Fake Fur (Yaoi) [Paperback]

Satomi Yamagata (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2007

"Fake Fur (Yaoi)".

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (April 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569708266
• ISBN-13: 978-1569708262
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,641,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book, May 22, 2007

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M. S. Born (Maplewood, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fake Fur (Yaoi) (Paperback)

The art in this book is over the top. Expressions to just simple passionate moments that jerk at your heart. Nothing chibi in here, which I love. The story is pretty good, though I wish there were more, and maybe there will be another book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a rare gem in the world of yaoi manga, April 29, 2010

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Kimberly Patton (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fake Fur (Yaoi) (Paperback)

In the flurry of yaoi manga released in the last few years, a good amount of mediocre to downright bad stories somehow came through: flat characters (no pun intended), horrifically stereotypes seme/uke characters, and thoroughly unbelievable plots. This is not one of those. As a queer person myself, I've looked in vain for manga that really tells a story about being *gay*, not just about some guys having ridiculous amounts of sex at the office/school/boys' schools. Because the reality is that there are so many ways in which being gay shapes someone's identity, and a story just won't resonate unless there's some element of an actual queer identity. The stories in Fake Fur are that much more touching for the fact that the main character is struggling to come to terms with his identity, which is something anyone, gay or straight, can relate to.

Not that the sex scenes aren't hot as hell. =P

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read Manic Love, then this one, June 22, 2008

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lore (Neverwhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fake Fur (Yaoi) (Paperback)

I left a longer review on Manic Love that talked a lot about this book. I think some of the reviewers here didn't have the benefit of reading Manic Love before Fake Fur, and I really think it helps the overall clarity of Fake Fur to read Manic Love first.

There are some truly moving, beautiful moments in Fake Fur. I admit, I had to read carefully, because the translation sometimes seems more "wordy" than I imagine the Japanese version is, but the payoff were some unique moments in an increasingly homongenized BL world in English.

Highly recommended as an emotionally moving story and a different kind of BL title.