I am also a fan of her works; the plot and setting are so ordinary, yet there is this things that could get you attached to the characters. The uke is also my favorite. He isn't the shallow tsundere type. He can be teasing sometimes, and other times he is so shy. So sweet and caring, and his bashfullness made my heart flutter for him.

This dynamic is my weakness, so I gotta say this might have clouded my judgement as well.

As for what @Serendipity said, I would allow myself to disagree with them; the reason for why I have loved this manga was BECAUSE of the chemistry between the two of them.

The main story was good... But THE COLD ONE!!!! THE COLD ONE!!!! IT PIERCED MY HEART WHEN DAISUKE CRIED WITH REGRET!!!!

But lemme tell you, the volume 2 sucked. I can't believe Nishioka wasn't mad at Matsukawa for taking over the project.
The fact that this isn't Sensei's best manga but got a 2nd volume is kinda upsetting. But if her stories would go downhill if a sequel would be added, then I'm glad that my fave mangas don't have a sequel.
And come ooon!!!! I adore semes who blush when sex and sensei's known for that but ehh

... Last updated on March 29th, 2017, 4:05am

It's a pretty cute story, all in all. A little bland in some places, but enjoyable enough.

However, whoever scanlated the last chapter copied two pages at once, so a bunch of the dialog bubbles are too fuzzy to read, so it was difficult to follow along (and it's a lengthy chapter, so it's irritating to try and decode the fuzzy dialog). I couldn't read that last chapter, sadly.

I found Nishioka annoying. ( I really wanted to slap him ... wait I may have been doing that in my head).
Interesting turns or other events that could have happened never did.
I'm surprised I was able to finish this.
I would say unless you've read everything else that's good, don't waste your time on this.

I like that this is so well paced.
You get to know the characters, get a feeling for how they act, react and stand to one another.
The story builds up well, first showing their jobs, current problems, private lives, and then slowly revealing about the past and their feelings.

There's a lot of nice details, like the photo Ken passed to Daisuke, which kept making him laugh out loud randomly in meetings and such.... it's those kind of details that make the story feel alive and the characters human.

The characters just work together! There's the right kind of chemistry, and while Daisuke being the stoic, calm and composed man and Ken being a cheerful, playful tsundere, it is Daisuke who relies on Ken when he needs help, and they both have a bittersweet, tragic past that influenced them... there's just so much to these characters!

I'll recommend this to anyone, because it's got everything a good yaoi manga needs!
An exciting and interesting plot, likable characters, twists, secrets, drama... sex, and a good
art style. The only thing that bothers me would be that it's softcore yaoi, and I'd prefer it a bit more steamy.

... Last updated on September 10th, 2012, 4:09am

It was a sweet story, but I couldn´t feel the chemistry between the two main characters. Felt kinda shallow. The art was good though, and the plot was okay. I´m usually not a big fan of " I had a dead lover before you" kinda theme, but this time it worked out.

I just gotta say that this shouldn´t be branded as a yaoi....at all. They had like one sex scene in the whole manga, and that was between Daisuke and his dead lover. And between the main couples they didn´t show ANY sex scenes, just hints. So I think this should be branded as a Shounen-ai.

Either way, If you´re looking something lighthearted and fluffy, this one is for you. If you´re new to the whole yaoi/shounen-ai genre I would also recommend this.

... Last updated on October 12th, 2011, 1:15pm

after reading the other reviews, i came to this series with high expectations... i wasn't super disappointed, it's definitely good, but not engaging enough for me to call it amazing, or even the best. i found myself taking many breaks in reading because i just wasn't interested enough to continue and skipping over parts. toko kawai always does a good job of creating honest and likeable characters, but something is missing, maybe the couple is too vanilla and rose-tinted for me.

The art isn't as good as some of her other works but the story rates very high. I got pretty emotional reading it and I really like the types of characters depicted! The scans weren't very high quality in the later chapters though and that was kind of annoying.

It's been so long since I've read this for the last time, and it's still so good even now!
Okay, I'm totally biased here because I am an openly Kawai Touko fan...but this is one of my favorite titles from even her!
Nishioka is one of my all-times favorite ukes. He's simply adorable. He's not whiny, he's just scared and really, really shy. He has also a lot of regrets about his past, but still can't be straightofward, so he's often pained by it. Even so, he is a really attentive person and cares very much about Daisuke and everyone else he loves.
And Daisuke has only one word to describe him: perfection. He's quite pushy and perverted, but just enough to get Nishioka's own needs out, even if he doesn't tell Daisuke himself. And he ALWAYS knows what Nishioka means and wants. He's a really caring seme! His past is the best character's past ever. It is as good as the main story, and really heart-breaking...and then you see how he finally moved on when he met Nishioka and love this couple even more!

I like especially how their relationship progress slowly, from casual things that happen. Although we can see Daisuke's been aware of Nishioka for a long time, it's not mutual until Nishioka remembers his past and doesn't want to make the same mistake with Daisuke. And then a series of events start when Daisuke kisses him. I love how Nishioka goes through every single aspect of falling in love, from desire to jealousy, and back to showing your emotions in front of that special person.

Apart from the relationship itself, the characters also grow as human beings. Whille Nishioka learns how to express his feelings better and even be selfish when he needs to, Daisuke learn how to finally suceed in love and thinks more about Nishioka then about himself.

It amazes me how Kawai-sensei can turn an ordinary plot into something very special and beautiful. She adds twists to it that simply get you involved deep enough to get in love with the characters forever. Even the dialogues are brilliant. How Daisuke tells us that Nishioka is a virgin ("still so pure and sweet") instead of just saying it, for instance.

And it's just the MOST PERFECT art. They're both drop-dead gorgeous. Nishioka is cute, but he's also sexy. And Daisuke is so freaking hot!

Seriously, you should't be wasting time reading reviews. GO READ IT ALREADY!

... Last updated on January 31st, 2011, 1:57am

This was my first yaoi manga and i have to say it was and is still one of the best yaoi manga i have read. i also would like to add that this is an great manga for you to read if your just starting out and don't know if you can handle some of those hard-core yaoi moments.