It has a few standout moments but ultimately this anthology was pretty dull and uninteresting all the way to the end. There's hardly any suspense to the romance development of all couples in all three stories, while the characters themselves aren't particularly very well-written either. I had a bit of fun in the former half of the second story because at least there's some sparks to its couple whose dynamics are definitely the most interesting and compatible among the three pairs, though sadly the latter half quickly succumbed to the general formula running through this whole manga. First and third stories I didn't enjoy much at all; they're so bland and tedious and the characters are even annoying at times.

A Boring Man stories: C- (and that's being generous - it was clumsy, cliche, and overall not great when sadly it could have been very cute).

Sweet Room: C- (could have been cute, but completely wasn't. At all...).

Let's Tie Hands Firmly stories: C (what's with all these "I love you," "Oh, cool, yeah, I love you too," stories? There's no buildup...)

Overall, nothing unique, indistinguishable characters for the most part, and a serious lack of buildup or actual emotion. This makes me very sad.


I'd like to note, however, that I'm a big fan of older uke and younger semes. I love that the author does that. I just wish there was some substance to this story.

not a bad read overall, but the third story was the best. I thought that they handled the idea of rape very well for the amount of story alloted to it, and it was by far the best story in the book. I also liked the cute little continuation of that story where they get jealous of each other's friends. =) Very cute.

It was a nice collection of short stories, as expected from Yamamoto-sensei. None of them were too short and they felt complete.

The first "A Boring Man" was not a very unique story but cute and enjoyable nonetheless, and I liked the uke's clumsiness. Plus point for the lot of bath scenes.

The second "Sweet Room" was not really for my taste (too beautiful uke and I don't really enjoy love-at-first-sight), but it wasn't bad by any means. The uke's change of behaviour was funny, and I liked the end too - nothing too obvious, just implying their future together.

The two-part third story "Let's tie hands firmly" and it's continuation "Always Hand in Hand" was the best in my opinion both in plotwise and details (of course, since it was the longest). It actually dealt with a rather serious topic and managed to pull it out well. It could've been a one-volume story too (this way the uke's mental progress to be ready to start a relationship with the seme could have been slower and more natural) but I'm not saying it was very rushed. The continuation was also rather sweet.

All in all, I recommend this manga. Nothing extremly memorable, but a fun and nice read.