I read this a couple years back when it wasn't completed, and I just saw that it was done. You wouldn't believe how relieved I am. I do love my smut (lols I'm a full-fledged, hardcore fujoshi now), but I still remembered how dramatic this got. One thing I can't stomach too well is dramatic shoujo. I usually just get sick of the horrible things that happen to the heroine...so now I'm happy after reading the happy last chapter.
If this was by a more experienced artist, the excecution would have been much better and the story easier to follow. So far, these two stories are not laid out well enough at the beginning of the chapters to actually make me invested in the characters.
Smut and yaoi combo is great and all, but there are so many artists who can execute a perfect balance between the two. This one needs more experience.
Ahem...such as the artists Sakira, Zariya, and Psyche Delico.
IMO the art is pretty enough. But more than being an artist, I think the mangaka should polish her writing skills, or perhaps get someone to write for her i guess...
Not as bad as some, but this still makes girls look like whiny, thirsty bitches who don't care about anything but getting/marrying a handsome, rich guy and think they can get away with anything.
Seriously, seeing this was set in an all-girls school, the girls would be used to NOT being boy-crazy and flirty and all that. With the setting so full of girls, I felt this had promise to contain at least a few fleshed-out, strong female supporting characters! Not all girls are hunting for their future husband that will be the bread-winner as they stay home!
We girls normally are not like that, normally is only a few... but still in almost all mangas types except Shounen, som Yuri and Seinen women are seeing like that... specially in Yaoi and Shougo... but you will see that almost all mangas (not all) that show schoolgirls like that are mangas done by women...
A friend from Japan told me that the only real thing is how they are trying to find a future husband (less now than before) and is because in their culture if they don't marry young people will say they failed in their life... is easier for a divorced woman or a widow to marry in certain age that a single woman...
Eh I go to an all girls boarding school ahem*nunnery*ahem and basically most of us act like that. Either that or we’re emo ╮(￣▽￣)╭. I belong to the latter tbh
Well, in general, I love Kodaka Kazuma. (Her "Sex Therapist" was my first BL...yeah, I started pretty hardcore.) However, her dj's are always so good, smutty, and cute! I'm really happy she made/makes so many Tiger & Bunny dj's (even just the fact that she likes T&B), because it was the anime that got me to watch anime seriously! I wish more people knew about and enjoyed Tiger & Bunny!
lol Kouen reminds me of Rukia's older brother (Byakuya, was it?) from "Bleach." Seriously. Especially in the last 10 pages. XD
Lol it's so funny how it says "continue" on the bottom of the last page. Like she's telling us to keep reading or maybe telling them to keep doin' it.ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
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Even though I love BL to death, the portrayal of females/women in BL is overwhelmingly annoying and horrible. I don't know why the (mostly) female artists would consistently depict women as being trashy, shallow playthings of men and gossipy jerks. Yes, some people like that are out there, but A LOT MORE PEOPLE AREN'T LIKE THAT! In my life, I haven't met a single girl/woman who is like how women are in BL.
However, I feel like this isn't only limited to BL (which is focused on MEN anyways...), but I haveseen a lot of this superficial image of women in shoujo, shonen, seinen, and josei. Yes, all genres. I think this is wy I won't read shoujo anymore. Too many girls and too many bitches.
Not saying that all portrayals of women are like this, just that the overwhelming majority things this is how women in manga/anime should be.
Took the words right out of my mouth, my brother/sister （￣へ￣）
I know what you mean, it's as if they think the women need to be annoying, evil, and/or ugly to explain why two men end up together.
Yuck!
Luckily, there are some exceptions...
Have you read anything by Scarlet Beriko?
She includes some awesome women in her stories, which really enhances the stories.
lol
I've only really noticed the sister in Jackass! I can't remember there being women in Minori no Te+sequel.
Oh-definitely agree. Even some of the more "positive" sterotypes, are pretty shallow and not very flattering. The typical shoujo MC is big-eyed, teary, innocent, naive, with all the backbone of a wet noodle. And the typical "stronger" female usually means her being either just cold and unemotional, or worse, over emotional as in hitting and taking offense over the least little thing.
When women are just bit characters they're either just portayed as mindlessly flocking around popular males, and saying cruel and judgemental things about who is worthy of being with whom.
One of the manga I really like that has strong female characters is 10 Dance (which just updated today on myreadingmanga.info btw)!
Papa's Assassin also has some great characters in it, but for some reason, even though they have great personalities, they are kind of unattractive.
It's a weird phenomenon that some artists, for example Tom of Finland, consistently draw one sex far better than the other.
In most cases I don't think it's intentional; it just seems to be the way they work.
Even though I know some people won't like the fact that it's the same old uke-gets-lured-in-by-money plot, I really liked this one!
Even though the uke was tossed around in the first chapter, he was strong and his own person by not letting the seme get to him. Although he does fall in love quickly, who wouldn't? The owner's friggin' hot. I love how the uke has teases the owner just as much as he's pulled around by him.
They both know that their work is business and a way to get what they want, so they're going at it with all they can. The uke isn't some weak bitch who gets used and played by the seme without resistance; he know how to play as welll. I think these two are a great match and a very nosebleed-inducing pair!
the only thing that made this yaoi bearable is as you said, the fact that the uke is strong. I usually stop reading these kinda stories from the moment the uke turns into a horny sl*t and chases after the seme and loses his pride and dignity. He surprisingly didn't follow the usual pattern and for that I actually like him. I hate the seme though. I rarely hate characters as much as him.
Does the fact that the uke has a good character make this manga enjoyable ? no, not at all it was a horrible experience for me but the uke's attitude made me read it until the very disappointing end.
Yes! I completely agree!