Here we are at the April 2020 issue of Comic Yuri Hime magazine(コミック百合姫2020年4月号). This year the cover theme is women in ill-fitting clothing having what always looks like furtive assignations in back alleyways and deeply weird fonts.  ^_^

A number of series have wrapped up and to fill the spots, the editorial staff have done some interesting things. This month I want to focus on two specific entries, as we did last month.

First up, in Ruume’s “Yuritsukushi no Kyoushitsu de” (ゆりづくしの教室で) which appears to be a class full of “Yuri” pairings, the first chapter is focused on establishing the people in the story, so there’s a bit of wandering about and “meeting” everyone. Among the characters we meet a fat girl, called “Sachin” by one of the other girls. Sachin is fat and pretty. She’s not slightly, vaguely plump, like we are usually given, she doesn’t just have a very slight bit of fat when we’re making a point (I’m looking at you, “Pochi Climb.”) Sachin is large. Sachin is also sparkly and kind and has food with which to feed those around her. She reminds me of my wife. ^_^ It was nice to see some body size variety that ins’t just big breasts in the magazine.

Secondly, there is at the end of the issue, a short 4-page story from/intro to the Rakugo school Yuri manga by TNSK, “Uchi no Shisho ha Shippo ga nai.” (うちの師匠はしっぽがない) You might recognize the creator’s name as the person who did the cover art for Yuri science fiction LN, Last and First Idol. I’m not yet convinced that this will be for me, but I’m willing to give it a try, as the idea of a Rakugo Yuri story works, and I’m a sucker for Taisho period stories. The first two volumes are out in Japanese (Volume 1 and Volume 2) and the series is running in Kodansha’s good!Afternoon magazine. You can read the first chapter on that site, in Japanese.  Which is why I wanted to point it out – this preview is not for a comic in Comic Yuri Hime at all. That interests me a lot. It’s not the first time we’ve seen this, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it for an already well-established comic in another magazine.

Ratings:

Overall – 7

The May 2020 issue will hit shelves on the 18th of the month which means, for the first time since this magazine went monthly I am ahead of the curve. Haha, take that, giant piles of things to read! There’s no cover image up yet, so I have no idea what monstrous font they’ll use this time. Did you notice this month the title was in English? ^_^

Last note: I think it’s time to drop the “Yuri Manga”, “Western Comic”, etc., tags from the titles on Okazu posts. Back in the day when Yuri manga or anime was super hard to find, those tags made an impression and people needed to know that that stuff was out there.

If I drop the tags from the title, will it be too difficult for you as a reader to recognize what the thing I’m reviewing is? Let me know in the comments whether you find the title tags useful or distracting!