The cover for Comic Yuri Hime, July 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年7月号) by Chiriko is a deep contemplative black and purple. The words on the cover are in Latin “Nihil Valet, Ioc Ludus Est Sol Nobis Duobus” which roughly becomes “Nothing matters, the sun is just a joke for the two of us.” Again, there’s a backstage vibe. I don’t know what any of it means, and the random mannequin heads and bodies make me uncomfortable. It’s giving Yuri version of Something Wicked This Way Comes.(No link, I bet your local library has it.)
As usual, there are any number of series I am not reading, and this issue begins with one of them, FLOWERCHILD’s “Utsushicha Damena Kao” with color opening pages.
This time around there are a number of horror, pyschological horror and toxic Yuri series, most of which I’m not reading. I find unentertaining to watch the emotional suffering of high school (or younger) girls, but you might find those more interesting than I do.
One of the horror stories I am reading is “Hina-chan Ikiterunara” by Tsumugi Meme. In this story, a girl who has been missing for several years returns..unaged, with no memory of those years. In this chapter, Sora had befriended Minori who is an occult enthusiast. As Minori starts to look into Hinako’s disappearance, things get weird.
In “Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Uta,” faced with imminent stardom, Hajime looks back on her life, on how she put hr feelings for Momo aside, about her desire (or lack of?) to be famous and maybe for the first time to admit what she wants to herself.
Kashikaze’s “Kimi ga Hoeru Tame no Uta o” is picking up tension as LUPINUS work towards a goal…and they reach out for advice.
“Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” by inori. and Aonoshimo is giving some useful depth to Lily’s character and the way Salas was able to embed Alter so deeply within her subconscious. By using Lily’s frustration, and feelings of rejection by Rei, Alter is able to use Lily more easily. I really liked in this chapter how Lily and Alter are starting to phase together and are less separate personalities than two sides of a fractured soul.
Touma’s “Kimi no Seinandakara, Sekinin o Totte you ne” is not going where I expected, as Mitsuki, juggling feeling for Sui-chan decides to try some paid dating as the vendor, not the client.
And again, “Hareta Hi no Dress Code” is also not headed where I expected, which is great. The sports Festival is upon us and a hair scrunchy seems to represent the something building between Natsuki and Miwa, but the more immediate crisis is a creepy dude visiting the school taking pictures of first-years that Miwa passes off to Okita to handle…and he picks up what she is laying down right away.
“Zangai Shoujo, Kirakirana Sekai no Soko” continues to world build the futur-ish city around a bunny girl android and the people who repair her…and become her friends, of course.
In “Muryoku Seijo to Munou Oujo ~ Maryoku Zero de Shoukansareta Seijo no Isekai Kyuukokuki ” by Tamasaki Tama, it appears we have tracked down the story of the source of the miasma, at last!
“Rounin Nante Roku Demonai!” was a very sweet one-shot by Tsuchiya Usagi about a girl falling into despair and a cram school buddy who drags her (kicking and screaming) into hope.
Koharu and Minato sign up for a workshop to make their own wedding rings! in the autobiographical comic by Daruma and Hiarron.
Ten and Lulu are back in “Chouuchyuu Yori Ai wo Komete,” by Ashidaka Woz. A marriage for Lulu and Ten’s past both come rushing into their lives at the same time.
And this month’s “Film ni Saku Yurinohana wo Atsumete Kimi ni Okuritai” column by Kobara Yuuko our protags watch Asagao to Kase-san.
This was a particularly good volume. I’m reading and enjoying more than half the current series/one-shots, which is an amazing stat for a manga magazine.
Ratings:
Overall – 9
The Back cover repeats the Latin from the front cover, but also say, “Tu Tantum Spectare Debes Unde Es” which tranalator tooltells me means “You Just Have to Look Where You Ar From.”
Okay, then.
The August issue is out now!
It’s Anime Expo weekend, let’s celebrate all the amaziiiiiing licenses thus far!
