Akaneshinchi Hanaya Sange

I can't seem to get into it because the art is really odd-looking in my opinion.
Usually I'm story > art, but I could only go through like ten-twenty pages because I keep thinking how dark and sketchy it looked. I will try to read it again, but the art is really freaking me out because I can't really concentrate and I can seem to figure out what the mangaka is drawing at times. The first couple of colored pages are good, but when it's all black and white: it's really difficult for me to see what's what because everything is so dark (like literally).

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greatest manga ever

by phanata
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A real masterpiece! not only in BL, but in general!
WOW! I wonder if mangaka is teaching philosophy in some quiet provincial university while making such mangas to divert herself. I couldn't even imagine that such deep, complicated postmodernistic stuff can be created in yaoi genre. of course I understand why many ppl feel disgust when reading it (especially in sweet pink-coloured blogs of little girls). of course this is not for everybody. this manga requires not only really mature reader but also culturally prepared reader, who is well aquainted with Freud's conseptions, read King Edip (to understand Juuza), nominalistic conseptions (to understand Fukuzava).
But above all this stuff it's a very sentimental and touching story. indeed! I don;t remember when the last time drown personages made me care so much so my heart really ached.
Additionally i want to tell about art. it's a magic. from the first view it looks just scribble but eventually it turns out extremely realistic and somehow beautiful.
I'm so impressed and loved this manga so much that I'm ready to study japanes just to read the sequel. (anyway I still hope that it will be scanlated).

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Hmmm...

by Serendipity_
14 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Well, first of I gotta say that this manga is more dark than it gives the impression of in the beginning. I was actually a bit shocked of how deep it was when I read further. This is definitly not a Manga made for younger audience, not just because the explict content ( And here I´m talking about the Sex-scenes ), but because it talks about life in a very....deep manner that I found a bit hard to understand. Sometimes it even sounded poetic and surreal.

Gotta mention that the art was incredibly beautiful, I loved that it was so detalied and it made me feel that it had a nice flow to it.

One thing I didn´t get though was:

Why did Juuza sleep with his mother? I tried to re-read some part that I thought would give some kind of explenation with no results. In the ending he said that he was in love with his mother....but I mean...is it that kind of love he means...really? Honestly I didn´t like Juuza, he just seemed to be a cold-hearted person to me that played with Fukuzawas heart.

Also, I found Fukuzawa sleeping with anyone and everyone disturbing. I can´t say that I don´t understand his behavior, because he was heart-broken and felt lonley, but I don´t think sleeping with any random person is a solution. So that left me feeling a bit...agitated.

I´m not giving it the highest rate because I felt that from some aspects it felt kinda incomplete, the author gave us many things to question, but no answer. Almost felt like cliffhangers, wich I´m not a big fan of.

Anyhow, I would recommend this manga for those who likes deeper yaoi manga. Don´t read this if you expect a fluffy plot or happy-go-lucky characters. This is anything but that.

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I don't get it at all..! (SPOILERS)

by brownie18
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

Ok, first this is a really GREAT manga...!, but I just couldn't get some behaviors, being more specific I just couldn't get Juzza's behavior... I mean, why the hell did he act that way..??, why he has to be some f*cking sadistic? :/ ... I can't understand where's his coming from, and especially WHY DID HE SLEEP WHIT HIS MOTHER (Sakae) ??? ??? ??? ? ... I'm hoping to someone explain to me that part.

Well, like I said this is a MUST READ, because its depth is very unique! and very rare in yaoi manga... this isn't a lovey dovey story, but don't be afraid, it isn't as cruel and hopeless as u might think... it leaves you with a message that in every hard time you can learn how to be positive or at least keep moving, hoping to everything'll turn out well :)

I think Fukuzawa could at least see some light at the end of this freaked road of depravation... I can understand why he acted that way (is not something I would do, tho), he's just a love-sick boy that was desperately in love with Juzza, and do everything he could to get him to love him back... that's all..! (Well, he has other mind issues too,lol), but at least i can understand him, not like Juzza, that I just couldn't get him at all :/

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by rumflakes
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

well...storyline is very unique, starts off slowly then gets quite disturbing. the artwork is kinda creepy but i guess it fits well with the story. still...everyone looks anorexic and the wierd line shading also makes them look like little old men x.x. Anyway, definitely an interesting manga that i wont ever forget.

that eel part really scared me Dx holy shizz, Kaikou must be insane, having fukazawa put on display and making him catch eels by letting them slip into his ass >.< o god, this part seriously frightened me, probably because it reminded me of "1000 ways to die" ; a chef gets a eel slipped into his pants as a prank from the other workers....but the eel slides into him, into his intestines, slowly biting its way out, and yea..ends in death..just scary

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Though I'm not inclined to reread this again anytime sooner. . .

by egoamote
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I agree with the comments made prior to this. The book throws you out of your comfort zone in a slow manner and once you realized it, your half way into the book. And the book is quite depressing. After reading this, I just felt sad. Yet, despite that, after much contemplation, I thought it was an okay read. Under all it's disturbing facets of/on life, there are some tautologies in there. . .somewhere.

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...five star dish, coming right up.

by Trifoilum
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

General: ...it feels like best of both worlds. It feels like a novel, but the art is VERY DETAILED it's insane. It looks like a manga, but the text is SO MUCH it's insane.

Art : ....whoa, I think I can use certain parts as a coloring page. >>; And the first colored pages are awesome. That being said, the art....is pretty specific. >>; I mean, they all look anorexic.

Feel : ....very seinen. It's not very often I read seinenified yaoi, and never in this depth. I'm happy. 😛 (That being said, that purple prose is kinda...oi.) It's.....heavy and pressing. Kinda claustrophobic (in a sense, it's like seinen. The feeling of having no future, unlike yaoi's....'forever ever after')

The ending is a bit happier in that aspect. Each gained their own lessons, and probably would live happy.....that is, if they can survive the results of all those events (especially Fukazawa. ESPECIALLY FUKAZAWA.)

Depth : ....now it gets really crazy (kudos to the translator, really. How much virgin's blood do you have to drink to learn that much Japanese?), superficially, there's musings after musings of something random about the meaning of life with references of poetry and flowers, life and death. And talks about....I don't know, something random. Delicious. Very slice of life without being one.

Reading in depth, there lies a huge sea of cynicism, lost hope, and sadness. A certain feeling of being chained and naked. It's....poignant, sad, and...depressing.

Smut : I can't really see the smut with all the musings and heavy topics. Or the uncanny situations. It's not..exactly..enjoyable, and I don't think it's meant to be enjoyable. It's......all the fantasies of yaoi being deconstructed in the cruelest of ways, and I like it that way.

Especially the...later ones. OI. So disturbing. But there are fantasies like that. >_>; (Haniya's action are very honorable, btw, fucked up as it is)

In the end; YUM.

Feels like a five star dining haute cuisine. After eating it, you -know- it's been delicately, carefully, patiently made and it shows. Even though one may not appreciate its full depth (I certainly can't. Not now), later...maybe after life catches on, one will. It's not something I would read often, but it's something I'm glad I'd read. And I'd read it again.

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The sexiest, the most serious, the most depraved

by kokiden
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The scanlation for this volume was finally released two weeks ago. This is the best Boys Love (yaoi) manga I have ever read. No other manga even is able to touch the hem of its dirty, wet, torn gown.

The setting: a house of prostitution in a provincial city (Kirishima, in Kyushu). The characters: its inhabitants and one lonely, hopeful, sex-starved boy by the name of Fukazawa. The action: Fukazawa and the boy he loves, Juuza Kaikou fall in love, have sex, break up, and explore what it means to be human.

Both of the main characters are deeply flawed, but both gained my complete sympathy and interest. They're accompanied by a slew of tasty, colorful side characters. Among my favorites (most hated 😕 ) is Nanao-chan, the chronically depressed female mangaka who opens her mouth and lets out endless streams of intellectual nonsense.

This book makes you stretch. It is full of literary allusion, philosophy, and striking insight into the human condition. The art is intense. Narration is superimposed on the art, and the art is richly detailed. Colored pages are fascinating.

But be warned: the sex is graphic, and there are even heterosexual sex scenes. With the level of realism in this book, scenes of degradation may be hard to take. But have a look. I think you'll find it was worth your time.

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