Comic Yuri Hime, July 2025 (コミック百合姫2025年6月号) is an honestly excellent volume of the only monthly Yuri manga magazine! Some great stories, including a number of fantastic continuing serializations.

Our first story is a new serialization by Nishina about a girl who has transferred into an old crumbling provincial school, but who finds something to care about when she is partnered with another girl to work on the school yearbook and starts photographing the people and the places around her.

Claire is appalled at her father’s actions and Lily takes some steps to remedy her own sins in this chapter of “Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.” written by inori. and illustrated wonderfully by Aonoshimo.

Another game character wanders into our world looking for Machino, but Aurora has her own agenda, to revisit another old friend, in “Genjitsu Sekai (Real) Demo Shiawase ni Shite Kudasai ne?” by Shiborikasuko.

Tama Tamasaki’s “Muryoku Seijo to Munou Oujo ~ Maryoku Zero de Shoukansareta Seijo no Isekai Kyuukokuki” takes a HUGE step in this chapter, as Nana and the Princess not only have purged the miasma from the town, but develop a pathway for cultural and economic recovery for it, showing themselves to be the leaders this world needs.

“Chouuchyuu Yori Ai wo Komete,” by Ashidaka Woz also takes a few steps forward as Lulu’s personality is opening up Ten’s life and attracting new friends.

Kashiaze’s “Kimi Ga Hoeru Tame No Uta Wo” puts Haru to the test, as she has to sing online during a contest. Struck silent by stress, Haru finds strenghth in Yuu’s fail and wows host and audience.

AHAH! The boot has dropped exactly where we expected it in “Kanaria wa Kiraboshi no Yume wo Miru” by sheepD. As Ayano and her fiance are presented at a party, Ayano is only truly concerned about Tsubaki. She manages to convey her true feelings to the other girl. Takahiko, howver does turn out to be conspiring with his older sister to get into Ayano’s family.

“Gakeppuchi Reijou ha Kuro Kishi-sama o Horesasetai!” which was *just* licensed this weekend as Marrying the Dark Knight (For Her Money),  a title I do not love, but I do love the story. In this chapter we get the first of many pieces of Frost’s tragic back story, in which her father rejected her and her mother because of a misunderstanding about genetics, and she took her father’s life in revenge for her mother’s.

Korose’s “Gan no Hime” was amazing, if a bit talky, as we learn the final parts of the true nature of the world and who Isana is. Where this will go, I have no idea, but it’s solid plotting for sure.

And finally, we are treated to a lesbian classic + vampire story, with a young woman who meets a vampire who has been stabbed by an ex, as she lays bleeding. The vampire is looking to find someone to become a vampire with her, so she won’t be lonely anymore. Chise isn’t making any promises, but she’s willing to help the vampire to life life to her fullest right *now* at any rate. It was a pretty good story given the tropiness throughout.

And, as usually, there are other stories I read and others I didn’t and some were good and some were not. ^_^

Ratings: 

Overall  – 9 

The August issue is already on my to-read pile. ^_^