#Mieri Hiranishi

[yuripoll]

CHAMPIONS BRACKET ROUND 1: C1

Love Allergy Syndrome is about a bubbly doggirl falling for a girl who's allergic to her fur. The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend is an autobiographical manga about the authors struggles with getting into and maintaining relationships.

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

10/10 !!

Please read this if you have ever felt lonely, like you are failing at love or if you have had your heart broken. Mieri writes a beautiful , authentic and funny manga on what it means to date women in current times. She really captures the feeling of first heart break and the toll it can take on your mental health. I related so many aspects of this manga and I think a lot of other people will too.

Slight TW for mentions of homophobia, trying to change your sexuality and bad mental health declines.

[kittzuxp]

She just like me fr 😶😶 (except the same clothes from middle school part)

[b3crew]

INTERVIEW | "The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend" Author Mieri Hiranishi | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

To get over an ex, some turn to fun activities or -- in worse cases -- hit the sauce too hard. Not Mieri Hiranishi, who took her heartache and transformed it into her debut manga The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend. What started as a way to heal from a recent breakup transformed into a story that felt close to home to many readers. After spending years as a web manga, VIZ Media recently put it to book form for more eyes to see Hiranishi's relatable story. Via the powers of the Internet, I had the chance to ask Hiranishi about the book's release, alongside questions about how one gets over a broken heart.

Click here to read the interview!

[atthequillsmercy]

Lenni Reviews: "The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend" by Mieri Hiranishi

(Image Source) *This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Meiri is an awkward college student with bad luck in love and desperately wants a girlfriend. When her search leads her to Ash, Meiri believe she’s finally found her dream girl only for it not to turn out like she hoped. This is Meiri’s journey through love, loss, and healing. Told with honestly and plenty of self…

[queerographies]

[The girl that can't get a girlfriend][Mieri Hiranishi]

Un manga autobiografico su una donna in cerca del suo amore ideale. Mieri, goffa e inesperta in amore, incontra Ash, dando inizio a un viaggio dalle gioie al cuore infranto. Un racconto dolente e ironico sull'amore, la solitudine e il lieto fine.

Un manga autobiografico su una donna alla ricerca della fidanzata dei sogni. Titolo: The girl that can’t get a girlfriendScritto da: Mieri HiranishiTitolo originale: 彼女ができない女Edito da: Panini ComicsAnno: 2024Pagine: 208ISBN: 9788828789055 La sinossi di The girl that can’t get a girlfriend di Mieri Hiranishi L’ottovolante del cuore. Mieri è goffa, nerd e senza esperienze sentimentali. Ogni sua…

[ignightedlighter]

finding a mangaka youtube video: nice

finding out the artist is a woman: nice

finding out the artist is a butch lesbian: NIIICE

[jariten]

Recurring themes in 2023: my year of lesbian and yuriful manga

Doing this a little different when summarizing 2023. Since I stuck to my decision to not start buying any new licensed series and mainly did cultural catchup for both english and japanese manga I didn't really read enough hot new releases in 2023 for them to warrant a list of their own as they usually do. So to catch up on the months without a roundup as well as a year end summary I will do some themed lists!

The first came to easy since a noticeable trend was how much lesbian and yuri manga i made time for. For clarity I make a subjective distinction of lesbian and yuri works, just as some works I'm more inclined to describe as a Gay or LGBT story rather than a BL if it wasn't published in a BL imprint or invests time to do cultural or social commentary. Now to the list:

Among my favorite lesbian manga read in 2023 are: The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi Moonlight Flowers by Mutsumi Tsukumo Indigo Blue by Ebine Yamaji Umibe no Kain by Minori Kimura

I won't reiterate too much as I already talked about it in a roundup but Hiranishi gave an extremely refreshing perspective on being a woman who loves masculine women, the dark story of her first heartbreak and the path forward. Love that Viz took the initiative to give her a graphic novel edition and promote her platform by licensing The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend. I've always found women's manga to be a not that secret treasure trove of lesbian stories yet I hadn't read the classic that is Moonlight Flowers... Just a truly suspenseful and romantic story of lesbian love as liberation and freedom that I can't recommend enough. Just with a clear warning of depictions of intimate partner violence that could be upsetting.

Yamaji has a well known track record of exploring lesbianism as well as bisexuality and I think Indigo Blue was extremely interesting in its explooration of the protagonist and her journey to figuring out what she wants as she's caught between two relationships. Another story of a woman's journey to confront who she is and what she wants: Umibe no Cain was a rather heartbreaking story of a young woman seeking refuge with a woman older than herself and as they start forming a frienfdship she begins to face the hurt and trauma she faced from her mother. But as the two women grow closer their relationship might take a turn that they can't come back from.

In the yuri-ish category: Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame by Kaiko Fuyumushi OL to Ningyo by Mai Shiba

Won't reiterate too much of Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame as I already talked about it in a roundup but love bite sized depictions of a miserable adolescence and toxic yuri but not quite. And if you found yourself taken by the more supernatural stories in this collection then may I recommend OL to Ningyo? Described by the author themselves as yuri-ish this collection depicts the bonds of human girls and their non-human counterparts. Humans, vampires, tengu, mermaid, and oni all face their own challenges and conflicts both romantic and otherwise.

In the Now That's What I Call Yuri category: Natsu to Lemon to Overlay by Ru & Miyako Miyahara Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All) by Sumiko Arai Sukeban to Tenkousei by Fujichika

Natsu to Lemon to Overlay is the manga adaption of a yuri award winning novel novel that I picked kind of at random. An aspiring voice actress struggling to make any career moves are requested by a mysterious woman to read the obituary at her own funeral. What happens next will warm your heart. The Guy She Liked is one where I'm just going to assume most if not all of you are aware of so I'm just going to say that I like it and am looking forward to the next volume 👍 And last but not least: an adorable 80's throwback with some truly heartwarming moments and developments not to mention very funny: Sukeban to Tenkousei by Fujichika

[aidenlydia]

heyo! I saw you read a lot of books so far this year! what type of books have you read? I recently started my reading journey and I am having a grand time!

I mostly read queer romances, stories about grief, poetry and weird/emotional/horror books. Here's some of my favorites:

Long way down - Jason Reynolds (verse)

Clap when you land - Elizabeth Acevedo (verse)

Things you may find hidden in my ear - Mosab Abu Toha

TransVerse - Jamie Winters (trans)

Field Guide to the Haunted Forest - Jarod K. Anderson

Love notes from the Hollow Tree - Jarod K. Anderson

Queen of Cowards - Erelah Emerson

Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas (trans)

A Bone in his Teeth - Kellen Graves (trans)

Peter Darling - Austin Chant (trans)

The Darkness Outside us - by Eliot Schrefer

The Long Run - James Acker

The Wicker King - K. Ancrum

The Remaking of Corbin Wale - Roan Parrish

Shatterproof - Xen

Something kindred - Ciera Burch

The Girl that can't get a Girlfriend - Mieri Hiranishi

A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson

Proper English - KJ Charles

This is how you lose the Time War - Max Gladstone

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden

The Perks of loving a Wallflower - Erica Ridley (trans nb)

The stars and the Blackness between them - Junauda Petrus

A Lady for a Duke - Alexis Hall (trans)

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Fangs - Sarah Andersen

Trans Wizard Harriet Porber Series - Chuck Tingle (trans)

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Filer

A Monster Calls (illustrated) - Patrick Ness

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

Leech - Hiron Ennes

We spread - Iain Reid

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth - Zoe Thorogood

Nothing but the Rain - Naomi Salman

[yurimother]

Autobiographical Lesbian Manga 'The Girl that Can't Get a Girlfriend' Released

On Tuesday, February 14, Viz Media released The Girl that Can't Get a Girlfriend (Kanojo ga Denai Onna) digitally and in paperback. It is a semi-autobiographical story by Mieri Hiranishi, a self-described butch woman attracted to other butch women and her fruitless quest to fall in love. The manga is published under the Viz Originals label.

Viz Media describes The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend:

Mieri is an awkward, nerdy college student with no dating experience, and her previous crushes on fellow butch women have all ended in disaster. That all changes when she meets Ash and has her feelings returned for the first time. But when first love turns to first heartbreak, Mieri will do everything possible to win Ash back. Based on true events, this is a hilarious and heart-wrenching story about love, loneliness, and the true meaning of finding one’s own happy ending.

The series was initially released independently in Japanese on Pixiv and in English on Webtoon and Tapas. A chapter from the story, “The Moment I Realized I Wasn’t Straight” went viral on Twitter during this time, after which the author announced that she would stop releasing chapters online in the hopes of getting the series professional published.

Hiranishi also uploads videos of her process and behind the scenes on her YouTube channel. The most recent video at the time of writing, "Japanese Manga Artist Workplace Tour" was posted on the same day as The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend's release.

You can check out The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend today digitally and in paperback: https://amzn.to/3Scobes.

Reading official releases helps support creators and publishers. YuriMother makes a small affiliate commissions from sales to help fund future coverage.

[nighttide-yuri]

Yuri mangaka/author/artist on Youtube that I've found so far

Yuama - Author & Artist of "The Summer You Were There"

Nekotarou Shinonome - Author & Artist for "The Fed Up OL wants to serve the great Villainess"

Kashikaze - Author & Artist for "Can't Defy the Lonely Girl"

Neji - Author & Artist for "Beauty and the Beast Girl"

Tida Kietsungden - Artist for "A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986"

Mieri Hiranishi - Author & Artist for "The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend"

Shilin Huang - Author & Artist for "Amongst Us"

Inori - Author & writer of "I'm in Love with the Villainess"

[yuripoll]

S3 ROUND 2

NOTE: I Married My Best Friend […] contains suggestive scenes as well as homophobia and some misogyny.

[paperbacksandpetticoats]

Reading List - 2024

Let's Do It, Already!, Vol. 1 - Aki Kusaka

House of Hunger - Alexis Henderson

A Fragile Enchantment - Allison Saft

Honey So Sweet, Vol. 1-5 - Amu Meguro

In the Roses of Pieria - Anna Burke

The Toymaker's Son - Ariana Nash

Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto

Hardboiled & Hard Luck - Banana Yoshimoto

Your Utopia - Bora Chung

Don't Beat Your Children or They'll Turn Out Like Me - Brad "BLUE" Bathgate

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery - Brom

St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid - C.L. Polk

Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare

One Saved to the Sea - Catt Kingsgrave

She Came From the Swamp - Darva Green

Vertigo Peaks - Dion Anja

O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker

Cair - Eryn Hawk

Teighan - Eryn Hawk

All That's Left to You - Ghassan Kanafani

The Hanging Game - Helen Marshall

Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 1 [Dramatized Adaption] - Hideyuki Kikuchi

The Queen of Nothing - Holly Black

The Stolen Heir - Holly Black

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-Reum

Honeybloods - I.S. Belle

Love Bullet, Vol. 1 - Inee

Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Canas

A Cup of Salt Tears - Isabel Yap

Paradise Rot - Jenny Hval

Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 4-7 - Julietta Suzuki

The Case Study of Vanitas, Vol. 1 - Jun Mochizuki

Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! - Kamako Inuki

God Save the Queen - Kate Locke

The Queen is Dead - Kate Locke

Long Live the Queen - Kate Locke

The Demon's Bargain - Katee Robert

The Gargoyle's Captive - Katee Robert

The Sucubus' Bride - Katee Robert

Her Frankenstein - Kawashima Norikazu

A Bone in His Teeth - Kellen Graves

Prince of the Sorrows - Kellen Graves

Lord of Silver Ashes - Kellen Graves

Herald of the Witch's Mark - Kellen Graves

The Fox and the Dryad - Kellen Graves

A Human Stain - Kelly Robson

Triquetra - Kirstyn McDermott

Soul Eater - Lily Mayne

Edin - Lily Mayne

The Rycke - Lily Mayne

Gloam - Lily Mayne

Wyn - Lily Mayne

Moth - Lily Mayne

Seraph - Lily Mayne

Lor - Lily Mayne

A Collection of Monstrous Stories - Lily Mayne

A Monstrous Christmas in the Camp - Lily Mayne

Mortal Skin - Lily Mayne

Forgotten Vows - Lily Mayne

King of Death - Lily Mayne

Born of Blood and Magic - M.C. Hutson

All Systems Red - Martha Wells

Artificial Condition - Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells

Exit Strategy - Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells

Network Effect - Martha Wells

System Collapse - Martha Wells

This is How You Lose the Time War - Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohar

The Dragon's Betrothed, Vol. 1-2 - Meguru Hinohara

The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend - Mieri Hiranishi

My Special One, Vol. 1 - Momoko Koda

Crypt of the Moon Spider - Nathan Ballingrud

Lights Out - Navessa Allen

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor

Softening - Olivia Braley

The Angel of Khan el-Khalili - P. Djeli Clark

Glamour - Penelope Fletcher

Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss

House of Glass - Rojana Krait

Kappa - Ryunosuko Akutagawa

Carmilla and Laura - S.D. Simper

Burning Roses - S.L. Huang

Old Fashioned Cupcake - Sagan Sagan

Old Fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino - Sagan Sagan

A Court of Thorns and Roses (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaption] - Sarah J Mass

A Court of Silver Flames (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaption] - Sarah J Mass

A Court of Silver Flames (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaption] - Sarah J Mass

Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 1-2 - Shikke

Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Rot - Siri Pettersen

An Education in Malice - S.T. Gibson

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All, Vol. 1-2 - Rumiko Arai

Stuffed - Sylvia Morrow

Thornhedge - T. Kingfisher

A Wolf Steps in Blood - Tamara Jeree

Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (x2)

The Necromancer's Light - Tavia Lark

The Paladin's Shadow

The Sword-Witch's Heart

Wolfsong - T.J. Klune

Heartsong - T.J. Klune

Midnight Secretary, Vol. 1 - Tomu Ohmi

Unhinged - Vera Valentine

The Healing Season of Pottery - Yeon Somin

Mr. Villain's Day Off, Vol. 1-3 - You Morikawa

Alice 19th, Vol. 3 - Yuu Watase

[magicalblerdpenn]

It's my birthday! I'm 32 now. Today I plan to:

*binge the Stars season of 90's Sailor Moon

*play Hades (just got the game yesterday & I'm loving it so far)

*play Grow Song of The Evertree

*read the autobiographical yuri comedy manga The Girl Who Can't Get A Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi

*start rereading the shonen manga Clock Striker, which has a Black girl protagonist

*eat cake

*maybe watch a favorite movie

*whatever the hell I want

[pathos-logical]

[ID copied from alt:

Viz Media tweets the cover reveal for "The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend" by Mieri Hiranishi, to which @McGwiggles replies, "@andromedamn they're making a book about you"

Mieri Hiranishi liked a Tweet you were mentioned in: @andromedamn they're making a book about you

Mieri Hiranishi's Twitter profile, displaying her as the author of The Girl That Can't Get A Girlfriend. End ID]

MY OLDER BROTHER ABSOLUTELY MURDERING ME WASN'T ENOUGH THE FUCKING AUTHOR HAD TO COME IN AND KICK ME WHEN I WAS DOWN, COURTNEY FOUND DEAD IN MIAMI

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[cuddlingdragons]

Heading to bed but feel like I had one of those creative light bulb moments because of Mieri Hiranishi talking about writing from emotions you feel strongly connected to