I've recently read and have fallen in love with Hana wa Saku ka and I was just wondering if anyone could recommend something like it? More specifically, a yaoi from an older male character's point of view. There's plenty like that but my options are limited because I would like for the older male to be the seme. =_=; Any recommendations? 😕

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Hana wa Saku ka is just tooooo good though <3

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Of the player and the craftsman,
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man, i haven't really come across any other manga with an age gap like hana wa saku ka @_@ i've read ones where the much older guy is the uke XD

hmm....slice of lifey manga with maturish older seme x mysterious weird(?) younger uke
Heart no Kakurega - the uke reminds me a bit of youichi
Devil's Honey - older teacher trying to relate to a student
Stay Gold (Hideyoshico) - incest between uncle and nephew, if that's not your thing

if you just want the great dreamy atmosphere that hana wa saku ka has, i recommend anything by Hayakawa Nojiko. her work is absolutely STUNNING. the way the art is unusually symbolic and how she plays with the way panels are set up and the intriguing relationships all her characters have with each other (not to mention all the sexual tension in her stuff. why is her work only shounen ai?! cries). she's quickly becoming my favorite person ever.

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man, i haven't really come across any other manga with an age gap like hana wa saku ka @_@ i've read ones where the much older guy is the uke XD

hmm....slice of lifey manga with maturish older seme x mysterious weird(?) younger uke
Heart no Kakurega - the uke reminds me a bit of youichi
Devil's Honey - older teacher trying to relate to a student
Stay Gold (Hideyoshico) - incest between uncle and nephew, if that's not your thing

if you just want the great dreamy atmosphere that hana wa saku ka has, i recommend anything by Hayakawa Nojiko. her work is absolutely STUNNING. the way the art is unusually symbolic and how she plays with the way panels are set up and the intriguing relationships all her characters have with each other (not to mention all the sexual tension in her stuff. why is her work only shounen ai?! cries). she's quickly becoming my favorite person ever.

Thank you for the recommendations. I've heard of all the titles (mostly because I've read other stuff from such artists) but quite frankly I never got around to read any of them, ah-ah. Since you mentioned them in this particular context, so to put it, I think I'll give them at try as well 🙂

Also, you're absolutely right about Hayakawa Nojiko-sensei :3

It's the Art of Time, it's the Art of Life--
Of the player and the craftsman,
Of the writer of songs, of the creator of love,
Of those who will follow, of those who led,
There's no other way in the world ahead ♥