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Love Bullet: Fans Worldwide Rush to Save Yuri Manga
The support for Love Bullet, which was on the verge of cancellation, may be the ammo it needs to survive.
By Jay Andrew Allen
It’s hard making it as a manga artist in Japan. Competition is stiff, and your publisher doesn’t always have your back. One manga creator, inee, took to social media to help save their yuri (百合; girl’s love) manga Love Bullet from cancellation. They ended up receiving an overwhelming wave of support from English language yuri fans — even though their manga has no official English translation.
Love Bullet: The Cupids are packin’
In Love Bullet, “Cupid” isn’t a god — it’s a full-time job. The workers are young women who died without ever knowing love. The girls now help other people fall in love, using bullets instead of the traditional arrows.
The story starts off focusing on Koharu, a new Cupid. Her team’s current job is resolving a love triangle. Should Hina fall in love with her male friend Daito…or her female friend Aoi? (As a bisexual man, I am HERE for this fierce bi representation.) The triangle is the result of a mistake by a previous Cupid, who shot both friends while they were each looking at Hina.
