This art style is so lovely. It's exactly my taste. The characters are also beautiful. Honestly, I don't mind if there's no yaoi (though I secretly wish there was, considering how attractive these two are and how shy the uke is). I refuse to read the raws, I want to enjoy it translated. Alas, I must wait. :')
I liked the concept of this manga, but the manga artist milked it for so long that she's no longer motivated to try to put out chapters. Or at least, she's ignoring it a bit and focusing on other manga. This manga is already 10 volumes long and the production is super slow. Wouldn't it be wiser to begin closing it up?
Seriously, ten volumes, and they're still behaving the way they did in the end of volume 1 and volume 2 (forgive me with not writing their names- I came back to this manga for the first time in years thinking it would have ended by now and I wanted to see how things worked out). Even with the uke the way he is, I blame the lack of character development due to the manga author. And the seme's attitude can be really offputting. I like that the seme doesn't put up with the uke's attitude, and accepts him for who he is, but at the same time, his personality gets a bit overbearing and like others have said, he has a bit of a sh*tty entitlement about him. No matter how much you love someone, it's never ok to push them to a point that they are clearly not ok with. I understand in the uke's case, you have to push him a bit to make him realize his true feelings. But a lot of what hapens just doesn't sit too well with me. And the uke has obviously developed feelings, and expressed that he'd be troubled if the seme wasn't near, yet he still acts as if the two don't have some type of relationship. But again- where's the character development!? I know people can't easily change, but it just feels like every volume is back to the same routine.
*sigh* same,, sadly tese facts are all true,, I really wish the author would just finish this series up and give our protagonists the happy ending that they both deserve
nope, keep this manga going onnn... ok maybe like 4 more volumes and I'm fine... XDDD i REALLY love this manga like... i've re-read it 10 times already.... that's how badly i want a new chapter...
Same ┗( T﹏T )┛ and all I want is for it to have a good and love filled last few volumes... I dont wamt to die before this series finishes
My thoughts exactly, word. Although I would be sad to see it end, especially since it's the most fluffy and light Yaoi I've ever read, with my most memorable and loved characters ( also because Morinaga is a Cancer, just like moi :D), I wish the story would just pick up already, flesh out the characters and have it end in bliss. Either way, it was my first Yaoi love and it shall forever remain in my heart (▰˘◡˘▰) . Thanks for the great comment «3
but on the bright side a new chapter is coming out this April 7th!! and from there on the series will finally continue YAYY!!!
I was troubled at first, because I didn't know what Yashiro meant. When Doumeki told him that he would never break him, and Yashiro thought to himself "That's not what I meant. But if that's the case, I want him to make my body cry out in pain instead. Just as it had so many times before. Treat me the way they've always treated me."
It made me wonder if Yashiro actually didn't want to have sex because then Doumeki would be like the rest. But I don't think that was the meaning of what he said. It troubled me for a while, but then I thought it over and re-read the chapter a few times.
When he said, "Don't break me." I think he meant to say it as 'don't treat me gently or I'll break.' He's scared of Doumeki treating him gently because then he has to remember and confront his past. He has to admit he never liked the pain. It was his only coping mechanism for when he was being sexually abused by his step father. He tricked himself into thinking he liked pain so he could run away from the reality. He had people treat him crueler as time went on, so that he could fully believe he liked the pain. By being treated roughly, it kept him from gaining feelings for people.
I honestly don't know what to feel right now. So many possibilities are running through my mind. But the one road it keeps going down is the fact that people can't just suddenly change who they are. Even if Yashiro eventually fully reflects and accepts his past abuse (which he seems to have at the end of chapter 25) and the fact that he doesn't need pain, he's very head strong and set in his ways. The only way for Yashiro and Doumeki to truly be together would either be Yashiro quitting the yakuza, or Doumeki joining the yakuza. Yashiro already mentioned Doumeki hadn't drank sake as equals with them yet, and could quit and go lead a normal life ( he also admitted how scared he was of what losing Doumeki would do to him). But Doumeki is loyal and loves Yashiro, and would protect him at all costs as his right hand.
I think Yashiro will stay with the yakuza. It's clear he doesn't want Doumeki to stay. And it's clear Doumeki will try to stay no matter what. I feel like it's foreshadowing some bad event in the future. Yashiro believes his life is set on a certain path, and nothing can deter him from it. But at the same time, Doumeki is very head strong himself and would literally die for Yashiro. How could something not go wrong when both are set in their ways? Especially when it's so dangerous at the moment.
I've been waiting for translations of this manga throughout 6-7 years.
I'm so angry at the way this turned out that I want to cry.
I wanted to like this manga, but there are a lot of things that just settle with my sense of morals. I also feel like any character development went out the window.
It had so much potential. I really really loved the art (though sometimes, all the characters looked too similair and the ukes a bit too feminine). I thought everything looked beautiful. I've read Boy Princess by this artist, and thought that it might follow the lines of that. Even in that manga, it had things that were cruel. But this manga just... where's the love? The compassion? Most of the time, it doesn't even make sense.
But I feel cheated.
This manga just.. it just feels terrible. Am I right in thinking this was? Am I too firm a believer in true love? I'm not sure anymore. I feel so sad.
I bought the first volume of this manga years ago because of the beautiful art. And the story twinged at my heart.
But now, after reading everything, I feel like I was wrong to have thought everything would be ok. It's just very sad.
I heard that, like Under the Glass Moon, the original korean publisher had a financial crisis & mass-cancelled several series. I would hope that, like CLAMP with Legal Drug, she would find a new publisher & continue the series under a new title.
I can't... I can't...
Reading chapter 24 was like a huge wave of release washed over. I looked at 10 pages of chapter 24 of the raws months ago, but it DOES NOT beat the feelings I just had while being able to read it. To see Doumeki gently pushing Yashiro, but not to the point of making him feel traumatized, makes me want to cry. To treat him so gently, to treat him the way he deserved, and seeing how terrified Yashiro is of it breaks me. I love how the manga artist drew the story, so that Yashiro comes first before Doumeki's lust. He truly does love him. It was honestly such a turn on, not just because the scenes were sexual, but because of the strong emotion, the strong need, and how you know Yashiro needs this to happen for him. And for Yashiro to be honest, to gently touch Doumeki and take back he said earlier to upset him, to tell him he was pure. Both of them deserve love and to be treated gently and be comforted.
So many emotions. I've been waiting so long for this.
Ch. 24, pg 21. I literally began to sob when Doumeki kissed Yashiro so sweetly.
I'm so scared of what's to happen. I don't want Doumeki to lose Yashiro. And I don't want Yashiro to run away or get hurt. But there's also this deep, dark brooding feeling coming over me. It's still so dangerous for Yashiro right now. They've both been through so much, I just want them to be together.
To add on-
Sexual abuse is something that's hard to get away from. It's hard to get over, no matter how long has passed.
It robs people of their bodies, their minds, their souls. It robs their trust, it hurts their relationships, it could ruin you as a person to the point where you don't even feel like a person anymore.
This manga artist has shown us two ways sexual abuse can take a person. Down a road of hypersexuality like Yashiro, or down a road like Doumeki's sister. And we also got a perspective from Doumeki, someone who feels like it's their fault for finding out about someone close to him being sexually abused by his own father. To be so scared of turning out like him that he becomes impotent.
I just want to say that I appreciate this manga artist. For showing a side of sexual abuse that isn't touched upon much. I looked at the raws for chapter 25 and it left me sobbing. I just can't stop thinking back to Yashiro as a child. And how long it took for him to finally possibly be saved from a past that's haunted him his whole life. I'm scared on what will happen next. He deserves happiness.
Sex isn't something to be afraid of. It isn't something to be ashamed of. It shouldn't be something that's used against you. So when someone robs you of your innocence, it's hard to come back from. But you can make it through. No matter how long it takes, there's still hope of overcoming such a dark thing.
I wanted the mushroom haired guy to end up with his classmate.
But other than that, this manga was an emotional roller coaster. I enjoyed it.
This was the fastest manga I've ever read lol The story was cute, and the men were cute with sweet personalities. But I wish it was more slow paced. Ahhhhh