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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Sexy Collection!, November 28, 2007
An anthology of 6 stories with explicit and well done sex in all except one.
"Sensitive Pornograph" is sexy as one up and coming manga artist falls heads over heels for a renown, much older but beautiful fellow manga artist.
There may be no sex in "Please Kiss me" but it is outrageously funny.
"Non Adult Situation" about 2 childhood friends affirming their love years later may sound familiar but it is endearing. Readers may be disturbed by one panel of 2 naked kids...
"Indirect Youth", in which one bratty seme rapes the older uke, may not be for everyone but this is Yaoi, right! And the photograph is hot.
"Trophies Belong in the Bedroom" with a mild dose of BDSM is funny though a trifle uncomfortable when the poor uke gets beaten up.
My favorite is the last story, "Come Home". Gouzou-kun and Mari are childhood friends turn lovers. They are separated by one unfortunate incident which forced Mari into an unhappy marriage. Gouzou-kun tries to move on in life, buys a house to settle down with a woman. The relationship falls apart and Gouzou-kun is burdened with a 30 years morgage payment on his house. 6 years later Mari appears at his door, twin kids in tow, with a battered face. And it is up to the seme to get his sweet uke back. This little story is heartwarming, sweet, tender and the abusive spouse situation is sad. Love the ending.
The artwork may not be the best but the story lines are enjoyable and pretty unique and of course plenty of sex to satisfy.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great YAOI Fundamental, December 21, 2007
This is the manga that the anime OVA was born from. If you liked the anime, you will love the manga. There are a handful more one-shots, in addition to Sensitive Pornograph, and Trophies Belong in the Bedroom (the pet-sitter story). Many of the "invisi-c**ks" have been restored extremely well, and the artwork is fantastic. I would call this a definitive YAOI title, and guarantee that you will want it on your bookshelf or nightstand!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Finally!, October 24, 2007
The manga collection which inspired the popular yaoi anime is finally available in English! This is my second 801 Media title and I continue my positive reactions to their localizations. The 801-chan comic in the back dust jacket sleeve between 801-chan and her boyfriend is pretty funny and you should make sure to check it out.
The two shorts that appear in the anime, "Sensitive Pornograph" (about two manga artists) and "Trophies Belong in the Bedroom" (about a pet-sitter and the man who turns out to be the "pet") are present and the anime very closely kept to the manga in both cases, but there are also an additional four stories in this manga volume. "Please, Kiss Me" is a humorous tale of unrequited high school love between two rough guys. While there are no graphic bits in this story, Meguro's unrelenting pursuit of Mizuho is worth the read in laughs. "Non-Adult Situations" is about a childhood crush relationship between two friends who haven't seen each other since then. Shima has come to accept his feelings for Tetsuya as an adult and Tetsuya has to come around as well. "Indirect Youth" is about a photographer's assistant and the photographer's socially inept son. It takes Kashima a while to decipher Hitomi's true feelings through his seemingly brutish behavior. "Come Home" is about two former lovers who were parted when one of them went off to get married. When Masato returns, sons in hand after his wife's death, Gouzou is alone (well, his mom's there) in his home with a 30 year mortgage (because his fiance walked out on him) and the two have to patch things up.
There are a lot of graphic scenes throughout this manga, so I would not recommend it to a browser in the genre. A number of these stories, like "Trophies..." easily cross the border between BL (not necessarily explicit) and yaoi (fully explicit, little plot). The characters are likable and nothing terrible happens to them (aside from a few questionably consents) so it's a pretty light read all-around. The art style leans on the young side, though nearly all characters in explicit situations are adult aged (the only exception being the seme in "Indirect Youth").
In all, I'd say this title is pretty good. If you are a casual fan of yaoi (not BL) you may very well enjoy this title and want to pick it up. It's a quick read and contains some classic stories. Because it is only one volume you'll save some cash over multi-volume series, as well. If you like BL, but not necessarily the very graphic stuff, you might want to pass. It's not the most graphic I have ever seen, but it's up there.
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