I wasn't expecting that at all! Things got even more interesting than I thought possible. Fujoshi gods look down kindly on us. Help some hard working scanlators to complete this manga for us (〜￣△￣)〜
Thanks so much to the translator/s for getting this one out so quickly. I'm really enjoying it ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
I see so many are mad at the cheating seme but honestly, who could get mad at anything in this manga? It's so cute and ridiculous. I laughed so much when he was all, "I didn't want my lust to break your body", and the way the poor mangaka was gonna endure The Best BJ in the World for his beloved.
They're all such idiots. Who could get mad ╮(￣▽￣)╭. I'm Team Porn Actor, honestly. He needs a flexible (seme/uke) partner who can take him in hand before he ends up on the street lol.
It was a good read but Touji, honestly, Homura-san doesn't deserve you. And I don't buy all this nonsense about him being some impressive figure as a yakuza, when he couldn't even handle a trifling cinnamon roll of a host! Puhleeeaze
If Homura-san had put his foot down at the end he would have regained my respect, but even at the end, it was the host who had to voice the realisation that Homura was in love with Touji while he mindlessly mumbled "Kyouya" like a some giggy-headed doll. UGH.
(Did I mention that I hate cheaters? lol...
...unless it ends in a hot threesome, and then, not so bad. ლ(´ڡ`ლ))
duuuuude, I was just fucking disappointed when Homura just slept with the dumb host-- like seriously?? Were you so sad that your asshole got horny??! *excuse my language but I'm just still so pissed--even after 8 years of reading this* Touji should've shoved his big cock in both Homura and the domg Host's ass.
I was totally Team Shishou until he turned out to be a damn human trafficker. He was so preeetty
I know this is so unfair.plus i thought shishou was going to be turned in to a vampire(￣∇￣").
but it was that damn hunter kuro (╬￣皿￣).
I'm new to yaoi but I think some of the critiques here are a little besides the point. I read a lot of romance novels before yaoi. Within that is a house of diff styles that carry different expectations and we judge accordingly. Broadly speaking, with "romance" proper we expect the main couple to get True Love and Happy Ending. Erotic romance ought to come with a heightened heat factor but still end in True Love etc. Erotica is not considered to be romance -- the writer can choose to make it romantic but the MCs may have sex with (a lot) of other ppl, it may end tragically etc. And the darker it goes, the more extreme the scenarios.
To complain that the characters don't truly love each other in the 1st story seems odd to me when it's clear the mangaka wasn't interested in writing a romance. This manga doesn't even carry the romance tag. It's text book erotica really--enough plot to connect the sex scenes but not enough to get in the way of the main goal lol.
It just seems to be a little odd to me where we draw the lines. This *is* a story about an adult man who consciously pursued a relationship with an underage high schooler...which is...you know...statutory rape (yes, even in (some parts of) Japan).
It's true that this could be considerate as rape, but even a relationship between guys is considerate as bad in some parts of the world. Stories are fantasy and freedom to those people who want to express something. Couples with a huge age gaps are not really common or seen as good, but the reader can understand their problems more and it becomes more interesting than it would be with generic couples. Most of the people seek something they can't have.
In some countries it is legal for a 16 year old to sleep (or marry) an older person, even if they would be and adult at 18. I think as long as it's true love and a manga than you shouldn't be too much thinking about the plot itself.
I don't undertsnad why you think that the first couple didn't love each other. Of course it ended up having the Uke taken adventage of the Seme, but he seems to care about him. As his Monologue started and he said something about why he met him in the first place (like he just wanted to see what kind of guy he was. He didn't intented to greet him personally). I just think that he feels "something" for him, it's not just the sex.
Anyway, for a starter in the Yaoi community you really have picked something "special". There are some other Mangas out there with a light-hearted story or more romance and good sex scenes. "Smut" would be a good start actually, if you really want to see lots of sex.
I'm still kind of uncomfortable about how Kan-chan's story unfolds. When I read Renai-rubi I thought he had only hit Yumi once. But this story reveals a consistent pattern of psychological and physical abuse. I totally get why he started to act out that way, but once you cross that line, falling in love with "right" person is not going to make you unlearn it. Getting a better job is not going to make you unlearn it. It's bigger than a "character flaw". It's not a mere "imperfection" that makes him a more "realistic" character. I'm even uncomfortable with how he and Yumi broke up...it came very close to victim blaming.
Yaoi tends to explore all kinds of fucked up story lines -- and I'm usually able to work with it because the story lines are often so melodramatic and exaggerated to the point of fantasy. But in stories like this that are too every day in its realism...I can't buy into the illusion and I get concerned. Obviously, it is *fiction* but if we're going to praise Ogeretsu-sensei for her more realistic characters then she ought to follow through. The Kan-chan in Renai-rubi was a repressed individual who had not come close to dealing with his abusive behaviour...which means that it is pretty unlikely that he would have been able to handle any stress in the next relationship without becoming abusive.
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I totally agree that the way Yumi and Kan-chan broke up is very disturbing and it IS victim blaming in my opinion, which is unfair for Yumi. I was so shocked when he burned Yumi with the cigarette. The Azami part of this series also kind of made Yumi partly responsible for his personality getting fucked up. Kan-chan owed Yumi an apology.
Aww, I appreciate it (▰˘◡˘▰). And you're absolutely right, it was victim blaming. I hesitated because this book was such a head spin for me. I read Kan-chan's story first and I adored it soo much...that I kinda read this one in a state of shock and disbelief.I couldn't even enjoy Yumi's romantic story line because I was horrified at how he was treated, and how Kan-chan's abusive behaviour was used to make him the sympathetic uke in the next book. "Oh, he never smiles and is such a loner, poor Kan-chan, he just needs love." ..o.O
I'll have to do a tumblr post about it lol to sort out my thoughts over why I stumble over this story so much but leap for joy when there's a new Harada update.
For me was the same, i read Kan-chan love story first and i was thinking he maybe hit him once or twice but not that level of violence, make me hate Kanchan after love him so, is impossible for me think that Kan chan recover after that behavior, makes me wondering how time is going to spend until his behavior pump on again.
For me was the same, i read Kan-chan love story first and i was thinking he maybe hit him once or twice but not that level of violence, make me hate Kanchan after love him so, is impossible for me think that Kan cha(๑•ㅂ•)و✧n recover after that behavior, makes me wondering how time is going to spend until his behavior pump on again.
On the other hand Kan-chan is suffering from it more. In his story he is always looking at the photo and I think he wants to apologize for his behavior. I hope he will do so..
Oh well, my ex wanted to kill me because I moved out and broke up with him. He bought a gun and spied on me..I knew he wouldn't shoot although I hoped he would. After that incident my friend'sand his friend's blamed me for breaking up with him. Even though I'd put up with his bullshit for 8 to 9 months. So yes, the victim is always at fault. ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
It is a horrible, horrible thing to blame the victim for the perpetrator's actions. It is simply not true, on any level! There is no way Kan-Chan is suffering more than Yumi in that relationship.If we can condemn the employers who abused Kan-chan then we have to condemn Kan-chan for doing the same to Yumi. To feel guilty is not enough because feeling guilty does not end abuse. If Ogeretsu-sensei had written a realistic manga we would have seen how Kan-chan abused Shuuna in his story. Guilt is not enough and love is not enough. To write that is to then blame Yumi for not loving Kan-chan enough, for not being the "right person" for him, and that's rubbish.
In the same way, you, absolutely, were entirely blameless, Eva <3. I'm really sorry that your friends didn't support you as they should have. I hope you are far far far away from that ex and have much better support around you!
I absolutely agree with you. Feels like you speak my mind because my english is not very good lol
I liked the first one well enough but the power dynamics between Sensei and Rinka were off the charts. And now Hinako-san lolol such a unique character! Thank goodness for M-san who convinced Ougi-sensei to try something different. She excelled at it.
And I have such a permanent hard on for yakuzas too. (▰˘◡˘▰)
Ugh, dropped right before the anal, probably *lights incense to fujoshi deities*.