Uraroji Romanya Monogatari (裏路地浪漫屋物語) is a collection of Yuri stories by creator Kumosuzume.  It’s a nice collection, with a variety of tones.

The title story tells of a dress maker and her model, and finding love and the perfect design. “True me” is a story of a woman who is interested in her work sempai and how they become closer when they spend the night together.

This is followed by a story of two women who live next door to one another in an apartment complex and following that is a story of two girls who share a bus ride together to school everyday.

The final story is the most evocative in the series. In the first part a girl meets a young woman, and their relationship is ephemeral, almost paranormal. But no, Yuki is just unwell. In part two Testu becomes a doctor so she can save Yuki’s life and they manage to live happily ever after.

Nothing in this collection was ground breaking, but Kumosuzume’s art and story style had a funky “between time and place” feel that I found appealing. As a groupings of stories we found hanging around back alleys in little shops and snickelways, it was a nice collection.

Ratings:

Art – 7
Stories – 7?…8? Let’s go with 7.5
Characters – 7
Service –  None I can recall
Yuri – 7

Overall – 7

I particularly like the cover, which really feels like one is wandering in and out of the different stories.