Ultra Jump magazine has put out two different Yuri anthologies, featuring work by creators from their ranks. Both Volume 1 and Volume 2 happened to also include work by my favorite artist. Yuritora Jump ~ Ultra Jump Yuri Digital Anthology~, Volume 3 (ユリトラジャンプ～ウルトラジャンプ百合アンソロジー～ Vol.3)sadly, for me at least, did not include her work.
More damningly, it featured one too many “clever” stories in which a character was being lead on for some unpleasant reason…revenge, or the other character was a compulsive liar, or or something. The details are all now fuzzy, although I real the issue recently, nothing was memorable enough for me to do more than say, “Oh, at least this one isn’t horrible.”
Anthologies are always hit or miss and every collection will always appeal to different people differently. For fans of Yuri artists, there are a few names which might be recognizable. Most probably American readers will be happy to see work from Dr. Pepperco, creator of Goodbye, My Rose Garden. If you follow the same anthologies I do, you’ll also recognize Miura Kozumi’s name, a creator whose work is often featured in Galette meets collections, and possibly Tsutsui‘s.
Because this is a digital only release, I picked it up on Global Bookwalker. It is also available on JP Kindle.
Ratings:
Overall – 6
As an anthology, it wasn’t terrible, but this is probably a volume I won’t go back to. Needs more Hayashiya-sensei.