I remember I passed like 3 months without seeing or reading yaoi and then one random night I recalled my favorite chapter from this manga and after all, I stayed up until 4 am because I had the need to read the complete thing, hahaha!.. and my love for yaoi was reborn (well, it never died xD)...but yeah, Kimi ga koi ni Oboreru is THAT good.

... Last updated on November 16th, 2013, 9:33pm

I really like this story more than the younger brother. Hmm. Reiichirou seem to be clueless and very sensitive, but not really. Contradicting, I know. But that's how I perceive him. He is really misunderstood easily because of his contradicting characteristics. His side of story wasn't really elaborated at kimi ga koi, and now, as his story unfold, I like him more and more

If there is something ridiculous about this manga, it will be the fact that there is a 10-year age gap between Rei and Jinnai. Come on, they look like friends around the same age. May be Jinnai just simply has a skin care secret *chuckle*

That aside, there is nothing else absolutely unrealistic about the relationship depicted in this manga in my opinion. Firstly, regarding why there are so many ukes who need to be taken care of in the yaoi world, the answer is quite simple. Most yaoi mangas are written by female mangaka and for target at female readers. With that being considered, many of the stereotypical characteristic of women are carried over to the ukes. I am not saying that all female are weak and undependable, but there are things that are expected more from the males. There are women who preferred to be treated exactly the same as their male counterparts, just as there are some strong image of ukes in yaoi. But over all, that explains why it is quite rare to find seme-like uke in yaoi and more in bara, which actually aims at male readers. Of course I personally am not a fan of cutesy girly ukes because they are guys after all, but Rei was not quite portrayed so here. In the end, he furthermore made a brave decision to break the family shelf, to stand for his belief; so it means that he has learnt and matured more though out the story and I don't see how Rei could be called an incapable person after all of that.

Secondly, regarding the complaints that Rei was so clueless, naive and that Jinnai was kind of forcing Rei into the relationship, I agree but only to some extends. Rei was indeed naive and clueless, but only in love. He was not a clueless as in thinking that life is pink and everyone will live happily ever after. In fact, due to his family situation, it is reasonable why he has not been able to go around dating and to have experience in sexual attraction. I have friends who have little or no clue about this matter too just because families are too strict and most of what they do are studying, working, or hanging out with friends while having a hard time to start a relationship. And as you can see from the manga, Rei struggled to become more socialize because he has not been exposed to the outside world a lot. It was not his fault to begin with while he indeed made effort to learn and improve. Therefore, just simply characterizing himas "naive" and "clueless" is a little unfair. Also, Jinnai did force Rei to consider their relationship. But it was Rei's consent that started their relationship as Rei claimed that he was very well aware of what they were doing and chose to let Jinnai do it. So Jinnai was not forcing Rei to do anything actually.

Last but not least, this yaoi is dramatic as it is categorized. There were issues keep coming, there were jealousy, but they were brought up in believable situations. Jinnai did not randomly become jealous because Rei talked to a friend and vice versa. Kimura did make some moves to threaten their relationship! Unless you are saying that you absolutely have no problem with your lover being around with your love rival, I don't see why anxiety is unacceptable here, and it should have nothing to do with trust or not. Also, insecurity over social gap is realistic problem. It might not happen to everyone, but it certainly happen to and trouble someone in real life. After all, this is a dramatic manga, so please do not look forward to finding a completely sweet and peaceful relationship but drama!

Disclaimer: I am not worshipping either this mangaka or this manga. I cannot say that this is the best manga of Hinako Takanaga sensei or by any mangaka either. This manga has to have some flaws but I would like to point out that I don't neccesarily agree with some pointed out by other reviewers. Also, this is my opinion, and I by no mean want to force it on anyone because I believe each of us has our own standards and philosophies.

I haven't read the prequel, so I have no idea what that's about, but I must say that I love Reiichirou, he's not perfect. Far from it. He's too blunt, too naive, too clueless, too unobservant, in fact, he's a whole list of too many other things that it'll take me ages to put everything down. Too pretty for one, it's enough to make a girl jealous. But that said, he's also very, terribly endearing, that's in my opinion anyway.

I like his personality quirks, I like that's he's truthful and sincere about everything, it's rather rare in this day and age. I can even extend my favour to his stupid innocence as well, it makes him rather refreshing coupled with that tactless wit of his. In all accounts, he's probably not the usual uke, he's not bright, cheerful and child-like, neither is he stand-offish and stubborn and energetic, and he's not sweet and demure either. So in some ways, his personality might not be for general consumption, but for a select group of people with particular tastes, which well, clearly includes me.

As for Jinnai, he's more typical; domineering, strong alpha male type, but not quite manipulative. He's the lighter type of seme in my opinion, think Hasunobe from Bitter by Minami Haruka, not Asami in the Finder series by Yamane Ayano. The problem with the generally good seme Jinnai is, is the fact that he's insecure.

Of course, one might find that sweet and lovely, but in my book, semes are to uphold the rules in How To Be An Alpha Male 101, and be absolutely confident in their fatal charms. So this is clearly about preferences, I happen to favour scheming, manipulative semes like Asami (of course, I do still like the lighter semes), but another person may enjoy the gentle, understanding semes. In any case, this series would still come highly reccomended by myself, and on another note, I do believe I dislike Tsukasa.

well, I dont know why many ppl dislike it, IMO it's my second fave series by Takanaga Hinako (Im not a fan of her art btw, but still I read her works), first being Bukiyouna Silent. I like it faaarrr better than the prequel Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru (which im definitely not a fan of), and even like it better than Koisuru Boukun (Tyrant).
Ok maybe the seme have some moments when he's not likeable, but unlike in Tyrant , Hinako sensei didnt extend that period too long that it's becoming unbearable.

As for comparing this manga and real life, first, you're already ridiculous to do so since it's manga after all. Second, even if you insist to do so, I cant understand why it's not believable at all. Love in workplace, what's so unreal about that? Clingy partner, so-called abusive, unbalance relationships, that end as either happy or sad, clueless adults, Omiai (arranged married), THEY EXIST, ppl.
Ppl like Reichirou do exist, (unless you havent socialize with enough variety of ppl in your life), it's not that unrealistic that he didnt know gay sex at the beginning. Many grown-ups men didnt, and I've met those poor souls too often in my life.

I wont say it's that GREAT either, but it's not that bad that it deserves so much bashings. It's one of your "enjoyable" manga, with little but enough rollercoaster of emotion, and sweet and simple plot.Just go read this and decide yourself.

... Last updated on August 3rd, 2011, 12:02am

I was extremely fond of Bukiyou no Silence, so I decided to give this series by the same author a try. Despite the beautiful art, the story is not up to par, and the characters are frustrating.
The uke, sheltered and protected, not really understanding sexual attraction, was practically tricked into having a relationship with the seme. Throughout the series, the uke remains obtuse, incredibly naive and just completely ignorant of the seme's feeling. He can't recognize or fend off any advances, and end up leading people on, frustrating both the seme and me as a reader.
The seme is clingy, manipulative and controlling. He is constantly paranoid that the Reiichiro is cheating on him, leading other people on. He practically orders the uke to treat certain people differently.
There is nothing appealing about the relationship being portrayed here. It's the kind of relationship that no one in real life would want - having a clingy, needy, insecure, commanding partner, which pretty much sums up Jinnai's character. This entire story is not sweet, or cute, or anything special. The two men remain the same, never fixing or improving on their flaws throughout the whole thing, despite them being so aware of it, whether it's jealousy or insecurity. To me, they were so incompatible, and it just baffles me that the mangaka takes this entire story to 16 chapters when it should have ended after chapter 4.

... Last updated on August 16th, 2011, 9:50pm

Just finished reading the entirety of the 3 volumes (it ends at 3 volumes??) and I have to say this is so much better than Kimi ga koi ni ochiru!!

I love Reiichirou, Jinnai and Kijima. They were all interesting and contrasting characters and there was character development, unlike in Ochiru where Haru just annoyed the hell out of me and Tsubasa was this... childish kid.

I don't think the omiai is a cliche at all... Reiichirou is the son of the company president! Such things are commonplace. And Reiichirou isn't some "clueless uke". It's just his personality. He's straightforward and doesn't quite know the appropriate actions to certain situations... (it's called 'kuuki yomenai' in Japanese) which is quite comical at times, and hurtful to Jinnai at others. C'mon, we all know people like that!

Anyway, Kijima is a really good guy, I hope Takanaga-sensei creates another sequel for him.

... Last updated on November 5th, 2010, 12:10am

The underlying theme is emphasized, or illustrated, through the use of archery. (Stunning illustrations of the men in their hakamas!) Haru's thought was: "Archery mirrors one's heart." Both stories speak to the philosophy of love in practical application. How do you know if you are in love? What is love? What does it mean to be in love and how will this reflect in your treatment of the one you love? Should you be selfless and perhaps in pain? Or should you be selfish and manipulative and happy? Can you deal with any guilt induced by this?

Although they are separate mangas, they are uniquely interwoven. The chronological order is overlapping, instead of the usually forward or backward momentum that other mangaka's use to interweave a 'universe' of characters. I liked it; it helped to expand and give depth to intense moments and develop a strong connection to the characters and their lives by seeing two perspectives simultaneously.

You Will Fall in Love has the edge with more twists, surprises and depth with Haru and Tsukasa's emotional evolution and development. You Will Drown in Love is a close step behind though, with a consistent, believable and insightful personality study of Reiichirou.

Her stories always have a 'tender' or 'sweet' element alongside the angst. A very lovely and memorable balance of emotion presented in clever wordings of thought and emotional illustration of moments. Her art is pretty, balanced and lushly palpable (the lips!) She never pushes into 'explicit' with the intimate scenes, but her kiss scenes make up for that lack in my mind!

... Last updated on February 28th, 2009, 2:44pm

I'm not as enamored with this sequel as I was with the first manga, "Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru." Oboreru dealt with some issues in ways that I didn't find pleasing. Of course, when dealing with Takanaga Hinako, you have to know that she's a fan of rough starts to relationships (and by this, I mean that the seme will push the uke to the floor, or against a wall, just to make his feelings known). I am fine with rough starts, but it is how that is carried out and the repercussions of such actions that determines whether or not I like a book. If the seme is forceful but is rebuked, and comes back a gentler person, that's fine with me. But this seme, Jinnai, was rough and was rewarded for it. That doesn't sit well with me, and as such I couldn't enjoy the manga as much. Perhaps some of these issues will be dealt with in the second volume of the manga, but as for the first volume, I'm not in love with it. I gave it a chance because I like some of Takanaga's other works, but I'm really glad I didn't buy this one!