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The story line is phenomenal. it takes such great depth into the characters. I highly recommend this story. One of my ultimate favorite yaoi novel. It is beautifully written.
It's an as true to life story as you'll get. My mind overcompensates and fixes most typos and syntax erors automatically. I love these books. I can;t say anything on the poor translation quality. Ona few occasions I had to stop but if you're like me you shouldn't have any trouble. I really like the normalness of this novel I guess. It's not some fantastical story with demons have sex with pretty boys.
i love this book you should totally buy it trust me you won't regret it.i would like to tell you more but i don't want to spoil it for you
I really enjoyed the first book much more than the sequel. In the next arc, our couple are on vacation. Wataru gets friendly with Kazuki's cool and smooth talking upperclassman, basically allowing the other guy to pursue him and rousing Kazuki's jealousy. There is some really cheesy dialogue on par with Star Wars III.
The narrative talks about how impressive and intimidating he is, but this did not come across in anything he says. Maybe this is due to the lackluster translation, but the passages about their activities are quite dull and even boring. There are some cute moments, like when Kazuki suddenly kisses Wataru in the car, shocking some grade school onlookers, but for the most part I would press fast forward, so to speak. The couple's reaction to the brother's threat is sweet, though. When Kazuki's brother finally appears and declares opposition, it's rather anticlimactic. The whole process of getting together and doing it for the first time is so awkward and goofy, it came across as being realistic and very amusing.However, in the sequel our couple have been together for a year, but are still stepping on each other's toes.
I got sick of reading about how cool Kazuki looks and how people always turn his way. I don't want to give it away, but this arc has a very satisfying conclusion.Overall I feel that the book suffers from inflated text and cliche situations, but the characters are just so appealing that I will have to read the third volume and reread parts of this one, too. You'd think that after a year Kazuki would know Wataru well enough to realize that he's just dense and naive, and go easy on him instead of stirring up needless drama. The ending is also unoriginal: they make up and make out, which is how the first two arcs ended.
Some of the translation was a bit rough and awkward in diction as well. Kazuki and Wataru in here is so. and some lines that are supposed to be /thoughts/ aren't even italicized or anything. sometimes they appear few pages before the scene actually happens, and sometimes after it happens. First of all, I'm very disappointed with DMP's editing of the context.
If you're looking for smut-type of plot, or even action filled drama, you definitely won't find here. Not only that, but the new characters Asaka and Shohei feel very necessary to the plot even if they are side casts.And as always, I love Odagiri-sensei's illustrations to death. At the very least, I was hoping the layout be correct, but apparently not.As for the actual story itself, despite all those technical errors, I just totally love the couple even more now. As LKK stated, we begin to see flaws in Kazuki's character, so now their relationship feels even more reciprocal. I do wish they keep honorifics though. (It is clearly an example that plot-movement is more important than loads of fanservice)In the second chapter, for once we see Kazuki being troubled, and it's Wataru who reassures him - since it has always been the other way around. Please keep in mind that English and Japanese writing styles differ, and it is impossible to translate so that it fits the English reading mind 100%. The relationship between K and W is just so down-to-earth, and their worries and struggles are really realistic.
So many missing quotation marks. precious Kannagi-sensei's writing is romantic, deep, and insightful. Rather, the events that happen in the novel are really normal and typical, but it's how they effect Kazuki and Wataru that are the highlights - it's the ever fluctuating and strengthening of their relationship that really matters. but, that part I can excuse since they try to translate as literal as possible. One mistake they're still repeating is the placement of the illustrations.
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