RoseMary's manga / #Piercing(84)

Collection of two stories: • Ch. 1-3 I don't know my brother / I have a love relationship with my brother - Sui's beloved step-brother Shinichirou, who moved out when he started college, returned home after a little more than a year, but now his appearance is different from before: yakuza-like, dyed hair, ear piercings and even a tattoo!? Also, about a year ago, he dropped out from college. To sum it up, he looks like a different person! >> Wah~ We have pure and genuine feelings here! I really liked the beginning, how they interacted right after their reunion and the pleasant, slow pace of the story. But, regarding the plot, I think at first it started good, but then it went downhill and became kinda random and not really interesting, especially in the third chapter with that new friend from school coming into the picture out of nowhere. Overall it was still a nice and enjoyable step-brothers story to read, but, while it was cute, it was also kinda bland. Also, it felt more like shounen ai than yaoi. Anyway, siblings' reunions always leave me with positive feelings: they can be cool, touching etc. In this case, it was so sweet and heartwarming~ [Spoiler / Note for me] The big bro wanted to be a cop but, being color blind, he had to give up his dream and, to remind himself that it was really impossible, he even got a tattoo. • Ch. 4-5 The novelist's love is troublesome / The novelist's boyfriend is troublesome - Novelist // Gay Uke // Friends become Lovers // Adult Couple // Straight Seme (First time with a guy)

️I admit that I love stories with a middle-school student in love with an older guy, so at the beginning I kinda hoped that would be the case, but here it seems it's a reunion adult love between the older brother and his ex-lover saw from the point of view of the younger brother. Well, it's interesting anyway and maybe this third party's pov actually makes the story somehow unique. Just like the atypical art style: I really love it and the vibe it gives to the story!️

It's so rare to find a long good series like this nowadays, especially about music / with music band! And with anime (and live-action) adaptation to boot! I think there haven't been any since the "Gravitation" days! Anyway, apart from my weakness for stories with music bands, I really love all the characters / couples! It's actually a sad and dramatic story for some aspects, but it's an interesting and emotional reading! Definitely a BL masterpiece! • 1st couple: Ritsuka and Mafuyu (high-school students, different classes // Mafuyu's lover / childhood friend Yuki, who was in a band with Hiiragi and Shizu, committed suicide and he's left with only his guitar // Now in high school Mafuyu asks Ritsuka to teach him to play the guitar and then he becomes the vocalist of the band "The Seasons", whose name will be changed to "Given", in reference to the guitar that was given to Mafuyu that felt like a curse but became a new beginning) • 2nd couple: Haruki and Akihito (Uni students // Older Uke // Akihito is currently freeloading at the apartment of his ex-lover, violin prodigy, Ugetsu) • 3rd couple: Hiiragi and Shizu (childhood friends of Mafuyu and Yuki // Ex-bandmates of Yuki and now still in a band together) Adapted to Anime, Anime movie, OVA and JDrama.

.୧୨. I could go on forever talking about Nana, about all the things I loved and all the feels it gave me, but I'll just say that it's one of my all time favs and it was really love at first sight for me! Since my first contact with it, I loved everything...the plot, the characters together with their style, circumstances and emotions, the music scene...EVERYTHING! Seriously, it's like a drug for me, every now and then I feel the necessity to re-read the manga and watch the anime again! Nana is a MASTERPIECE for me and it will always have a special place in my heart, and that's why, being so precious to me, it's actually painful that it's been on hiatus for years already! ╥﹏╥ 21 Volumes (Hiatus) Anime + Live-action

Intriguing start...just how I like it! Sadly, it's available only the first ch., which is only the prologue to the whole story. Anyway, the story seems interesting and the art is good. And I especially like the characters. I really hope it'll be picked up again! 6 Volumes (Complete)