tsukineko's manga / #seke/riba(26)

Side story to 'Arashi no Ato'. I just finished reading all 4 of the manga in this series of related stories. A strange thing happened: I enjoyed each volume progressively less! I liked them all, and it's not that the later ones were less well written/drawn, it's just that I could feel the love less in the later couples, and I was less sure that their relationships could last. Maybe too much focus was put on the distance between them, and not enough on how they were working on closing that distance in the present.

Well this is messed up, but not the way I like it. it veered between boring and vomit inducing. Too much sex imo, and it's not often that I'll say that! However, it was less cliché than some other yaoi. It was just disappointing because I really like some of Sadahiro Mika's other works, and I especially appreciate that their characters always seem more realistically gay and male, (in appearance and in behaviours), than in other yaoi.

A mixed bag, but overall not bad. I really liked the 1st and 4th stories, and for those two alone I would have given 4 stars: 1. Hot, sweet, & slightly dark = 4 stars 2. Sweet but a bit meh = 2.5 stars 3. Disturbing = 2.5 stars 4. Sad and totally messed up, but still freaking Hot - especially the end: "Break me and I'll be reborn anew". Hehe sensei gets it! = 4 stars 5. Not scanlated so dunno. 6. An extra for 'Neji no Kaiten'; Pretty darned sweet, especially given how their relationship started! = 3 stars Overall I'll give this an average of 3.5 stars, though that score doesn't reflect my love for 1 & 4, (especially 4, though I hate myself for getting off on it lol)!

Check out the BLCD to hear how they sound different when they reverse roles!