Reina's manga / #LOVE(1)

This is so nostalgic I first read this when I was 12 and now I’m 32, can you believe it? This is still my number 1 shounen-ai. Still the 1st of its category even after 20 years of reading shounen-ai/Yaoi manga/manhwa. I’ve re-read this one countless time and collect the actual manga after I started working and earn money to order mangas from Japan to support the author lol It’s so unique and heart-warming. Plot and characters have so much depth and growth. These qualities are hard to find nowadays among all the prevalent BL manga/manhwa (tho I read and enjoy all type of BL stories, with actual plot or no-plot and just Y-porn lol). I love every character whether bad or good, whether main or small side characters, they are written very well. *Contain spoiler a bit about the ending* Though some people might feel dissatisfied towards the ending and want to see the main couple be more loving and clear about their relationship, let me tell you this, imo this is the best ending. It’s a slow romance, and I honestly appreciate Takara and Kiyomine’s relationship towards each other. They don’t have to fit within boys’ love trope or explicitly shown that they are a “couple”/in love romantically, but at the the end you can see they will keep being together. They begin with their own character flaws and being together impact each other’s growth. They are like jigsaws that fits and fulfill each other. I feel like this is even a stronger bond than if the author had chosen to write a typical BL relationship or show them being boyfriends/couple. At the end, you will see that actually they can’t be without each other at all ＾＾<3 The art is superrrrrrr pretty towards the latter volume. Takara-Chan is the best! (о´∀`о)<333 If you’re looking for “Yaoi” material, like a fast-pace story, or want to read an obvious ‘BL romance’, probably should go to other stories. But I totally recommend give this one a try if you are looking for a very good and well-written plot with depth, a good heart-warming love story with very well-written characters’ growth. And again, the art in the beginning might not be as well (it’s first written in the 1990s, can you believe it?!) But in latter volumes the art is super pretty! Abe Miyuki sensei will always be my favorite and respected mangaka.