#Mieri Hiranishi

[needlekind]

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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[yuripoll]

S3 ROUND 2

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

[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.

[see-reverse-side]

Just got my copy of this very good and very gay autobiographical manga!

[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…

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[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

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S3 ROUND 1

NOTE: Kiss & White Lily for My Dearest Girl contains suggestive scenes, as well as sibling(?) incest in a very minor side couple.

[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.

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[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"

[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

[b3crew]

REVIEW | "The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend" | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

I’ll be frank: the dating scene in this current world of ours pretty much sucks. The struggles of finding a match, a connection, just about anything to heal a lonely heart is not just challenging, but sometimes feels nigh impossible. I’ve experienced it all when it comes to the worst dating situations, ranging from bad meetups and getting dumped to having the likes of OK Cupid and Tinder saying the worst thing to you: “No one in this area. Please try again later.”

So thank the gods for a writer like Mieri Hiranishi! Her debut manga The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend isn’t just a memoir about how hard it is to find your soulmate through LGBTQ+ lenses, but about how tough it is for everyone! The Japan-born/America-residing has also experienced it all when it comes to dating. From changing her looks for others and finding that perfect person to losing said perfect person and dealing with that heartache, Hiranashi showcases the aches, pains, and even laughs that go on when one tries to find that special someone.

The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend basically tells much of Hiranashi’s life story. From the very moment she realized she liked girls to what she’s currently up to, the author brings everything to life with plenty of wit and humor. Unlike the works of Kabi Nagata (My Solo Exchange Diary), there’s nothing that hits gut-punching hard in Hiranashi’s narrative. Rather, it takes these relatable situations, folds it into a paper fan, and playful bonks you on the head with it until you understand what’s going on in every single person’s life!

Click here to read the rest of the review!