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| | どうしようもないけれど | | Author: Natsume Isaku | Format: Manga
| H-level: Low
| | Ratings: |  Plot: 4/5
| | Artwork: 4.5/5 | | Characterization: 5/5 | | Overall: 5/5 |
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Yahoo, a NEW review from me in a very long time, haha. Been busy with work last year and so haven't written any review. This story is a perfect example of oyaji seme x tsundere uke (゜U ゜), haha...just what I love the best. Shimano is the son of the firm owner and is working inside the firm to gain experience. He is smart, handsome, and rich but he actually works hard (so it's not the fool who's just hanging around). Everyone respects him in the company but not Kurokawa, his superior, who seems to be pouring things for him to do. This Kurokawa is a funny guy because though he is very good at his job, in private he is messy and behaves like an old man occasionally. One night after meeting with the client, Shimano missed the last train and Kurokawa invited (more like forced though) Shimano to his small and filthy apartment. Shimano complained about being cold and so Kurokawa hugged him as if he were a pillow ^_^;;. That probably was the first time when Shimano began to have feelings for Kurokawa (because the latter looked very lonely). Kurokawa actually got married but divorced two years ago. Story becomes quite generic afterwards ... Shimano was refused by a client and Kurokawa was there when he was depressed and then he fell in love but felt troubled because of love. Then came Kurokawa's ex-wife who's pretty, extremely intelligent, and looked good with Kurokawa. Of course, it's a happy end ...at least at the end of the first volume but Shimano was actually surprised to find that Kurokawa knew him for a long time...long before he started working in the firm...
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| | | ライアーゲーム | | Author: Kaitani Shinobu | | Format: Manga | | H-level: None | | Ratings: | Plot: 5/5
| | Artwork: 3/5 | | Characterization: 4/5 | | Overall: 4/5 |
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This is a manga serialized in Young Jump by Kaitani and so far there are 4 volumes. The fifth book is going to come out this month. Liar Game has also been made into Japanese TV drama and probably some people may have seen the drama. I read the manga and I instantly fell in in love with Akiyama (^_^;;) and that's why I read as many volumes as I can find.
The story in Liar Game is very simple. Kanzaki Nao is a very honest girl and she doesn't know how to cheat but is constantly being cheated because of her personality. Her mother died when she was an infant and her father is suffering from terminal illness. One day, she received a card inviting her to join the "Liar Game". On the card, it said if she did not want to join, she should not open the packet but she did not notice the small font till she opened the packet to find 100 million yen. The money was her "chips", her capital in the game. She would have to play against another player (with equal amount) and try to get as much money as she could from the other player. She could win up to 100 million but she might also lose up to 100 million. Should she lose, she would have accumulated 100 million debt! Nao's opponent was her high school teacher, whom she respected. However, she did not know the teacher had the intention to cheat her money right from the beginning. Not knowing what to do, Nao searched for help everywhere but her only hope seemed to be a genius conman - Akiyama Shinichi.
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| | 恋愛操作 | | Author: Hasekawa Ai | Format: BLCD
| H-level: Low
| | Ratings: | Plot: 4/5
| | Artwork: 5/5 | | Characterization: 4/5 | | Overall: 4.5/5 |
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Even though the kanji should read Renai Sousa, the actual title is Renai Control because that’s how it’s romanized. Among the manga I have read lately, this is my favorite manga. This is a link work to Anata no tonari ni suwasarete and though you can understand this story without reading the prequel, it’s HIGHLY RECOMMENDED you read the prequel as well because that will double the fun. In the prequel, we were introduced to Yamashiro Kei (CV: Narita Ken), an extremely handsome interior designer (with glasses), who was Takamiya Shinjin’s (the furniture designer) close friend. He seemed to have interests in Jin (CV: Ishikawa Hideo) but since Jin already found someone he loved - a cute 19 year-old college student Yoshino Azumi (CV: Shimono Hiro), Yamashiro was left alone with nothing but his work. In the meantime, he was actually working for the owner of a chain restaurant Okumura Takashi (CV: Konishi Katsuyuki). Okumura was interested in Yamashiro since their first meeting but it was not easy to woo a cool beauty as Yamashiro, especially when the latter’s pride could reach the moon (by Shiki (CV: Kamiya Hiroshi), Okumura’s nephew). Okumura tried really hard seducing Yamashiro but the latter did not respond according to his wishes. Here are a few memorable scenes in the manga:
1) Okumura asked Yamashiro to design his house and so Yamashiro went around the house taking pictures of the layout. When he was done, Okumura was sleeping like a baby. At the lift, Okumura seduced Yamashiro to stay longer but the latter remarked that if Yamashiro were so tired he slept like a baby, maybe he should get some sleep. Then in the lift, he burst into laugher. 2) Okumura kissed Yamashiro for the first time but instead of blushing or looking shocked, Yamashiro just cooly said he thought Okumura’s kissing skills would be better than THAT. Then in the lift, he panicked. 3) In the snow, Okumura was waiting for Yamashiro and finally Yamashiro confessed his true feelings (but still retained his pride). 4) When Yamashiro looked at the glass and saw his own reflection, he suddenly realized how deeply he had fallen in love. He panicked and fled and then started to build up a distance again. 5) The last breakdown when Yamashiro finally confessed all his feelings to Okumura (extremely sweet).
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| | 約束の月 | | Author: Himawari Souya | Format: Bl Manga
| H-level: High
| | Ratings: | Plot: 4/5
| | Artwork: 4/5 | | Characterization: 4/5 | | Overall: 4/5 |
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In this volume, there are three stories in total, all linked to the story PET. Pretty much pet is story about master and sex androids in half human and half animal shaped. The title story is the second story which is about two kids growing up together in a war ridden period. Rou is an orphan and when he was young, he learned martial arts from Seishin’s grandfather. Seishin did not speak much but was very strong even as a kid. Rou always wanted to beat him but he hardly ever succeeded. In the beginning, Seishin seemed cold but after Seishin speaking to Rou for the first time, Rou realized that Seishin also wanted to be his friends with him and so the two became friends. Some years later, Seishin’s grandfather died and the two survived by picking metal from dump sites to earn money. When they grew up, Seishin became a bodyguard and got a much better salary while Rou worked at a bar. One night, Seishin came home looking very distressed and he was also covered in blood. Rou wondered what happened but all Seishin said was that he killed people. Seishin seemed so traumatized by the murders he committed that he did not resist when Rou tried to sleep with him. Since then, their relationship crossed the "borderline" of friend. Rou wanted to undersatnd Seishin’s feelings more. When he met a contract soldier at the bar, he decided to become a contract soldier and he went to the front line. There, he tasted the horros of war and faced the time when one had no choice but to kill. One time, they encountered a frightened kid on the battlefield who fired at Rou because he was so scared. Rou managed to calm the kid (who resembled Seishin) but he got injured and was removed from the frontline. He survived to go home to meet Seishin and was then more prepared for a more stable relationship because he could understand and face "death". Compared to the more depressing Yakusoku no Tsuki, the next story: Higana Ichinichi is lighter and would give the audience a good laugh. | In Higana Ichinichi, we see Tasuku (guy on the right) entering the dormitory because his parents were going abroad to work. Since Tasuku entered at an unusual time, there was only one place left in the dormitory and he had to share his room with an extremely strange guy Koumei. Koumei aimed at becoming a "housewife" in the future and he could sew, cook, clean perfectly. In addition, he also had a strong sense of justice and later on became the "seigi no mikata" in the neighborhood (forcing Tasuku to go along). At first, Tasuku disliked living with Koumei because the latter would sew chicken and kitten onto his collar or alter his clothes without his permission. Still, when he realized that Koumei was doing this because he was trying to make others happy (Koumei used to go to his mother’s workplace where he sewed things for older ladies and made them happy), Tasuku could not refuse Koumei. |  |
As time went by, Tasuku realized that Koumei was kind to EVERYONE but he wanted Koumei to be kind to him in a special way. Koumei overheard Tasuku while he was letting his feelings out when watching the cats which were taking shelter in the school and since then Koumei and Tasuku moved a HUGE LEAP forward  . The funny thing is that actually Koumei was pretty STRONG because he also learned martial arts when he was young and so in bed, Tasuku couldn’t stand a chance .
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