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Yellow, Volume 4 (v. 4)

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Just finished reading vol 4 and am 100% satisfied with the wrap-up of an amazing and gorgeous series. My hats off to this mangaka. Vol 4 has all the elements we come to appreciate in Yellow : the tightly paced plot, the characters interaction and above all the angst and intensity of Goh's and Taki's love for one another, and of course the hot sex, even one with bondage (grin..). We cannot ask for more, except an anime (I can dream..)
My final question to myself is : Is Yellow better than Fake (my first taste of the Yaoi world) ? I have to admit "Yes" as I expect to be rereading Yellow Vol 2, 3 and 4 more frequently than even Vol 7 of Fake. You are not into Yaoi if you do not have "Yellow"!

Today, I've received two parcels from Amazon and in one of them, there was the "Yellow 4" manga by Makoto Tateno. Naturally, I had to read that one first, having read the previous three in the series. I was really looking forward to this one since the third volume ended with a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, the 4th volume rather disappointed me. I thought/hoped that it would be suspensive, touching, a little sad but that it would grip me from the first page. Nothing was farther from the reality :(

What I didn't like? Well, I can sum it up easily:

BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!! A LOT OF THEM!


1. The whole thing with the card and Mozart was utterly ridiculous. If Taki managed to convince the woman to help him, why didn't he simply write the whole thing down on a piece of paper? No details, just the name and the place? O.o

2. If Taki was more or less a prisoner, where did he get his hands on a surveillance system to spy on his "parents"? And I'm not even talking about the crowd of women who went through his bed in the short period of time. Where did he get to know them since he didn't seem to leave his room?

3. Goh came to save Taki and instead of running for the hills, they had sex right there, in the cell. Call me a cynic but that was so stupid that I didn't even find it hot. And talking about the cell, the guards outside etc. What the hell? Where did all that come from?

4. Tsunuga drugging Goh. Right, Taki really wouldn't notice that someone doped the man that was sitting right next to him with a chloroform (that must have been chloroform or something like that since Tsunuga had to press a handkerchief to Goh's mouth). Like I would believe that Goh would simply take it and not even flail a bit. Right. And the fact that Goh recognized Tsunuga because he smelled like this certain brand of coffee? Completely ridiculous X((

5. Tsunuga kidnapping Taki. I thought he was their friend and here he was ready to throw Taki back into the clutches of international assassins to have his revenge. Please, an elderly cop who has been a coffee shop owner for the last six years wants to take on TWO super killers. Right.

6. PLEASE, no amnesia, please! X( The fact that Taki had killed this girl was what really grabbed my attention. But Mari was actually Katsuro's email friend? And the police didn't know anything about a girl that had been washed out on the shore? Okay, whump me over the head but is the author trying to make us look like idiots or what?

7. The whole thing with Taki and Goh pointing guns at their respective heads. I really really wanted to see the scene as moving, touching etc. but it just looked funny - two adults pointing guns at their own heads while in the company of an elderly ex-cop slash coffee shop owner bent on revenge, a crazy international assassin with a changed sex, another international assassin with an internet fetish and a little girl with amnesia X( I think that Katsuro was the only normal guy there, really.

Oh, and not to mention the drawings and style. Some of the pictures were not that good anymore or downright ugly. It looked like the author didn't have the time to make the drawings as elaborate as they had been in the first volume :( I always hate it when something like that happens :(

I think that the quality of "Yellow" was dropping rapidly with each volume and I'm rather glad that it ended where it ended and that there are no more books in this series. I've hoped that this series would be as good as "Fake" but it really didn't reach that level.

Overall, I would give this series 3,5 - 4 stars maximum, but this volume would be 2,5 stars at the most. I'm very disappointed :(

To really appreciate this book you would need to read the first three. But this was one of my most favorite yoai books ever. It was a very well done ending to an interesting story.

Goh and Taki are some kind of 'good thieves'. They steal mostly drugs from the bad guys. They don't know much about their employers, but there are hints that they are hired by the police. As such the story is quite action packed and Goh and Taki have to avoid some pretty dangerous situations. But as a team they can rely on one another.

On the personal level it's a little bit more complicated as Goh is gay and Taki straight. But that doesn't keep Goh from trying his luck with Taki.

Volumes 3 and 4 are a little bit different than volumes 1 and 2. The first two volumes consist of shorter stories that focus mainly on the different jobs Goh and Taki have to carry out. The last two volumes on the other hand are one big story which reveals a lot about Goh's and Taki's past. And thus I strongly recommend to only read volume 3 when you already have also bought volume 4, because when volume 3 ends you'll be desperate to read volume 4 straight away. ;-)

Yellow has an excellent story and the drawings are gorgeous. There's also a lot of humor in this series. Overall an excellent yaoi.

The final chapter to the series 'Yellow' was amazing. Makoto's drawing style is magnificent and her ending to the series was perfect. I highly recommend that anyone who enjoys Yaoi purchases this and the rest of the series. ^_^

I really enjoyed reading this manga series.Intriguing story,well written,well drawn,one of the best BL manga lately .This is one of those that I cant wait to get my hands on the next volume and the characters in this manga seem very alive to me.Love how they ended the series.It would be neat to see if they made this into an anime -a 12 episode series like Gakuen Heaven but at a PG rating or not.

This is the last book in the yellow series and the story gets all wrapped up here!!!
The art is superb as always and, as this is a yaoi manga, there is a LOT of "action" ;)
I think she did a really good job with finishing off the story and all the angst and drama of the past 3 books is gone by the end of the story. There is also a bonus chapter at the end titled "honey moon"!!! (did I give anything away?)
I highly recommend this book. If you haven't read any other yellow mangas, start from the beginning or the 4th volume will not make sense to you. For those who have followed it from the beginning, the end is more than satisfying....

great ending to an awesome little series. definitely enjoyed it. first yaoi i've bought and i loved it alot. wish it was longer than four volumes.

It is everything we all wanted and more. It one of the best Yaoi I have read in sometime. Ii love the love that is share with Goh and Taki sooo much.

I loved this whole series. If you're looking for a great story from a different point of view, here it is! ^_^ I just wish it was a longer series! If you like yaoi, you'll love Yellow!