People who read Lovers and Souls

cupcutecake

a real rollercoaster of bittersweet emotions mixed with tragedy …:( you can’t survive this mangakas works without shedding tears

Bat

Ch 1 touched me in such a way that by the end of the chapter, I had uncontrollable tears running down my face without even realizing it was happening. I was laying on my tear soaked pillow wondering what the heck just happened. The pace was wonderful, nothing was rushed. So heart-warming, upsetting, heart wrenchingly beautiful. I went into this story knowing nothing, I didn't read the descriptions or comments before I dove right in. Just wow.

Hypocritical Sinner

Meh

Aoi

Still fresh from the bones - this hurts

lotsabytes

That first story wiped me out and the unnecessary prostitution shit. Fuck it I’m so sad man overall good read

bureau of investigaytion ✦

warning: TRAGEDY! i cried buckets from reading this ;-;
contents:
-- 1. Lovers and Souls
Tooru Shinomiya is a young college student who models for photography students. After sleeping with one of his clients for money, he becomes a gay prostitute because he doesn't care enough about his body. However, he's starting to fall for his sempai, the man with whom he first slept. Can this student, Satoshi Matsouka, save him? This tragic story also involves Hikaru Taira. Also, Tooru and Atori meet. Prequel to Rules 01. (Part of Rules series (loosely connected): see Rules for series timeline).
-- 2. Vanity
After the events of Lovers and Souls, Tooru is still deeply heartbroken. Trying to find solace in Hikaru, Tooru challenges the terms of their friendship. But can he handle the consequences?
Originally a doujinshi, part of Rules series.
-- 3. Sleeping Beauty - Matsuoka sees Tooru for the first time.
-- 4. Eternal Moon - In their last year of high school, Akihiko Nozaki admits to his best friend Kai that he's gay. Kai is stunned but it doesn't change their friendship, but Kai's curiosity is aroused and he begins to see Noza (Nozaki) differently.
-- 5. Tomorrow's Sky - Sequel to Eternal Moon, told more from Nozaki's point of view. Nozaki isn't sure whether to trust that his relationship with Kai will last, since he's even been dumped by gay men before. What's to keep a guy who wasn't even gay from breaking up with him?

1. Please (ch5)
-- Hydra dj - Kiss
-- Hydra dj - Kiss After
2. Hydra dj - Skies
3. Hydra 1+2+3+4 (ch1-4)
4. Hydra 3+4+5+6 (ch5-6)
-- Hydra dj - Blue Film First (after Hydra ch8)
-- Hydra dj - Heavenly (between Hydra ch9 and ch10-11)
-- Hydra dj - The Days Before
-- Rules dj - Real Thing
-- Rules dj - Hello Again
5. Lovers and Souls
6. Rules dj - Fragile
7. Vanity **
8. Dreamers High **
13. Rules (volumes 1 & 2)
14. Rules dj - If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?
15. Rules (v3)
16. Rules dj - Song Birds
17. Another Day on the Planet (booklet)
18. Rules dj - Double Trouble
19. Rules dj - Overload
20. Rules: 2nd Season

Good Book Hunting

Warning: Tragedy - the sort that requires an entire box of tissues and then some
Tooru grew up not having a good handle on human emotions. He is in arts school where a graduate student, Matsuoka, from the photography department pays him to pose nude for photographs that end up winning a grand prize in some contest. Since money seems to be the only thing that moves him, Matsuoka also routinely pays him for physical intimacy (including kissing). But Tooru does it more out of curiosity than for the money and starts selling himself in the gay district soon after. So Matsuoka stops sleeping with him on the pretext of not having enough money though he continues to use him as a model, lets him hang around him apartment and stocks up on his favorite sweets. Tooru soon starts yearning for his touch and spends all his free time hanging around Matsuoka's apartment. But he only realizes their feelings for one another when he receives a package that has photographs with sticky notes and a room key that Matsuoka failed to deliver in person.
This is depressing stuff written with the sole aim of causing dehydration in readers. But it is completely relatable and logical and exactly what could happen if tragedy strikes when 2 people with the characteristics mentioned in the story were to ever meet. Tooru is slightly broken and low on EQ which makes it impossible for him to understand emotions - both his own and that of others. Matsuoka is the cool, quiet sort who don't wear their hearts on their sleeves even when he is not specifically trying to hide anything. He pursues Tooru in his own way and even the confession that he doesn't manage to deliver in person is very reflective of his character. A good read.

LaMarquise

N 14 in the series

rodyqutza

continue with "Vanity" si apoi seria "Rules"

Otaku-Yaoi

I wish he didn't die but Tooru, Atori will be there for you :')

Dragomira

The two-part story was really fluffy for once! ARGH, but the main storylines within this story's universe are pretty tragic (except for Hitomi and Ryuu who reunited in the end of Hydra <3 ) - this mangaka really knows how to pull your heartstrings; I'm suffering while reading this yet I can't seem to get enough of those subtle, heartwarming moments that sometimes pop up in between the tragic events. It's truly beautiful.

gaywildcat

Is it tears or just a fucking rain?

Maddy

First story super sad, 2nd story I loved!

welcommm

tooru,hikaru,

Cetagandane

1-1.5) Tooru Shinomiya is a young college student who models for #photography students and soon becomes a gay prostitute. However, he's starting to fall for his sempai Satoshi Matsouka, the man with whom he first slept. This tragic story also involves Hikaru Taira. Also, Tooru and Atori meet. #Tragedy #Anguished
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2-3) Nozaki comes out to his best friend Kai, who'll help him move on after his painful break up. #New

airelyn

Rules Series: Tooru's past

NocturnalGreyhound

photographer, model, prostitution, death

Wolfgirl7

Ch1 'Lovers and Souls' + Extra & ch3.5 'Fragile' belong to the Rules series the next story is 'Vanity'. These 3 stories fit between 'Hello Again' at the end of the Hydra stories & 'Rules #1'. 'Eternal Moon' & 'Tomorrow's Sky' - Nozomi×Kai a story of best friends becoming lovers, a little different than most stories with this theme. It was good!

CrazeO2124

When i Telled you I cried, I mean eye stinging, stuff nose, heat breaking tears. like that is not faaaair. My first manga with a death and ugggh how he reacted, I feel it to my souls. I was nearly the same when i lost my bf (i didnt sell myself tho) but uggh so good.

EmJay

The story was a little sad but I didn't like the rest (being a prostitute). I totally loved the story with Nozaki and Kai it was lovingly sweet.