My problem with the manga is not the story which was fine but the art. I just found the guys too effeminately drawn and resembling each other to the point of distraction. Artwise, this was case of a little too much of a good thing.
I'm getting the distinct feeling that the moment one obstacle to their relationship is dealt with another will appear. Will it ever end? Will they ever get to do it? Or will the mangaka keep thinking up things and people to get in their way? All I know is I'm beginning to find it all more irksome than enjoyable for some reason, like a joke taken too far.
Gosh, finally an update! I'd almost forgotten about this but not quite. I still think that both guys have been crushing on each other since school, but neither know how to deal with it or confess it. I mean, once they started off badly as teenagers, hiding behind hate, it just kept going from there.
All the same, there are times when I desperately wish the uke would give it up as things stand from his POV, and try to get on with his life.
While the seme is being a jerk, etc., people sure are getting worked up about it. As adults nothing has happened that both didn't agree to, and the seme doesn't know about uke's feelings. So he isn't aware of the emotional dilemma of the uke. Just as the uke doesn't understand him yet 'loves' him.
I'm liking this so far. It will be interesting to see how a relationship developes between 2 guys who both insist they're not gay, especially when one isn't interested in a guy unclothed. Add the extra bit of spice of a romantic 3rd wheel, and there is definitely trouble ahead. Fun times awaits...
While I definitely prefer the first story over the second, I was glad to read in the other posts that both would be continued. I have to admit I was much happier the the two as a couple in the first than in the second.
In the second, the father seems ready to replace his son with uke, and because the uke was hurt over a less than sensitive remark (but hardly the worst of them), he decides to take dad up on his offer. The only one I end up liking is Kouhei and I'm beginning to hope he finds someone else and start his own company. Then Dad and Shuuya can have each other.
Well both obviously started off wanting to be just sex buddies (or at least so it seems) but now there seems to hints that both might have to face that they have become more. There also seem to be those hints about Tozaki's family life lurking in the wings, and I wonder if that more than anything else is why he's "breaking up".
Sorry I accidentally pressed the thumbs down button! So sorry:(
No worries :) Thanks for letting me know
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Well, I did mean to thumb up your comment to show that I agree with you, so I had to let you know that I don't disagree with you... I don't know, does that make any sense (◎_◎;) ???
Anyways, sorry again ╮(￣▽￣)╭
This is the story of three messed up people; One teacher and two students. And frankly, I find myself faulting all of them, but I think the teacher most of all. And oddly, though I think Yamaguchi's actions are utterly dispicable, I also find him strangely the most sympathetic guy, as I suspect he is deeply hurt and troubled. Not that excuses anything.
If you think that out of the three he's the only one that doesn't pretend or try to be something he isn't, he is the most sympathetic. On the other hand he's the one that set this whole sh** in motion, whatever the reason. It's pretty clear he has reasons beyond getting one up on a teacher and a fellow student, I'm waiting to see what those are.
Uh no, IDK what makes you think that I "think that out of the three he's the only one that doesn't pretend or try to be something he isn't". I wrote nothing along those lines. I don't see how "suspect he is deeply hurt and troubled" can even be taken to mean that. If anything the opposite. So I'm left wondering if you by accident replied to the wrong post?
Oh, sorry then. My mistake. That was me babbling out loud (it's a nasty habit I have). I was trying to say "I also agree with you that he's the most sympathetic guy because if you think that out of the three..." (not talking about you specifically, just about what people might think in general) etc etc. Then I sort of began thinking out loud the pros and cons of giving sympathy to this character. Sorry I confused you.
Oh that's alright, we all feel the squeeze of trying to express ourselves without taking too much space, and at the same time try to organize our thoughts into something coherent. I admit I was confused and couldn't tell whether you were arguing with me or agreeing. To be honest I'm not sure if I completely agree with myself, as in how much should we think of these characters remotely IRL terms? It is an erotic fantasy sort of manga, and I don't suppose that neither the plot nor characters are supposed to be very realistic.
Really enjoying how this story quietly manages to somehow punch you in the gut in the most lovely way imaginable with pain, blood and oodles of emotion.
I do find the segues into the flasbacks somewhat lacking, and as a result find myself slightly confused as to storyline. But it eventually makes sense. Can't wait for the next update.
In the middle of all those heart-tugging moments, were those spooky hints for the future. And like everyone else I wonder how this will play out. Will there be a HEA? Hope so, but how? Is Akira alive but in coma? Or will they forever have this ghostly relationship? Seems unlikely. Or just to throw a crazy third idea in there: Akira died, was reborn, and whoever he now is got into a coma, and that somebody in some way connects to Haruto. Or maybe there just isn't a HEA.
I think he's in a coma (because i really want them to meet in real life) but those flashbacks are way creepy / spooky so I really look forward to seeing what happens when he dreams about the day he had his accident! (=・ω・=)
ps. what does HEA stand for?
I would also prefer an ending with them both alive together. HEA stands for Happy Ever After. I can see that what wrote wouldn't make quite the same sense without that info. :)
I was a little confused but now it makes complete sense! Thanks (^^) im all for giving them a happy ending :D
The 1st story was fine. The 2nd, set in 19th cen. England was ok but showed a distinct lack of knowledge of the ways and mores of the period, not to say the British. Marriage interviews?!? It's like trying to write about vampires but somehow all the details being off. For anyone who knows the lore it ruins what would be a good story.
I understand where you're coming from, but it's yaoi manga, not a 300 page period novel where the author goes and researches everything. It's not always going to be accurate, and when it comes to quick, short yaoi (and a lot of other genres) there's some totally out-there plots that are nothing at like real-life, not always believable, and don't always follow the rules of "lore." Twilight with it's sparkling vampires certainly didn't follow traditional vampire lore, and no one threw up a fuss about that. ;)
OK- I can understand a certain amount of license given it's fiction and a manga, nor do I expect historical exactitude. But when an author chooses a setting even for a manga, I do expect a bare minimum to be right or why choose that setting? If a western author had written a cartoon set in 1600 Japan, but, except for clothing and an odd samurai here and there, all the social customs depicted were those of Europe, don't you think readers would be critical, especially a Japanese reader? I know it would bother me just as much as this story did for the same reason.
And BTW I do believe Twillight was ridiculed by many. I certainly didn't take it seriously and have always considered it "fluff".
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