Oresama Tengoku! Rojiura No Ningyo
Oyasumi Darling
Collection of stories: • Ch. 1 & 6 Oyasumi Darling - Lively 15 years old runaway brat x reluctant detective who has insomnia "You've got guts, trying to make a fool out of a detective!" xD "I was born into this world to help that man sleep peacefully!" haha calm down a little (¯∇¯٥) Sequel: Oyasumi Love Darling • Ch. 2 Love Storm (Koi no Arashi) - High school student Rin who gave up on love x elementary school student Seiya • Ch. 3 Unstoppable - Doctor x secretary (story about Seiya's father - related to the second story) • Ch. 4 I want happiness! - Tatsuya wants to rescue his father who got kidnapped by the Yakuza for someone else's debt, but he'll have to make a trade... • Ch. 5 Snow - Male courtesan, Incest "Every time a snowflake falls on me, it seems to tell me...there's no use waiting" - He already belongs to the young master of a rich family, but every time winter comes, it brings back to prostitute Shiki memories of a forbidden love he tried to forget. Such a touching and sad story, but beautiful! For this I'd give 5 ★! -I didn't like ch 2 & 3-
Renai Shoumei
Collection of stories: ~Ch 1 Renai Shoumei (pp 5-52) - translator x american businessman ~Ch 2 Kiss and Cry (pp 54-97) - actor x manager ~Ch 3 Gokujou no Kiss (pp 100-145) - lovers reunited after 10 years ~Ch 4 Escape (pp 149-181) - teacher x student ~Ch 5 Without you (pp 182-217) - insecurity and problems of a couple that is together for 7 years ~Ch 6 One Million Kisses (pp 221-233) - extra for Kiss and Cry, it's from the point of view of their boss Personally, I liked only the story about the actor and his manager!
Yakudate! Seishun.
Collection of stories: ~Ch 1 Yakudate Seishun - cleaner x novelist ~Ch 2 Sakura Iro - boss x subordinate ~Ch 3 Shisen no Toriko - impotency / childhood trauma / nude modeling ~Ch 4 Anata no Te no Ue - collection agent x guy he's supposed to collect from ~Ch 5 Mujaki ni Wagamama - doctor x snowboarder that broke his leg ~Ch 6 Kimi wa Boku no - extra from chapter one Personally, I liked only chapters 3 & 5
Kimi To Parade
✿✿ Super cute, healing story about a cram school teacher, Hideo, and his student, Tomohisa. » After finding out that his student Tomohisa is going out with Sera, his friend from University, Hideo starts to notice him and, even if he wouldn't lay a hand on his friend's lover, soon he falls in love with him... ➸ That Sera was such a jerk! Going out with a guy out of curiosity just to dump him later! (￣ε(#￣)Σ Poor Tomohisa! At p. 36, I was like: "Noo, don't cry...just let me give you a hug!" (づ￣ ³￣)づ I'm glad sensei was there for him. After all, he was dumped by his lover too, so he was the one who could understand him the most. And so, all the pain was washed away by love! This was so sweet, so warm! (｡^‿^✿) This story gave me the same vibes as "Yamada to Shounen": both are such heartwarming stories! ➤ Other stories with LDR: Doushitemo Furetakunai // Honey Sour Flavor - Ch. 5 Caramel Line // Ame to Kiss // If Dogs Could Also Walk - Ch. 4-5 Mata Natsu ga Kita/Pinpoint Lovers Sequel: Paradise View
Paradise View
✿✿ IMO, the prequel "Kimi to Parade" was already really good, but this emotional sequel is truly a MASTERPIECE! It was so intense: reading this was like a journey full of emotions. I couldn't stop myself, I read it all at once! Sensei gave us a really sweet, fluffy prequel just to crush our hearts later with this sequel: it makes you wish those peaceful days in "Kimi to Parade" would last forever! From the first chapters of "Paradise View", sensei already made my heart ache with uneasy lines such as "I had always thought that our peaceful days would continue forever"/"The same sunset as always, the same road home. But for some reason I felt very lonely. At that time, I still didn't know the reason why. But now, I understand", which made me so anxious. But this story was kinda realistic, so I really appreciated it: I liked how sensei showed us the fluffy, cute side of BL, but also the more serious, realistic one, where things are not always easy and don't always go as one hoped for. Like in the case of Hideo and Tomohisa, who love each other so much, but as they approach the age of 30 they come face-to-face with a harsh reality. It was painful to see how they grew distant and didn't communicate properly. Hideo's traditional family who wanted him to marry surely had a huge part in his uncertainty, but he really was so indecicive and wavered till the end! Even his sister told him: "You probably don't have the same resolve as Akaboshi-san". So, there were times where I hated him and for a moment I even thought that it wouldn't be so bad if Tomohisa ended up with his coworker, Kuzumi. Nevertheless, I really can't help loving this couple! They made me worried, but I'm glad they were able to overcome their problems and reconnect, being stronger than before. It's such a beautiful story, but seriously sensei had to squeeze our hearts till the very end: the extra was so sad!! After all the pain they went through, even fate had to be cruel to them!! ( T ^ T )♡ Prequel: Kimi to Parade
Ashita Shinu
BL Anthology - Tragic stories of those for whom it is decided that they "Will Die Tomorrow" Ch. 1 You Were Smiling by Akane Sora - "I want to hurry up and see you" ( T ^ T )♡ I think the other stories will be really sad too, but this surely was beautiful and so was the art! [SPOILER] He wanted to see his dead lover so badly that he decided to die, he couldn't go on living without him anymore, but if only he could see that he was actually right beside him and wanted to prevent him from dying...ahhh my poor heart!!! Ch. 2 Wakare no Sanka by Akizuki Ichiha - "A creature from a long time ago, whose form, which had been preserved in folk tales, possessed hair like silver thread and near-transparent white skin. On its back, wings that glinted like quartz" Aliyev was very beautiful indeed, with those long hair and wings, but at the beginning I thought "What a beautiful uke!" Haha I was wrong! Anyway, they were cute together. Even if it's a sad ending, in this case I thuoght it was almost sweet...I mean, I felt this wasn't as tragic as the other stories: certainly I feel sad for poor Lutz (p.21 is so heartbreaking), but after 500 years, the time for Aliyev's life to end came, simply as that, not because of some dramatic issues, and what is more, he was happy to spend the last moments of a long, lonely life with his beloved person! P. 19-20 are so meaningful! Pure, beautiful! Ch. 3 Honest Heart by Kai - Master x Android. "Today, I've prepared my lord's clothes, protected the estate from people, and tended to the gardens. Soon, my duty will end. Good night, my lord" - Ahh this really got to me, how the honest android, who tells no lies, always stayed beside his lord till the moment of his death...and even after that, he still continued to carry on the duties his lord trusted him with, till his heart stopped beating! And before that happened, he went to lay down in the garden, right where he buried his lord! This really moved me...it was so melancholic this short story. Ch. 4 Sekai no Owari no Koi no Hajimari by Otono Awo - At the End of the World, a Love Begins: simply beautiful!! I loved this! I loved the setting, the idea the author chose to express the concept of "Will Die Tomorrow"...this was cool and emotional! Thinking about the circumstances in which Michiru met Saiki-san, how could happen that a total stranger helped him in that world...that made Michiru just wish he had met him sooner! "Why did I have to meet you today, of all days? I wish it was a day where there is a tomorrow!". And it's so meaningful what Saiki-san said: "It doesn't matter if tomorrow doesn't exist. Because, we are alive right now. Even if the sky falls on us tomorrow, we have now." Ch. 5 Ochiru/Falling Down by Yuryi - Even if he has to sleep with men or kill someone, Jill would do anything his boss orders him, cause he was saved from his abusive father by him, but he's such a cruel man... [SPOILER] After making use of him, making him do the dirty jobs for him, he orders him to kill himself... "At my final night there's only one thing I want" - omg, please grant him his final wish: he just wants to be embraced by the man he loves, the boss' right hand, William..."It was sweet and lonely, yet I was happy" at least he'll have no regrets! But actually, the seme's reaction surprised me...I didn't expect he'd take his own life! Maybe it was to make things easier for the uke: "Don't worry, you're not alone. I'm sure we'll see each other soon", but I'm glad he loved him back and this was proof that his life would have been meaningless without Jill!! Bittersweet, but beautiful!! Ch. 6 Nido Kureru Honou-bushi by Mayama Rika - Step-brothers that grew up so close to each other, they were always together like real twins, but they can't continue to act like this...After big bro got engaged, little bro has a one-time favor to ask... [SPOILER] Romeo and Juliet kind of story; Plot twist - Little bro failed suicide, woke up to find his bro actually killed himself... Ahhh this hurts, but it's beautiful, cause he knows now what the bro felt when he found him dead...but the big bro at least could have tried to save him, cause he wasn't really dead...if only he made sure of it before taking his life! Ch. 7 Anoxia by Aoi Aki - "The human-eating beast and the man who sated his loneliness for the very first time". How lonely, the life of a man who has to eat human hearts to survive...if we can even call that life! "Until I die, there's still time" - What started as a "convenient deal" became such a tragic, beautiful love! The love between Ray and Julian, an ill man who accidentally saw Ray eating a woman's heart and, despite being afraid at first, was willing to let him eat his heart, because he was going to die soon. But when Ray knew what love is, it was hard for him to take his lover's heart...I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to take the heart of the person you love! And the lawyer asking "Why did you do it?"/"If you loved him, why?"...ahhh man, no one can understand the pain he's going through! "As long as he lives within me, I can't end myself. That'd be like killing him twice. So I have to leave that to others" Ch. 8 Rehearsal by Aruku - "His last request": Tsumugu has cancer and he's going to die tomorrow. Before that happens, his spirit shows up to Masahiko and asks him to rehearse his funeral... It was sad that the next day Tsumugu really died, but his spirit will continue to show up!? ➤ In conclusion, I think that Ashita Shinu is a masterpiece in Anthology category! Imo, the concept is unique and even if the stories are so tragic, they are beautiful at the same time! It's one of the best anthologies I've read so far! The cover, by yoco, is very beautiful too!
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