Other than the unfinished feeling these stories give off (I wonder if they were submitted as series to a magazine (B-Boy is the one Koide writes for?), but canceled after the first chapter or two, because they have complete plots and all, it's just that each story feels like a beginning to a much longer series), the first one is really super not romantic at all. It's a lot creepy, with an abusive young man who blackmails a student teacher into living with him (and having sex!) by threatening to hurt the teacher's loved ones. But even at the early stages of the story, it looks like it's going to go the route of the teacher falling in love with the student, due to Stockholm Syndrome or something, and there's this weird romanticising of a seriously abusive relationship - at least the student teacher's best friend notices this and says something about it. I'm almost glad that the story ended without more closure, because I'm afraid that it was heading towards a really bad ending like that.

If you like to be warned of abusive relationships so that you can avoid them, here's your warning. If I'd been more aware of it, I wouldn't have read the story at all.

The second one is also kind of screwed up, but not nearly so bad. One Yoshito is getting married, Sei has been in love with him since childhood, and Daisuke has been in love with Sei almost as long, but neither Sei nor Daisuke have said a word about their feelings, until Yoshito's wedding day - when, it turns out, his new wife is also in love with someone else, and he calls the marriage off. The resulting actions taken by each of the main characters (and others who enter the story later) make this seem like it would be a much more interesting series if extended, if only because it's not as screwed up. The characters are still seriously flawed, though.

And, one of the upsides to the second story is that it has a more structured plot than the first, so it does feel like it has a better ending, rather than something just unfinished. (The plot is "how these men reveal their feelings after twelve years of silence".)

I really enjoyed both stories, but both left me the feeling of not being finished. Both had endings that seemed to just stop with no real resolution. Was this a prequel? A side story to some other series? I am not sure. I really felt cheated by the endings. To be left like that with no resolution to the story, not even a hint of what is to come, just leaves one frustrated. I still ranked these high, as they are good stories. I just wish there was a little more of a decisive ending to both.

I never even finished the first story. I got disgusted and stopped when That irritated me so much.

... Last updated on November 1st, 2011, 12:20am

The first one: obviously the student is going to continue to trap the teacher and he will abide by all his requests because he fell in love with him and have admit to it. Later the sensei sees him talking to Haruka and feel inferior to him, and question what he is really doing with his life. He fears that the student still sees him like property and not love. Therefore, he meets with his girlfriend again for dinner. That night he drank his sorrows away and his girlfriend decides to send him home. Being drunk and dumb he doesn't realize what address he told the taxi driver and ends up at the student's place. The student sees them together and becomes very jealous. He grabs the drunk sensei away from her and kisses him in front of the girlfriend. Being drunk and dumb, sensei kisses back and this conclude the break up of sensei and his girlfriend. The student carries sensei up to the apartment and tells him that he can no longer have a girlfriend, because sensei's body and love belongs to him. That night they have hot and steamy sex for three days straight.

The second one: I think Sei will end up with Daisuke, because of that look he gave him in the last scene. Yoshita isn't really gay (yet), therefore he probably have another fling with his ex wife and makes Sei depress and insecure. Daisuke will jump in and support Sei all over again and say he should stay strong and be with Yoshito, because he wants Sei to be happy. But by then Sei would have started to realize it was Daisuke who was always there. The next time Yoshito and Sei meets up, Yoshito would gladly give themselves a go at dating, but Sei would've noticed it didn't feel right. As they entered a hotel room he realizes who he really loves and runs away. Sei ran through a rainy night from a mile away to Daisuke's apartment and confesses that he loves him too. Daisuke kisses him and that night they have hot and steamy sex for three days straight!

Who agrees with me?!

So cute, but ARGH, it feels like she cuts the stories off at the climax instead of the ending.

this story was soooooooo good!!! especially the second story!!! it reminded me so much of close the last door (after watching the first ova i found my self desperately addicted to it and in love with the story^^ thiough, i havent had a chance to buy it yet...)
i reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllly like!!
the only thing about it is that the stories are both unfinished >< sssh!!! i hate that!