'Bloom Into You' Overtaken as Japans Most Popular Yuri Series According to New Reader Polls
On November 1, popular Japanese Yuri news website Yuri Navi released the results from its 5th Yuri Manga Sousenkyo. The annual poll is held among Japanese residents, where readers vote for their favorite Yuri manga series.
Voting took place from October 1 through 7. Respondents were able to choose up to four titles, as well as assign them categories based on their content. The winners from each category and the general election were announced simultaneously. Works were sorted based on the category voting, but all votes for each series counted towards its placing (for example, if 50 people voted a series as a comedy and 60 declared it romance, the series would be placed in the romance category with 110 votes).
Notably, for the first time since the Yuri Manga Sousenkyo began in 2017, Yuri manga Bloom Into You did not win the general election, instead coming in second place. Eku Takashima’s Whisper Me a Love Song overcame the popular series by over 100 votes. Notably, unlike Bloom Into You, Whisper Me a Love Song does not have an anime adaptation.
The winners for each category and the top twenty results from the fifth Yuri Manga Sousenkyo are below. Titles that have been published in English or that are set to be adapted into English are noted with the Publisher. Click on licensed titles to be navigated to an English storefront. Legally buying manga helps support publishers and creators.
Whisper Me a Love Song - Eku Takashima - 627 Votes - Licensed by Kodansha Comics
Futaribeya: A Room for Two - Yukiko - 194 Votes - Licensed by TokyoPop
Futari Escape - Shouichi Taguchi - 205 Votes
Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo shitai - Nachi Aono - 283 Votes
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