I don't know what went wrong! *weeps*

I love bondage stories but this one just made me tired. The first chapter had a great plot of confused love between Yuuri, Elaine, and Roy - well, actually it was only Roy that was confused. Even with a good premise of a plot, it still rang off.

The setting was a refreshing change: I believe it is in England in the 1920s. I like the uniqueness of that.

The following chapters I couldn't even finish. I noticed I was flipping through them quickly, obviously not riveted.

I believe the mangaka just needs to sharpen up her scenes - get rid of excess and give us the bang! Maybe some more meaningful interaction, close-ups or heart-breaking scenes.

BTW, what is WITH the penis-less spaces? Give me a break. Did the original look like that or is that bastardization of censors?

... Last updated on April 2nd, 2008, 11:36am

Really confusing beginning. You're just thrust (no pun intended) into the bondage. Its a bit of a dull story too, I didnt even bother to finish it.

Before I started on this, I read a comment that said when the only likeable character in a yaoi is the female character (in fact the only female character in here) you know something is wrong with the story. Well upon finishing I had to agree. The uke gets raped often by people who are just in love or obsessed with him in some way, and tbh despite the seme and other guys praising the uke back and forth I couldn't understand how he held a candle to the female friend.

... Last updated on May 1st, 2016, 4:21pm

As said below by several reviewers, the plot is bad, it's basically a guy that gets raped by everyone else, the sex scenes are bad too. And it's tiring to try and get what the story is about, and what the motivations of the characters are supposed to be.
Boring and annoying.

cause I don't find the story confusing at all...

Because I don't like the art, and I can't consider the "hot" scenes "hot" either, all I've concentrated on was the plot. Rather than confusing, it's kind of shallow and lame, to the point that I find it's funny to read. It's also better that we don't take the characters seriously, they were there just for the sake of all the rated stuffs, they hardly acted normally.

Conclusion: It's not worth reading. But I doubt this review will have any real effect... cause I just read all the previous reviews and still decided to read this out of curiousity XD

This was a strangely confusing manga. It's like the mangaka thought, "Trajectory? What plot trajectory?" BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE. I only knew that the scanners hadn't bolloxed it up and put 4 separate mangas together because there were 3 characters who appeared in all 4 chapters. For the rest of the characters who kept popping up, what were they even doing there? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? The mangaka barely, if ever, explains.
Don't read this manga, it's just a hot mess. It's like reading an essay written at 3 AM by a college student: jumbled and makes no sense.

While it's certainly worth reading for fans of the mangaka, for me the plot was too confusing and full of talk. The smut is typical, lots of toys, play, a real anus focus, rape, ect.
Because of the plot I never really cared for any of the characters and the translation was probably weak as well (but I don't know whether some of the mistakes were intended by the mangaka or came out of the translation).
The fact alone that the character is sometimes called Julius and then Yuuri without a reason is kind of annoying. He is a pure victim, always getting into rape situations.
The chapters seem very disconnected and I really had no idea if what is going on happened before or after the first chapter where they were all captured by Hugo.

The only real reason I see for reading this is either the kind of smut or the gorgeous art because
the boys are real eyecandy.

I remember reading this some time ago and although i remember it, it didn't leave a lasting impression. In fact to start with i was thoroughly confused. I thought that the chapter had been uploaded out of place in fact, but i kept reading as the other websites i tried started from the same point, and later came to realise thats just how the story is. The progression is out of sequence, it just doesen't flow well. You jump right into the middle of the plot. If this was done well with some flash backs to show how it led to this point it might've been better, but all explanations are left until following chapters. It was an ok story but the flow and characters didn't really do it for me.

I have mixed feelings about this one. The art is very beautiful, it's supposed to be a smut manga but... all men are designed to be barbie dolls, what definitely makes no sense to me in a smut manga. It's really weird. The story was rather confusing. I love the art but these things annoyed me while I was reading.

... Last updated on October 19th, 2009, 7:19am

does everyone want to rape and torture yuuri? and what is it with the total forgiveness afterwards? nobody as much as mentions it again. sorry, but all the smex in the world can't make up for idiotic plots (also, too much self-censorship for yuuri to look sufficiently like a man for my taste). and not even her art rescues this from my ennui.