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The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me
Marika was perfectly happy with her perfectly “normal” life. That is, until the day she saw a couple of girls openly kissing each other on her way to school. Indeed, that morning, Marika Junno learned that she somehow ended up in world where only women existed. And so starts her journey to study the new norm…!
400 pages, Paperback
Published July 20, 2021
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June 27, 2024
Feels a bit rushed and I kinda wish a book about girls falling in love had more of that and cute relationship stuff. It was more "i gotta get home... oh hey thanks for helping" but whats here is good enough and still cute tho
November 27, 2021
An intriguing premise -- a girl from our world wakes up in a world without men -- squanders its possibilities as the author flounders about trying to find a direction. Is it a fish-out-of-water story? An LBGTQ+ romance? A comedy? A fantasy? A sci-fi thriller? All of the above in alternation every few pages as creative whims shift about too often to do justice to any of the elements?
Plot developments and the character's reactions don't have any real believability even if you suspend disbelief. The emotional ending is maybe okayish, but the resolution of the alternate reality plot is super clumsy, with a nothing villain introduced in the final chapters to artificially inject some wholly unnecessary action.
The whole thing just ends up being too dumb for me.
Plot developments and the character's reactions don't have any real believability even if you suspend disbelief. The emotional ending is maybe okayish, but the resolution of the alternate reality plot is super clumsy, with a nothing villain introduced in the final chapters to artificially inject some wholly unnecessary action.
The whole thing just ends up being too dumb for me.
October 17, 2021
I like the concept, but the execution was all over the place. At least the art was cute.
February 21, 2023
I've had this on my shelves for a couple of years now, I think back when I struggled much more than I do now to find yuri manga. The concept sounded a little silly, and I've read books with a similar synopsis before, but this surprised me in that it didn't focus on the virus that killed off the male population but on the parallel universe idea. And it didn't focus on her struggling with her sexuality but more her identity in general which was pretty cool. I ended up liking the characters, I really liked Lily but the princess type with a lot more vigor than anyone expects might be a favourite character archetype of mine....
There did seem to only be more feminine characters par some yakuza, which felt lacking because obviously the world will always be more diverse than that. Lesbians aren't all feminine and cutesy, but if that's what you're looking for, you'll find that in this one for sure.
Overall, I enjoyed it, the art was really pretty and the story was solid. I would be interested in checking out other stuff by this mangaka, and I would recommend if this sounds good to you!
There did seem to only be more feminine characters par some yakuza, which felt lacking because obviously the world will always be more diverse than that. Lesbians aren't all feminine and cutesy, but if that's what you're looking for, you'll find that in this one for sure.
Overall, I enjoyed it, the art was really pretty and the story was solid. I would be interested in checking out other stuff by this mangaka, and I would recommend if this sounds good to you!
April 1, 2023
3.5 ⭐️
July 26, 2021
Marika wakes up one morning to find she’s in a world where men have vanished and yuri rules the land. Except for her. Trying to find her way home, she enlists the help of genius student Lily (subtle), who agrees to help if they pretend to date. Enjoy the ride, but don’t expect any shocking turns here.
I mean, come on, you probably know exactly where this is headed just from that description. There’s the chance for some heavy topics, but this book’s goal is to be cute and fluffy and it achieves that goal and, to be honest, little else. Will fake dating turn to something more that becomes relevant as Marika finds a way to return home!? Gosh, I wonder…
There’s a part where Marika drops a bit of a bomb about her life in the world she came from, which is instantly undercut in the next chapter when you can see what exactly is going on way before the other characters do. Throw in the usual childhood meetings and festivals and all that and you have something that ticks all the boxes you’re expecting with wild abandon, but never colours outside the lines, to mix the metaphor.
Mild spoiler ahead, but even the revelation that the two Marika’s have swapped places doesn’t end up amounting to much because they never actually meet, which feels like something you could have had an absolute field day with in terms of narrative.
Instead this is four hundred pages of two girls following breadcrumbs to a conclusion that’s already completely foregone, where the how is the only real question and the answer isn’t super interesting. Along they way they flirt.
Luckily watching them is fun, if slight, as Lily ends up being far more emotive than you’d expect from her archetype (when she lets her dialect slip it’s probably the most interesting thing they do with her character). It’s a nice subversion of type and she becomes a lot more dynamic as the story progresses.
Marika is much less interesting, due to her stated desire to be ‘normal’ after some unspecified childhood event. It’s about as big a statement on queerness and gender identity as this book’s prepared to make, but doesn’t amount to much of anything.
3 stars, the book wasn’t a chore to read and I liked it, but it’s not exactly trying super hard or doing anything new. If ever a summer beach read existed in yuri form, this might well be it. It just kind of exists and that’s really okay, just like the story.
I mean, come on, you probably know exactly where this is headed just from that description. There’s the chance for some heavy topics, but this book’s goal is to be cute and fluffy and it achieves that goal and, to be honest, little else. Will fake dating turn to something more that becomes relevant as Marika finds a way to return home!? Gosh, I wonder…
There’s a part where Marika drops a bit of a bomb about her life in the world she came from, which is instantly undercut in the next chapter when you can see what exactly is going on way before the other characters do. Throw in the usual childhood meetings and festivals and all that and you have something that ticks all the boxes you’re expecting with wild abandon, but never colours outside the lines, to mix the metaphor.
Mild spoiler ahead, but even the revelation that the two Marika’s have swapped places doesn’t end up amounting to much because they never actually meet, which feels like something you could have had an absolute field day with in terms of narrative.
Instead this is four hundred pages of two girls following breadcrumbs to a conclusion that’s already completely foregone, where the how is the only real question and the answer isn’t super interesting. Along they way they flirt.
Luckily watching them is fun, if slight, as Lily ends up being far more emotive than you’d expect from her archetype (when she lets her dialect slip it’s probably the most interesting thing they do with her character). It’s a nice subversion of type and she becomes a lot more dynamic as the story progresses.
Marika is much less interesting, due to her stated desire to be ‘normal’ after some unspecified childhood event. It’s about as big a statement on queerness and gender identity as this book’s prepared to make, but doesn’t amount to much of anything.
3 stars, the book wasn’t a chore to read and I liked it, but it’s not exactly trying super hard or doing anything new. If ever a summer beach read existed in yuri form, this might well be it. It just kind of exists and that’s really okay, just like the story.
January 13, 2022
I really liked the artwork, it was so pretty. It was a fun mystery romance story. It ignores trans men, and enbies. There would still be bisexual, pansexual, and heterosexual people in this kind of world. The villains reason for being evil was ridiculous. The main character losing large chunks of her memories from before she was 9 didn’t make sense. Wouldn’t she have remembered having two moms instead of a mom and dad as a kid? How did the isolation chamber make her remember? How did Marika come back at the end? How did the other Marika make the switch in the first place? Did both Marika’s have the same ability? What did dr. Yanagi die of? She seemed young so a illness suddenly killing her off was weird. They never explained how they were able to keep reproducing! I was wondering that throughout the whole story and then they never explained it!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 9, 2023
3,5
My 100th read of the year was a yuri, how very like me.
Anyway:
This manga was quite strange. It's cute, absurd, filled with random confusing elements, but it was fun. My only complaint is that it's extremely rushed, but that's fine.
My 100th read of the year was a yuri, how very like me.
Anyway:
This manga was quite strange. It's cute, absurd, filled with random confusing elements, but it was fun. My only complaint is that it's extremely rushed, but that's fine.
July 23, 2021
4.5 ★
Very cute GL story about Marika, who suddenly finds herself in a world with only women...including Lily, the beautiful and brainy girl from the class next door. This omnibus contains both individual volumes and completes the whole story arc. I really loved how cute the art was and the sweet, fun, light tone of the book. My few criticisms were around the pacing (so quick...the mangaka tried to fit a parallel universe and 'mad scientist' storyline in with a sweet but nearly insta-love yuri plot), but overall this was an engaging and entertaining manga that wraps up nicely. This would have been a perfect 5★/5★ if it had focused a bit more on the women-only world; Marika's experience adjusting, and Lily's past growing up in it, rather than the slightly rushed end plot of jumping between universes.
Very cute GL story about Marika, who suddenly finds herself in a world with only women...including Lily, the beautiful and brainy girl from the class next door. This omnibus contains both individual volumes and completes the whole story arc. I really loved how cute the art was and the sweet, fun, light tone of the book. My few criticisms were around the pacing (so quick...the mangaka tried to fit a parallel universe and 'mad scientist' storyline in with a sweet but nearly insta-love yuri plot), but overall this was an engaging and entertaining manga that wraps up nicely. This would have been a perfect 5★/5★ if it had focused a bit more on the women-only world; Marika's experience adjusting, and Lily's past growing up in it, rather than the slightly rushed end plot of jumping between universes.
June 8, 2023
very cute, although it was a little fast-paced/ rushed at times and very confusing and vague. i did enjoy the drawing style and the concept a lot.
August 2, 2021
This is surprisingly good. Starts out slow, but picks up steam fast.
Wow, what a heavy set of concepts! Parallel worlds/universes! Multiple histories! Multiples of the same person! Dogs and cats, living together! I mean, uh, yeah it's pretty wild! Marika leaves her house to go to school one day, and suddenly discovers... she's not on Earth anymore! At least not the Earth SHE knew!!! In this world, men don't exist. All relationships, obviously, are of the Yuri kind. Everyone seems the same, but kinda not. Then by chance she tells her story to a disinterested classmate, Lily. At first Lily thinks Marika is plumb loco, but gradually starts to realize something VERY strange has happened! Lily agrees to help Marika "return home"... except, what are these painful feelings in her chest? Could she be... in love with Marika? As for her, Marika eventually comes to realize that this Yuri world just might be where she belongs... because it may possibly be that this is where she actually comes from!?!?!? Throw in some scientists, a groovy New-Age hippie chick, a VERY suspicious younger sister (who was a younger brother on the other Earth), a psycho girl with a gun and a mad-on for Marika, and a martial artist professor, and you've got one heck of a nifty yarn! If you like Yuri manga, you will love this. Oh, and as I read the last few pages, by chance, George Michael's song "Careless Whisper" just happened to be playing on the radio. Very apropos!
Wow, what a heavy set of concepts! Parallel worlds/universes! Multiple histories! Multiples of the same person! Dogs and cats, living together! I mean, uh, yeah it's pretty wild! Marika leaves her house to go to school one day, and suddenly discovers... she's not on Earth anymore! At least not the Earth SHE knew!!! In this world, men don't exist. All relationships, obviously, are of the Yuri kind. Everyone seems the same, but kinda not. Then by chance she tells her story to a disinterested classmate, Lily. At first Lily thinks Marika is plumb loco, but gradually starts to realize something VERY strange has happened! Lily agrees to help Marika "return home"... except, what are these painful feelings in her chest? Could she be... in love with Marika? As for her, Marika eventually comes to realize that this Yuri world just might be where she belongs... because it may possibly be that this is where she actually comes from!?!?!? Throw in some scientists, a groovy New-Age hippie chick, a VERY suspicious younger sister (who was a younger brother on the other Earth), a psycho girl with a gun and a mad-on for Marika, and a martial artist professor, and you've got one heck of a nifty yarn! If you like Yuri manga, you will love this. Oh, and as I read the last few pages, by chance, George Michael's song "Careless Whisper" just happened to be playing on the radio. Very apropos!
November 19, 2021
Chale. Le faltó. Es una buena idea pero falló la ejecución. Lo escogí porque el título me pareció similar al de Zettai BL aunque esta historia se va más a la ciencia ficción. Tristemente se quedó corta en eso. De haber tenido cinco tomos, al menos, la historia habría quedado muchísimo mejor y se habrían explorado más todos los ejes en la mente de la autora.
Así en dos tomos la trama se lee apresurada y superconveniente. En plan "ah, de pequeña jugaba con una niña parecida a ti y apenas me acordé" y "ah, este lugar y esta científica me suenan pero no sé de dónde hasta que es necesario".
La prota al inicio se siente extrañada de que en este mundo paralelo los hombres no existan y por ende las relaciones homosexuales entre mujeres sean la norma, pero toda esa trama queda de lado por la de la investigación científica apresurada. No hay mucha introspección en ese ámbito ni siquiera cuando ella misma se pregunta: "bueno, y ¿cómo me siento al respecto de esta chica que me está ayudando?" Todo eso pasa al final y en páginas sin diálogo.
Así en dos tomos la trama se lee apresurada y superconveniente. En plan "ah, de pequeña jugaba con una niña parecida a ti y apenas me acordé" y "ah, este lugar y esta científica me suenan pero no sé de dónde hasta que es necesario".
La prota al inicio se siente extrañada de que en este mundo paralelo los hombres no existan y por ende las relaciones homosexuales entre mujeres sean la norma, pero toda esa trama queda de lado por la de la investigación científica apresurada. No hay mucha introspección en ese ámbito ni siquiera cuando ella misma se pregunta: "bueno, y ¿cómo me siento al respecto de esta chica que me está ayudando?" Todo eso pasa al final y en páginas sin diálogo.
November 29, 2023
This manga is about Marika who wakes up one day to find there are no men in the world(well not for a super long time). She meets lily who happens to be reading a book on parallel worlds, which Marika thinks is what happened. Marika is from another world? OR is she? After basically begging lily to help her figure out what happened, lily develops feelings for her and Marika believes it's just for camouflage to fit in to this world full of women where dating a woman is completely normal. Through their time together investigating a way back for Marika, their relationship blossoms into something she never expected.
This was such an interesting concept and story. The art is beautiful and characters are charming. I would definitely read more like this.
P.s. this manga is technically 2 volumes according to the afterword.
This was such an interesting concept and story. The art is beautiful and characters are charming. I would definitely read more like this.
P.s. this manga is technically 2 volumes according to the afterword.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 18, 2022
Finishing this one up now. This book was a lot more dense than I remembered in terms of content.
It basically sees a highschool age Japanese girl transported unwittingly to a world where girls like girls. Our lead heroine is your typical "I want to be normal" lead, but with what is considered common / normal being flipped upside down, she begins to question her attitude. She's helped by a sort of cool no nonsense beauty with smart brains whom only believes her after she presents a textbook from her world she just happened to be carrying with her during the transfer.
This mixes cute Moe fun with serious science adventure type scenario, and I think it does it pretty well. It's a one volume story, but it's developed, I didn't feel too rushed.
It basically sees a highschool age Japanese girl transported unwittingly to a world where girls like girls. Our lead heroine is your typical "I want to be normal" lead, but with what is considered common / normal being flipped upside down, she begins to question her attitude. She's helped by a sort of cool no nonsense beauty with smart brains whom only believes her after she presents a textbook from her world she just happened to be carrying with her during the transfer.
This mixes cute Moe fun with serious science adventure type scenario, and I think it does it pretty well. It's a one volume story, but it's developed, I didn't feel too rushed.
July 20, 2021
I read 'The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except for Me,' which collects its whole story, in one sitting. In short, Marika is a normal girl who is so shocked by the sight of her two friends kissing that she's taken to a parallel world where men don't exist at all, and meets a cool beauty with a secret crush who might help her figure out a way home... if she still wants to go back once they're done fake-dating. Their worlds existed separately, until a chance cross-over reveals an affection that can't be denied and then they're left bending their life into a new shape.
January 23, 2023
Based on the title I thought this would be a fun read. You know something I picked up for shit and giggles.
What I got was very bland. The story was meh, the characters eh, and the art was actually a bit bad.
I have to stop saying I don't care about an art style. Clearly I do.
Disappointing experience. Not worth the £19.99 I paid. In fact I would recommend only picking this up if you can get it super cheap.
What I got was very bland. The story was meh, the characters eh, and the art was actually a bit bad.
I have to stop saying I don't care about an art style. Clearly I do.
Disappointing experience. Not worth the £19.99 I paid. In fact I would recommend only picking this up if you can get it super cheap.
April 2, 2025
This was a fun read. I liked the art, the characters are cute, but my interest did start to wane near the end because of plot reasons.
I like the story! I just kind of wish I got to read the interactions with Marika and the other world (her world at the beginning with the men). It felt kind of rushed(?) at the end, but I did like the plot it had- though near the end I was kind of going "???", but it was a fun read!
I like the story! I just kind of wish I got to read the interactions with Marika and the other world (her world at the beginning with the men). It felt kind of rushed(?) at the end, but I did like the plot it had- though near the end I was kind of going "???", but it was a fun read!
August 3, 2021
I was super surprised at how good this was, to be honest. I'll take a look at any LGBT manga that has decent art and/or looks like fun, even if it's really goofy looking-- I was expecting this to be of the goofy variety, given the title, but I became super invested in this two-volume omnibus! There's no unnecessary fanservice, and the relationship is very sweet and has great emotional traction.
March 20, 2022
A lot of people say this book has plot holes- like it does but it's fine!! Because it's cute and a good story overall. I enjoyed it- it was very big and a fun undertaking to read! I enjoyed the ending and the whole story :) one comment is that i do wish it had a little bit more content after she came back from the other world!
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April 27, 2022
This was an incredibly chaotic read. It had very weird pacing. I totally enjoyed it even if it was kind of objectively not that great. I honestly love goofy concepts like this. I feel like that's just kind of part of the genre.
I was also fully on board with the title, I just have weird taste. Lol
I was also fully on board with the title, I just have weird taste. Lol
June 5, 2022
Easy going pallet cleanser with very cute drawings. Ive read the volume in one go and enjoyed it. Cant wait for the second one to release.
Theres a someone mysterious and dark undertone in the story which I appreciate. But it goes back to cutesy instantly so its just a nice thought provoking addition.
Theres a someone mysterious and dark undertone in the story which I appreciate. But it goes back to cutesy instantly so its just a nice thought provoking addition.
January 29, 2023
I was worried that this was going to be homophobic but was pleasantly surprised this turned out to be a rather interesting light sci-fi story. The art is cute but it and the plot leave a lot to be desired. It just didn't have time to be fully fleshed out, but the main characters did have good chemistry between them.
January 29, 2024
A good storyline overall but it felt rushed and disjointed at times. The ending made little sense and the introduction of a villain in the last 50 or so pages was… a choice. Also, I would have liked a bit more couple-y interactions between the main characters so that the book would live up to its name but nope. Might as well have called it “There’s No More Men In The World”.
July 26, 2024
I thought this would just be a silly and cute story, and this was much more than I expected. It's much more focused than I expected, and the two protagonists are very likeable and relatable. While I did expect a twist, I did not expect the direction in which the story went. Well paced and entertaining, and the art is great. I loved how the story ended.
November 25, 2021
This was a really good full volume of a yuri novel. A little disappointed it's only one volume, and how fast paced it seemed. Would make a really good series, because the ending leaves you wanting more. The plot was really unique for a yuri novel. I hope we get more one day.
January 5, 2023
I thought this book had a really good plot, and it was also super cute. I liked that this book didn’t have just plot and also had some cute fluff of the two girls. I definitely recommend reading to those who like cute romance manga.
February 18, 2023
Okay, no shade, I was so surprised that there was actually a plot to this story that was good, as well as the romantic relationship the two girls shared was believable, I was okay with the super rushed ending, among other things. It felt like it was more of an order from the publisher to finish it asap than it was letting the mangaka’s choice.
August 29, 2023
Ending seemed a little rushed and there wasn’t much depth in the story. Besides all that the art is stunning but the story just felt rush. Still an enjoyable quick read i just think it would’ve been better if it was longer.
September 4, 2021
Cute, if a little weak on plot and dialogue in places (adjusted for translation).
December 31, 2021
This was a cute read with beautiful artwork. I know the author said it was kinda chaotic but my daughter and I enjoyed it!
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