Comic Yuri Hime, August 2025 (コミック百合姫2025年8月号) begins with a truly lovely cover, “Saturday August 19th, 2024, 19 years old,” our cover couple play with fireworks at the water. Hechima does great work with reflection, light and color here.
It’s a strong opening to what is a momentous magazine issue…the last one before Comic Yuri Hime‘s 20th anniversary. August has strong Yuri energy, apparently. Both Yuricon and Okazu were born in August, as was what is now Comic Yuri Hime. We’re celebrating 23 years here next month ourselves!
“Watashi no Oshi ha Akuyaku Reijou.,” follows Lily as she has a heart to heart talk with Thane, who is now unveiled as her half-brother, as he recovers from the poison with which she tried to kill him. Lily struggles with complicated emotions, as one might imagine.
In “Yume to Koi de wa Tsuriaiwanai” Hikari and Kairi on an amusement park date admit that they both want the same thing, which is to be with one another. I don’t know how much further this story can progress at this point, but I hope Hikari can triumph in her dream as well as love.
Ten is forced to look back on recent painiful years in school that ultimately lead to her being the ostracized loner she is is “Chouuchyuu Yori Ai wo Komete,” by Ashidaka Woz. This was an incredibly painful chapter, as the betrayal and subsequent mocking by people one trusts is something many of us are familiar with. But Lulu reminds Ten than she came across the galaxy to be with her, now.
Nana and PrincessLuliam return back from clearing miasma, only to find themselves thrown into a plot to force their marriage in Tama Tamasaki’s “Muryoku Seijo to Munou Oujo ~ Maryoku Zero de Shoukansareta Seijo no Isekai Kyuukokuki.”
“Odoriba ni Shirt ga Naru” by Utatane Yuu brings the girls to the moment we’ve all been waiting for -the naming of the couple who will represent the school in the quadrille. Michiru admits that she been carrying around a picture of Kiki as her precious charm.
“Garan no Hime” is heating up as Hime and Isana are attacked by the military and more revelations are made. The truth of the world is looking uglier and uglier.
“Gakeppuchi Reijou ha Kuro Kishi-sama o Horesasetai!” is currently my favorite series, because Clarice is consistently smart, strong emotionally and compassionate. She’s in a tough situation, but she always finds a path towards the kindness. In this issue, Dahlia’s obvious split loyalties are uncovered.
Koharu and Minato get a puppy!
As always there are other stories I read and some I did not and there are columns and features that are not described here, but this is an excellent volume of a consistently excellent Yuri manga magazine, with something for everyone.
Ratings:
Overall – 8
I have the 20th anniversary issue on my to-read pile, but I expect to take a long while to get through that as it is especially chunky at 770+ pages!
