Comic Yuri Hime November 2019 (コミック百合姫2019年11月号) surprised the heck out of me – in a good way.

As you may notice, every issue I note the progress of some of the stories I follow, and and I usually note that there are many stories I don’t read. Over all the years here on Okazu I have had a belief that as long as a magazine had two stories I loved and at least a story or two I like then it’s worth the price.

The surprise comes from the fact that I am now reading more than half the stories in each volume of Comic Yuri Hime, and the number of stories I’m genuinely enjoying is about a half dozen and I’m only avoiding about a half dozen. Which makes this an unreasonably good value for my money. ^_^

Iwami Kyoko’s “Luminous=Blue” wraps up this issue, and IMHO, wraps up well with an ending that feels less like a cop out and more like a reasonable choice than I expected.

I always enjoy “Itoshi Koishi” by Takemiya Jin, but found this particular issue especially charming as I’m trying to cook this week for a woman who cooks brilliantly. I sympathize with Yayoi here.

“Umineko Bessou days” takes a slightly darker turn…one that presages an even darker one in days to come. It’s obvious that Kodama Naoko-sensei likes her tales with an edge. I’m not sure I do, so I’m always nervous reading her work. ^_^;

“Sasayakuyouni Koi wo Uta” remains delightful as Yori-sempai takes a leap into a whole new life by joining a band, just to make her cute girlfriend happy. ^_^

I really like the path “Tsurezure Biyori” is taking with some quality time on Iori and Nanami. Equally, I’m happy that “Ikemen-sugi Sugi-sempai” is addressing something slightly more realistically…although that series definitely sounds like it’s winding up. Yes they are dealing with a thing, but probably not any other things. I want to be wrong.  And “Scarlet” heads into its final, inevitable confrontation.

Ratings:

Overall – 8

Overall, an excellent volume setting up an even better one for December’s issue. This was a very good year for fans of Comic Yuri Hime. The December issue is available and it’s looking like one of the strongest year-end issues ever!