Yet my favorite yuri series of the year wasn't a modern series, but instead a beautiful historical melodrama that evokes the history of the very genre.
GOODBYE, MY ROSE GARDEN (Sayonara Rozu Gaden), by Dr Pepperco. First published in 2018 and first published in North America in 2020.
PLOT:
Hanako can't believe her luck. She travelled all the way from Japan to England to meet her favorite author, only to be denied. At that moment, she was taken in by the beautiful and elegant noblewoman Alice Douglas. Now she's working as Alice's personal maid, but her mistress has a tragic secret. Alice is a lesbian who has once already dealt with scandal, and wants Hanako to help her kill herself.
