I just died laughing when I hit the punchline in this chapter. xP
Also, why oh why is Yuri Hime the only yuri magazine that can stay afloat? (Not that I'm complaining about Yuri Hime! I'm just greedy and want more yuri. :P)
Viva Hirari, viva! You fought the good fight. You will be missed.
Well we don't even know if yuri hime is actually profitable...
Hundreds of magazines fold after just a handful of issues. Hundreds more release steadily without ever really changing their formula or content level. Everything Ichijinsha has done suggests Yuri Hime makes at least decent profit for them. Examples: Undergoing re-branding (from Yuri Shimai to Yuri Hime), breaking out into new magazines (S, Wildrose, Petit), upgrading from quarterly issue to bi-monthly, expanding page count (after S merged, and steadily since), etc.
Also, why oh why is Yuri Hime the only yuri magazine that can stay afloat?
One word: Citrus
Two words: Yuru Yuri. I'm sure Citrus is doing quite well for itself, but even if you combine that and the other 2nd-tier series YH has (Yuri Danshi), I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue they bring in more revenue than yuri's ultimate cash cow.
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