Comic Yuri Hime June 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年6月号) begins with a vastly shifted cover story. What was near-monochrome and pensive looks, now has shifted to color and happy expressions of every day joy. I think Mebachi-sensei’s work here has been quite good. I expect that summer will see more bright smiles, but will autumn and winter chill […]
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Comic Yuri Hime, May 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年5月号)
Well, it had to happen. The May volume of Comic Yuri Hime (コミック百合姫2023年5月号) was mostly not of interest to me. There’s a lot of stories that have sex portrayed in a way that is super unappealing to me. Coerced, manipulated, not an expression of love, but of power or desperation. It’ll never be my thing, […]
Comic Yuri Hime, April 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年4月号)
I know I’m running way behind on Comic Yuri Hime magazine. I have been unable to go to the Japanese bookstore since March, and reading Japanese was too much effort for me until recently. So, I’ll do my best to get the May and June issues asap and get caught up. In the meantime, let’s […]
Comic Yuri Hime, March 2023 ( コミック百合姫2023年3月号)
So, what do we think of the cover art story this year by Mebachi? In a sense, the lack of color is a bold choice, after last years’ brightly colored and textured cover images. It still feels like a one-sided love story, but that remains to be seen. The magazine gets off to a bangin’ […]
Comic Yuri Hime February 2023 (コミック百合姫2023年2月号)
Mebachi’s cover story continues, this time with the addition of a young woman with a beat-poem-esque inner monologue, as she sees the two from last volume. Will she reach her destination? Would it be better if she never did? We’ll have to wait and find out. Somehow I felt this appropriate for the cover of […]
