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Kizoku to Nessa no Ouji (Novel) ![]()
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Description
In his young life, Takeyuki has never really known hardship. The youngest son of a wealthy family, he has never had any difficulty getting anything he desired. Now, though, Takeyuki is enjoying his last month of freedom before he begins working at his father's import company in Tokyo, and he has decided to spend that time with his brother and his sister-in-law in Cassina, a small country in the Middle East. Little does Takeyuki know that his prideful manner will soon land him in hot water! In Cassina, some dangers are very real and some people are not who they seem. For example, who exactly...
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Type
Novel
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
The Aristocrat and the Desert Prince
貴族と熱砂の皇子
貴族と熱砂の皇子
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Latest Release(s)
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Status
in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Rating
Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (47 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.22 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 7.22 / 10.0
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Categories
Category Recommendations
Hajimari wa Suna no Ichiya
Jauhara Genya
Zettai Kyuuai Prince
Bokura no Oukoku - Arabian Night
Sabaku no Ouji-sama
Jauhara Genya
Zettai Kyuuai Prince
Bokura no Oukoku - Arabian Night
Sabaku no Ouji-sama
Recommendations
N/A
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
2004
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Juné (1 Volume - Complete/Digital & Print)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #767 
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Monthly Pos #1761(+154)
3 Month Pos #2321(+1137)
6 Month Pos #4747(+337)
Year Pos #5798(+1550)
(+31)Monthly Pos #1761
(+154)3 Month Pos #2321
(+1137)6 Month Pos #4747
(+337)Year Pos #5798
(+1550)List Stats
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Pros:
- Sweet, short story that is easy to read.
- Relatively believable characters.
Cons:
- Extremely predictable and not particularly original.
- Not particularly engrossing; there isn't really any playing on your emotions.
- Romance only at the very end.
Other comments:
- This novel contains only one love scene, and it occurs during the last few pages. So anyone wishing to skip explicit content will not have any problems.
Those looking for more smut will be disappointed.
Bottom Line: This light novel isn't breaking any ground, but it's a cute read for a quick BL fix.
- Sweet, short story that is easy to read.
- Relatively believable characters.
Cons:
- Extremely predictable and not particularly original.
- Not particularly engrossing; there isn't really any playing on your emotions.
- Romance only at the very end.
Other comments:
- This novel contains only one love scene, and it occurs during the last few pages. So anyone wishing to skip explicit content will not have any problems.
Those looking for more smut will be disappointed.
Bottom Line: This light novel isn't breaking any ground, but it's a cute read for a quick BL fix.
It’s not often that I read Middle East stories, so I found the setting quite interesting. The illustrations were lovely and I looked forward to them.
I’m just going to dig right into my thoughts.
Full of spoilers and NSFW!
Translation/quality:
I always find June/DMP’s translation good, but the quality can often be lacking - specifically talking about typos. I recall at least three in this novel.
Postscript:
I don’t like their use of ‘dom’ and ‘sub’ instead of seme/uke OR top/bottom. I get not using seme/uke, because maybe not everyone reading it will know those Japanese terms. But using BDSM terms to describe a top/bottom relationship is weird for me. There were no dom/sub vibes in the relationship to me. Zayid only ordered Takeyuki around because he’s a prince and in order to survive, Takeyuki needed to help with the chores. Takeyuki didn’t want or like being ordered around and that’s largely what caused him to nearly get himself killed by escaping Zayid.
I was interested to see that there was a drama CD and that this novel is part of an ‘Aristocrat’ series.
I’m just going to dig right into my thoughts.
Full of spoilers and NSFW!
Translation/quality:
I always find June/DMP’s translation good, but the quality can often be lacking - specifically talking about typos. I recall at least three in this novel.
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
Relationship:
Zayid teased Takeyuki too much, he is partly to blame for Takeyuki’s actions (running away from Zayid). Takeyuki had been through a trauma and was genuinely scared of what Zayid would do to him, and Zayid never reassured him, only made it worse by making it seem like he would keep Takeyuki away forever, just like Metahat’s group/Azzawar. When we find out that Zayid is a prince, it just seems like they’re both spoiled and that part of them clashed. Takeyuki does act like a child due to his spoiled background, and Zayid acts arrogant because of his position.
I’m glad that Takeyuki realized how selfish he was to leave Mustafa’s care in the first place, and no matter how stifled he was feeling by his caretakers, running off on his own can have really serious consequences. There were other ways he could have exercised freedom.
The ‘true love At First Sight and love only you forever’ stuff bothered me. There was too much pointing out of how strange his feelings doing a 180 and falling in love with Zayid was. It made it hard to suspend my disbelief. And I wouldn’t have noticed how much crying Takeyuki did if he hadn’t kept thinking about it himself. I began to wonder if he had super tearducts.
The sex scene could have been sexy. I loved how it went beyond what stereotypical sex scenes are like in other BL - the top gave the bottom a blowjob, and prepared him really well to be penetrated, saying he would take it slowly and make it good for him. It made it obvious how much he cared about Takeyuki and him getting as much pleasure as possible out of it too, instead of the whole ‘sorry, but I can’t stop myself’ crap I see elsewhere. Like I said, it could have been sexy, if not for…
“Magnificent, robust member”
“Magnificent organ”
"Crotch”
“And he was rock hard, almost like a weapon.”
“Panting erection”
“Dirty fluids”
“Manfully erect object”
“Tightly puckered folds”
“Stunning rod”
SO UNSEXY.
By the end I was wondering if the translator was doing that on purpose, or if it was in the actual text.
‘I can never leave you and live.’ -Takeyuki …In a different context, that’s creepy. It reminds me of Zayid teasing that he’d keep Takeyuki as his bride, and you don’t know if he’s serious or not, so much so that Takeyuki felt like he had to escape into the desert. It began to feel like Stockholm Syndrome while they were in the desert.
It ended too abruptly, I wanted to know how it worked out for them – a sequel chapter would have done nicely. Just up and changing his plans to work at his dad’s place, explaining his new relationship without outing Ashif as the ‘Desert Hawk’, explaining how he fell in love with someone in a few days without going into details about being kidnapped??? And that he wants to just move away from his family to a foreign country, without a job and… Yeah. They’ll really think he’s an impulsive child then.
Zayid teased Takeyuki too much, he is partly to blame for Takeyuki’s actions (running away from Zayid). Takeyuki had been through a trauma and was genuinely scared of what Zayid would do to him, and Zayid never reassured him, only made it worse by making it seem like he would keep Takeyuki away forever, just like Metahat’s group/Azzawar. When we find out that Zayid is a prince, it just seems like they’re both spoiled and that part of them clashed. Takeyuki does act like a child due to his spoiled background, and Zayid acts arrogant because of his position.
I’m glad that Takeyuki realized how selfish he was to leave Mustafa’s care in the first place, and no matter how stifled he was feeling by his caretakers, running off on his own can have really serious consequences. There were other ways he could have exercised freedom.
The ‘true love At First Sight and love only you forever’ stuff bothered me. There was too much pointing out of how strange his feelings doing a 180 and falling in love with Zayid was. It made it hard to suspend my disbelief. And I wouldn’t have noticed how much crying Takeyuki did if he hadn’t kept thinking about it himself. I began to wonder if he had super tearducts.
The sex scene could have been sexy. I loved how it went beyond what stereotypical sex scenes are like in other BL - the top gave the bottom a blowjob, and prepared him really well to be penetrated, saying he would take it slowly and make it good for him. It made it obvious how much he cared about Takeyuki and him getting as much pleasure as possible out of it too, instead of the whole ‘sorry, but I can’t stop myself’ crap I see elsewhere. Like I said, it could have been sexy, if not for…
“Magnificent, robust member”
“Magnificent organ”
"Crotch”
“And he was rock hard, almost like a weapon.”
“Panting erection”
“Dirty fluids”
“Manfully erect object”
“Tightly puckered folds”
“Stunning rod”
SO UNSEXY.
By the end I was wondering if the translator was doing that on purpose, or if it was in the actual text.
‘I can never leave you and live.’ -Takeyuki …In a different context, that’s creepy. It reminds me of Zayid teasing that he’d keep Takeyuki as his bride, and you don’t know if he’s serious or not, so much so that Takeyuki felt like he had to escape into the desert. It began to feel like Stockholm Syndrome while they were in the desert.
It ended too abruptly, I wanted to know how it worked out for them – a sequel chapter would have done nicely. Just up and changing his plans to work at his dad’s place, explaining his new relationship without outing Ashif as the ‘Desert Hawk’, explaining how he fell in love with someone in a few days without going into details about being kidnapped??? And that he wants to just move away from his family to a foreign country, without a job and… Yeah. They’ll really think he’s an impulsive child then.
Postscript:
I don’t like their use of ‘dom’ and ‘sub’ instead of seme/uke OR top/bottom. I get not using seme/uke, because maybe not everyone reading it will know those Japanese terms. But using BDSM terms to describe a top/bottom relationship is weird for me. There were no dom/sub vibes in the relationship to me. Zayid only ordered Takeyuki around because he’s a prince and in order to survive, Takeyuki needed to help with the chores. Takeyuki didn’t want or like being ordered around and that’s largely what caused him to nearly get himself killed by escaping Zayid.
I was interested to see that there was a drama CD and that this novel is part of an ‘Aristocrat’ series.
I really enjoyed this novel for so many reasons. First, it was very well written. The words just flowed through the pages. Second, the love story is very sweet. It might seem like a cliche story from the summary but it really isn't! Both characters are likable, even though Takeyuki might seem like a spoiled brat....he is still very cute. The "charming, majestic man" is Zayid and he is "faints". Let's just say I love semes like that 
Anyway, it was a great read.
... Last updated on December 20th, 2011, 4:24pm
Anyway, it was a great read.... Last updated on December 20th, 2011, 4:24pm
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