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Description
From Queen2408 via MyAnimeList:

Renji and Kenta are musicians, they meet each other thanks to the friendship between their bands. Each musician has different reasons to play, be it love for the music, a strong desire to surpass their fears on stage or even just for someone's approbation.
While these bands are struggling to be known in such a competitive world, Kenta is struggling with a different problem in his love life; can he be a replacement for someone else?

Type
Manga

Related Series
Jin to Neko wa Yobu to Konai (Prequel)
Nobody Knows (Prequel)

Associated Names
N/A

Groups Scanlating
Dangerous Pleasure

Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.5 + Extra (end) by Dangerous Pleasure (1181d ago)
v.1 c.4 by Dangerous Pleasure (1215d ago)
v.1 c.1-3 by Dangerous Pleasure (1240d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (278 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.42 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 20th 2013, 7:40am PST

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Genre
Drama  Romance  Sci-fi  Slice of Life  Yaoi 
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Recommendations
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Author(s)
Shoowa

Artist(s)
Shoowa

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Houbunsha

Serialized In (magazine)
Hanaoto (Houbunsha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #892 increased(+222)
Monthly Pos #1744 increased(+645)
3 Month Pos #2787 decreased(-541)
6 Month Pos #2652 increased(+16)

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On 166 reading lists
On 147 wish lists
On 905 completed lists
On 11 unfinished lists
On 201 custom lists

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 Great.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by MirayAllen
February 18th, 2013, 6:58am
This was a very good read. Both stories are really interesting - plot and art-style - and I wouldn't mind them being longer -- especially the second one, since the first one felt quite complete to me. Enough has been said by fellow reviewers so just go read it. It doesn't take long, but you won't regret it. Thank you once again Dangerous Pleasure <3
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 Good   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Mochi__x
August 4th, 2012, 1:07pm
I liked both stories, but I think the second was slightly better. It's a good concept and I really liked Susumu. Despite not being human he felt real emotions and his feelings for Modoru were so clear from his actions (especially the message on his phone - so touching). He was a really sweet seme, and I liked him even more after reading the extra chapter haha XD

... Last updated on August 4th, 2012, 1:10pm
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 SO worth my time reading it!   
Rating: N/A
by liontaraki
April 18th, 2012, 7:32pm
This is the kind of BL romance I enjoy reading the most! Both stories didn't have an overused plot, I like happy endings, each partner in both couples were (not completely but still) very faithful to his other half and it gave you the feeling that these guys will never face huge dilemmas in their relationships and/or break up! A great read, a great work by a really talented mangaka!

p.s. I liked the second story better. I couldn't agree more on Shoowa's approach on robotxhuman romantic relationships.
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 Quite a rare species of BL   
Rating: N/A
by Trifoilum
February 27th, 2010, 1:22pm
This is Shoowa's first scanlated work, and so far it's amazingly refreshing.

It's slice of life, yet the background and the subtle depths are quite a lot. The mood is pretty sweet and fuzzy, yet it doesn't make you sick, and it's very subtly hidden-- no warm bubbles or flowers or even dramatic expressions. It's very human, and sweetly so.

Plot-wise, it does use certain cliches yet it goes along smoothly. There's little 'plot push'; there are hidden information, but it doesn't make a twist; it only serves as further indication.

Giving a generalization, I'd say it's Kotobuki Tarako (plot-wise) meets Yoshinaga Fumi (style-wise), added with a pinch of Yamashita Tomoko (narrative-wise) just for the taste.
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 Answer for arethusa   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by ZeroNine
February 7th, 2010, 5:39pm
non tea room could refer to "observations of a non-traditional/modern/ordinary life in a group". A tea room is also an old reference to sex houses that disguised as tea rooms where patrons gathered for tea and sexual companionship. With both references combined, the title implies "observations of love (and sex) among friends in today's world".

I love shoowa! Thank you, dangerous pleasure, for scanlating this; you'll always be amazing and loved for following this through.
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 Aww...   
Rating: 9.3 / 10.0
by arethusa
January 26th, 2010, 1:12pm
I'd like to know the reason behind the title. In the English sense, it's a little nondescript. Good thing I still checked it out.

The story is simple, but it's the expression brought forward on each panel, especially on the character's faces, that speaks all those unspoken words that makes this manga stand out.

EDIT: Thank you ZeroNine. That was very enlightening.

I had qualms with how the first part of the second story went (something about artificial beings--no matter how sentient), but the second chapter more than made up for it. It was very endearing. This about jumps it up to a must-read for me.

... Last updated on March 2nd, 2010, 9:30pm
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 0_*   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by mica363
January 25th, 2010, 11:41pm
Wow, I am having a hard time putting my finger on what it is that is making me like this so much. The sketch like drawings give it the feeling of a manga at a rough draft stage, yet it has this incredible softness that makes it so beautiful I can't stop reading it. It really does, as Tentacle said, give that warm feeling.
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 Life like   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Tentacle
January 25th, 2010, 7:28am
The story is okay and not really the kind of story that I usually fall for, but the characters are so life-like that I can't help but really love it. When I was reading it I always kept thinking "Oh, that is so like me..." and I really like when I can relate with a character like I can in this. The art is pretty and the feeling I get when reading this is warm ^__^
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