Honey Darling (Yaoi Manga) [Paperback]

Norikazu Akira (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 12, 2012 | Series: Honey Darling

Love in a vet clinic!

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for mature audiences.

Chihiro drifts through life with no purpose, going from girl to girl, until one day he finds an abandoned kitten in a box. He quickly falls in love with little Shiro and couldn’t imagine his life without her. One evening, Chihiro finds Shiro has fallen ill. While searching aimlessly for an animal hospital, he runs into Kumazawa, a local vet who takes Shiro into his care. Watching Kumazawa in action, Chihiro realizes he wishes to learn the value of life and asks Kumazawa to consider hiring him at the vet clinic. Kumazawa agrees, but only if Chihiro serves as his live-in housekeeper. Has Chihiro finally found his purpose in life, or will living with the handsome vet be a little too much to handle?

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About the Author

Norikazu Akira is the creator of Twin’s Labyrinth, Heart Strings and Beast & Feast. A resident of Tokyo, she’s an Aries with an AB blood type, and is the sister of mangaka Homerun Ken.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: SuBLime; Reprint edition (June 12, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421543435
• ISBN-13: 978-1421543437
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #319,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it but... July 6, 2012

By JLAW

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This is a very cute manga and I'm so pleased to be able to purchase it in english. SuBLime's edition is nice, it's great to have the original color page and little asides from the author translated. A couple of quibbles: I'm not crazy about the font used; it's intrusively stylistic, especially the question marks, and -- an issue that no American manga publisher seems to take seriously -- honorifics are dropped or replaced by inadequate english "equivalents." Why can't publishers grasp that with Japan's strong international cultural influence, pretty much the entire universe knows what "sensei," "-chan," "-san," etc. means? If there are two people left who don't, let them google it.

The best part of this manga is AKIRA Norikazu's artwork. Even her animals are a delightful blend of style and anatomy, but her men are absolutely gorgeous. IMO she ranks up there with NITTA Youka and YAMANE Ayano at drawing beautiful, yet unmistakably masculine faces and bodies. That's why it's such a shame that in this manga's single, climactic love scene, the characters are literally emasculated by censoring. Everything is whited out. (Although there is an extra where a little something sneaks in, key word: little). I find this level of mutilation of artwork anywhere deeply distressing, but it just really makes me sad to see it happen to these sweet characters.

While I understand that this is not the American publisher's doing, but the result of idiotic new censorship laws in Japan, it seems some method should exist to restore the creator's original, uncensored content to to the American edition of the work, since it is sold with the "explicit content" warning label.... I'm glad that sensei's other work available in english, Beast & Feast, came out before the new censorship went into effect. I don't at all regret buying Honey Darling, but I like my beautiful men to be beautifully complete Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I was so happy to be able to buy this book! June 22, 2012

By nowyat

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It's the story of a young man who takes in a stray cat, and when it falls ill, he and the cat are taken in by a bear-like veterinarian. He becomes house-keeper to the vet, and the story unfolds. Norikazu Akira is one of the very best BL, (boy's love) authors and I've read many of her works with great pleasure. I hope more of her stories will be published, possibly on sturdier paper. Manga is often re-read many, many times by it's owner, so it needs to be on the best quality paper. This started to curl up a bit. I may buy a second copy as back-up. ;P

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to my collection. August 14, 2012

By R.Parklane TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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This romance between a vet and his male housekeeper is very well done. There is a gradual built-up to their feelings. I love both characters too. The soft hearted Chihiro is such a sweet character and his love for his little cat is endearing. The seeemingly stoic Kumazawa with a heart of gold is equally likable and he is such a hunk (all those muscles!). I like this mangaka's artwork and like a previous reviewer mentioned it is such a pity the anatomy during the sex scenes is marred by the Japanese censorship law. But it did not deter me from enjoying the story as there is a heartwarming and sweet romance here. This one is in my Yaoi re-read pile. Well done SuBLIme.

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're a yaoi fan, you must have! April 27, 2013

By Marie Cruz

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Not only is a really good story, but the images are amazingly beautiful. Its really a shame there no more Akira Norikazu's work published in English besides "Beast & Feast", which is also another must-have!

5.0 out of 5 stars loved it December 10, 2012

By Naomi

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the item was shipped on time and it arrived on time. I will use them in the very near future