Galette No. 8 (ガレット) is here, full of Yuri goodies, as always, and some interesting treasures buried inside! Yay! ^_^

There are a lot more color pages than previous issues, which keep surprising me, no matter how many times I read through the volume. (I usually give it at least two read-throughs before a review.) The volume is also somewhat smaller than previous issues, and the Petite Galette is incorporated into the larger magazine. This is not as surprising as it might be…one of the remarkable things about Galette is that in it’s mere two years a number of the artists have been picked up elsewhere by magazines, worked on  (the increasing number of) Yuri anthologies, are working on collected volumes with Galette and/or other publishers. In other words,  Galette‘s been good for the Yuri business. 

There are always a few series that stand out to me.

“Liberty” has moved past it’s first main crisis to a relationship that might, possibly work, except that we know that stories run on conflict. ^_^ Nonetheless, Liz has decided to wear those guitar earrings after all.

In “Motto Hanjuku Joshi” Morishima-sensei gets to give Yae something very few people get in real life, closure. Yae is able to close the book on her first love with a much better ending for all concerned than we might expect.

 The centerfold is a bit of an easter egg – it’s by Akiyama Haru, featuring the characters from Octave!  A nice blast from the past. ^_^

Amano Shuninta’s “Toma-kun” has yet another outside perspective. This time a little sister tries to understand what her older sister sees in this strange girl.

Many of the stories are ongoing, and this issue has ads for a couple of collected volumes coming out, oh, today, at Comiket and one at Comitia in February (which means they will have a table there, which means I will be buying extra copies for Lucky Boxes…!) 

I’m always torn between reading Galette first when a new order comes in, or saving it for last. This time, it was first. It’s a relaxing place to visit, with some of my favorite artists. 

Ratings:

Overall – 8

Reading an issue of Galette is like a day ticket to the Yuriland theme park. ^_^

Galette, No. 7 (ガレット) actually came out back in August but I’ve been, um, busy, so here it is just a few weeks before No. 8 hits shelves in Japan. ^_^; 

There were a couple of very notable entries this issue. First among them was Takemiya Jin’s horror Yuri manga, “Sekai no Owari ni Anata to Futari” in which this case, the end of the world was literal. (O_O)

I had to laugh at Morishima Akiko’s “Motto Hanjuku Joshi” chapter, in which we meet the “female version of a male version of Yae” and it makes perfect sense.

With continuing stories from Morinaga Milk, Kita Izumi and Momono Moto, Amano Shuninta, Yorita Miyuki, Hakamada Mera, Hamano Ringo and Uno Junior, this doujinshi-magazine scratches a whole lot of different itches.

The Petit Galette was full four-color, which felt like a nice bonus. (And the soy smell was not nearly as pronounced this issue as it as last time.)

Of everything in this entire magazine, the one thing that stood above all, was a lovely, color photo of two adult women in yukata at a summer festival. It was just so sweet is left me smiling for days.

Ratings: 

Overall – 9

You can buy Galette in print from Amazon JP, on US Kindle (which I did this time, when I knew I wanted to read this issue before I was going to be able to get the print volume. I really like magazines in digital format – it’s great for reading anywhere or anytime.) Galette is also available on BOOK☆WALKER digitally. 

I’m running a bit behind now on Galette magazine. I blame the fact that we have so much amazing Yuri and LGBTQ manga and media this year that I’m having trouble keeping up with just the stuff that comes out in English, much less all of it from Japan. It’s a pretty great problem to have, but I want to make time to review Galette, No. 6 (ガレット) before Galette,No. 7 gets old. ^_^

“Philia to Eros no Aida” by Yorita Miyuki seems to be coming close to a finish, unless some new drama rears its head.

Hakamada Mera’s “Fuwafuwa Futashika Yumemitai” has hit the perfect middle ground for this creator and she’s really in her sweet spot of characters feeling feelings that include physical attraction, admiration, and companionship.

Ito has a story about heavy girl finding some one who likes her for her in “Saikau ni Saku.”

Morishima Akiko takes a Yuri story to the one location no one would ever expect it to be set in this chapter of “Motto Hanjuku Joshi,” as Chitose and Yae visit a boy’s school. ^_^

In Takemiya Jin’s “Watashi no Unmei no Hito” an Omega propose to a Beta, and everyone seems okay with that…until she meets an Alpha.

“Toma-kun” by Amano Shuninta gives Toma-kun a rival, but it’s hard to be a rival when the other person makes you swoon. 

And, in Kitta Izumi and Momono Mono’s “Liberty” we find out just why Liz reacts the way she did over the earrings…but it doesn’t excuse her at all. 

This issue has some lovely photographs and more color pages than ever before.  This only downside to this entire volume is that the new soy ink smells like, well, soybeans. I mean, good it didn’t catch in my throat the way soy ink usually does, but the you can always tell what room this magazine is in. ^_^;

Other than this one thing, No. 6 is once again a book chock full of Yuri manga by Yuri creators for anyone who loves Yuri!

Ratings: 

Overall – 9

You can check out previews of the stories on the Galette website on Pixiv.

Galette is available in Print, on US Kindle, JP Kindle or as a PDF if you subscribe to the Gold Course on the crowdfunding site Enty. 

Remember, this is a creator-owned publication, the money you give them goes straight into paying the folks who work on this book. Please, for pity’s sake, don’t read scanlations of this magazine. For only a few dollars you can have a legitimate Kindle version and help support Yuri creators. Use Google translate on your phone, or learn Japanese, but please, stop rewarding people who illegally distribute content they have no right to distribute.