By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

The Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Anime and Comics

This landmark work is an accessible, educational, and exciting collection of essays on the newest genre of Japanese anime and manga by the Western Hemisphere's foremost scholar on the subject, Erica Friedman.

"The first in-depth study of Yuri in English."

-James Welker, Professor of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies, Kanagawa University

"If you are a fan of yuri or simply want to understand what the deal is with any of the genre's...