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Almost Crying (Yaoi)

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This book was so sweet it may cause diabetes. It's an anthology of stories by the same creator all done in the same sweet style. The boy/boy love is innocent and cute with sweet kisses often climaxing the stories. The characters are often overly naive and optimistic, believing that there's no evil in the world and certainly none in their love interests. In Takahashi's settings there's nothing to dissolution them. No tragedy here, no danger.

I loved the cute artwork. The characters look young, and in some instances they can't be more than 15 or 16, but that's ok since there's nothing illicit happening. For the ones who are supposed to be adults you find their childlike heads on lanky adult bodies, so it's not too hard to accept the ages you're told.

The cutest thing was the creator's free-talk page where she did a little comic. She conveys her insecurities so well. It was like everything else in this book: Adorable.

We need yaoi books like this sometimes. It reaffirms the sweetness and innocence that can be found in the genre. Not everything should be smutty. Every once in a while you want a book that makes you go 'Awwwwwww.'

This title has me a little worried with the maker.
The art itself is beautifuly well-done
but the characters come off extremely young looking.
One 18-year old character looks as though he
could be a 12-year old walking around with a fake ID.

Almost Crying is definetly for Yaoi-beginners.
If your just getting into the yaoi scene and
don't think you are ready for hardcore boyboy sex
go ahead and pick this title up.

If your a seasoned veteran of Yaoi you might be
disappointed as I was, Nothing very ecchi but all
too TOO sweet.

I've only read it twice since I bought it (two weeks ago)
but I can not get past how young the characters look
so if that's your thing go ahead and buy this.

If you like very silly, sappy, mushy Yaoi romance with no purpose or meaning (or erotica), you might like this manga.
Personally, I thought it was a waste of money.
The book includes several different stories, with different characters. But each story has at least one character who is overly-emotional.
If you want a more sophisticated Yaoi romance manga, with the same feel to it, try reading "Same Cell Organism".

A collection of sweet shounen-ai stories (some of them pretty good) if you like a dose of sticky sweetness once in a while. The boys are so cute that they look babyish. This is fine as there is nothing beyond hugging and chaste kissing though the last few pages are up to your imagination. For those of us who want more of this kind of sweet and cute shounen-ai, try "Beyond My Touch" which I prefer.

As the other reviewer mentioned, this book may appeal to people new to yaoi. There are some unique stories, with unusual characters (with unusual fetishes - such as the character with a thing for dolls). This is definitely a cute book, with cute characters with cute problems.

However, all of the characters looked between the ages of 7 and 12 to me - even those who were supposed to be over 18 or were the owners of amusement parks. Also, I found the bodies to be oddly proportioned.

This was a book with many small mini-stories as opposed to one main storyline, but unfortunately, I was not able to really be drawn into any of the stories. I know it can be done, as `But you're my teacher!' by Row Takakura had a similar `many small stories' format but there I was easily drawn into each story.

For a reader way out of her teens, such as myself, this was not the manga for me - but this manga may appeal to younger readers. :)

This was a very cute oneshot. Nothing too heavy but there's enough innuendo to keep BL fans satisfied. The art was adorable and the stories were interesting. I've already read it twice! I would recommend this to any yaoi/shounen-ai fan.

I ' yaoi, and so do you! You KNOW you do, and this yaoi delivers. The boys are so über cute, you'll wanna take them home and start a harem! This yaoi is HIGHLY recomended!

One would think Western publishers would pick the cream of the crop to put out in English, but it seems they have decided to give an accurate sampling of Japanese manga mediocrity instead. It's difficult to thumb through the slew of BL popping up all over the place for the good stuff, but I bet my luck on this because it looked cute. Well, cute is pretty much all there is to it. There's almost no character development or progression. In fact, they're all flat as a pancakes. There's also almost no reasonable story progression to make the characters get together. They just do. But if that's what you're looking for, hey, it's right here.