Product Description

Rei and Akira are done with the awkward stage. Growing ever so closer, their feelings have begun to smolder and the only way to quell the fire is to physically consummate the relationship. But before they can do so, Rei's nephew Raoul resurfaces to stir up trouble once again. Things come to a head when Raoul decides to stay in Japan and pretty soon, uncle and nephew come to blows!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #326700 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Comic
• 200 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781569708392
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

This had better not be the end!!!
Finally, after a four volume build-up, everyone gets physical (funny..I hear Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" in my head every time I think about this volume).

I liked parts of this volume but I have a few complaints. It seems like the manga-ka wanted to give everyone a nice happy ending (well maybe not Raoul). I guess that's why she paired up Yuji and Sagiri (and, no, I don't think the little bit of flirting Yuji did in the previous volume was enough background to make this believable - Yuji flirts with everyone!!). I just didn't buy it. While she approached it a little better than others (reading Sagiri's internal monologue did help), I still wasn't convinced. Although it did give us more insight into Yuji's character (which I greatly appreciated). And I have never bought the Shigure-Okumiya pairing either. What's to like about Shigure?!! He hasn't brought anything meaningful to the story. In fact, I don't even care enough about his character to say I don't like him.

Basically, I don't feel as if we were ever given enough information on Shigure or Sagiri (or Okumiya for that matter) to like either character (or care what happens to them). I'm all for everyone having a neat, pat ending (except Raoul - what happened there?! I liked him!!) but I don't feel we ever really got to know these side characters very well. Because of this, I would have preferred spending more time on the Rei-Akira storyline in this volume and not have the side characters consummate their relationship just yet.

The previous four volumes I've read over and over again. This volume (which has the naughty bits that I've been waiting for) doesn't interest me enough to read again. In fact, I wish I could have just read it in the bookstore rather than actually buying it.

And what happened with Tamaki and Hiyori?! Here was a pairing I was actually interested in but, besides a few teasers in previous volumes, this storyline never went anywhere! No fair!!

The manga-ka says in her afterword that she would like to continue the story (please don't string me along like Eiki Eiki did with "Art of Loving" - please continue this series). If this so then I guess I'll see you in Volume 6 (woo-hoo!!).

A delightful volume 5!
The waiting is over! In this volume, our 2 boys and 4 adults finally declare and consummate their love. Vol 5 is divided into 4 stories, all equally enjoyable, fast paced and engaging.
The first story of course deals with Rei, Akira and Raoul as the development of their relationship reaches a boiling point. Misunderstandings, angst and a little "violence" ensue as Akira tries to act as a pacifier between Rei and Raoul. The 3 boys' characters are well expressed here, contrasting each other nicely.

The second story focuses on my favorite adult couple, Okumiya and Shigure. This may be shorter but by no means less enjoyable. Shigure is his adorable and guileless self. It is easy to sympathize with this character as he tries to measure up to his elder brother's and Okumiya's expectations. His brave declaration of love for Okumiya is quite delightful. Okumiya, my type of "cool" seme is of course relentless in his pursue.

The 3rd story is on Sir Yuji and Sagiri. Here we are given glimpses of Sagiri's and Yuji's pasts, which mold them into what they are today. Maybe the mangaka could have delved into their pasts better. On the other hand, if she did that, the plot might lose its lightheartedness and no longer resembles a Sir Yuji's quirky plot.

The 4th is a stand alone story involving a teacher, who is constantly starving himself on cheap food or do without in order to save, and a pupil gifted in cooking. The plot is humorous and the teacher quite adorable as he is "trained" to pay for his food.

This mangaka's artwork is unique but gorgeous. And I do like her caricatures which add such fun to her stories.
Overall I find Vol 5 the best so far.

More of the same
If you liked Our Kingdom 1-4, you will probably like volume 5. It's more of the same - poor (albeit cute) drawings, annoyingly stereotypical Americans with obnoxiously-distracting names, and a poorly-contrived plotline. On the plus side, it does go lemon in volume 5. All-in-all, I would only reccommend this to readers who already own the other four. It's not worse than the others, but after the fifth book in a row with no noticable plot developments, readers may find themselves wondering why they paid twelve dollars for this book.