tsukineko's manga / #rape -> love(7)

3.5 stars. Well I rather enjoyed those. They were pretty varied, and I wanted to read more of all of them.

1. Te wo Tsunaide Sora wo http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/te_wo_tsunaide_sora_wo/ → 2. Amayakana Toge (sequel) http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/amayakana_toge/ → 3. Aisanai Otoko (spinoff) http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/aisanai_otoko/ → 4. Vanilla Star (spinoff) http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/vanilla_star/ - See more at: http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/te_wo_tsunaide_sora_wo/#sthash.nvcb9iMF.dpuf → 5. Make Me Happy

Lol what a steaming pile of crap! The only VAGUELY decent thing was the art.

I'm gonna read this to see what all the fuss is about... I'm guessing I'll think it's trash. So far I've steered well clear of this mangaka's work, as most of it seems to be either actual shota or feels like shota, (due to a baby-faced uke and much older seme), but I'm going to read at least one, (non shota), manga of this mangaka, because I don't want to be close-minded...

Ignore the 'ongoing' tag - It's finished but there are some FAKE raws afterwards, (apparently).

I feel the need to read this, to see which side of the comments section I'm in agreement with lol. Apparently, this is quite realistic, (apart from the rape survivor falling in love with their rapist thing). It's apparently different from other manga that use the same trope, though, in that the rapist makes a sincere, thorough and continuous attempt to apologise and redeem himself. And when I say continuous, I mean that he does so for 10 chapters straight, right until the end of the manga. I think that's pretty much unheard of in yaoi, so at the very least that's a plus point (or maybe a star?) from me. Note: From some of their other works, I know that this mangaka can do bittersweet realism well, so I'm hoping that this'll be more of the same...