tsukineko's manga / #biting/hickeys(5)

The main couple are so adorbs! I often find cutesy uke annoying, but not Rintarou: he perfectly complements Kaede, and the 2 so obviously cherish each other. Kaede is just yum! - a sexy, slightly sadistic seme, who adores his uke to an excessive extent! I found the other stories too short for any real character development, and they just got in the way of the main story imho. Although very well drawn and thoroughly enjoyable to read, I found this manga rather cliché and predictable. It was also unfortunate that I read this straight after 'Ten Count', which is truly excellent and is one of the rare manga that I unreservedly rate 5 whole stars. 'Katekyo' is just not in the same league imho, thus the 4 stars. Read also 'Koitomo!?', a spin-off about one of the other featured couples.

Sequel to Bi no Isu and Kobi no Kyoujin. 4.5 stars for the whole series, but maybe just 4 stars for this part, as although it was lovely to see Kabu being so sweet with Nirasawa, I needed to see some more s&m between them. That said, I really love this manga series - it's one of my favourites! I'm so sad that it's over! It has great art, a great plot, great characters, great smut, great everything! Gokurousama deshita Sensei. Arigatou gozaimashita! OK now I'm going to reread the whole thing again, in one go this time...

3.5 stars. Nothing Earth shattering, but good, solid light entertainment. Fave points: the beautiful art; grey-haired bitch's outfits; the smut, (although the BDSM was, sadly, only extremely light). I also like that the need for consent was emphasized throughout.

Apparently, chapters 2 + 3 of this are similar to Ike Reibun's 'Not Equal'. If that's the case, I must read this!