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Galette Special English Edition 05 is pleasant mix of the magazine’s past hits.

It begins, as it always does, with pen’s art on the paper sleeve and on the inner cover, which is framed by color illustrations by the creators on the beginning and end of the magazine.

Most of the serialized stories are multi-chapter, which is great. This gives us more body to the characters and plots than a single quarterly entry. This is especially true for Yorita Miyuki’s “That Woman In The Infirmary” and Kitta Izumi and Moto Momomo’s “Liberty.”

Also much richer an experience for the multi chapter format is “Sky Blue Melancholic” by  Ringo Hamano. I like this series a lot. There’s a lot of layers in this apparently simple school life story. And some amusingly intentional bad art this time around. ^_^

Milk Morinaga’s story is a reprieve of an older one-shot work, “Vanilla,” while Mera Hakamada’s “Fluffy, fuzzy, dreamy” has hit a climactic moment, as has NekoHariko’s 22’s “I Want You To Show It Only To Me.” While Haru Yatosaki’s “Girl’s Arcadia” gets a side story.

For Kickstarter rewards I got the special issue, fabulous art postcards and an acrylic standee. I very much liked the real-life fee of “Practical Miyabe-san” by Miho, about two women who work in a bookstore.

The quality of the work in this English edition is great, and ZorritoIV’s translations are solid. It’s once again such a pleasure to get a copy of this special book. ^_^

Galette Official on X announced that their English language books are being carried by Crow’s Nest Comics in Seattle, so if you have an a local indie store, give them a call and see if you can get them to carry Galette WORKS’ works!

Ratings:

Overall – 8

If you missed this or the previous Kickstarters, Issue 06 Kickstarter should start up this summer and will very probably have back issues as add-ons. So keep your eyes on our socials and we’ll let you know when it goes live!