Author: Rio Kanagi / Illustrator: Kugo / Format: BLCD |
Yesterday I was disappointed by the drama Chocolate no you ni, but this drama totally cured me! The story is not particularly fantastic but the pacing, acting, characterization are so well balanced that once you start listening, you simply can’t stop!!
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Author: Hichiwa Yuka
Illustrator: Kane Hikaru Format: BLCD H-level:  Plot:  Artwork:  Characterization:  Overall:  |
Betrayed by Hichiwa sensei! 
Apparently the uke is not the poisonous uke
I expected!! Harsh review ahead so please be careful! 
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Author: Kozawa Ryouta
Illustrator: Kazu Aki Format: Drama CD H-level: None Plot: Artwork: Characterization: Overall: |
After a long break, really long, I’ve finally gathered enough energy to listening to CD and writing reviews again. The first CD I pick to review is a suspense mystery which has no H but a very rich plot. In fact, the script won the 50th Buruli Bonaward. In addition to a novel and movie, there is also a drama CD released by Momogre and the latter is the subject of my review.
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Author: Himawari Souya
Format: Manga H-level:
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Recently, I have been thrown into Himawari Souya’s world and have literally gone through all her works (aside from the hard-core shouta ones). I already introduced the Iromachi series earlier and this time, I shall introduce a completely different series: Otonari & Hiraga brothers series. It’s a series with three books: Koufuku no Susume, Kimi no Ondo, & Aruku Omoi. These three books feature two couples: Otonari Makoto and Hiraga Yukiharu as well as Otonari Minori and Hiraga Mizumo. Since I like Minori and Mizumo much more, I shall focus my review on this couple instead.
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Author: Hasekawa Ai
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Author: Suzuki Tsuta
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This is the debut work of Suzuki Tsuta and actually earned quite a good wave of reviews among Japanese fans. I personally like her simple and minimalistic artwork (without the elegance of many mainstream BL artists) and she’s definitely on my “to-watch-out” mangaka list. There are altogether 5 stories:
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Author: Fuyuno Jinko
Illustrator: Nara Chiharu
Format: Novel, Blcd H-level:
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Author: Konohara Narise
Illustrator: Saikawa Nanao Format: Novel H-level:
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Usually I review book by book but since the Cold Series is actually one big story split into three parts, I decide to review all three books together. Since Digital Manga Publishing released an English version for Cold Sleep, I will not go into details for Sleep and concentrate more on Light & Fever. As usual, my summary is filled with SPOILERS so if you decide to wait for DMP to publish the rest of the series, then please do not read any further.
Please note that aside from the main story, there is also a side story with Kurokawa and Taniguchi. There are several parts to that story (Boku no suki na hito – recorded in Sleep, New Year Snow Light in Light, and an extra doujinshi titled “COLD…”. I won’t review that couple because they’re not related to this main plot (they’re interlinked because of the advertisement “Love & Hate” in Fever.
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Author: Aida Saki
Illustrator: Takashina You
Format: Novel, Blcd H-level:
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This is the book I like THE BEST among all the Boy’s love books I have read (manga and novels) so I intend to write a VERY DETAILED review of the story. If you plan to read the novel, I don’t recommend reading my summary/review as that will inevitably spoil the fun. Deadlock is definitely a deviant from the genre of boy’s love because unlike usual boy’s love that mimic a heterosexual relationship, this one is more down to earth a description of the love between a man and another man and that’s the part that I like THE BEST.
Since all the names are in katakana, I just use the nearest English name because it’s strange to write up an English review with katakana 
. If you find problems with the names, please inform me. This story is totally fiction and so don’t imagine the prison in the States is like this. It is certainly NOT!
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Author: Aida Saki
Illustrator: Kitahata Akeno Format: Novel, Blcd H-level: Plot: Artwork: Characterization: Overall: |
This novel opened with “My sweet honey” and I almost fell off the chair from laughing. 
Normally, it’s not surprising if you hear a man saying this to a woman but when it’s a guy saying that to another guy, especially someone nearly a decade older, it’s REALLY. As usual, my summaries contain heavy spoilers and so from now on I’ll provide a quick summary for those who’re just browsing for what to buy and the full summary for those who want to use the reviews for understanding the plot in BLCDs or raw manga.
