The June issue of Comic Yuri Hime magazine is an issue of transition. Old series are wrapping up, or moving to new arcs and new series are beginning.

Firstly, we have another fantastic, textured cover with ambiguous scene, this time a rainy city night, in a city where the lights never go out.

Then we move to a fabulous new series, “Natsu to Lemon to Overlay,” by Ru, which is, right out of the gate, intriguing and strange and I love it. An aspiring seiyuu is hired to read a last message at a woman’s funeral. What the woman’s story is, she isn’t told, but she takes this strange job.

“Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” wraps up the fisrt volume of the Light Novel and as we turn away from one arc, we’re about to head into the main part of the story.

“Kimi to Shiranai Natsu to Naru” settles down a bit from the scattered wackiness of running away from society to take a job at a local seaside place. The pace has slowed, but it remains charming.

Color pages for “Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru” my new favorite ballroom dance manga, by Utatane Yuu. This chapter moves the healing of past traumas forward. Kiki and Michiru had found their place and for a moment, everything is good.

The second half of this volume contained a number of one-shots one of which was outstanding – “Tsuihou wo Tsukamu” by nanimowakaran. This mermaid story was the first and only one of it’s kind that I have ever really liked. A woman is visited by a half-woman, half-sea creature from her past who has loved her for hundreds of years. This manga was beautiful and haunting and will stick with me for a while.

As always there are many other stories, some of which I read and enjoyed and others I did not, or did not read, which means it’s a decent selection all the way around. ^_^

Ratings:

Overall – 8

Looking forward / not looking forward to the already-out  July issue, which will contain the final chapter of Usui Shio’s “Kaketa Tsuki to Donuts.” Yay, boo. ^_^;