After a tumultuous summer, I am finally catching up on some reviews that have been lingering, including the third and for now, final, Galette Special English Edition. Because of the tariffs on items coming from outside the United Stated and the uncertainty about shipping, Galette Works has postponed the 4th issue Kickstarter, but I am hopeful that we’ll hear something soon.

In the meantime, let’s take a look at Galette Magazine 03, Special English Edition from Galette Works, from the Kickstarter.

These English editions are not serialized the same as the quarterly Japanese magazine. With a number of chapters at a time from some of the longer running serials, it gives each story more permanence for me. I like it.

The book begins with cover sleeve and cover art by pen, with color illustrations by pen and the contributors to the magazine. Of course the bulk of the magazine is filled with contributions by Milk Milk, Mera Hakamada, Ringo Hamano, Haru Hatosaki, Miyuki Yorita, Izumi Kitta x Momono Moto and Nekohariko 22 for 226 pages of creator-owned Yuri manga!

My favorite moments in this issue are in Hakamada’s “Fluffy, Fuzzy, Dreamy” where playing Oscar and Andre leads a girl to begin to understand herself, but not her partner, and Hamano’s”Sky Blue Melancholic” – this is when Bun starts to really see the people around her and understand a bit more about herself.

My backing level for this issue gave me a cute little standee of Tsukino and Yukino from “That Woman In The Infirmary” – let me take a moment to once again offer kudos for that translation –  and postcards by the creators. Once again a very worthy project.

I know this has been a difficult time for everyone with a man with the business acumen of a 4 year old making everyone jump for the lolz, but hang in there and let’s show our support to Galette No. 4 when it does launch. ^_^

Ratings:

Overall – 9