The cover of Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari, Volume 13 (ピュア百合アンソロジー ひらり) is a bit of a tease, as it shows the characters from Amakure Gido’s Shuden ni ha Kaeshimasu, which is over and done with. :-( But it’s still a cute picture.
The lead story by Itou Hachi, “Haru no Minuet” is a lovely story about a girl who becomes close with a hearing-impaired classmate. I’d love to see more Yuri stories that include issues of ability (and, gosh, folks, if you’re drawing/writing Yuri or lesbian-themed work, let’s get some diversity in there!)
In “Taiyou to Kaze-san,” Yamada and Kaze get to spend the day together in the pool. This series is so sweet it hurts.
I adored Shimano Yae’s “Makoto Gohan” for many reasons, none of which will be surprising. An adult woman, in a long term relationship with another women who communicates her love through food. This is my life and it made me extra happy to see it in manga form.
In Morishima Akiko’s “Shoujo Paradigm” Masami and Midori need to work out just exactly what their relationship is, really.
Morinaga Milk’s “Ohime-sama no Himitsu” takes a turn. As Miu and Fujiwara-sempai decide to give their relationship a real go, Fujiwara’s fans desert her for another cool sempai-type, Hirozawa, since Miu has Fujiwara wrapped up. Fujiwara is clearly happy with their new course, but Miu is starting to think she’s holding everyone back from being happy….This series started out a s bit of fluff, but I think we’ll get at least one solid volume from it, and with the new chapter, I’m really hoping for two and a decent story. It definitely has potential.
What do you do if the person you didn’t know you liked tells you she has a girlfriend? This is is what Akuta Fumie asks in “watashi no sukina anokonokoto.”
“Under One Roof” continues to roll around in the same scene over and over as Miho comes home to her landlady’s gay friends over for dinner and innuendo once more, but it works for me. ^_^
As always there are many other stories and artists of note in this issue and surely there will be something that will appeal in this solid Yuri anthology magazine.
Ratings:
Overall – 8
Yes, indeed, this was a good issue. Again, my current favorite Kase-san and Yamada and another chapter with more of them in the latest ‘Extra Issue Girls Club Anthology’. I was surprised you did not mention the little story by Yajika Chinami, there was something I found very touching about it. Also I wondered, do you ever fill out the survey for each issue they offer? I always do but I have wondered if it may be pointless.
Obvious that story didn’t touch me the same, I cannot recall it. I used to fill out the cards, but it’s surprisingly hard to mail them from here, as I have to adjust the address to be in English for USPS, but also leave it in Japanese for the Japan Post, with very little room. ^_^
Ah, I always fill these out online, I saw them when I would look to see what will be in the newest issue:
Here: http://www.shinshokan.com/hirari/hirari13/
If you look towards the bottom you see this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fPZgyYQTLUKDvYlyx63SgbeoHkByX7qmWL33fFxIYtM/viewform
It is this that I have been filling out. Is it not the same?
I have no idea. I was referring to the postcards that many magazine still include. I’ve never filled out the online survey. I honestly had no idea they had them.