RoseMary's manga / #Tragic Past(59)

13 Volumes (Hiatus)

Model x Model ➤ Adapted from Ai o Chodai! (Josei) - Story of Mie's childhood friend and ex-housekeeper, Hatta Shuuji, who was scouted on the streets to become a model. Since he's a soothing guy who takes care of people around him, he's now asked by the agency to take care of the problematic but hot model Haru, who has a very bad attitude but actually seems to be dealing with some tragic, past issues... After reading "Give me Love!", I was so excited about this spin-off, which is a BL and I think that's really cool for people who love both genres, but for now only three chapters are available┗( T﹏T )┛ Anyways, I love this story!! 3 Volumes (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_207470.html

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.

• Ch. 1-5, 7 Ohisama no Tamago - School Life // Club for UFOers • Ch. 6 Kimi no Tonari ni|By your Side - I really liked this oneshot, 4 stars. 1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_197857.html

️A masterpiece! A well-written emotional rollercoaster! I was so absorbed while reading and I was truly touched...a beautiful story! It's a timeless fave of mine. Re-reading this, it makes me feel so nostalgic because it takes me back the those good old times when BL like this were written! There's no way around it, the stories back then had that something which can't be found in today's BL anymore! The drama in old BL was so good, as well as the characterization and the art style. Not to mention the feelings conveyed in them! Man, the emotions were so intense and turbulent...I really loved all this! And this story is a great example of those things! It also has an exquisite slow pace, which was so right for this story and gave way to a great building up, both emotional and plot-wise, which lets the reader get to care for the characters and get attached to the story, feeling their own feelings and wanting to read till the end, accompanying them, just to see them happy! It's really one of the best shounen ai and old manga! To me, this is really a precious unforgettable story! >>> Vol. 3, ch. 5 "Memory" gave even more value to Robert and Georges' relationship, which felt truly precious and special, because Robert actually had met Georges before Grace once when they were children, right when Robert's mother died. During that brief chance encounter, Robert was struck by the purity of the boy and the kindness he showed him. It was something he had never known, so he was struck by it to the point of being even scared by it. But he thought "so overwhelmingly beautiful". Then, as we see at the end of Vol. 4 ch. 4, there was also a funny episode, when Georges started middle school, where they kind of met again for chance unknowingly. So, in the end, it felt like a fated relationship! Then, at vol. 7 ch. 3, it was so beautiful when Robert realized the kid he encountered back then was Georges! So, Grace certainly was precious to Robert and he loved her (although it was unrequited, as she one-sidedly loved Robert's brother the priest Louis), but in the end it was more like he fell in love with her at first sight because he unconsciously saw the kid back then in her. So, George is not really a substitute. And anyway Robert already said to Alain (Grace's step-brother) that George wasn't a substitute even before realizing that he was that kid! So, when he realized, it was all even more precious! >>> In the end, I admit I wanted to see more of Robert and Georges, but it was sweet with their matching rings and all! Even though there were really only three kiss scenes in all, it didn't matter! It was perfect just like that!️ # Catholic All-Boys School (It also has a dormitory, where some of the side characters are staying, but the two protagonists commute from home, so they aren't dorm residents), Classmates, Older Seme (about 2 years older - after Grace died hit by a car for which Robert blamed himself, he didn't go to school for a long time and he even stayed at a center of care to get back on his feet. So, when he goes back to school, he's in the same class as George), Foreign Setting and Foreign Characters. [[Notes for myself]] Vol. 4 ch. 3 - the part about Grace. Robert's housekeeper tells Georges the whole story // Vol. 7 ch. 2 - The whole truth about Georges' birth and how he was connected to Grace, who turns out to be his sister) Alternate Story: 101-ninme no Alice (Not scanlated) - Music-themed story // It shares the same universe of La Esperança. Georges appears there in a few scenes.

Well, I kinda liked it almost only for the art: Sadahiro Mika is one if my top favourite BL mangaka and I love her art style. So, I liked it here as well. Although I have to say that the art didn't feel that special here, it lost its charm because of the story itself unfortunately! In fact, this harlequin's plot is not that good. I didn't like the characters much. I understand that the male lead, J.B., had his own situation, being afraid to love again and lose someone he loved again and so on, but he treated the female lead, Terry, so badly. When in the end he said he loved her from the bottom of his heart, I thought that it sure didn't feel that way. He was hot, but that's it. And Terry was a plain and weak character, so blinded by love that she so easily forgave all the hurtful things J.B. did and said. Anyway, this harlequin is nothing special, it's just ok. The extra star is for the art, which was almost the only good thing here, like I said.

"Cho Taehyun is like the wind. A wind I can't read. A noise I can't ignore. Things got out of control ever since I got involved with him". ☚☛ Loved it! The kind of teen|coming of age BL that I love to read! Personally, I think it's a masterpiece, because it was truly beautiful!! I liked the characters and their thoughts, their interaction and dynamics, the developments of their relationship. Also, I really liked how the story was written and its structure. I loved all the emotions felt by the characters and I especially liked the words used to convey these emotions of theirs. It was so well-written! Especially towards the end, it was so emotionally intense, a swirl of emotions that kept me on the edge of my seat eagerly wanting to reach the end...and then the final chapters finally came...and it was so sweet...man, it had me smiling all on my own while anticipating for those two to finally get together! Ch. 28 was so beautiful!! I admit that I would have loved if it was more than shounen ai, especially because the author said they are thought as a versatile couple and I love to see that, but it was truly so good that I'm satisfied regardless! Loved this so much! Adapted to KDrama

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! But I really like this story!