The Near Hentai Monthly Lady for July 2026 is Sakura from Fate/stay night. When it comes to this franchise, I watched the original anime adaptation and also played all the routes of the original VN, but that’s about it. I haven’t seen any of the later series, and I have no ties to the current, like, gacha game or whatever this franchise is built around these days. That being said, I do have a fondness for the earlier version of the series, and I wanted to bring in the other two main LI’s from those days for this pic. Saber and Rin both are characters I’m fond of, and while Sakura herself probably ranks near the bottom of Fate/stay night girls for me personally I do like her was well. My personal favorite girl from the original series is still yet to make it into the Studio, but it made way more sense to me to go this route for this pic instead. Of course the guy for this pic is the protagonist, Shirou, in case it wasn’t clear.

With this post, NHML nominations for the month of August are now open. For those who don’t know, I’ll run down the rules real quick. Nominations are limited to one per person. You can nominate any female character you want, provided I have not drawn her within the past calendar year (though I prefer characters I’ve never drawn, period). Previous NHML winners are not eligible for a second time. Nominees must also not be from the same franchise as this month’s winner, Fate (any of Fate). If you violate any of those rules, I’ll let you know, and you can nominate someone else. I know it can be hard to keep track of these things. You may nominate by either commenting in the cBox, commenting on this post, or emailing me (Nearphotison2010@yahoo.com). I’ll compile a list of the nominees in the sidebar of this site, and then on August 1st I will use a randomizer to select the winning character who I will proceed to draw sometime that month. I look forward to seeing who you all nominate this time around!