I enjoyed the realistic story line you always read manga of teacher and student relationships and nobody get caught. This is the first one i read tht deals with the issue of being caught the consequences and yet through it all their love still prevails. I seemed more realistic to me.

I just love this manga. The plot practically blew me away along with the art. In this story we could actually see the vulnerability of "Sensei". Unlike typical student-teacher relationships manga goes, where the sensei's mostly the one who's the got the upper hand..confident..no fear. In here, especially in the last chapter where Sensei cried saying how he'd lose himself in this love..I think that was such a fear so close to reality. I mean, usually they would say "of course I'll wait" but deep inside they feel otherwise.. So i'm glad the mangaka conveyed what Sensei honnestly felt. After reading this story, I read all of her works. No regrets. I would read this so many times over and over and I usually dont re-read stories.

... Last updated on April 10th, 2011, 8:04pm

While I'm a big fan of Kawai-sensei's work, I've never been one for teacher-student relationships - although I tend to make an exception for my favorite artists, this one I will have to pass on.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good story, and if you like that kind of relationship then its probably something you should really try reading - however, what got me was how the story changes almost drastically from the first chapter or two. It seems to start out as an older-younger guy relationship in a normal (non-school) setting. I liked that part, but it suddenly jumps almost too quickly into the student-teacher thing without warning.

Plus the relationship seemed to take a 180 overnight, from "I love you" to "they don't know each other". Add to the mix in that somewhere along the line they get caught in school grounds together, and that makes the last half more then slightly depressing. Since I'm not a fan of couple who spend most of the book forcefully separated (in some way), this hits a sour note with me.

In my opinion, the book seems to drag it out, although well written, I couldn't connect with the story. Plus, I still think the last half of the book was a bit too depressing for my tastes (and I'm not going into the legal technicalities that the teacher got himself into). That kind of thing gives me a headache, so I'm staying away from this one.

The book gets a 5, since I like Kawai-sensei's artwork, but I can't recommend this one out of all the others she's published. I'll say it again, if you like the teacher-student thing, then give it a go, otherwise keep looking elsewhere.

... Last updated on July 9th, 2010, 11:28pm

Student/teacher romances are a dime a dozen in yaoi-land. This is by far one of the best written though. The characters don't fall into cliche stereotypes and the drama is present in small doses. I found it to be a more understated romance. While Toko Kawai's art is not my fav, I do like that she avoids the blushing girly-boy style. While the charcters *are* pretty, they still look masculine.

Ok, this is better than 90% of yaoi manga out there, but given the ridiculous amount of trash/excrement that pervades the genre, that's not particularly high praise.

Ano Kado wo Magatta Tokoro does portray a realistic relationship with fairly well rounded characters. There's no rape or ridiculously femmy uke. The arts not really my thing, but it's decent, and there are a couple of hot sex scenes. Mostly, the manga just drags. There's a whole lot of Yuuya moping around being jealous while other people glom all over Kiriya. If half of these scenes were cut and replaced with scenes that deepened or expanded the characters, my rating would be at least 2 points higher. It's also strange that for the amount of time that the two main characters spend apart, their other friendships aren't touched upon at all.



All in all, if you're craving some decent yaoi and you've tried most things out there, give Ano Kado & etc. a read; it's not bad. But it's nothing to get excited over, either.

There's no stupid ever-blushing uke! None of that forced sex nonsense! There is just heartfelt perfection! It strummed all the right strings, made me laugh and go "aww" and had the right amount of sex.
the very nice ending left me very happy but of course as with any good story wanting many more chapters!
i guess ill just have to satisfy myself by finding all her other works and reading them obsessively

One of the better mangas out there but i wouldn't say it's the best especially in terms of the art, it wasn't bad but i like the outlines to be more defined.

i really really liked this. sure it was a bit cheesy, but i love cheese. (: i'm a sucker for happy endings after some tears, which this has. the art is also gorgeous, which is also good.

actually, i have no idea why this is one of my FAVOURITES. lots of manga have the qualities i've mentioned. but this one just has a certain charm to it that i can't put into words.

highly recommended!

wow. i just love this manga. it was so cute and funny and i just wanted to smack both of them on some parts. theyre just so beautiful together, really nice couple. i wished it streched out more in the end tho, it ended to quickly.

Sweet story, but sooooo taboo! It's a bad, bad no-no! But you never really know a person's age unless you check. You should really card 'em when you meet 'em, huh? haha. Can we say "jailbait"??