Customer Reviews

Sweet Revolution (Yaoi)

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I was surprised that I enjoyed this book as much I did!
I was not sure if I would, because the story description seemed to hint that this tale would be convoluted, but I personally felt it tied together well.

The main love story between Tatsuki and Ohta is very endearing. It gave a few tugs to the heart as I read it and began to understand the depth of their relationship. This kind of sweet romantic focus on the relationship is something I really love in titles such as this. This is a book that I will read again for this very reason.

I also felt that I *liked* the characters, the jealous and loving Tatsuki, the sweet and shy Ohta, the clueless yet energetic classmate Misaki, all were likable in their own way for me. This can be important for those who read mangas and enjoy identifying with the characters.
Now onto a few issues that might give some people trouble:
1) The back story regarding their home world resolved in a slightly unrealistic way.
2) The sex scenes may not be in the manner some are looking for. I thought they were well drawn, and went well with the story. But, to put this bluntly, they didn't really *show* very much, nor was it completely clear what exactly was happening. Thoughts such as: "Are the boys just sharing a nice long naked/kissing type of hug, or is something else going on here?" did float through my mind. The scenes were not clearly explored with the `no holds bared' approach that one would find in a manga like `Target in the Finder' (which does a great job of multi-page sex scenes). But, I must stress that this is a very different type of book, therefore again, this was not an issue for me personally.

I truly enjoyed the relationship and characters here and will add this to my small library of favorites to read again!

This "soft" Yaoi (more shounen-ai) is a great surprise. The sex scenes are subtle but "Sweet Revolution" does not need any "Yaoiness" to hold my interest. The story of course, centers on boy-love, this time between Tatsuki (sucessor of the dragon king) and his vassal (sweet Ohta, a house spirit). This is interweaved seamlessly into a background which switches effortlessly between the present world and an alternate fairy tale (more like Chinese folk lore) realm. I love the characters of Tatsuki and Ohta, both boys adorable in their own way. The older supporting characters of Ryu-Oh (the dragon king and Tatsuki's father) and Izuna (Taksuki's teacher) are also captivating and one just have to lament the fact that they do not have their own story. Tatsuki's stuborness and rebellion to achieve his heart's desire (to be with Ohta and only Ohta) and Ohta's equally binding love for Tatsuki are endearing. Another cute supporting character is their school mate, Misaki, and his little story towards the end is quite hilarious. My only regret is that this is a stand alone manga (I think). A pity because there is so much room for more, one being the relationship between Ryu-Oh and Izuna, but their short story towards the end may just erase doubts as to whether this couple manage to hang on to one another. Like the reviewer before me, this manga will be included in my list of "re-reads".

Sweet Revolution is one of my favorite yaoi manga books. It's the story of a young dragon king and his house-spirit vassal, who have escaped to our world so that they can be together... Back in their world, the dragon king's father is ailing and wants his son to return so he can marry and father an heir to the kingdom. The art by Yukine Honami is beautiful and memorable. One of the first yaoi manga I ever read, and still one of my favorites.

As others more accurately review the content and storyline of this, namely H. Carson and R. Parklane, I will simply add that there is absolutely no rape here, no violence or sickening plot twists at all. Clean artwork, good adventure story with sweet love story. Not realistic at all but enjoyable and one I have reread.

Sweet Revolution is only categorized as yaoi due to one BREIF sex scene at the beginning of the work. Otherwise this work is best left categorized as shouen-ai. So if you're looking for some hard-core yaoi - Stop. Click that little back button at the top of your screen and search elsewhere. I would suggest Yellow or Brother (if you can find it).
If you're looking for a sweet, fantasy story that provides cute boy on boy scenes - by all means continue. Because this is what this work is. The story follows two boys who have escaped from their world to ours because their relationship is banned. The seme character is heir to the kingdom they have left behind and his father wishes him to marry (a girl people!). On whole this story is sugary sweet and a fun read. Most of the scenes involve the two characters just being near each other and physical contact in this work is at a bare minimum. This is what makes this work different since it seems to indicate that the two boys are already comfortable with each other. We have passed over the initial let's go at it like bunnies stage that most yaoi focuses on.

Also the art is very pretty. If you liked the style of Desire, Sweet is drawn by the same artist.

I got this because of the five star reviews, but I cannot see a single merit in it. This review will have some SPOILERS for both stories in the book.

The story involves two seeming teenagers -- actually spirits from another realm -- who are attending a human school. One boy, a prince, mistreats and sexually abuses his servant. At first, one gets the impression that we are supposed to be rooting for the kind schoolboy Misaki who wants to help free the servant-boy from this abusive relationship. Unfortunately this is not the case.

The editorial review makes it sound as though Misaki is mistaken about the abuse, but this is incorrect. What we observe is clearly rape and other deliberate cruelty. As a slave the victim does not protest, nor feel that he has the right to protest, though his distress is clear. "What else am I good for" he explains to Misaki. He rejects comparison with a child abuse victim. But that is exactly what he is. Victims of child molestation often are just as protective of their abusers as the slave boy is of his master, and for the exact same reasons. None of this matters to the authors. Once the prince reveals that he really "loves" his servant (whatever that means), then that is supposed to make it all okay.

This sickening premise now established, we move on to the second part of the story, where the boys go to Another Realm, basically so the prince can be yelled at by his dad. Nothing happens except speeches about purifying Chi, and quite a lot of brooding. There is no action. The entire "plot" is related to us through expository conversation, and to recount it would be so boring as to cause me physical pain. I'll move on.

A bonus story at the end involves an older man and the adopted younger "brother" he thinks has stolen his inheritance. At one point the man - apparently meant to be a sympathetic character - loses his temper at the younger boy and takes two or three panels to briefly rape him. Then the story just goes on as if the attack had not happened, and the rapist gets a happy ending. Mind you, none of this is explicit, so it is not as if the authors are trying to shoehorn sex into their story. It is almost as though they find promoting cruelty and defeatism to be a goal in itself.

In short, SWEET REVOLUTION was the most pointless thing I have ever read, with the added demerit of repeatedly portraying rape as an acceptable and forgivable way for the strong to treat the weak. The art has a nice delicacy to it, but fails to inject any drama or passion into the insipid story or emotionally stunted characters. The flat-eyed coldness and wan resignation you see in the two boys on the cover pretty much captures their personalities, though, so I wouldn't mind seeing what the artist could do with better material. But whoever came up with the storylines ought to be locked up.

Thankfully, my copy is defective. But if I cannot get a refund for it, I will honestly just throw the thing out. I couldn't sell it to anybody with a clear conscience.

Although the story starts in one direction and ends in another, this story is great (plus an interesting little oneshot). The art work is pretty good and the story is cute (in an odd way). This story involves house spirits, a dragon lord, an heir, and a confused student. I do recommend this story.

I really liked this one but my understanding of it is a bit strange so I'm not going to bother explaining it cause I know I'll do a bad job. I'm probably going to buy this one since it's in english. One of my friends owned it and she translated it to me and she didn't get the translations to well cause I thought they were literally cousins and it freaked me out but now I see she was wrong but this one is really interesting and good artwork as well. BUY IT!