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Two of Hearts (Yaoi) (Deux)

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This is yet another masterpiece by Kano Miyamoto, and actually - together with "Say Please" - it's one of my favorites by this mangaka. As always in Kano's stories, there's a lot of character depth and development in this story. Unlike some of other Kano's works, this one has a heartwarming happy ending (though characters have to go through a lot to get there). Sex scenes are beautifully and tastefully drawn. I highly recommend it to most yaoi fans and all fans of Kano Miyamoto's work.
Note to those readers who avoid yaoi with "rape" content etc.: there's a rape attempt in this book, but it's viewed very negatively, and it's NOT coming from the seme. On a related note, a uke (Maki) looks like he's of age of consent to me (about 18 years old or so). I've noticed there are some strongly negative reviews on this manga. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I suspect that in a vast majority of cases, only readers who are VERY new to yaoi genre (and maybe manga drawings overall) will find this manga in any way disturbing.

I LOVED this title. Beautiful story with great character development. I really liked how the relationship builds between the much older Haruya and the young damaged Maki. Highly recomended!

I love this mangaka's distinct story telling, artwork and characters development. Her second licensed work is heartwarming, absorbing and moving, as Maki, a lonely, friendless, insecure and impoverished kid with obsessive compulsive disorder finds both a home and love with Haruya, a much older man. Haruya is a once talented novelist who now writes for a magazine as he has writer's block for years.
Both Maki and Haruya are very likable characters and their developing love is well told. 13 years separate them and Maki is only 17 when they first meet but age and experience are no hindrance as Haruya draws Maki from his shell and helps this young man from a broken home with OCD finds confidence and a role in life. Haruya has his own love complications as he has been involved for years with his long time friend who is also his editor and helps in Haruya's career. A love triangle ensues with angst filled moments, and I like the way the mangaka resolves it. The absorbing plot spans a few years and it is so nice to read of the change in Maki, an endearing character, and Haruya's role in Maki's life.
Most of the chapters are told from Haruya's view points as this outwardly cool guy finds himself falling for a kid, who also becomes his muse. And the last chapter told from Maki's viewpoint certainly wraps up this lovely story well.
Looking forward to Lovers and Souls, the mangaka's next licensed work from Deux. And I lament the fact that Not Love, Kano Miyamoto's well known Yaoi, will not see the light of day.

Two of Hearts centres around Haruya, a writer, who meets Maki, a troubled younger guy. The story is basically about the relationship that develops between them and how they end up helping each other.

Overall, I really recommend this manga- it's just a really sweet, moving read! The characters and plot are both very well developed and the story is engaging throughout. The manga isn't really that explicit but there are a number of hot scenes.

If you haven't read Kano Miyamoto's work before, I can't recommend it enough! She is without a doubt one my favourite yaoi mangakas. Her work is really edgy and her stories just instantly draw you in. They also have a lot of depth and somehow feel very realistic. As far as I'm concerned her work is amazing.

If you're looking for a cute, moving read, you can't go wrong with Two of Hearts!

I do love this writer MIYAMOTO Kano. Her characters are very real, real problems, real consequences and maybe not always happy endings but great stories. This is about a writer and a boy he sees at the ocean and asks him home since he seems to be in trouble (he doesn't know why at this point he wants to help). A relationship starts out slow with Sora the writer, and Miki the kid as he has a problem with people touching him, he thinks he is always dirty. He come to trust Sora and lets him touch him more and more but he's not sure exactly what he wants. He comes to stay with Sora, since his mom is in the hospital for awhile, she an alcoholic, and his sister has a very small apartment with new husband and baby. Money for their apartment won't be coming in yet and he can't stay there. Sora is more than happy to help. There is also Sora's editor who is jealous of Miki and does cause a problem for both.

Again I love Miyamot Kano's stories. I think she is one of the best writers of manga out there.

I purchased this book based off the other review on this page. I can't tell you how disappointed I was. The other review makes it sound so sweet, a natural progression of love and love conquers all including OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). This is just not the case. This book is just passable as a love story. The art isn't bad but all the drama really retracts from the relationship. The guy with glasses is a struggling writer suffering from writer's block. The younger kid suffered trama which forces him to feel "dirty." Maybe I should look up the definition but I personally don't define that as OCD, especially when he's cured with in a few weeks of "going out" with his new lover. And if you count the poor guy the author uses as fodder to quicken the couple's progression, it's a flimsy soap opera plot in yaoi shoes. Once again, this is not that bad of a story and the art is fine just don't expect anything.

Although the "nice" man, Haruya, who is in his late twenties, early thirties had never had a sexual relationship with a young person before meeting Maki, what he committed was child abuse. (And let's not forget the writer's boyfriend who in a fit of anger sexually attacks Maki--let's call it for what it was--attempted rape of a minor!)
Maki is a senior in high school. In one review it says he is 17. He had smooth skin which to me identified him as someone who had not started shaving yet and a late bloomer or was younger than eighteen and still a late bloomer.
This book is basically pedophillia. Haruya gains Maki's trust and seduces him. Period. He cares more about his own sexual appetites and desires than the brokeness of the young guy he befriends. He takes advantage of Maki who is an emotionally wounded, confused youg guy who most likely was sexually abused by someone when he was younger. His costant feeling of being dirty goes beyond OCD, sorry. He was in need of HELP not a sexual experience with a "nice" man ten+ years his senior. I would not recommend this book to anyone. The message it sends is disturbing: If you are a young, confused, broken individual, sex with a "nice", "trusted" older person is healing and is love.