Sakai Kazuya is a 23-year-old man in love. Unfortunately, the object of his affection is a lovely woman only interested in well educated men. Sakai never finished high school and has been living off of his brawn, not his brains. So he enlists the help of her younger brother, Ezumi Masashi, to help him pass the high school entrance exam, his first step toward to becoming a well-educated man. Ezumi is happy to help, but his services come with a very steep fee. And, Ezumi isn't interested in money, he has his sights on some of Sakai's other assets...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Hard Yaoi,
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This review is from: I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (Yaoi) (Shameless) (Paperback)
Kazuya wants to impress a girl by taking the high school entrance exam. So he turns to her younger brother Masashi to help tutor him. But Mashashi wants Kazuya for himself and demands sex as payment for the lessons!
When 801 Media announced they would publish hard yaoi, I was skeptical. I only consider it hard yaoi if the sex is graphically rendered (and cones of light had best not be anywhere in the book!). 801 has delivered exactly what they said they would. This manga is Hard yaoi with a capital H! There is hot sex right from the very beginning. I loved Ayano Yamane's Finder series, which was very graphic, but this takes explicit yaoi to a new level. The mangaka goes beyond simple intercourse and depicts sexual acts that I have only read in gay romance. These two even get it on in the bathroom at a movie theatre! Fortunately, the art is very well done. The people are proportioned correctly, there is shading and detail throughout and the men look like men. Everything a hard yaoi fan could want. So, why only 4 stars? The translation. I had a difficult time in a lot of panels figuring out which man was saying what. There is a LOT of angst in the story, from both boys, and this lack of clear dialog was frustrating at times. The first "chapter" of the story, the boys have sex and it appears just casual on Kazuya's part. But, in the second chapter he is suddenly the reluctant uke, refusing intercourse. I wasn't sure at first if the second chapter was supposed to be a flashback. His resistance continues for another chapter or so before it becomes clear both boys are in love with one another. The story is a very good romance. Masashi is a seme who knows what he wants, but this is still his first relationship and "first time." This is Kazuya's first time with a man, and he already has self-confidence issues because of his lack of education. This naturally leads to tension and more hot sex. When Kazuya's motivations for taking the test are revealed, readers get a great conclusion to a sweet romance. Overall, I highly recommend this yaoi. The translation by 801 leaves a little to be desired, but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book. I will certainly look for more by the mangaka.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sizzling hot! Appealing characters and plot.,
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This is hard core Yaoi. Lots of scorching hot and steamy sex to satisfy, supplemented by an appealing, at times angsy, fast paced and amusing plot.
I enjoy the pairing of Kazuya, the scaffold contruction worker who never finishes high school, and the younger Masashi, an elite honor student. Kazuya thinks he is in love with Masashi's sister. Anyway, he always have a thing for plumb girls. Masashi tells Kazuya he needs to improve his academic background if he is to have a chance with his sister. And who better to tutor Kazuya than Masashi himself. Masashi's payment is of course sex and more sex! I like both boys and enjoy their evolving relationship as they dance around each other. Kazuya is Masashi's first but it sure does not show :) This 17 year old elite student knows what he wants and it is Kazuya. Kazuya may have sex with girls before (5 to be exact) but now he is totally messed up. Love the ending. Great artwork. I like this Mangaka's drawings of her tall and muscularly slim guys. Just have to chuckle at her girls with their "various chests". The side characters of Masashi's plumb sister and Kazuya's construction site buddies are enjoyable too. To top it all this is one continuous story which get bonus points from me. Definitely looking forward to "Maybe I'm your steppin' stone", a spin-off on one of Kazuya's buddies. Another great release from 801Media.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone by Shiuko Kano,
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This review is from: I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (Yaoi) (Shameless) (Paperback)
Sakai has a passion for well endowed women, really if you look at them they border on the fat type, but everyone has his taste... And when he falls in love for Izumi's sister, it's with his great regret that he is informed that the girl only dated well cultured men, and Sakai is a drop out from school who works as construction worker. But Izumi makes a bargaign with him: he will help Sakai to pass the test for college's admittance and Sakai in exchange will have sex with Izumi.
Even if Izumi has never had before a gay relationship, he is very willing to go on with the bargain: it's only sex, isn't it? But when he realizes that maybe he is more involved of what he thought, he chickens out and tries to break with Izumi. But Izumi is not willing to let go. In comparison to other Shiuko Kano's manga I have read, this one is very explicit: it's like, since the relationship started as a pure sex thing, that the drawning needs to be more explicit and less romantic. And also the style is a pretty more "comic" and less "realistic". I like a lot Izumi's looks, and a little less Sakai's. Most of the time Sakai is too extreme, but sometime I can see an almost naivee's looks in him. A manga very explicit which manages to be also funny and lighthearted.
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