BL manga usually doesn't have the best script but this one kept me going "wat" then and "wat" again. I'm pretty sure it's the fault of Tsurugi and not the fault of Fantasy Shrine-- no matter how you word them, some of the lines here were just ridiculous. I also don't believe this is how Tsurugi usually is, because I've read and was impressed with her other works, especially her FFVIII doujinshi. I think Tsurugi's desire to make this story what she perceived to be 'American' (with a homosexual twist!) was what made this manga so terrible. My Life With You is a rarity in Japanese manga but the schlick will be familiar to you if you've mainstream Hollywood blockbuster cinema at all, so prepare to be disappointed. This manga is very much a Michael Bay movie. Starring, idk, Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible. And Otacon.

On a lighter note, the art is absolutely amazing and kept me reading the whole way through regardless of the amount of times I laughed out loud at the speech bubbles. And despite my many complaints, this work is still a mile ahead most BL manga.

... Last updated on January 28th, 2011, 6:37am

Not only was the art outstanding, but the story was quite nice especially for one being Military/War-centric. This story isn't just "Oh, hai thar, I think yer pretty cute. Let's get together and have a perfect life, y/y?" like a lot of BL manga tend to be. The truth that relationships aren't perfect, nor are humans and their emotions themselves (which are sometimes hard to accept) shows quite heavily in this manga.

The main two characters don't hit it off right off the bat, their love for on another grows throughout, but they don't flat out tell it to each other so easily. Also, being that they're in the middle of war, it made me happy to see that they weren't always 'unharmed', I guess you could say-- it made the story seem more real/meaningful.

Either way I really enjoyed this, not just because I have a thing about uniforms or scientists, but because it was a good story with lovely eye-candy. I totally recommend reading this~ ;>

There's heaps of potential here, and it's unfortunately skipped again and again.

The reviewer below had explained it more further and I overall agreed with him, except that one factor bugs me a lot; adding more of my own, there's lots of "huh, wha?" moments and the moment it's done, the amount of "huh?" still remaining is probably one of the most in yaoi. Too bad, since the relationship itself goes very smoothly in terms of growth. In terms of paneling and pacing it's kinda unbalanced, tho. Some scenes felt like other scenes around which was supposed to span longer. The two years span felt very quick and rather rushed.

That, is probably the only bad aspect here. Too bad, and I'd go with the reviewer below; Because give it one, two other volume, and it could have rocked the military-secret agent kind of yaoi. Nyeh, it has potential to beat Kizuna in less volumes.

The army-mystery-trauma story line that runs constantly throughout the tankobon is left hanging at story close, but to me, it was never played up to be more than it was meant to be: a tool to explore the two men's psyches. The true story lies in a much smaller sphere, within the unseen dynamics of Eric and Steve.

Love morphs and changes over the years, and the depth that it can attain--depth that is barely expressible, so we turn to poetry and art--is captured within 'My Life With You'. The dialogue is tight and yet expansive; the art is emotional and flows easily and intensely.

This story's downfall: some of those significant moments that should have been explored for cohesion within this tankobon, never manifested. And it was most shocking when an important emotional issue was blue-balled since most scenes were plotted with artisan precision.

One of my favourite stories for the way the relationships morphs over the years is 'Kizuna' by Kodaka Kazuma. While not as explicitly illustrated, this one is very much in similar style. The plot is mysterious, compelling, action-packed, and engaging while still remaining highly erotic and angsty, reminding me of Higuri You's 'Gorgeous Carat'. Like that one, a lot of the full play-by-play is left to the imagination, but masters that art of the implied moment.

Story telling technique wise, the reader's emotions are manipulated to connect with characters profoundly with her creative delivery style: flashbacks of important past events which directly affect the current scene's happenings are interwoven. She also takes a flash of a future event and then transports the reader into the past, curious for the explanation.

Based on her excellent story telling not aligning up with the missing pieces of the puzzle, I would bet dollars to donoughts that there is a planned second book. It is fairy recent (2008), so maybe she does have plans.

Fantasy Shrine did a professional scanlation job.

... Last updated on January 1st, 2010, 8:57am

I really liked this since it was military-based [I have a thing for uniforms and such], although I felt that the ending was lacking, since I wanted to know more about Ouroboros. ]:

While reading it, I felt it was similar to Metal Gear Solid and I kept on thinking Eric was Otacon and Steve was Snake. Ha ha...

all the other comments almost made me pass on this but it was actually really nice. you could tell they really loved each other and the hesitation was realistic. i felt my self saying "omg...i know exactly how he feels!" lol. all in all it was a good read.

i decided to read this manga due to the high ratings given and also the seemingly pretty manga cover art.
i was sorely disappointed with this manga. the art was good but not exactly the best i've seen either. the story line was rather plain and typical really. nothing special i have to say