Unfortunately, lesbian manga and LGBTQ manga in general is harder to find, as is any lesbian or yuri manga with adult main characters. Yuri manga continues to be dominated by schoolgirl stories, which makes sense if you are familiar with the history of the genre. It’s also historically been more acceptable in Japan for girls to “play” at romance with each other (especially in all-girls schools), with the expectation that they would grow up to be with men. This allowed room for romances between girls without having to take those relationships seriously. Times have changed, though, and we’re starting to see more yuri and lesbian manga that takes its relationships seriously. We’re even seeing relationships depicted between adult women! Here are all the ones I could find published in English — because this is still a pretty limited sub-genre, there are some repeats from my earlier lesbian manga post. This is excluding any titles that are not yet available in English or are only available online: these are all traditionally published books with official English translations. Because this is an attempt at a complete list, I wanted to mention a few that meet the criteria of this list, but that I don’t recommend. Two have relationships between teachers and students: Yuri Life by Kurukuruhime and Whenever Our Eyes Meet…: A Women’s Love Anthology. The other is the Our Teachers Are Dating! series by Pikachi Ohi, which doesn’t have a teacher/student relationship, but does have interactions between teachers and students that made me uncomfortable. (One of the characters practices saying “I love you” to her girlfriend in class with students.) If there are any other yuri or lesbian manga titles you know of with adult main characters and an official English translation, please let me know! I’m always looking for more.
