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Syrup: A Yuri Anthology #4
Syrup: A Yuri Anthology Vol. 4
A TASTE OF HONEY
Indulge in more sweetness! Volume 4 of Syrup serves up a second helping of stories about love between women that focus on that first magical night.
A beautiful yuri manga anthology series about women in love by some of the hottest names in the industry!
This series features short manga stories by a star-studded line-up, including Milk Morinaga (Girl Friends), Kiyoko Iwami (Transparent Light Blue), Canno (Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl), Pikachi Ohi (Our Teachers are Dating!), and Hachi Ito (Kindred Spirits on the Roof).
Indulge in more sweetness! Volume 4 of Syrup serves up a second helping of stories about love between women that focus on that first magical night.
A beautiful yuri manga anthology series about women in love by some of the hottest names in the industry!
This series features short manga stories by a star-studded line-up, including Milk Morinaga (Girl Friends), Kiyoko Iwami (Transparent Light Blue), Canno (Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl), Pikachi Ohi (Our Teachers are Dating!), and Hachi Ito (Kindred Spirits on the Roof).
168 pages, Paperback
First published April 27, 2020
About the author
Dr. Pepperco
11 books33 followers毒田ペパ子 Dr. Pepperco is a versatile Japanese manga artist who's worked across a number of genres, best known for Goodbye, My Rose Garden and the art of the Please Teacher!/Twins! manga spin-off Waiting in the Summer
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October 17, 2022
The series has gone full-on erotica with repetitive stories that just have characters nervously and/or excitedly heading toward their first sexual encounter with their various girlfriends. With the exception of a twisted and humorous story about a dentist with a very particular fetish, everything just blandly ran together . . . even the nudity after a while.
Disappointing.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Pretty Little Sexy Girl / Dr. Pepperco -- Teach Me, Sensei / Taki Kitao -- Candy Cigarette Feelings / Ichie Ichigo -- Smoothie / Akiko Morishima -- The Honored Princess / Hachi Ito -- The Beginning of Love / Hurka Kiriyama -- Kick in the Teeth / Yuhta Nishio -- Idol Just for Me / Saku Takano -- Town by the Sea/elopement / Tachi -- Promise / Kiyoko Iwami
Disappointing.
FOR REFERENCE:
Contents: Pretty Little Sexy Girl / Dr. Pepperco -- Teach Me, Sensei / Taki Kitao -- Candy Cigarette Feelings / Ichie Ichigo -- Smoothie / Akiko Morishima -- The Honored Princess / Hachi Ito -- The Beginning of Love / Hurka Kiriyama -- Kick in the Teeth / Yuhta Nishio -- Idol Just for Me / Saku Takano -- Town by the Sea/elopement / Tachi -- Promise / Kiyoko Iwami
June 16, 2022
Disappointing. Very repetitive, with many of the contributions boiling down to this:
"I'm nervous about our first time."
"Me too."
*They bang.*
The pieces are more like vignettes than stories. Some are enjoyable, focusing more on the characters than their body parts. But overall it verges into pornography, and not very good pornography at that.
"I'm nervous about our first time."
"Me too."
*They bang.*
The pieces are more like vignettes than stories. Some are enjoyable, focusing more on the characters than their body parts. But overall it verges into pornography, and not very good pornography at that.
May 25, 2022
Syrup is back with another pile of stories, once more focused on the first night between two lovers. From the young to the “old” to the woefully inappropriate, love blossoms everywhere, whether that’s a great idea or not.
Syrup has always existed in the shadow of Eclair, the stronger yuri anthology I reference every time I review a new one of these and it hasn’t even been a fair fight. But the latter series has run its course, leaving the former as the only game in town with a regular release schedule.
To top that off, rather than a new theme, this is just a continuation of last volume’s ‘first time’ story prompt, which paid rather diminishing returns. So it’s kind of a welcome shock when this turns out to be the strongest volume of Syrup yet.
It helps that it’s bookended by two fabulous stories - the first one is a really playful one by Dr. Pepperco of Goodbye, My Rose Garden fame and it’s a nice and simple instance of ‘Netflix and chill’ where assumptions on experience are challenged and it all ends on as cute a note as possible. It’s downright wholesome.
That last story turns out to be by Iwami Kiyoko, the mangaka behind Transparent Light Blue, most notably, a book I did not particularly care for, but they totally nail the short story format. If there was a one-shot that could go to series, this one might get the nod.
This story is a rather nostalgic look back at childhood for two women and features some absolutely killer art. Some of the perspective and framing shots in this are just to die for and the story itself is really satisfying if a little hokey at the very end.
There’s another really good story about two college girls who are science wonks that I was pleasantly surprised by and, I have to admit, another one that’s as good a take on the student-teacher relationship as you’ll ever likely read (largely because they kept it chaste until the younger one got to university at least).
The real dud is a bit of a shocker because it’s by the author of Mizuno and Chayama, which was great, but this story is about a predatory dentist with a fetish for bad teeth who mixes work with pleasure way too much. It’s super kink-shaming at the start.
Now, this does turn into a decent story eventually, but it goes way creepy up front and struggles to recover the whole time afterward. The only other meh story is probably the one about a seaside elopement that just doesn’t feel like much of anything. It’s fine, but not much else.
Still, the mix of stories here is strong and there are as many that hint at intimacy and fade to some very charged black as there are ones that go full tilt into the sex side of things. Out of ten stories, I’d say eight of them are okay to great and two are meh to whatever. That’s a very strong ratio and easily the best Syrup has ever managed.
4 stars - super strong output from an anthology that has never been super or strong. There are some cracking stories in here and, if you’ve shied away from Syrup due to its spotty quality (I’ll never let them live that second volume down), you can rest assured that this one is a cut above.
Syrup has always existed in the shadow of Eclair, the stronger yuri anthology I reference every time I review a new one of these and it hasn’t even been a fair fight. But the latter series has run its course, leaving the former as the only game in town with a regular release schedule.
To top that off, rather than a new theme, this is just a continuation of last volume’s ‘first time’ story prompt, which paid rather diminishing returns. So it’s kind of a welcome shock when this turns out to be the strongest volume of Syrup yet.
It helps that it’s bookended by two fabulous stories - the first one is a really playful one by Dr. Pepperco of Goodbye, My Rose Garden fame and it’s a nice and simple instance of ‘Netflix and chill’ where assumptions on experience are challenged and it all ends on as cute a note as possible. It’s downright wholesome.
That last story turns out to be by Iwami Kiyoko, the mangaka behind Transparent Light Blue, most notably, a book I did not particularly care for, but they totally nail the short story format. If there was a one-shot that could go to series, this one might get the nod.
This story is a rather nostalgic look back at childhood for two women and features some absolutely killer art. Some of the perspective and framing shots in this are just to die for and the story itself is really satisfying if a little hokey at the very end.
There’s another really good story about two college girls who are science wonks that I was pleasantly surprised by and, I have to admit, another one that’s as good a take on the student-teacher relationship as you’ll ever likely read (largely because they kept it chaste until the younger one got to university at least).
The real dud is a bit of a shocker because it’s by the author of Mizuno and Chayama, which was great, but this story is about a predatory dentist with a fetish for bad teeth who mixes work with pleasure way too much. It’s super kink-shaming at the start.
Now, this does turn into a decent story eventually, but it goes way creepy up front and struggles to recover the whole time afterward. The only other meh story is probably the one about a seaside elopement that just doesn’t feel like much of anything. It’s fine, but not much else.
Still, the mix of stories here is strong and there are as many that hint at intimacy and fade to some very charged black as there are ones that go full tilt into the sex side of things. Out of ten stories, I’d say eight of them are okay to great and two are meh to whatever. That’s a very strong ratio and easily the best Syrup has ever managed.
4 stars - super strong output from an anthology that has never been super or strong. There are some cracking stories in here and, if you’ve shied away from Syrup due to its spotty quality (I’ll never let them live that second volume down), you can rest assured that this one is a cut above.
June 25, 2026
This is my favourite so far. I think I liked all but one or two stories. Still not into age gaps 😂
May 31, 2022
The first time theme was continued from the 3rd volume. The art was always great, though writing quality certainly varied from story to story. These books hit like cotton candy - fluffy but not long lasting.
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May 24, 2026
It’s an upgrade from Volume 3, that’s for sure.
Yes, I get that the theme is getting repetitive. However, we can agree that in volume 4 the stories took place in more diverse contexts (the entertainment world, university, the freaking dentist and so on).
May I also add that I got the feeling we got actual structured plots that were not entirely centred on the bed’s activities? For most of the stories, at least.
I was relieved to see that all the protagonists were adults (volume 2 gave me trauma💀). Even so, there were stories that made me uncomfortable. The reason? Because some of the characters had too much of a childlike appearance for my liking😑... (take “The Honoured Princess” for instance).
💌 On the other hand, I loved the stories like “Kick in the Teeth” because I could see full-grown adults navigating life and relationships. More importantly, I could see a bit of a backstory, a plot and an actual good conclusion.
In this volume, the content was noticeably more explicit compared to volume 3🔥. I didn’t mind it, but I can’t hide that some scenes felt bland while others felt more natural and real.
In conclusion, I would say I like where the series is going (there has been a huge improvement if we look back at volume 2), but I know (and hope) they can do better.
P.S. My favourites are:
- “Kick in the Teeth” (it was just perfect in every way🤍)
- “Promise” (I wanted to cry, please🥹)
- “Smoothie”
- “Pretty Little Sexy Girl” (I expected a bit more from Dr Pepperco, but it was still a nice reading🌸)
Yes, I get that the theme is getting repetitive. However, we can agree that in volume 4 the stories took place in more diverse contexts (the entertainment world, university, the freaking dentist and so on).
May I also add that I got the feeling we got actual structured plots that were not entirely centred on the bed’s activities? For most of the stories, at least.
I was relieved to see that all the protagonists were adults (volume 2 gave me trauma💀). Even so, there were stories that made me uncomfortable. The reason? Because some of the characters had too much of a childlike appearance for my liking😑... (take “The Honoured Princess” for instance).
💌 On the other hand, I loved the stories like “Kick in the Teeth” because I could see full-grown adults navigating life and relationships. More importantly, I could see a bit of a backstory, a plot and an actual good conclusion.
In this volume, the content was noticeably more explicit compared to volume 3🔥. I didn’t mind it, but I can’t hide that some scenes felt bland while others felt more natural and real.
In conclusion, I would say I like where the series is going (there has been a huge improvement if we look back at volume 2), but I know (and hope) they can do better.
P.S. My favourites are:
- “Kick in the Teeth” (it was just perfect in every way🤍)
- “Promise” (I wanted to cry, please🥹)
- “Smoothie”
- “Pretty Little Sexy Girl” (I expected a bit more from Dr Pepperco, but it was still a nice reading🌸)
June 9, 2022
'Syrup' vol 4 is another collection of yuri stories about women's first times together; there's a good range here - high schoolers, long-time friends, office ladies, honeymooners, and more, and it's all really sweet and good.
June 6, 2025
un par de historias me sobran muchisísimo
June 14, 2022
18+ NSFW otherwise, another excellent offering in the series.
I've enjoyed Fly doing all the covers, but I'd really like to see a story from them in the next installment. As for content, just warning parents. Its pretty softcore. Think Cinemax at 2 AM on a Tuesday back in the 90's. So many of these stories, I'd like to see a complete volume of the couples, and some I'd love to see a multi-volume series. Japanese publishers, if you read this, we here in America want more Yuri! Lots more. Even vanilla stories like school life and slice of life.
I've enjoyed Fly doing all the covers, but I'd really like to see a story from them in the next installment. As for content, just warning parents. Its pretty softcore. Think Cinemax at 2 AM on a Tuesday back in the 90's. So many of these stories, I'd like to see a complete volume of the couples, and some I'd love to see a multi-volume series. Japanese publishers, if you read this, we here in America want more Yuri! Lots more. Even vanilla stories like school life and slice of life.
February 13, 2024
very repetitive but other than that if you like erotica this might be for you.
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