In high school reserved Tayama paled in comparison to princely Tachibana, even the girl Tayama liked did nothing but talk about him. Summary: A book of oneshots (some are two chapters). Status: 1 volume (complete), scanlation ongoing (ch. It’s a rare case when I think the story is perfect as it is.Īkanai Tobira (The door to the closed mind) I loved how he was drawn, when he’s brooding in particular. Yes, you can see that it’s not an anime from this year but the art is nice, as for me. At first I thought it was dated (and it reminded me of Akira somehow) but now I better say it’s a bit old-fashioned. But it’s impossible to look away because by the time it reaches the point of no return, you are too invested in the characters, their friendships and animosities, their highly complex relationships.
You watch how a small conflict grows before your eyes, sucking in more and more people. But when he comes back to his gang of the pre-Iason’s years, things can’t return to what they once were. Except that an enslaved Riki is like a captured flame, and fighting to submit him, Iason somehow falls for him, in his strange way.
They need neither relationships nor sex and keep pets for their own amusement, to watch them. They are also devoid of human feelings and urges. He is a super-human, one of the artificially created race that are, on average, much stronger and bigger than “natural” humans (which, come to think of it, is a decent background for seme/uke size cliché).
And it’s always a plus for me when there’s love where it shouldn’t have been. It must be really well-told - and I think it is! - for a Sci-Fi anything to overcome my aversion to the genre. But there’s something in this one, so poignant and beautiful, that it’s truly comforting and pacifying. But also consider this: I try to avoid unhappy stories. If you are a scaredy cat (I am!), mind the genres.
So it couldn’t possibly be anything but love, especially for the last Riki/Iason scene, which, as for me, is near perfect. And I’m thinking and thinking and thinking about this story, watching and watching and watching some scenes in my head, and I find myself wanting to watch it again. My notes: This one is really good! I wasn’t sure how much it was going to impress me while I was watching it, meaning: really good and I liked it quite a bit but it wasn’t quite love.
Watch at Youtube or download at Aarinfantasy site, since they are the subbers.Ī new version is being made and is scheduled to be released spring 2010. However, Iason keeps Riki longer than it is socially approved, and rumors abound about their possible relationship. One elite member, Iason, encounters a mongrel named Riki in the slums and decides to take him in. Among the mostly male human population, the light-haired elite class is allowed to temporarily keep the dark-haired “mongrels” as pets. Summary: The story is set in the future on the planet named Amoi which is controlled by a supercomputer named Jupiter. Until ura_hd recced it just a few days back. Read about the book here.įound: I’ve heard about the book and anime a lot but my watching/reading list is so long and there are so many things I want to try on it that this one always got pushed down. Genres: Drama Psychological Romance Sci-fi Tragedy Yaoiīased on this book by Yoshihara Rieko. Chances are, you’ll like something that wasn’t quite to my tastes.Ī) By title (Japanese title if it’s known by it better or the English one if the case is opposite) If you want to also read my reviews of the yaoi manga I read that I’m not including here (I don’t like every one of them, naturally), go here. means “rather liked,” on the brink between “liked” and “not my thing.” But it would do good to support your favourite mangaka by buying her work!
It’s not that difficult, seeing how many free manga-sharing communities and sites there are. If you want to read it, you’ll have to find it on your own. If a manga is licensed, I won’t give link to places where to download it. It’s not my task to cater to your kinks and squicks. Otherwise, mind the genres and warnings, and if you know you don’t like something, simply don’t click the links.
If you don’t know what that is, go read the corresponding articles in Wikipedia first. That includes rape (which happens, like, in every other yaoi manga as the expression of undying love), incest, and shota(con). I’m ‘omnivorous’, which means I read any genre and will give a go to any plot. Since I started reading yaoi manga and have read and liked a considerable number of them, I decided to collect the links to those manga that I liked here.