Sports-themed story focusing on motorcycle racing. There're seemingly three pairs: high schoolers Sou and Fuwa (the main couple - Sou is an enthusiastic racer. Fuwa is a playboy who at first pretends to know about bikes to get close to Kusanagi Sou, but then he becomes serious about racing too); Sou's older brother Kou (who was also a racer but had to quit after an accident) and Jin (the current champ racer who debuted when Kou was still racing. And it was actually because of his reckless driving that then Kou got into that accident); Ekuni (Ekuni engineering President) and Shirube (Ekuni's lead assistant and secretary). While it's a shounen ai, it's actually more of an ambiguous / subtext thing, as any possible romantic feelings aren't really pursued and aren't the focus here anyway. Things stop mostly at jokes and funny moments. The two side couples didn't even have a kiss scene and such. Sou and Fuwa had some interesting moments, especially at the beginning, and I was really loving their dynamics, but it's mainly Fuwa's doing, because Sou is really always thinking only about racing lol. But I loved their bond and reciprocal understanding, especially after Fuwa became serious about racing too (and speaking about Fuwa, I really liked his personal evolution!). Then, in the second part, the story becomes totally focused on them preparing for and doing the racing. Anyway, while I admit I'd have wanted to see a bit more of the characters' relationships, the story is pretty good! Overall, I really liked it, because it's not your typical BL, in terms of plot and characters' interaction etc., and it's attractively manly! Anyway, as long as the mood between the characters is good and the way they behave towards each other is authentic, it's not really necessary to have confessions / proclamations of love and such...theirs was really like an unspoken understanding and I think that's also one of the strong points of the story, which ultimately is an actual sports story and I really appreciated that!
