Freefall Romance (Yaoi) (Paperback)

~ Hyouta Fujiyama (Author, Artist)

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Product Description

Reni and Youichi were nothing more than drinking buddies. But when a night of imbibing goes a little too far, they find themselves drinking buddies with "benefits!" What begins as a drunken lark soon becomes a passionate affair. But Renji and Youichi aren't really gay... or are they?

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569708037
• ISBN-13: 978-1569708033
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #131,179 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A believable romance. This mangaka explores her guys' feelings so well., September 30, 2007

By	R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Tsutsumi works for a public relations company and Nanase a beer company. They have known each other for a year. They are so called business partners as they have been appointed by their firms to work on projects together and are also drinking buddies.

One night Nanase has a bit too much to drink while mopping over his younger brother who has found a male lover while attending an all boys high school, whose majority students are gays. Nanase of course attended the same school years ago. The difference is that he managed to avoid all the advances and attention. Their relationship changes on that very night when Tsutsumi finds a drunken Nanase most sexy and alluring. Thereon their story is engaging, heartwarming, credible, bittersweet and amusing as Tsutsumi tries his best to convince Nanase of his love.

Both Tsutsumi and Nanase are appealing and believable characters. They are your ordinary Joes who have their worlds turn upside down when they realize their attraction towards the other. While the confident and cool Tsutsumi readily accepts his "out-of-the closet" status, it is not so easy for Nanase who is stiff and unyielding on certain principles long entrenched.

This mangaka's story telling skill is remarkable and I find myself reading most of the scenes again. Their "feeling each other out" in the men's toilet in a park and their one night rendezvous in a hotel room are sexy yet bitter sweet. Finally Nanase yielding to Tsutsume is as romantic as we wish in our Yaoi.

This gay romance is realistically potrayed. I like this mangaka's artwork and her guys with their tall and more manly physique. This is my 3rd Yaoi from this mangaka and I have not been disappointed so far.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Finishes Weak, October 21, 2007

By	T. Bailey "Butterflygirl" (The Edge of this World) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked this up just yesterday from Waldenbooks and I would have to say that I'm sort of disappointed.

The story starts out strong, two guys, one's sort of a homophobe and the other is pretty confident in himself and is ok with coming out of the closet. There was so much that could be done with this, but instead the story feels chaotic (sort of like the situation, but the reader should feel that the characters have to deal with chaos, not themselves) and tense and the release from the tension isn't a release at all. It's more like "OK, you can have me now."

To add to all of this, the yaoi isn't even all that good. Sure the very first time they get close, it's pretty nice, but after that it seems almost repetitive, reaching and almost getting, but missing the target in the very end. Once the target has finally been hit, the reader finds himself still holding his breath, waiting for the action before realizing that that WAS the action. Over all, it could have been so much better. Be warned, if you are looking for a mind blowing yaoi funfest, this is not the place to look. If you are looking for some moderately softcore yaoi with a simple plot and doesn't require much thought, then this might be for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars Supporting an amazing mangaka, September 26, 2009

By	C. Liburd "Setsuna" (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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As an avid anime/manga fan, I've downloaded a lot of fan-subbed and fan-translated pieces and fell in love with Freefall Romance long before it was ever translated and published over here so I was more than happy to purchase a legal copy the moment I discovered they were available. The amazing thing about this manga is that it's so believable- it's not all sparkles and shojou conventions, their problems and misunderstandings and foibles are normal; real. It's an average, every day romance told in a very charming, refreshing way. I recommend it to everyone.