[Februaryuri 2026] Gal x Gal Yuri
(base post on Februaryuri 2026 here!)
#Gal x Gal Yuri (#Gyaru to Gyaru no Yuri) by Inoue
Publication
Ongoing (1 volume so far, started in 2025)
Published in English (VIZ Media), 1 online volume so far
Not published in French
Summary
Yua and Reina are two gyaru1 who just got dumped by their boyfriends, and who casually suggest dating each other instead. Like, why not try it? For, say, a year?
So they do.
And then they're so happy about being together, their daily happiness is the whole story.
CW
Nothing to speak of.Sexual elements?
Sex is mentioned several times, but nothing is ever explicitly shown.Comment
Have you ever read a manga where you scoff at the first page from how stereotypical the premise sounds, only to be blown away soon after by how good it is? This is me with this manga.
I struggle to explain why. I just know I started with "ugh, two popular girls get together because both have been dumped by their boyfriend, can we move on from this trope please" and a few pages later I was melting from how effortlessly wholesome this manga was.
It's just, Yua and Reina are quickly so visibly happy together. So loud and proud about it. They're so gay in the way each brags about her girlfriend, how they're swooning over each other through texts and social networks-- everything in their daily life makes them so clearly into each other. I don't know how to say it differently; their dynamic together is just adorable, and their happiness contagious.
I'm also very pleased with how the series handles their sexual attraction to each other. It's mentioned repeatedly, each time in the exact right offhanded way. This is in their very first messages "- so what do we do now that we're dating? // - ??? have sex"; in them regretfully cutting their decorated nails; in how they tease each other at any given moment they have alone together; or even with Yua joyfully asking for lewd lingerie and/or sex on her birthday. It always feels playful, consensual and fun for the both of them; and it's also never directly shown to the audience. The manga is actually quite good at setting up sexy scenes and subverting them in very fun ways, so that they happen but we readers stay out of them. And I really like that.
More generally, this is such a breath of fresh air: a yuri with the two leads dating right from the start, and being so clearly happy about being together, and that's it. The first chapter sets up one year of snapshots of this, and then all subsequent (shorter) chapters are just more of the same.
In practice, the cast extends quickly to a pair of twins and Yua's friend (and number one airhead) Yazawa - and a more annoying trope of "that one classmate who ships our leads very very hard", admittedly. Still, these are support characters to what is really the heart of this manga: two gyaru happy with each other, characterized in very simple ways but endlessly endearing to watch being so genuinely in love.
As there is always room for fear with currently serialized mangas, my only hope is that this one preserves this exact yuri vibe when it resumes and goes beyond its first volume. I wouldn't say no to dozens of chapters of this simple form of bliss.
I'm keeping the Japanese term here, despite the common practice in English translation to render it as "gal", which gyaru comes from. Gyaru is a Japanese fashion subculture based on elements like trendy outfits, elaborate makeup and dyed hair - and sometimes tanned skin, which is probably the case of Reina here (though I'd be happy if the manga handled it otherwise).↩