I like this one… I like this one A LOT and what a pleasant surprise this one turned out to be. The plot is pretty simple; Yuuya is stuck in a love triangle with his childhood friend, Katsuki and a more recent friend from school, Kyosuke. Kyosuke, however, has been a ghost for the last six months due to an accident in one of the abandoned buildings at their school that took his life and has caused him to be attached to that location in spirit. Kyosuke is in love with Yuuya and never got a chance to confess his true feelings to him prior to his untimely death. Katsuki has been in love with Yuuya for as long as he can remember and these two are in a battle for his attention (and virginity). Yuuya is “not gay” so he’s having a hard time dealing with his feelings but knows he feels something special for his dead friend Kyosuke. (Ok, maybe the plot’s not so simple but it’s still good!) So just who does he choose in the end? Well, that’s for you to read and find out but the ending is not one you could ever guess and left me grinning and surprisingly really happy.
There are so many fun things about this storyline that I want to say but I really don’t want to ruin it for you. All I can say is go out and get it because I don’t think you will be disappointed. The characters are sexy, funny, and incredibly naughty and the uke isn’t anything like a typical uke. No crying, angst ridden scenes; just sexy, steamy lust filled ones where you don’t always know just who his partner is going to be or how many.
The book itself has the dust jacket since it is an earlier release of 801 Media’s. The illustrations are really nice and very sexy. Takashi Kanzaki knows how to draw a sexy man and there are three VERY sexy guys in this one. Besides the dust jacket there is one color insert as well as the 801-chan 4 panel strip in the back. The translation is very good and I had no issues with the speech bubbles. The sex scenes in this one are graphic but slightly toned down compared to some other graphic mangas I’ve seen (only slightly, though!). However, I just love how they are done and the ways the various partners are worked out (don’t want to say any more than that!). If you love hard yaoi with a really fun plot, sexy manly characters and great drawings, run out and get this one. I really don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
