After a lovely cover image by Shiromisakana to give this issue flavor, Takashima Eku’s “Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Uta,” an over-flowing with emotion first love story starts off Comic Yuri Hime September 2019 (コミック百合姫2019年9月号) with a good feel. It’s not ground breaking, but I really like it.

One slice-of-life high school story is followed by another, as “Tsurezure Biyori” continues. Koharu and Mafuyu share a watermelon-flavored kiss, as one does in summer.

“Hayama-sensei to Terano-sensei ha Tsukiatteiru” remains painfully adorable as date night ends up being interrupted by Hayama-sensei being a kind soul and helping a lost child.

“Kaketa Tsuki to Donuts” finally hits a jump-off point, as Uno-san starts to push back at the limitations of her “perfect” life and finds herself getting to know Satou-san better. Satou is a very honest and grounded person; she’s the kind of character we need to see more of, to teach other characters (and readers!)  to live your life, not what’s expected of you.

I skipped the next third of the magazine, straight to Ohsawa Yayoi’s “Hello, Melancholic,” which is hitting a number of buttons I had no idea I still had. I remember what it felt like to play music with others, when it all just worked. I have a particularly fond memory of a post-performance marching band jam, when were all locked out of the bad room and just played an arrangement of “My Favorite Things”…and it was just perfect. Hibiki obviously wants that for Minato and for her emotional wounds to heal… I do, too.

Oh thank the gods “Luminous Blue” did what I wanted it to do! ^_^ I was getting a little worried, but I can see that Iwami Kyouko-sensei has her characters well in hand.

“Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu!” by Miman-sensei has also finally taken the turn into the story it’s been running parallel along and fully committed and I am here for it. I am so looking forward to seeing where this goes. – and how it gets there.

This issue includes a short prose story called “Love Song wo Sakebu wake” by Suo, which is also available on Pixiv. We are definitely witnessing a shift in Yuri…

Ratings:

Overall – 9

…next issue of the magazine will include a bouldering comic; we’re seeing a foray into prose from Hayakawa publishing putting out more science fiction Yuri and LN’s from J-Novel club. Yuri is changing and that’s always a good sign of a healthy genre. ^_^

The October 2019 issue is out and we’re gonna pick it up today! I am slightly caught up for a day. ^_^