Afuresou na Pool

Description

Iriya Tetsuo was the nice, quiet kid that everybody knows. Until well-meant prodding on the part of Hanada Satoshi made him choose the 'easy' way out. He purposely failed the entrance exam to a good school, and picked fights so that he wouldn't have to be around Hanada anymore.

The last thing he expected or wanted was for strong-willed Kizu Ryouji to show any interest in him. The sparks fly between the two, while Iriya's best friend Kasuga Ryouta watches jealously...

Type

Manga

Related Series

Watashi no Kakurega e Douzo (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Afuresouna Pool

As the Pool Overflows with Water

И бассейн переполнится водой

あふれそうなプール

漫溢之池

넘칠 것 같은 풀

Groups Scanlating

Loveless

MangaONE

Translated Treasures

Latest Release(s)

v.6 c.32 by MangaONE 15 years ago

v.6 c.33 + Extra by MangaONE 15 years ago

v.6 c.31 by MangaONE 15 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

6 Volumes (Biblos version - Complete)
3 Volumes (Mediation version - Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 8 / 10.0 (246 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.82 / 10.0

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17%

Last Updated

November 23rd, 2022 11:34am PST - 2 years ago

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Genre

Drama School Life Slice of Life Yaoi
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

ISHIHARA Satoru

Artist(s)

ISHIHARA Satoru

Year

1997

Original Publisher

Biblos (1997)

Mediation (2007)

Serialized In (magazine)

Magazine Be x Boy (Biblos)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #741

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Monthly Pos #1636

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3 Month Pos #3246 (No change)

6 Month Pos #5126

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Year Pos #6962

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List Stats

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On 263 wish lists

On 657 completed lists

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Really? You guys must be sadists...

by mathenchiron
12 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Only into chapter 2 and I hate, hate, hate the Seme. I guess if you like men who bite people they find attractive but haven't even talked to yet, this manga might be something you would like. I'll keep reading it, because I'm OCD that way - gotta finish what I start, but my God, it's like wading through mud...

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OK!

by cl4v
13 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I did like these series. I mean, the principal story was perfecto for me: I love these love-hate relationships, then little by little they aknowledge their attraction and so on. However, i dont know if it's because of culture differences but the characters (Kizu and Iriya) were too cold to each other in some ways... Maybe it's due to their teenage rebelious minds, yeah they're only 16 or 17 so it's totally understanble, it's a fresh point of view 'cause you always get these BL characters impossible to believe: they are 21 but they make decision like they were 45 (wise age) and that's so not natural. The mangaka gives Iriya and Kizu a perfect and suitable 15-year-old boy personality. Oh my and that without-finger one shot was totally hot... i didnt imagine i would get horny with a topic like that but... the side-story about Hikone and Kasuga's cousin were hot also... I guess i would have given the series a perfect 10 if there had been more explicit sex but nobody is perfect.

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Yaoi at its best

by Sasageru
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

This is how men in manga should be XD had to say that first loves on non bishies. Anyway, this is a truly amazing manga. As far as yaoi goes its pretty unique, it doesent rush, the sex is balanced with the story and the characters gives the plot its momentum. This is manga at its best. My only complaint is that the pace is sometimes a little too slow for my taste - but this is probably more of a personal preference (i can admit when im probably biased). However, the art is good, the characters are all unique and quite realistic too and the story keeps you interested without throwing out excess smut or random drama.

I'm especially fond of Hikone's story ^^ it has some interesting connotations.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Don't know what to think

by luzzz
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I originally fell into reading this manga by chance because of the art which is quite different to your usual yaoi/shounen-ai. The story in the first 2 volumes proved interesting enough for me to continue because of its, albeit simple, character studies and the love-hate relationship on the part of Iriya towards Kizu. But then the portrayal of Iriya's best friend who plays a pivotal role from volume 3 onwards became immensely frustrating in that it was irratic. And along with it the story falls apart and Kizu is forced to the background. I don't know why there's such a large discrepancy between the portrayal of the title characters and the "third wheel". But as I'm already up to volume 5 I might as well wait it out to the end in the hope that there is a return to form in the last chapters.

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by Keitorin
2 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

As a polyamourous person who loves triads, it was so hard to read the love triangle in this knowing it wouldn't go where I wanted it to! I did like that Iriya wouldn't give Ryouta up when Kizu asked him to, and that he wanted to be with Ryouta forever even if it wasn't as lovers. Kizu was jealous but Iriya didn't hesitate to remind him that he was in it for the long haul. Also, Iriya brings up multiple times how Ryouta and Kizu have eyes for each other, the way they act, which made me happy. 😂

The character growth in this was enjoyable to see. Iriya went from being unsure of everything and just wanting to be alone to being confident in his relationship with Kizu and making new friends and reacquainting himself with old ones. Kizu went from being a loner trying to fix everything in his family on his own to realizing that there's people to lean on all around him and his parents weren't all that bad in the end. Ryouta also has a very interesting progression. He started off pretending to be weak and over time showed that he was more violent and moody in his natural state, though he could be puppy-ish when Iriya was around. Of course, a lot of the former was because of realizing his feelings for Iriya and watching Kizu go after him. There came a point where he realized what he stood to lose and straightened his act up a bit.

There are a few side characters that help round out the cast, I really like that in BL manga so it's not so tunnel vision on the main couple. There are side stories throughout the main story, I want to say there's 4. They're a bit darker than the main story and like half revolve around characters from the main story, like Ryouta's cousin Ryuuya and the main cast's friend Hikone.

Overall, there was plenty of melodrama, a little weird translations (or maybe it's the prose) and art here and there, some dark moments and the gestures love triangle but I did enjoy it.

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Overall, I like it.

by sofistree
11 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

Does this story fall into cliches and tropes and such? Absolutely. Does it do it as painfully and in a manner as emotionally devoid as most stories? No, not for the most part. There definitely these issues, but the author handles them better than normal. And there are also some scenes that are better than normal.

Overall, I'd rate this above average. The characters are distinguishable in personality (if not in the art a lot of the time), and I liked the end chapter a lot. It was pretty dramatic, but they are high school students. Everything is a hill to die on for them. And I loved that Iriya and Kasuga stayed friends.

It's nothing astonishing or groundbreaking, but it is better than average and entertaining if you take your time with it.

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Great beginning, mundane development

by Nirhtuc
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

I agree with what two other reviewers have said. The manga starts off excellently with the first volume, but the quality of the plot development dwindles with each subsequent volume. That being said, the characters are interesting and often mysterious and three dimensional, and the art is good too (especially for a manga started more than ten years ago). I personally didn't like the ending though-- and the extra at the end seemed like a presentation of a parallel universe: quite bewildering. All in all, a good read, but a little overrated, in my opinion.

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Good...at first

by faerygoddyss
15 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I really liked this in the beginning. But then the story starting to ebb away from the main characters, and soon I had no idea what was going on. Then I was simply wondering when it would all end.

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