Typically Tuesdays playlist for 08/04/2025

Artist Title Album Label Link
Not Equal ME Kimi wa Kono Natsu Koi wo Suru Springtime In You
Lucy Dacus Most Wanted Man Forever Is A Feeling
MUNYA Hello Hi Jardin
Program Audio: 
Underrated Girls' Love Manga Recommendations 2025, Part I
 
A not-as-commonly-touched topic is discussed in this Typically Tuesdays series in which Leslie shares her recommendations for underrated girls' love manga. Part I discusses a brief history of girls' love's roots in Class S literature, queerness in manga, and recommendations for stories centred on teen/school romances.
 
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Recommendations
 
(Shoutouts:
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All by Sumiko Arai: https://yenpress.com/titles/9781975399689-the-guy-she-was-interested-in-...
 
The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi: https://www.viz.com/girl-that-can-t-get-a-girlfriend#:~:text=Mieri%20is%....)
 
Girl Friends by Milk Morinaga: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/girl-friends/
 
Rainbows After the Storm by Luka Kobachi: https://www.viz.com/rainbows-after-storms
 
Otsu Hiyori: https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/l8l7g0j/otsu-hiyori
 
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Further learning
 
Colleen's Manga Recs' video The Queer Subtext of Shoujo Manga (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGot4nH-clI
 
Comics and media researcher @yuri.ko.archive's series on the history of yuri manga: https://www.instagram.com/yuri.ko.archive/?hl=en
 
Okazu Yuricon Blog by Erica Friedman: https://okazu.yuricon.com/
 
Queer As Fact podcast episode on writer Yoshiya Nobuko (2017): https://queerasfact.podbean.com/e/yoshia-nobuko/
 

The Artisan Geek's video Vintage Anime & Manga #1  | The Year 24 Group and The Female Revolution of Shojou Manga (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYHsbcZlb

 

 

  • Posted on: 9 August 2025
  • By: lw