RoseMary's manga / #20th Century(185)

6 Volumes (Complete|Discontinued) - Sadly dropped...and discontinued by the mangaka anyway... > Too bad, I was really liking it, but even from seeing all the complete raws it seemed to me incomplete / axed indeed, both in terms of story and characters' relationship...apart from when one gave water to the other with his mouth, they didn't kiss yet... Still a fav anyway! > RAW: 77mh.com / colist_232928.html

Well, to be honest, I didn’t care about the main character|Kazuya’s first love for his brother’s wife or his actual first romance that developed later with that Igarashi girl. Based on my tastes, for this kind of story, I’d have preferred if this was a bromance|BL subtext series. In fact, I really liked Kazuya and Shun together. And I especially really liked Shinobu and Mitsuru together. I’d love to read a BL story with two protagonists like them, so I really hoped there would be some BL subtext in their relationship, but sadly it wasn’t like that. Also, there’s actually a couple of guys, Fujikake and Watanabe, staying in the dorm that are roommates and are secretly in a gay relationship together, but they are briefly seen only in a very few scenes. That’s a pity! Because from the little appearances they had, it seemed to me they were both very likeable characters and they seemed such a cute couple! So, if the author showed us their relationship, it would have been a very good BL subplot. Anyway, I still liked the story, because it was funny. But there was a lot of extra random stuff and some chapters with supernatural elements such ghosts and such which I didn't care about. So, yeah, it's not bad, but it didn't involve me much, let's say. Adapted to OVA and JDrama

4 Volumes (Complete) - RAW: m.manhuagui.com / comic / 14346 /

Mixed feelings about this story... I liked it for two reasons. Firstly, because it's an old manga, so I liked the whole old atmosphere, and, secondly, because it's a family affair story. And that's why I added this to my old-style romance and family affair lists. But I'll say that it was also a frustrating story for two other reasons. Well, first of all, as an avid BL reader, if I see a guy kissing another guy (and more than once at that!), I tend to automatically ship them, so the whole situation of Aoi and Sumire all along the story was frustrating for me, BUT, and from this I'll come then to the second reason, I actually found mysef liking Aoi and Yuri together so much, also because I didn't like Sumire much in the first place, so I was rooting for Aoi and Yuri instead! [Spoiler] But sadly they didn't end up together. I mean, no surprise there really, because they went for the obvious predictable course. It was obvious she would end up with Sumire...but I really liked Aoi and Yuri's interaction and moments all along the story, so I strongly hoped that they would end up together somehow! I don't care if they are half-siblings since it's a manga. I really think it would have been a more interesting outcome, if they ended up together. So, I can't really hide my disappointment about this. Anyway, having said all that, overall it's a good oldie, although I'm clearly not a fan of the couple... Adapted to Taiwanese Drama "The Rose" (2003)

1 Volume (Complete) - Dropped...

> Note: chapters 1 and 5 don't belong to this story.

3 Volumes (Complete) - Hope to read the rest! Prequel: Yasashii Kankei > This is the story of Tamura, Naoya's former co-worker from Yasashii Kankei. > Too bad all the intimate scenes are cut off (I mean, they’re only implicit)! But I really like this story!

6 Volumes (On hiatus)