victory Arrow) has been revealed! The first episode of the 3 episode series will release on September 20th, 2014! Additional info released states that the original cast of voice actresses for the main girls will also return as will the production staff for the past entries in the franchise! It is always great news to finally get a release date for something yuri and September 20th is not far off! Also hearing that the main cast of girls will be voiced by there respective voice actresses is also comforting. The original voice actresses are so excellent in bringing there characters to life having anyone else do them is pure madness! As it stands September 20th is the date to watch for more Strike Witches and I will post more info as it becomes available!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-06/strike-witches-o.v.a-staff-cast-release-date-unveiled/.75274

Yuri Visual Novel Review: Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo Watashi no Ouji-sama

***NSFW IMAGES***

***SPOILERS AHEAD!***

Watashi no Ouji-sam(My Dear Prince) is the second game in the  Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo yuri visual novel franchise! Just like it's predecessor My Dear Prince tells a sweet, romantic and sex filled love story between two girls! And just like it's predecessor My Dear Prince is funny, cute sexy and just plain awesome! :D

Not a whole lot changes from game to game in the Sono Hanabira series aside from the main girls. The visual novel once again takes place at St. Michael's School for Girls. The novel this time follows shy class president, Kitajima Kaede, as she has her life turned upside down with the sudden return of her outgoing, peppy and VERY amorous cousin, Kitajima Sara. Just as in the last novel the two girls in this entry go very well together and seeing there love blossom is a blast to watch! Kaede is your typical shy girl who hates being the center of attention. She would much rather fade into the background and avoid contact with others. To that end she wears glasses and has her hair tied into a braid to look plain(I will say this right now, her plan fails. Kaede is too damn cute and lovable looking like this XD).

Fucking adorable! *drools

Sara is Kaede's cousin but is vastly different from her cutely nerdy family member. Sara works as a model and thus is very popular in school. She is outgoing, friendly and beautiful and she makes it a habit of being very open about what she thinks and feels, mostly towards Kaede of course. It is when Sara is alone with Kaede that Sara's personality truly shines! Sara has harbored more than family like feelings for her cousin since childhood and as soon as they reunite, she wastes no time in trying to..."get close" to Kaede ;) Sara provides a lot of the wonderful comedy in this novel as she does everything in her power to be alone with Kaede, bond with Kaede, have sex with Kaede and get Kaede to be more confident in herself. Trust me when i say you will be making multiple saves just to go back and revisit some of Sara's cuter and funnier moments! :D

Fucking sexy! *drools again

The interactions between these two girls is some of the best in the series! Seeing Kaede try and fend off her cousin's advances while sometimes giving in to her own desires is funny and sexy to watch! Likewise seeing Sara continually show love and faith in Kaede is adorable and heart-warming to see. The best moments of course happen as Kaede realizes her own feelings for Sara and becomes a more happy and confident and open girl in the process! The sex scenes between these two are fucking amazing as well! These moments are injected with the perfect mix of love, comedy, randomness and sexiness any great yuri product needs!

 

There is no denying the deep chemistry between these two! Sara and Kaede are yuri GODDESSES! XD

The artwork and music for this entry in the Sono Hanabira series hasn't changed one bit. Not that it needs to. The artwork was amazingly detailed and beautiful to look at to begin with! Backgrounds are the same as the first game save for new images for Sara and Kaede's home and the nurse's office at there school. The artwork for the girls and the love making scenes are once again gorgeous to look at with the girls having a soft and gentle art style to them. The love making scenes show great passion, making sure you can see and feel the love between these two girls! One can't help but want to stare and look at the images for a long while over and over again! And I don't just mean the sex images! yeah I would never suggest a thing like that! Honest, hehehehe.....

The music is also exactly the same as the last game with no additions or changes whatsoever. But like the imagery and art work that is not a bad thing at all. The music fits wonderfully with this new couple and is still a joy to listen to! The voice work for the novel is once again top notch! the voice actresses for Sara and Kaede could not be more perfect with Kaede being able to sound cute and shy and nervous most of the time, and then confident and sexually seductive when things change! Sara sounds just right with her peppy and care free voice. Her voice actress perfectly projects Sara's confidence, random nature, slightly ditzy personality, and constant love and desire for Kaede without a hitch! Simply flawless voice work!

With this second game the Sono Hanabira franchise shows it is one of the best yuri properties of all time! Awesome sex scenes, an ultra cute and perfectly matched couple, wonderful sound and visuals combine to make Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo Watashi no Ouji-sama a knock out entry in the franchise! Do not miss out! :)

Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo Watashi no Ouji-sama score: 10/10(As if there was ever any doubt!)

 

Yuri Visual Novel Review: Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo

***NSFW Images Ahead!***

Released way back in 2006, the Sono Hanabira franchise has gained legendary status among the yuri fan community and for good reason! While yuri existed in hentai visual novels before most of the time they were mixed in with materials that more often than not, yuri fans wish weren't mixed in with there yuri, myself included. Then along came the very first game in the ground-breaking Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo franchise and it ushered in a new era of pure yuri visual novels, with Sono Hanabira at the head of the pack! :D

The first game in the franchise follows young first year, Nanami Oda, as she enters the prestigious St. Michael's School for Girls(despite her meh school scores :P). On her first day she meets the extremely beautiful and popular second year, Yuna Matsubara. After the fateful meeting, Nanami makes every attempt to be near Yuna, even going so far as to join Yuna on the schools Environmental Protection Committee to be near her. But after an odd turn of events, Nanami and Yuna are swept into a fun, loving and awesomely perverted whirlwind romance! :D Part of the appeal of Sono Hana are the characters who are cute, beutiful, funny, interesting and awesomely weird often at the same time! Nanami and Yuna fit all those descriptions and the love they have for each other is one of the franchise's best! Nanami fits well into the cute average first year category who's sense of right and wrong and common sence are a perfect balance to Yuna's random perverted nature. Yuna however steals the show with her very weird and very perverted tendencies in regards to Nanami. Her antics(ranging from trying to get sex from Nanami during school to tricking Nanami into becoming the aggressor) provide good laughs throughout! The passionate romance between these two opposites is just what the yuri doctor ordered! :D

Nanami Oda(fucking CUTE!)

Yuna Matsubara(fucking HOT!)

Being a visual novel on the PC, one may think there is some sort of gameplay element to Sono Hana. Well....there isn't really. Visual Novels are more like slightly interactive manga but with color images and voice acting. The most interaction you have is setting the sound, graphics and music volumes to your liking, saving your progress, as well as simply clicking to see the next part of the conversations and progressing through the story. There are instances where you can make some very basic choices. These choice moments won't have any impact on the outcome of the story whatsoever but by picking the right thing you can extend the story a bit by leading to more yuri romance scenes. Nothing fancy or deep at all but for what it is it gets the job done. 

The art and sound direction to Sono Hana is simply amazing! The art is very soft and beautifully detailed and is a true joy to look at! There is a reason why the game has a gallery for several of the images seen in the story! Background images are highly detailed and fit really well with the characters. The girls themselves look simply beautiful! The soft look of the girls and the tenderness into the love scenes really sells the romance between these two cuties! Often times you may find yourself just sitting there and looking at the art(though you will most likely be looking at the sex scenes more :P)!Likewise the sound does a really good job of helping to bring the world of Sono Hana to life! The music is very catchy and fun to listen to, even if it does tend to repeat way too often. Maybe more tunes could have been added for greater diversity. The voice acting for the girls is simply amazing! The voice actresses did an amazing job bringing there characters to life, and the voices fit the personality of the girls very well! The writing of the game is also pretty good but at times there can be some cheesy lines. The important moments are well written and the lines fit the personalities of the girls well. A lot of the cute and random moments also have some good lines of dialogue to them but sometimes the things that are said in other parts may make you chuckle with the cheesiness of it all! Though for me that chesse adds some charm to the game and the series overall! :P

Simply put, Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo is one of the greatest things to ever happen to yuri and the first game in the franchise really helped to establish that popularity! Great yuri romance, fun and cute girls, amazing art and sound all combine to make Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo a truly MUST own for fans of yuri the world over! The fan translations that have been done for this game are very well done and you shouldnt wait to download the game and English patch for it! If you even consider yourself a lover of yuri in the slightest, stop wasting time and go buy/download this game! :)

 Damn, Nanami has some perverted thoughts too! :D

Fuuuuuck...the cuteness is too much! 

Yuna has no self control....awesome!

Guess Nanami can't control herself either! *drools

*drools and bleeds from nose

Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo score: 10/10

 

BIG News Flash: Strike Witches and New Yuri Anime Info Released

Sorry for the late news flash but here they are! New information has been released on the upcoming Strike Witches OVA. The short mini series is known as Operation Victory Arrow and is set between the second season of the TV anime and the 2012 movie. OVA will be 3 episodes long and the show will depict the lives of the main characters as they return to there homes after the events of the second season. Strike Witches OVA is set to release in Fall 2014! :D

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-14/strike-witches-ova-release-and-story-outlined

The first preview for the upcoming adaptation of the 4-panel yuri gag comedy, Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, has been released! The preview states that the anime will release sometime in April 2014! XD

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-17/inugami-san-to-nekoyama-san-yuri-anime-promo-streamed

Both pieces of news are amazing! Strike Witches is one of my favorite series of all time and more time spent with the ladies of the 501st is just plain awesome in my book! :D The preview for Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san was also VERY welcome! From what I have read of the manga and from what I have seen in the preview, I can tell this will be one funny and sweet yuri series! It is also a plus that the art of the anime is much cleaner and nicer than that of the manga! The very short wait for the anime(April is right around the fucking corner! :D) makes the news all the sweeter! On a different bit of Strike Witches news, the first volume of Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky is out for purchase in North America! If you want more Strike Witches and yuri to come over to our part of the world you know how you gotta show your support! :)

So much yuri...in such a short amount of time....2014 is truly the Year of the Yuri! :D

News Flash: Yuri manga Citrus Licensed for North America

It has just come to my attention that North American manga publisher, Seven Seas Entertainment, has licensed Saburouta's yuri manga Citrus! XD Seven Seas says they will release the first volume on December 16, 2014. This is fantastic! 2014 has so far turned out to be a tremendous year for yuri and things just keep getting better and better! :D While it is a bummer we have to wait till December for the first volume, it will be very much worth the wait! Citrus is proving to be a great series to read on Dynasty Reader! This will surely be on my wish list this Christmas! :D As always I will post more info as it becomes available.

http://dynasty-scans.com/series/citrus

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-31/seven-seas-licenses-saburouta-yuri-manga-citrus

News Flash: Sakura Trick Anime licensed for North America

North American anime licensing company, Sentai Filmworks has just announced that they have licensed the anime adaptation of Sakura Trick! XD Sentai will first stream the series then will release it on DVD and/or Blu-Ray shortly after that. Just when I thought things couldnt get any better for Yuri this year THIS happens! Hearing a Yuri anime getting licensed is always amazing news and Sakura Trick is a great show to be able to own! I will post more info as it becomes available!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-23/sentai-filmworks-adds-sakura-trick-yuri-anime

News Flash: Yuri Manga, Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, to get Anime adaptation

Sorry for the late news flash but here it is! Yuri manga, Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, is set to get an anime adaptation! XD The anime is set to release sometime in April. A website for the anime will open sometime later. This is GREAT news for Yuri fans! First Sakura Trick and now this! 2014 is shaping up to be the Year of Yuri that's for sure! :D While I have only been able to read a few chapters on Dynasty Reader I can tell it will be an interesting series! I will post more info as it becomes available.

A link to the official announcement with an image of the animation style:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-17/inugami-san-to-nekoyama-san-yuri-manga-gets-anime

News Flash: Sakura Trick Episode 1 released!!!!

Episode 1 of Sakura Trick has officially aired in Japan! XD Judging from some screens I have seen as well as some comments and reviews all across the internet, Sakura Trick is the Yuri anime we have waited so long for!!! T.T*tears of joy I have not seen Yuri action like this in an anime since the golden era of Yuri(included series like Kannazuki no Miko, Simoun, Strawberry Panic and more)! The first episode of Sakura Trick should be up on Crunchyroll soon with fan subs following shortly after that. Even though I'll be watching and downloading this series as it continues to air I will not review it until the series is over. I may change this review format for future Yuri series but for now I will just wait until Sakura Trick is over and I have all the episodes(hopefully that won't be for a good long while). In the mean time, all fans and lovers of Yuri should be watching this show! :D Let me know what you think of the series so far in the comments! Also, please look forward to some more reviews soon! ;)

News Flash: Crunchyroll to Stream Sakura Trick

Crunchyroll has just announced it will stream upcoming Yuri anime, Sakura Trick! NEw episodes will stream on Fridays at 12 p.m. for premium members in the US and Canada. Free members can watch new episodes one week later. Sakura Trick is set to premier in Japan on Thursday, less than three days now! XD More information will be posted as it becomes available during the week!

Yuri Manga Review: Candy Boy-Young Girls Fall In Love

***SPOILERS AHEAD!***

Released in 2009-2010, Candy Boy-Young Girls Fall In Love is a spin-off of the Candy Boy manga from the same author. However, instead of following the ultra cute yuri filled lives of the Sakurai Twins, Young Girls Fall In Love follows the adventures of Sakuya Kamiyama, concurrent to the events of the original manga. The story of YGFIL follows Sakuya as she continues in her quest to get together with the love of her life, Kanade Sakurai, as well as dealing with her friendships with her friends as well as with her rivalalry for Kana with new character Isako Mikanagi!

Oh Sakuya, your perverted yuri lust for Kana never ceases to be awesome! XD

YGFIL adds three new characters to the Candy Boy cannon, making for a much more diverse cast than the original manga and anime. We are introduced to Sakuya's best friends Masumi Kurasuma and Eri Miyagi! Masumi is the token athletic sort of tomboy of the group, teasing Sakuya and the others for various reasons. Eri, Masumi's childhood best friend, adds a level of common sense to the wacky antics of the others. She is often the voice of reason and common sense but also has her own crazy cute side too! ;) These two are great additions to the Candy Boy franchise and there interesting personalities and habits are perfect compliments to Sakuya's side of the whole story! Not to mention the heavy hints of "something more" between these two! :D

 

Damn, I've heard of subtext before, but now it feels like the author is beating me over the head with a Yuri Stick! O.O

The most important addition to Candy Boy, however, is Isako Mikanagi. Her supposed feelings for Kana put her right at odds with Sakuya, making for a very fun and cute rivalry as these two try to one up each other for Kana's affections! Isako is more than just a simple rival thrown in for the plot's sake, however. Her back story really sheds some light on to her home life, her relationship with her mother, her personality, as well as on her friendships with Sakuya and the others. Isako greatly adds to Sakuya's story, as well as greatly expanding Sakuya's personality. Her greatest contribution to the story, though, is something that will change Sakuya's life forever! ;) 

There rivalry/friendship is just too damn cute! >.<

Isako's mom is pretty cool too! Not to mention important in helping to building Isako as a character

 

*GASP! What could this all mean?! O.O

Of course being a Candy Boy property, it wouldn't be complete without our beloved Sakurai Sisters now would it? ;) Kana, Yuri and even Shizuku make cameo appearances at key points in the manga. Usually it is to establish when certain events in YGFIL take place relative to the original manga, but they also help in the build up to the events above! ;) No matter what there role in the story though, it is always great to see the Sakurai Sisters in any way possible! XD

 

Kana, Yuki and Shizuku FTW! XD

YGFIL is one great manga! While it is shorter than the original manga(only 7 chapters plus one bonus chapter) it adds much more depth to Sakuya as a character and adds some really cool and important characters to the Candy boy franchise! Young Girls Fall In Love is a must read for all fans of Yuri and Candy Boy! Easily one of the most charming Yuri manga around! :)

 

Candy Boy-Young Girls Fall In Love score: 9/10

*Well, here is my first review for 2014! I hope you all had a fun, safe and Happy New Year! More reviews and news to come! Thanks you all for reading my blog last year! Now lets all have a great 2014 together! :)

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello readers! FanBoy here to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! :D Thank you all for your views for the later part of this year! Hopefully next year will be full of tons of reviews and more posts! ;) Everyone have a safe and fun holiday!

News Flash: First Sakura Trick Anime Preview out now!

The first official trailer for the anime adaptation of Tachi's yuri manga, Sakura Trick has been released! XD So far I'm liking what i see in this first preview and can's wait when it releases next year! :D The anime is set to premiere on January 9 2014! Mark your calenders folks! :)

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-19/haruka-tomatsu-narrates-sakura-trick-1st-tv-ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69GUK2C-wY8

News Flash: Sakura Trick Website Now Up!

The official website for the anime adaptation of the yuri 4-koma manga, Sakura Trick, is now officially up and running! The site has new information such as a summary of the plot, info on the characters, as well as info on new cast members! Several images were added showing the animation design of the series! The anime also now has a more steady release window of January 2014! XD This is surely a great way to kick off the New Year! The official site can be viewed here:

http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/sakura/onair/

For more information in English:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-16/saki-fujita-momo-asakura-join-sakura-trick-anime-cast

Yuri Manga Review: Candy Boy

***SPOILERS AHEAD!***

Released in 2009 a few months after the end of the series, the Candy Boy manga is a spin-off re-telling of the series. While the manga follows pretty closely to the plot and feel of the anime, several additions add to the overall story of the manga and really help to expand on the Candy Boy series.

Kanade and Yukino Sakurai make a return as the main characters and are just as adorable as ever! Kana however has been made to appear a bit more perverted in the manga than in the anime, especially when it comes to her fantasies about Yuki! :D Yuri is just as adorably ditzy and free spirited and gluttonous as in the series! XD Sakuya still stalks Kana and trades Yuki sweets for pics of her! Shizuku has gotten a bit of an overhaul for the manga. While she still struggles with having to be far from her beloved older sisters she is much more peppy and active than in the anime. She also tends to be more brutal towards Sakuya, as well as being far more supportive of her older sisters! The manga does introduce one new major character to the mix. Yuriko Takanashi(AKA Yuripe) is a new character, Kana's best friend and classmate. She pretty much knows how much Kana "loves" Yuki and is a very good comical counter to some of Kana's habits and perverted thoughts, often doing her best to get Kana to behave herself! :P She also tends to help keep Sakuya at bay whenever Kana and Yuki need some much needed alone time! Several minor characters also add a little depth and drama to the twin's lives, such as Kana's art instructor, and the female clerk at a jewelry store. The slightly larger cast helps to make the Candy Boy manga a much deeper work than the anime!

Oh Kana, your perversion knows no bounds XD

Yuripe is a fun and hilarious addition to the cast :)

Certain events and portions of the twin's back story are also given greater emphasis in the manga. We see how Kana and Yuki began there habit of always sleeping together as well as to how they both ended up going to school in Tokyo. Kana struggling with her school work, as well as Yuki getting a job is also given more oomph, adding depth, and some needed conflict to the story. One of the better but slightly obscured moments in the anime comes out much better here in the manga as well! XD

 

There financial troubles is given an adorable spin :)

MUCH better than the far-off shot in the anime! XD *nosebleed

The Candy Boy manga is a wonderful retelling of the already great anime, and adds just enough to make it feel new and interesting from the original story! Good comedy, cute art, good conflict, new characters and much more exposition on the girls and events from the anime help make the Candy Boy manga a must read for fans of the anime and yuri in general! :D

 

 

Candy Bo(manga) score: 9/10