it took two months after i read it to realize i actually liked it a lot more than the initial read, now i go back and read it over sometimes! pretty touching and interesting =)
if you like this one, try reading junjou by fujiyama hyouta
(has anyone thought of this series while reading junjou o.O)

... Last updated on February 11th, 2009, 8:48am

While it's yet another high school angst story, it does it fairly well and a lot better than most other manga I've read. Also while this one is classified as "yaoi" and has the US release has an explicit content warning, I didn't find this one to be all the explicit as the smut factor is extremely low.

The scanlations oddly enough had an extra story called "To Indulge and To Be Indulged" that June/DMP did not include in the official US release. *fumes*

Wow, I'm surprised that I actually managed to finish this manga without going insane. Seriously, I know a lot will disagree with me here, but boy was the story frustrating. And then to add on to the list, the characters are completely intolerable to the point it drove me crazy. Gosh I could feel my brain cells die from the pain it received after reading this.

Okay, rants aside, even from the beginning of the manga I already had a vague idea of how this story was going to turn out. I wouldn't say that it's too predictable, and the storytelling is actually quite good in my opinion, but that alone couldn't save the book from turning out a little anti-climatic in the end. The resolution definitely felt a bit forced and convenient. That said, I must say the subtle humour scattered here and there throughout the story is pretty enjoyable, and although the artwork is a little dated, it suits this school-life-themed manga about boys in love quite well.

Now about the characters, I have to acknowledge I haven't come across such a douche of a character like the one here in a while, and his 'love interest' (or rather f*ck interest, seriously, where the hell did all the love come from) didn't help to save the situation one bit with his indecisiveness and helplessness. It's so frustrating, and frankly annoying, that they end up together with a happy ending, while the real good guys always lose out in the end. Oh well, considering how they both managed to annoy me so much, I guess they really were made for each other after all..? Hah.

... Last updated on December 9th, 2014, 2:25pm

hmm...kinda anit-climatic but yet the story leaves an impression 10 points! by the way i SERIOUSLY recommend CONSTELLATIONS IN MY PALM it was drawn by the same artist(yukine honami) and the story was soooo nice and sweet!!!!!!!! just read it you'll love it!!!

The story telling was pretty amazing and so was the art. But at the same time, the plot was just---AHHH. Was Toru blind? His love interest was 100%, without a doubt the embodiment of cheating scum. I don't understand what Toru saw in him at all. Forget being a love interest, I don't even see how he thought what's-his-face even qualified as a decent human being. Someone below said that the good guys lost out, and I could not have worded it better myself. I just don't understand how the story progressed the way it did. Toward the end it definitely felt like the author forced the relationships to turn out the way they did rather than just letting the story progress naturally.

Well... I enjoy a good BL manga with tragedy, hurt, wrong decisions, jerk characters and so on so I'm not completely against this one. Still, Ryoji was a major bastard and I wish he had gotten what he deserves for acting the way he did. The uke was way too nice and forgiving.

Anyways, the art is very good. Storywise I would only recommend this to someone who looks for a character to seriously hate!

this story should change its name to love is blind... because honestly, that's the only thing I could get out of it (then again, what was I expecting from a yaoi anyway). I can see why most people dislike the 2 main characters, but for me, they are just kind of bland... I mean I like the idea, stories about forceful love is good sometimes and it's also interesting how even though they're so unlikable and they still manage to fit together perfectly. But the characterization just isn't really... there, yet. I do see how the author tries her best to convey the uke's feelings... but somehow it doesn't come across strongly enough for me.
The drawing is nice, very detailed and a lot of attention is drawn to the little and subtle action, which is great.... but I still don't see enough passion
well it's an okay past time thing, not too trashy, but not one of the greats either

I wasn't really fond of Ryoji testing his sexual curiosity onto Toru, but what comes after that became a really good story. The fake relationship, a jealous Ryoji, and hidden feelings discovered; it's nice.

lovely art, but read just like a shoujo with a spineless uke and a selfish and pushy seme. almost NO development of any characters, just some drama rama we're expected to care about. typical jealousy plot, but with a character so bland and flaky i didnt care about him at all and forgot his name.

yawn, disappointed.

i'm rereading this after several years, and i think it holds up well in comparison to much other BL i've read since. emo high school stories are a dime a dozen, but this one actually has a fair bit of character development. mostly in touru, who is a pushover at the start, but has by the end of it pulled himself together and is doing the right thing for himself and towards others. i quite like touru even though i am generally not fond of doormats, but he's young, he's generally a decent guy, and he does learn from his experiences (which is more than can be said for most BL characters). ryouji i am not as fond of, mostly because he neither thinks very hard about what the right thing to do might be, nor considers other people's feelings sufficiently. but hey, he's a teenager, what can you do; it's certainly not unrealistic. and he isn't an utter jerk, but kazumi didn't do a good enough job of showing that; she mostly tells us through touru's words how nice ryouji generally is to touru, which isn't as effective as showing us. so yes, ryouji does care about touru, it's just that his brain switches off when he gets that idiot idea about sleeping with him out of curiosity. i think its pretty clear that he has special feelings for touru even before that, he just has no clue about them; he comes to realise them a bit at a time. and indeed, he doesn't treat the girlfriend well, but that, too, isn't unrealistic -- and at least he does break up with her when he figures out that touru matters to him rather more than he originally realised.

technically the pacing is off towards the end, because everything resolves pretty much in a flash; woops -- if you blink you'll miss it. the art is typical honami; sensitive and uncluttered; i always like it and this is no exception.

i don't exactly love this manga, but i think it is an above average representative of the emo high school romance. the novel has additional material that continues the story beyond the end of the manga; if you like the manga, you'll probably like the novel as well.