Shozo comes to his injured father's rescue by returning to his hometown and helping him run the family's prestigious engineering firm. While at home Shozo is reunited with his childhood friend, Nanami, who is as spacey as ever, but wow has she gotten pretty! will their summer love on the countryside be able harvest and flourish?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heartwarming, comical and touching.,
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This review is from: Brilliant Blue Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)
This one is a lovely surprise. I enjoy the small town setting where everyone knows everyone's business with warm interaction among the characters. As for the 2 guys, they are appealing and likable.Shouzo feels trapped and opts for the city. Years later responsibility calls and he returns to his hometown to manage his father's construction business. He is resentful but his well intentioned workers and old friends soon won him over especially one past chubby school mate, Nanami who has grown into a pretty guy. Nanami's character really gets to me. He is simple but with his little surprises, almost child-like, an air-head and not bright when it comes to dealing with people. Yet he is a genius in maths but unable to focus on words and has a flair as an electrician, following in his father's and 2 brothers' footsteps. Nanami could cope with life in his small town where he is loved and protected by family and friends. But there is a disturbing secret. The story is for most parts enjoyable in its warmth and lightheartedness but when Nanami's plight is revealed it becomes totally absorbing and really tugs at my heart strings. A little spoiler here: I have no problem with seme-uke non-consensus but if it is a 3rd party I get totally irked. More so when the victim in this case is a bit dim witted and the culprit is a manipulative cold creep. Nanami's helplessness and inability to escape as he is manipulated is deeply touching. The developing bond between Shouzo and Nanami is well done and heartwarming and filled with fun moments. (Shouzo's dream is hilarious). Not to reveal too much but Shouzo to Nanami's rescue is one moving scene yet sadly comical. This story is a wonderful surprise and I enjoy the lively artwork too. Well done "DMP Doki Doki" and I wait impatiently for more on Shouzo and Nanami.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Brilliant,
This review is from: Brilliant Blue Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)
Saemi Yorita brings us a gently romantic slice of life story to life with characters that feel like neighbours in our hometown. At once familiar, yet not clichéd, she breathes life into the often tired "stupid person gets caught by smart person" scenario so often used in romance manga across the genres. Nanami is far from being an idiot, despite being widely regarded as stupid. Shouzo himself proves this point by tutoring Nanami until he passes his electrician's license. Rather, he is a bit slow to learn some things if written down, but with numbers, diagrams, and hands on things he is more than capable. His gentle naiveté comes from being a smothered youngest child, shielded from life and indulged by his family. Sadly, their belief that this was the right thing to do was reinforced by his lack of academic achievement at school, and his lack of a social life led him to not understand many things before falling into the hands of a predator, as despite his age he was left stranded emotionally in the realm of early adolescence.The friendship between the two men is touching, with the effects having far reaching consequences as it forces Shouzo into putting down roots he meant to plant elsewhere. Coming to realise that he feels responsibility not only for his family but the friends he has there, Shouzo begins to re-evaluate his life and makes a decision that will set his path in life. As for Nanami, being urged towards greater self responsibility while being supported by his good friend sets the stage for his first steps towards true adulthood and wakening maturity. While this is categorized as being a Boy's Love title, bar the predatory incident with the visiting business acquaintance, nothing really happens. Life unfolds naturally here, perfectly reflected in the unpretentious art, and as the volume comes to a close, we come to understand that Nanami is awakening in more ways than one. But will he be able to handle what is happening within himself and how will Shouzo and Nanami's family react? Those are left for later, hopefully to be answered in volume two. I look forward to it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps future volumes will offer quality drama worth reading,
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This review is from: Brilliant Blue Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)
Shouzo Mita is just an average guy. He grew up in a rural area around Kanigawa, Japan. People who grow up in small towns either do one of two things: live there forever or get the heck out as soon as possible. Shouzo did the latter. The small-town boy moved to Tokyo to make his own way in life, managing construction work. Everything is going just fine until he receives a call asking him to return to Kanigawa. His father injured his back and needs Shouzo to manage the family construction business for a while.Returning home is filled with nostalgia and a little bit of resentment. The town seems to have remained the way he left it, for the most part. Still the same faces, still the same places. Only one thing has drastically changed, and that is an old childhood acquaintance named Nanami. Nanami used to be a pudgy, drab, clumsy boy. Now he's a blonde bishounen (pretty boy) straight out of some girl's romance manga. Personalitywise though, Nanami is till naive, sweet, and constantly hungry. Shouzo and Nanami instantly reconnect as friends, but when a client returns to Kanigawa, Nanami starts acting differently. At first, Shouzo things Nanami has a secret girlfriend; but he soon discovers that this old associate has been emotionally and sexually abusing Nanami for a long time. Shouzo helps Nanami put an end to it, which ignites a small flame in his heart. The two remain solid friends, but each secretly desires just a little bit more from the other. Brilliant Blue is a sweet, soft romance that moves slightly faster than a snail's pace. Let's call it turtle's pace. In a way, it's a relief to see a yaoi manga that doesn't instantly define its homosexual characters based on their sexuality. On the other hand, the pacing is too slow to make a solid debut volume. Once the story unveils Nanami's secret relationship, it starts to pick up and make a bit more sense. So far, this is a fairly "safe" manga, meaning that it's not very explicit (the publisher rates it 16+). At least for now it's not. If anything, it can be a bit immature and cutesy. This may appeal to younger readers, but leaves the more mature ones looking for something a bit more serious. Though if the art style and characters were more serious, would it lose its charm? Hard to say. Overall, Brilliant Blue is far from anything brilliant, but perhaps future volumes will offer quality drama worth reading. -- Courtney Kraft
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