Fly by Yuri
joined Mar 29, 2013
Yuri Hime and the newly founded Mebae are the only yuri magazines to speak of.
Unfortunately, a bit of Googling yielded this: http://www.comiczin.jp/info/comic/index.cgi?no=3448. It makes it very clear that the magazine is intended for a male demographic, and judging by the pictures on the page it's mostly ecchi/hentai that does not treat the female characters respectfully, a far cry from Hirari's generally more shoujo stuff. Even if it's yuri it doesn't look like the sort of thing I'd want to read. I guess there's nothing for it but to continue supporting Yuri Hime and yuri doujin...
I got a hold of Mabae vol 1, and it might not be as bad as it seems. There are 14 stories, and while it's true that many of the stories are exactly as described above (with images clearly intended to appeal mainly to dirty old men, apologies to the people who like that), there are a number of others that are much more subtle, and not all have erotic content. In addition, many of these look like the first chapters of series (though I didn't try to read them to be sure). Also, I didn't spot any images of genitalia anywhere in the book; it's not rated for adults only in Japan after all.
As a clincher, the final story in the volume is a reprint of "Blue Flame, Fragrant Clay" by Naruko Hanaharu, the cover story of Tsubomi vol. 16. I didn't immediately recognize any of the others, so I don't know if any of them are reprints or not.
So I really think some of the material might be worthwhile, and I hope somebody works on some of it soon.
