Literal God's manga / #shounen ai(5)

Ah one of my favorites. Beautiful and sweet. Feels like a shounen-ai but with sex. If you're a romantic reader, this one is a must.

I finished reading this manga through the Facebook translations and have to say, the story stayed interesting throughout. The ending gave me what I needed although I'm a little sad for Ren's dad. I do wish Sensei provided another chapter or two just to settle the story more firmly but overall it's a read I thoroughly enjoyed.

It's disappointing to see that such a wonderful mangaka, given the opportunity to release a gaiden, didn't take the opportunity to show Rakan and Chigusa's relationship in a more blatant manner. Instead, we barely see Rakan and Chigusa. The ending of the original manga disappointed me as it pulled a CLAMP move of affirming feelings in a vague enough way to keep the homophobes happy. This always cheapens the relationships of the clearly canon pairings. While we know that they ended up together romantically, purely because of how Chigusa treated Rakan in private and how Rakan responded, seeing it affirmed is crucial. A fairytale romance should at least have a kiss. I would think the mangaka just doesn't know how to draw kisses (or sex scenes), but that is clearly not the case. The art of Silver Diamond is second to none. Sugiura-sensei, please at least make a doujinshi for the pairing! If I had that to add to the original, then it would at least cap off the story for me. Silver Diamond was my #1 favourite shounen-ai before the ending turned out to be so wishy-washy.