RoseMary's manga / #Reversible Couple(26)

High-school Student (17) x Older Sister's friend|Novelist (24) One of my old favourites. I think it's one of the best BL from the 90s. Probably many works took inspiration from this later on, especially in regard to age-gap theme, so it's a story to read! To be honest, I don't like psycho ex-lovers still hanging around in an obsessive, stalkery way, trying to take back the person even with force, rape etc., so the whole drama with Ren's ex-lover Hirose was not exactly my type of thing. But overall the story was really good and engaging! Also, I'm weak when it comes to age gap / youth x adult, cohabitating due to certain circumstances and such, so I really enjoyed the interaction and the development of the relationship between Ren and Jouji! In the end, I was so glad to see them looking happy together! > Note: The title "Yume no Kodomo" is actually the title of one of the novels written by Ren. And that novel is Youji's favourite, but at the beginning he doesn't know that his favourite (female) author is actually Ren, whom he hates at first...Ahhh such fate!! > Vol. 2 ch. 4 - First Kiss. > Vol. 3 ch. 3 - They kiss again. > Vol. 4 ch. 6 - Drunk Ren gets more intimate with Youji till giving him a blowjob. > Vol. 5 ch. 2 - Getting intimate again without being drunk. > Vol. 5 ch. 5 - They do it for the first time together. > Vol. 6 ch. 4 - Youji topping for the first time. # Straight Uke x Bisexual Seme (Uke in previous relationship) // Seke // Reversible Couple // Love Confession // Slow Romance // Unexpected Feelings // Unrequited Love Becomes Requited Side Story: Tsuioku no Shounen (not scanlated) - mangaupdates.com / series.html?id=11528

Ch. 1-2 Yatte Yaru, Konya! - Incest // Cousins // Reunion // Revenge Ch. 3 First Step - Dancing // Theater // Stage Actors // Older Seme - [[Also published in Hisuiiro no Kaze, ch. 4. There there's also the story in ch. 5 called "Love Song" that is inter-linked to and set after the events of "First Step" and it's focused on the established adult couple of Saeki and Yoshiki.]] > 1 Volume (Complete) - Dropped...

1 Volume (Complete) - It seems the story "Rub in Love" is actually completed with part 01 and part 02, as raw also stop there! If there was more, they were probably independent oneshots included in the volume...as we can see from the contents page, there were supposed to be included the stories "Jellyfish" and "0 Nothing", but even in raw they're not available...

"It was dark, but they had nothing to fear. For they found heaven, even in darkness." Well-crafted and unique! - Apart from the great music opening scene that I loved, the whole plot is so interesting, and with that thrilling vibe one can't help being engrossed into the story! The writing style is great: the non-linear story telling was so well-executed and some parallelisms between some present and past moments were truly brilliant! It's heavy indeed, but beautiful. An intense and rewarding reading! > Personally, what I loved the most is when we see through flashback (from ch. 7) how their relationship began when they were kids! Because at the story's present moment they already broke up and the band disbanded and Simon is soloist; then in flashback of the dark heaven days we see they were in a relationship, but that relationship started way before as kids. I love it in BL when we see the progression of the characters together with the development of their relationship from kids to adults! Above all, I was looking forward so much to their reunion! • Ch. 25-26 - Reunion after half a year from their break-up! Then the story goes back again and we're back at their reunion time in ch. 45. >> Ahhh my poor boys, how many hardships they had to go through!! But their love was so pure and it moved me deeply! I loved how they knew each other so well, understood each other completely and were simply each other's everything...they were really as one! Such a moving unconditional and equal love, with such a deep understanding and irresistible chemistry! In fact, I appreciated how they both took and give to each other so much in all senses, and about this I also liked how the author made them a reversible couple, a charismatic power couple at that, being truly equal in everything in their relationship. >> One of my favourite moments is the one of their long-awaited reunion, when Conor went to Simon's apartment and waited for him and then Simon arrived and saw Conor asleep: that was so sweet and emotional! Then, in general, I liked all the moments where they were taking care of each other and simply being there for each other, like when Conor would hug Simon and comfort him and viceversa. And of course I loved the ending, with my boys finally married and happy together! And going back to play again on stage together as well...the future they always dreamt for is finally here in their hands! Such a beautiful happy ending! [The author said Simon's voice should be kinda like that from Sick Puppies' vocalist!] [While the story presents a sort of american / european ambient, it's not set in any real, specific country but in a fictitious place called Van Tescosa] # Traumatic Past, Unconditional Love, Violence, Racism, Homophobia, Discrimination, Dark Ambience, Drugs, Bullying, Americanish|Europeanish Ambient, Childhood Love, First Love, First Kiss, Breakup, Ex-Couple Back Together, Adult Couple, Flashbacks, Music Band, Mutual Pining, Non-Linear Storytelling, Past Plays a Big Role, Interracial Couple, Framed, Trial, Marriage Proposal, Gay Marriage, My favourite Duo|Couple Spin-off: Guardians of the Lamb - Gale, Simon's step-brother from Dark Heaven, is a character of this story.