One of the most beautiful heart wrenching stories you can find in yaoi. It is not the perfect yaoi story, a.k.a perfect character development and plot. But any person can nit pick and attack at anything. Personally, I distaste any and all love triangles and infidelity, however this story was so REAL that it didn't even matter. Isn't that what any story is? Every story is a roller coaster with twists and turns and if you dislike it, then thats your opinion. Even if you normally like sweet innocent love stories (like me) dont be offset by the infidelity in this manga because it really is gem in what is mostly smut-based others with no plot(: Formulate opinions after you've savored the dish. Personally, what I found amazing about the story is it had an INCREDIBLE amount of plot that wasn't about the main characters. Also, it was articulately laid out, details from the beginning became problems near the end, I have never read such planned writing in yaoi before. Really, need I say anything about the art? Other than it's one of the most beautiful I've ever seen? I think you need a brain check if you don't like it. Strong side characters and a far-fetched story that was written so realistically, i fell in love. Why do you need a perfect cookie-cutter story? Will it make it better if everything was sweet and perfect, and nothing happens? I hated the main characters at points and loved them at other points, and that was what was so great. Its a STORY. With heart, angst, passion, loss, pain, love, and i was totally captivated!!
Watch people yell at me for this:
I usually put my yaoi manga in a separate category than any others (my shounen,seinen) When I make a top ten list theres always two: My fav mangas, and my fav BL mangas. Honestly, I think yaoi is of a (much) lower standard than seinen and shounen. HOWEVER, this is one of the few, the verryy few, the others being Doushitemo Furetakanai and Dokyuusei (should I add Maiden Rose? ... perhaps) that have been tempting me to mesh my lists together. While Viewfinder is a good manga, the difference between Finder and TC is storyline. In TC, the characters developed and overcame the past and parents, however the latest chapter of Finder felt relatively the same as in the beginning (running away once again?) Again, this is just my opinion and my taste, and I completely respect others taste in Finder and TC. What I want to stress is, TRY IT.
Gave it a 9.9/10 because I wanted Fox to say those three words ):
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