the takao/kamuro team just keeps getting better. this story isn't at all like their smutty oneshots; it has some depth, and an unusual ending. the cover is misleadingly cute, and the ending goes against BL formula -- this might turn those people who like the formula off. i liked it though, partly because it ended differently.

... Last updated on March 26th, 2011, 2:34pm

The main story is okay, not too bad but not too special either. Now the real pain that I'm suffering here is the almost identical designs of two characters in this manga, which caused huge misunderstanding for me (and for most readers I'm sure, including the commentator below me) for quite a long time. At least I realised it, is what I keep telling myself to prevent from going insane.

I don't want to spoil too much, but I feel the need to warn future readers, so here's what you need to keep in mind: the white-haired guy at the end, although he has hairstyle, eyes, eyebrows.. all similar to one of the main characters', he is in fact NOT that character but a complete different one. This realisation has a huge impact on how one perceives the story, alright? I made the mistake of thinking they were the same person, which caused me to write a completely different comment earlier, but then after figuring out the confusion had to delete the whole thing to start again from scratch because everything I understood about the story was wrong.

It's got potential but, like the others before said, at the end it's way too easy to confuse Hozumi (the guy chasing Kyu-chan) with Natsu (the new tenant, whom the sequel is focused on) because they look basically the same. Anyway, the plot isn't really that special, but I did appreciate that the ending was more ambiguous instead of the typical "and then they became a couple", because if feels more realistic this way.