Comic Yuri Hime, March 2024 (コミック百合姫2024年3月号) starts off with a new story, “A Bouquet of Salvia,” which was rather sweet as a opening  – and could have stood alone on it’s own merits. A girl who was rescued from dire circumstances finds family and a mentor in a young witch who has taken her in and is training her. In this opening chapter, the emphasis is on found family, understanding there is more to life than duty and the profoundity of joy. I’m all for it. ^_^

So much water has gone under the bridge in “Watashi no Yuri ha Oshigoto desu!” that we seem to have come to the beginning of the river, once again. Kanako still does not understand herself but, at least this time Sumika does.

“Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” steps back to interrogate Misha and Rae’s friendship. On the eve of an audacious plan to save Yuu, Rae has to trust Misha with the whole truth about the world and herself. Rae learns something important that might explain a few things. Eventually.

Yuama’s “Kimi to Tsuzuru Utakata” comes to an end, exactly where I expected it to. Despite the fact that the whole story was telegraphed from the beginning, it did some interesting things. I’m not sure I would have given it as much time to be told as the magazine did, but I don’t regret reading it. There’s something to be said about a story that moves past forgiveness into redemption.

“Garan no Hime” has suddenly become much more interesting! Where we seemed to be flailing looking for a lost sister, we have sudden have a whole new level –  one in which Hime is the key to something important.

In “Shikabane to Ai ga Omoi Seikishi no Toubatsu Gakuen Life” Mari unlocks Shurika’s memories…for good or ill.

There were a number of decent one-shots in this issue including Inaba Mine’s “Kemuri ni Yosete,” which felt very old school as an established couple works through the distance building between them.

As always there were other stories I read, and did not read, which makes for a magazine that will appeal to a wide range of Yuri fans!

Ratings:

Overall – 8

The April issue is on JP shelves now and it’s a very exciting issue, in which the arc about Prince Yuu comes to a climax in “Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” and a new manga fantasy written by Suo, and illustrated by Superwomen in Love!‘s Sometime, “Gakeppuchi Reijou wa Kuro Kishi-sama o Horesasetai!”