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Desire (Yaoi Series) |
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Rating: Summary: Just from the review... Review: Already the plot sounds a bit predictable. See, you can reuse things like girls having to dress as boys all the time, but this plot device of schemers falling in love with each other happens to be in need of changing. This yaoi needs variety!
Rating: Summary: Desire Review: An excellent graphic (no pun intended) novel I recived for Christmas from a male friend. Nice story, although somewhat slow in the beginning, and wonderful artwork with a nice flowing and sketchy quality to it. I would advise that anyone under 16 should -not- read this, although I myself wished it were a little more explicit.
Rating: Summary: Boi love with Fan Appeal Review: Considering the mixed reviews this volume is getting here on Amazon.com, the first and final thing I have to say about this volume is that, yes, it's worth it. And better for a Yukine Honami fan.
2005 will probably see a lot more Yaoi translation releases, and right now, yes, we non-Japanese fans are buying up every possible trickle. This one is a pretty good trickle.
*Desire* is yaoi, not hints of boy-love, or UnresolvedSexualTension, or slashy hints. Explicit scenes are scattered through the volume, and the storyline itself follows relationship trouble between 2 boys (with a third thrown in for extra ansty goodness).
What is truly pleasing about this volume is the art. *Desire* has a rougher, sketch-like quality to it than Honami's other volumes; it's not as "pretty", but it's still a nice style. Of course, this is fan bias. As it's in a modern school setting, you don't get the gorgeous decadent furs, hats, coats, cuffs, of *Sono Toki Heart wa Nusumareta* (unreleased- you know, the one with the Mysterious Masked Bandit), but the faces are still here. The younger boy for Yukine Honami's couples is the one that hooks you every time.
Perhaps the most appealing part of Yukine Honami's style are her character eyes- not the 80s or girly sparkly eyes, but still expressive and modern. The hollow look, the rejected look, the hurt look... This is what boy-love angst is about. You get a lot of angsty goodness from wounded eyes here.
The dialogue is fitting- and well done. Some honorifics could have been more natural in its original Japanese form, but it doesn't undermine your reading at all.
All in all, a satisfying mix of innocent and clean art balanced by "getting together", drawn out angst, curt misunderstandings, and good translation, that in the end is unexplicably soothing. Definitely one you want to hold on to.
Rating: Summary: It was Good. Review: Good story, it was a bit slow at first- but altogether it was good. The story is a bit confusing at first, but it's easy to see that this book is not for people under 15 atleast. With the explict content and the artwork I was wondering myself why I bought it, but everything played out in the end. Very cute ending, its a must read, if you can take it that is. :)
Rating: Summary: The worest published Shounen-ai I've read Review: Honestly, it gets me annoyed that DMP would actually consider these titles "Yaoi". Do they even know what Yaoi means?! These titles are more shounen-ai than yaoi.
"Desire" was a huge disappoint. I feel like i wasted my hard earn money.
Like the previous reviewer stated, DMP's translations suck. The whole "Mr..." part is a very obvious one.
The only good things about this manga were the art and the very rare fluffy parts.
Things were under-developed, the story and the characters.It's a cheap-flake-off to get money. If you know someone who owns a copy, read it first before you decide you want to buy it.
Rating: Summary: BOY LOVE! Review: I absolutely LOVED this one. I've been meaning to read a yaoi manga for some times...Just never found one. Hopefully I can get some more at the next Anime Convention. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS! IT'S GREAT!
Rating: Summary: Basing on DMP's publication of this manga Review: I bought this manga because I liked the artist/writer's previous works. This story, to be honest, was not exactly up to par with what I read before (like Rin! for example) because some of the scenes were forced, which may leave some readers feeling uncomfortable, and the deus ex machina ending didn't really fit in, in my opinion. Some development was lacking in Ryoji & Kashiwazaki in regards to their feelings towards Toru. Yet, on a different note, Honami's artwork was very beautiful as always.
The problem I had with DMP's publication was that on nearly every other page, a few words were in bold, which was a) distracting/annoying and b) less and less effective. I have never seen any other US manga publisher bold so many words on every page, additionally, it does not allow the reader to interpret the words in its context and also by looking at the actual panels of drawings.
Lastly, in a few places, "Mr. (name)" was used by these high school students. Now, I've never heard a high school student refer to another as "Mr." and I can only assume that the original Japanese pronouna had "-san" or "-sempai"...something like that following them. Not only is it an awkward translation, but seeing how some original Japanese sound effects were kept, I think DMP should just leave in the suffixes when necessary and put in a note to explain them.
Rating: Summary: My general POV on Desire Review: I just finished reading (yeah, just NOW) and the first thing that came to mind was "Wow, that was great! I've gotta read it again!" and so I did...
(Just so you know, that is NOT my usual reaction whenever I finish reading a manga title...)
And then I thought about sharing my thoughts on it.
Well the first thing is obviously the cover... it's so gorgeous! I'd pretty much say just the beautiful cover is worth buying this manga.
But there's also the cute story, full of angst and and cute boys! ^^
Another good thing about this manga is that its boys were NOT the typical long-legged and really broad-shouldered ones (like seen in Zetsuai). That usually drives me nuts! The drawings here were just plain and simple, no fluffy stuf and no flowers of stuff like that, but it is very pretty just the same. The characters were really cute, especially the main couple! Poor Toru is such a sweetie too! ^_~
I recommend this title, it's really sweet and simple, a lot of interesting scenes, yaoi and not shounen-ai.
I can't say there's something about it that drives me to it, the whole manga is great: from the plotline to the drawings.
It has become one of my top five favorite yaoi manga titles (and that's saying something ^_~)!!!!
Rating: Summary: Lovely, heartfelt and beautiful! Review: I've been waiting forever to get my hands on this title. it wasn't on the shelf at my local bookstore, alongside copies of "Gravitation" and "Selfish Love" so i had to special order it. i devoured it in a matter of about 2 hours. taking breaks of course to catch my breath and recover from the emotionallly messy teen-angsty place, the book takes you to. the first time i saw the cover online, it grabbed me because the way the characters were drawn differed from alot of manga. there's a softness to the lines in the faces and eyes that almost suggest a japanese/american art hybrid which is quite refreshing.
Toru has been secretly in love with his friend Ryoji for quite a while but fear of hurting their friend ship has forced him to hide his feelings. this arrangement was going rather well until one fateful day Ryoji confesses "when i look at you i get turned on" to Toru. Before our adorable little protagonist can fully recover from that surprising revelation, he's hit with another ton of bricks when Ryoji suggests they sleep together. Now this is really tricky because Toru feels that if he refuses, Ryo will sense To's attraction towards him. On the other hand, can Toru really just have sex with one of his best friends, someone who he's in live with, and just walk away without being even more consumed by the love of his life.
i won't spoil the plot, but it get's messy fast (in more ways than one *GRIN*) between toru pretending to date tall and gentle Kashiwazaki (Hottie Mchotterson) in order to hide his feelings from Ryo. And the extremely tender and painfully realistic lovemaking scenes, this book is sure to please readers on several counts.
it did plug in the issue of (i can't be with you, we're both guys) which is getting really contrived, but it didnt focus on that anymore than half a page. when you get down to it, this book was about uncertainty in love. i found the writing and character exposition more realistic than alot of mangas out there. alot of stories tend to throw characters into romance/sexual relationships through very outrageous and over the top means and circumstances. what i loved very much about this book is that it all seemed natural, the progression of the relationship of these two boys. it reminded me alot of my own highschool experiences with unrequieted love. indeed the book is just teeming with that raw teenage emotion that evokes those feelings of exubrance and doom all in the span of about two seconds.
the only real issues i had with this book was the character of kashiwazaki. i thought he was really special, and personally i thought he was much more worth Toru's time than Ryo, yet i dont feel he got a proper send off. he was just sort of left there without any kind of ending to his story arc. he actually seemed liked the only person in the story who wasn't caught up in his own trials and tribulations, long enough to think of someone else.
also, the sex scenes really are not that graphic at all so i'm not sure whats with the Uber-republican parental advisory. if anything the scenes are suggestive, and really touching and moew clumsily sweet than anything else. it felt at times alot like a movie the things that the artist chose to focus on. it seemed quite cinematic. be on the lookout for the pinky-promise page, and Toru crying in the bathtub. take the hugging in the rain scene, add a sad indie-rock acoustic guitar song and you have a scene from an independant gay flick.
the art was superb, the characters were relatable and human. the plot is teeming with emotional urgency and heartfelt insecurities, in the best possible way. i highly recommend this book to any fan of the genre or someone just curious, this is a wonderful read to start with. "Only The Ring Finger Knows" is still my favorite title but "Desire" is a really close second.
Totally worth the wait.
Rating: Summary: FANTASTIC! Review: This book was a yaoilicious pleasure. It gave me goosebumps more than once. It stands out from the average 'schoolboy loves schoolboy' story because the antagonist is so aggressive. Right on the very first page he tells the pretty-boy protagonist "When I look at you I get turned on." Don't misunderstand this, it's not a 'plot what plot?' sex story. It has a great angsty story with sex scenes that add value. I love how things unravel between the two boys. It's great to see an antagonist so free and unabashed. There's no 'Oh my God I'm hot for another guy, wah I'm gay!' going on here. That's refreshing.
All of these things warrent a 5 star rating in my estimation, but I must point out the art is only adequate. The creator admits in the afterward she can't draw 'handsome, beautiful-looking guys'. The translation is substandard. There are two pages where the dialogue makes no sense, and that kind of stinks because it's one of the goose-bumpy parts. A few other pages where they're not using contractions, or where something is just stated too formally, pulls you out of the story. It's too bad. I just try to remember that DMP is new at this stuff. I'm sure they'll perfect things as the go along. Stories like this one are worth these minor foibles.
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