tsukineko's manga / #sadistic seme(23)

This is the beginning of the story of Subaru and Shuishirou from X/1999. Read X/1999 afterwards.

After this, read the dj by the same mangaka.

This looks both hilarious and hot. So... looking forward to it!

Prequel to 'Don't Rush Love'.

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.

3.75 stars. Beautiful scene near the end, with the seme gazing adoringly at his [beautiful] uke, who is admiring the [beautiful] snow. All the characters are gorgeous, and the art is pretty. In particular, the facial expressions are well drawn. The story, though not especially original, is a nice one - sweet & hot. Everyone loves the idea of taming a bad boy, right? The characters are well written/drawn, especially hot af Takanari, whose dominance is palpable - one look/word/gesture from him suffices.