 In 2015, MangaGamer announced they would be releasing "A Kiss for the Petals", the first license of a "yuri" game to have an English translation.MangaGamer went on to publish "Kindred Spirits on the Roof" in 2016, which was one of the first adult visual novels to be released uncensored on the Steam store.As "yuri" gained further recognition outside Japan, some artists began creating original English-language manga that were labeled as "yuri" or having "yuri" elements and subplots.