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On with the review...
Writer and Artist: Fumi Yoshinaga
What's it about?
This is a Yaoi title. Yaoi means boys love and is the name given to manga about male couples. Yaoi can be explicitly about sex, or can be more about the relationship side of things. Some of it can be a coming out narrative, some of it can just be two men getting it on. A lot of it is written by women, for women. The female equivalent is called Yuri.
As for this particular Yaoi book, this is a classic romance story of first love and first relationships. Kobayashi is a student with a crush on newly graduated teacher Mr Ida. Kobayashi finally plucks up the courage to confess his feelings to Ida, and ends this proclamation with a kiss. Unfortunately, things do not run smoothly as Ida's ex arrives back on the scene. All is not lost for Kobayashi as he gets to know student Narumi. Narumi is cute but a loner, he reluctantly agrees to tutor Kobayashi in return for lunch. Feelings develop but bring back painful memories and the budding relationship could go either way.
This title does contain some sex, but it's not particularly explicit and a lot is left to the imagination. However, I have labelled the post mature readers because I don't think it's particularly suitable for young teens or children.
