The story is good and the premise is interesting but the characters are seriously lacking in personality. You have the typical crybaby uke and pokerface seme. Kichou is the man and Kagerou is the woman, not only in the uke/seme way but in every aspect of their personalities. So you also have the shoujo archetypes of "distant but possesive" male lead and "weak indecisive" female lead.



If I wanted to read a menxwoman romance I would stick with shoujo, but that's just me...

I recommend this to people who aren't used to BL and enjoy a bit of light S&M.

I must say her drawings is the best in this manga. The historical story is quite entertaining and the smut factor are decent. Yeah, Itsuki Kaname had balanced everything in this highly recommended story...(*3*)// hurray

The art's very pretty and all, and the premise is unusual, but the plot and characters felt kind of vapid. Guy A and Guy B like each other, aren't allowed to, so A is tsundere all the time (and claims he doesn't like B) and avoids taking customers, and B keeps getting injured. They end up living happily ever after. I feel this could have just as well been a 1-volume story, instead of 3, considering that not much happened. I ended up skimming through the last several chapters because I was getting bored and just wanted it to finish already.

... Last updated on June 23rd, 2013, 11:59pm

Even if I say this yaoi is amazing or beautiful(which it is), it does not begin to define this impeccable piece of work. I just know that I will always cherish the love story of Kichou and his princess because it is one of the best love stories I have ever read.

After reading this masterpiece again (I can't get enough) I want to add that the art is so gorgeous! It's like there are tiny fireworks in my eyes. Itsuki Kaname is so talented.

Another comment I want to add is that their development from childhood to adulthood is absolutely amazing. I guess that is part of the charm. We see Kichou and Kagerou change and develop into adults but their love for each other never fades from childhood. I find myself crying again.

... Last updated on December 19th, 2011, 7:20pm

I found this yaoi absolutely beautiful both in terms of the art and the plot. The author and artist very effectively use art and dialogue to express the emotions of the characters and the bittersweet situation they are in. I never personally found the seme too girly, and I don't understand why other reveiwers have had issues with liking a seme who has bottomed: I thought this only added to the beauty of the plot, especially seeing the uke's reaction to this.

Although the uke is very 'girly' (I prefer to think of him as being beautiful and feminine rather than girly) I also never had an issue with this or even considered his personality annoying whereas normally I hate girly ukes! I don't know why that is, although maybe because the rest of the art was so beautiful I unconsciously accepted this (in other manga's where the uke is the only beautifully drawn character I think this tends to stick out more). I also think that his personality was not unnecessarily feminine: to make the plot work, this personality for him was effective. Although loved the seme more (I thought he was a very well developed character) I still enjoyed the uke and the conflict between the two originally.

The whole plot of this manga appealed to me and I loved it. Bittersweet, beautiful art, tastefully done, well developed characters... what more do you want? Definitely going on my favourites, I even cried at moments.

Even if you don't like feminine ukes, then at least try it out and come to your own decision after reading it! You will be blown away.

I find myself returning often to this manga because no matter how often I read it, the beauty and the poignancy of this story doesn't seem to dull. What did brings to the reader simply defies description. Enough said.

YES, the guys seem to look like girls, but the story...is GOOD!!! It's really GOOD!!!! There are even flashbacks about when they were children, and how their relationship grew in t hat brothel. It's a shame that their relationship changed to cat/dog...but it was for a good reason... (spoiler) since they were found out, and one of them would have been tossed away. To keep him working in the brothel (since he looked so reluctant to take customers) he ignited the challenge that not only sealed their future of working there (which is good cos they can be together) but it had the slightly undersirable yet cute effect of turning them into cat/dog.

Alas, the last chapter scanlated (v2.6) is such a cliffie!!! eeeeeeeeeekkkkkk!! DP - give us moooooore........

This manga have a very original story, it´s about the friendship between two boys who were sold to a male brothel. The timeline covers their story since they were kids to the adult age. The art is simply beautiful, one of the most beautiful mangas I ever read. The scanlation is in process so I didn´t read the complete story, just volume 01 but so far it caught my attention, I´ll look forward for more.

... Last updated on August 28th, 2009, 8:28am

This happened in some make belief time frame, place or alternate universe. The setting is not in Edo, and definitely not historical. They have goddamn hair tongs, maid cafes and a whole other bunch of modern day inventions.

... Last updated on April 8th, 2015, 2:59am

Looking at the cover and the setting I thought, "Oh another historical tale of tragic prostitutes who love each other and will only be able to really be together from afar or in death..." But it actually didn't turn out that badly although after the back story I thought I hope they get away before they have to sleep with customers...how sad to be in love with a fellow prostitute and only be able to see each other after having spent the day sleeping with strangers. The seme was really fem at the beginning but it got much better. I can't help hoping the uke will begin to look a little more masculine as the story goes on as well.