Product Description

With a few simple words uttered by his best friend Ryoji-Toru's world flips upside down. It doesn't help that Toru has secretly been in love with Ryoji for some time. But whereas Ryoji wants a purely physical relationship to satisfy his curiosity-Toru wants more. Can the two ever come to terms with how they really feel about each other?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #492001 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781569705735
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Exactly what I was hoping for...
Something about this story, the sweetness of the characters, the transformation and the depth of their feelings, the satisfying resolution, has kept it as one of my favorites for a while now. I don't know why it struck me the way that it did - I've certainly read enough now to compare. Many stories have stronger characters or more extravagantly drawn illustrations, more passionate encounters, more compelling stories. But something about this story, again, struck a chord in me. I adore it. I love them all. I wished it hadn't ended so abruptly (I always want more...), but I was satisfied.

To learn there would be a novel version of it was thrilling and I speculated what that would bring. More insight into the characters? More detail to their encounters? More story - a continuation of the story set out in the manga?

I am pleased to say that this novel delivered all of that and more. (Including some lovely new illustrations by artist Yukine Honami.)

Toru is sweetly confused, confounded by his love for Ryoji, and finds himself in a Catch-22: this could be his only opportunity to get close to the one he loves, but doing so could end up hurting him even more. Ryoji is a dog and a scoundrel who, in the end, realizes that his heart is in control more than his desire.

The novel takes us up the end of the manga, and then, sweetly, beyond, as their love is affirmed and reconfirmed and their passion for each other reaches its fullness. Again, I just adore these two. Others might see them as stereotypes - the shy, tepid uke, the selfish, scoundrel seme - but I see them as two boys who were already friends when they found each other and who now only want to make each other happy.

Maki Kazumi's simple, but beautiful novel is an equal match for Ms. Honami's simple, beautiful drawing style. The story they tell makes me hungry for more, makes me want to know what happens next...

Oh so sweet
This is a truly sweet and satisfying yaoi novel. It reminds me a lot of the "Ring Finger" series of books but with a little more sizzle. And the English translation is so good! None of the awkward wording that permeates the Ring Finger stories. The characters are very young (16 or 17) so I'm a bit surprised with how sexually active they are but the sex scenes are tastefully written. Ryoji, the seme, is quite a "player" who surprises even himself with how strongly he falls in love with Toru, the innocent uke. The majority of the story is told from Toru's point of view, but, very interestingly, the last chapter tells it from Ryoji's perspective. I haven't seen this in any other yaoi novel. There are the usual twists and turns, the usual jealousy, but a refreshing sweetness. This is a good book for anyone who wants to have their heart warmed.

this is one of the good ones
forgive the shortness of the review... i've done so many of these now... -__-

art= superb
story= excellent
characters= wonderful, and fully fleshed out
XXX= extremely well done

buy it.

also check out 'constellations in my palm'. (by the same person). it is another 5 star. ('rin' 1-3 was amazing as well, but i don't remember if it was the same artist. though it shares many of the same qualities.)