I've read this several times already and was given the chance just now to create a review. This is a definite meaning of messed-up...
A story of incest, dealt with so much love, pain and grief. Senoo Kaoru (seme), a who fell in love with a freshman named Shinohara Akira (uke). At first, our seme has been chasing our dear uke but Akira has an incest relationship with his uncle Shinohara Souya (seme). Kaoru only knew about it when he saw them kissing at the front of their school when Souya picked up Akira. Souya is reminiscing about his relationship with Akira's mom (his sister) and has been thinking of returning Akira to his own family. Little did Souya know, that Kaoru is Akira's older brother and they are classmates. Souya now bothered, he kept his distance from Akira and so to put an end to their relationship, he decided to talk with Akira's father. Since Akira's not getting attention from his 'dad', went to rebellious phase by making up with Kaoru thinking that Souya might get jealous once he did 'it' with other people. After doing it for several times, Akira invited Kaoru in his place and had sex. Souya went home and was surprised to see the two just had sex. Souya asked the guy's name and told Akira to not have that kind of relationship especially with that guy. He told Akira that he decided to return him to his family and he'll be leaving the country for good. Confessing everything to Akira, thinking that Souya is just making up excused and is about to leave him went on berserk. Souya noticed that the fire started spreading, immediately told Akira everything and Kaoru went back to get his card. Fortunately, he was able to rescue Akira but Souya (his uncle) didn't make it. After few months of healing, Akira's memories didn't return and Kaoru decided to leave.
I'm glad I was able to picture everything out as if it was just yesterday. Honestly, its incest overload but its a very traumatic story too. I feel sad for Akira coz he was starving for love, too much that he thinks that what his 'dad' and himself is having, is just normal coz he knew about his mother's relationship with Souya all along. As for Kaoru, he fell in love with Akira but he knew first that they were siblings. He could've stopped himself before diving in that deep, but he gave in to his desires so the brotherly relationship which could've blossomed into something beautiful will never happen. As for Souya, given the circumstance that he wasn't able to move on after losing Akira's mother been selfish and gave justification to his actions. That's why when he decided to come to his senses and return Akira to his own family, it backfired. Everything's twisted but I admire our dear mangaka who have sought this out given that this might be difficult to happen in real life, as if it might not be destined to but not impossible. For another, occurence of such tragic stories like this took too much courage and inspiration at the same time to put this in to writing. So if you wanna read a dark, twisted and definitely a tragic love story then this manga is a must-read.
Ai O Kou Kemono