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I just saw the trailer for the live action...
can't wait for this

Director Kang: *monotone voice* "oh no. The chairman couldn't come. What. A. Shameeeeee."

First, I've seen less cheese in the dairy aisle at the supermarket. It was ADORABLE cheese, but still cheese.

Second, let's talk about the concept of rape vs ravishment. When the sensei is gang raped and feels dirty and disgusted following it, this is rape. Ravishment is different and more commonly portrayed in yaoi. Ravishment fantasies are very common in Asian culture due to their reserved nature. The idea that the person you love is so overwhelmed with desire for you that they can't control themselves, even in the face of refusal, is very alluring to people who consider self control the epitome of proper conduct. This is why the "victim" often falls madly in love with the "perpetrator". They want to be desired this much, but propriety dictates that they should refuse. Thus, in this case, no doesn't mean no, it means "maybe, depending on how bad you want me".

Finally, this was an adorable manga. Very cute and very funny. The writing is a bit fast and cliche, but it does the job. The main characters (protagonists) are admirable and sweet. Though it involves S&M, it is very mild (more B&D than S&M) and rather cute, actually.

This manga is composed of multiple stories whose central theme is unrequited love within complex love triangles, exploring some of the dark aspects of love and how it can twist (and/or be twisted by) human nature. The main triangle story is about two middle aged college professors (Yashiro and Okuzono) whom have been in love with each other since high school, but unable to confront and admit their feelings honestly to one another, have been playing a twisted “cat and mouse” game, where Okuzono pursues and steals all the people Yashiro gets involved with, and Yashiro in turn, only gets involved with people for the sole purpose of providing Okuzono the opportunity to steal them from him, all with the purpose of maintaining a psychological/emotional connection between the two. The dynamics of their relationship changes when a young detective, Utsugi, comes into the picture. Utsugi met Okuzono when he was younger and fell in love with him but was rejected, and has been carrying with the painful feelings of his unrequited love for 10 years. Through pure chance Utsugi is hired by Yashiro to investigate the affair between his current wife (whom he ends up divorcing) and Okuzono. It doesn’t take long for Utsugi to recognize the twisted nature of Yashiro’s and Okuzono’s relationship, and driven by his own feelings for Okuzono, becomes a new player in their old game, changing the dynamics of their relationship, establishing a complex triangle where all three end up having feelings for each other, where the old game played by Yashiro and Okuzono is replaced by a new one which now includes Utsugi.

At first I was a little thrown off by the age gap between Utsugi and Yashiro/Oksuzono, and was skeptical I would enjoy it or find anything “sexy” about the story; however, I’m glad I pushed on despite my doubts because the emotional complexity of both Yashiro’s and Okuzono’s characters were realistic, interesting and elicited empathy; I couldn’t tear my eyes away and it kept my curiosity engaged as I wanted to desperately know what would happen next and if there would be any type of satisfactory resolution for all three characters. Despite my doubts regarding the age gap, the sexual depictions between young Utsugi and middle aged Yashiro and Okzuzono turned out to be extremely hot as they were gorgeously drawn, especially Okuzono; so for those that might have the same apprehension as I did, I would urge you to put your fears to the side and give the manga a chance as I feel confident you will find it as compelling as I did. The rest of the separate stories vary in their pathos; however, the last story, also about a love triangle, was especially poignant and had me gushing in tears. In conclusion, this unassuming manga turned out to be for me a real surprise and I consider it to be one of those yaoi mangas that transcends its genre. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

I smell something burning. Must be my conscience.

My theory is that the kid ate the gum gum fruit by accident and survived due to his stretchiness

Okay, i'll explain. Shimojou thinks having a honest and normal life is boring and he dont like it. He loves to exploit the dirt and blackmail people and then brand them as low lifes. He hated kuze because he didnt have any dirt to hide, kuze's a honest one. So he find the dirt on kuze's father, bring them down, kuze disappeared and just like that shimojou became the student council president. Also, at rooftop before, Shimojou said "catch me and ill promise to save you from your boring life" and that means catch him and he'll take away kuze from his honest life.

On first chapter he met kuze on the street and brought him home acting like on a play of master and pet (but they both know and recognized each other). When shimojou learned that kuze is a cop (truly a honest life which he defines boring) he purposely leave evidences which will jail him too, he said its a wonderful revenge, and by that, kuze will carry the burden of burying him with his own hands (arresting shimojou with his own hands But kuze teared the evidences related to shimojou and said "i wanna be youre equal" and that means he'll step away from honest life and do something bad (exempting shimojou from the case/jail) after that shimojou retired from his bad life as he said to kuze his final words that he's (so their feelings way back in highschool couldnt be in the same standing because of shimojou's thought of 'not' equal., he is bad, kuze is good, now kuze did something so bad which is not jailing shimojou too/cover shimojou from charges he should receive and then shimojou's heart settled down, he got tired of living badly and he chose to live normal beside kuze)