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透明少年 / Invisible Boy / Toumei Shounen #1
Invisible Boy, Volume 1
At the Ouka Academic Institute, an elite all-male private school for the nation's most gifted, exists a student council with some extraordinary members. Among them is Yuushi Satou, the student council president admired by every student. Despite his cool, elegant demeanor, he is a passionate leader. In fact, unbeknownst to him, his concealed passion is what makes him attractive to the rest of the students. Backed by a beautiful bouquet of boys to round off the council, this all-boys school is ready to burst.
198 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
Hotaru Odagiri
55 books138 followersAssociated Names :
さくら いつき
さくら学舎
小田切蛍
桜いつき
櫻いつき
Sakura Gakusha
SAKURA Itsuki
Name (in native language) : 小田切ほたる
Doujinshi Circle: Sakura Gakusha (さくら学舎)
Writes doujinshi under the penname SAKURA Itsuki.
Ryoko Mitsuki was her assistant.
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January 26, 2011
I have a nostalgic fondness for Hotaru Odagiri: Only the Ring Finger Knows was one of the first yaoi manga I read. This is similarly sweet, not even shrink-wrapped: no sex, not even kisses.
Yuushi Kitou is the hard-working, gorgeous, apparently perfect president of the Outou Academy Student Council. He is drawn to Nagi Tokieda, one of the Council secretaries, who is cute and sweet and inexplicably given to asking friends if they like him. ("Like him?" every single one wonders. "*Like* him-like him?") Nagi, it turns out, despite his friendly demeanor, is somewhat withdrawn and distrusting; his mother abandoned him when he was very young, and his father is never home and is prone to setting up dates he never meets. Nagi's secret despair is that he doesn't like himself, so he knows no one else can really like him; no matter how much he attempts to perfect his skills and his interactions, he can't bring himself to self-acceptance. What Yuushi and the rest of the Student Council have to offer here is that they tell him it's okay: that they like him now, imperfect as he is, as hard as it is for him to like himself. This is a storyline that made me cry in Fruits Basket and it makes me cry here.
Yuushi also performs a dramatic run to retrieve a talisman from a temple to wish for Nagi's happiness. That part is nice, too.
There are a mass of supporting characters here, many of whom I had a hard time telling apart, despite the helpful table up front, but concentrating on Yuushi and Nagi got me through, and I'm looking forward to learning more about Yuushi and his relationship with stern glasses-wearing vice-president Akira Takamura in volume 2, since the two have a closeness that has not yet been explained.
Yuushi Kitou is the hard-working, gorgeous, apparently perfect president of the Outou Academy Student Council. He is drawn to Nagi Tokieda, one of the Council secretaries, who is cute and sweet and inexplicably given to asking friends if they like him. ("Like him?" every single one wonders. "*Like* him-like him?") Nagi, it turns out, despite his friendly demeanor, is somewhat withdrawn and distrusting; his mother abandoned him when he was very young, and his father is never home and is prone to setting up dates he never meets. Nagi's secret despair is that he doesn't like himself, so he knows no one else can really like him; no matter how much he attempts to perfect his skills and his interactions, he can't bring himself to self-acceptance. What Yuushi and the rest of the Student Council have to offer here is that they tell him it's okay: that they like him now, imperfect as he is, as hard as it is for him to like himself. This is a storyline that made me cry in Fruits Basket and it makes me cry here.
Yuushi also performs a dramatic run to retrieve a talisman from a temple to wish for Nagi's happiness. That part is nice, too.
There are a mass of supporting characters here, many of whom I had a hard time telling apart, despite the helpful table up front, but concentrating on Yuushi and Nagi got me through, and I'm looking forward to learning more about Yuushi and his relationship with stern glasses-wearing vice-president Akira Takamura in volume 2, since the two have a closeness that has not yet been explained.
October 5, 2018
2.5 stars, not a favorite for me.
August 13, 2024
First of all I should say this is nothing whatsoever like the author's previous series Oly The Ring Finger Knows.
It's set in an elite boys school and follows the princely Student council president Yuushi Kito and his affection for fellow council member Nagi Tokieda.
It's cute and the characters are engaging, but honestly for a June Yaoi imprint its ridiculously tame - we don't even get a kiss. If pretty boy high-school drama is your thing, this will probably float your boat - I did love Kito & Nagi as a couple but you could write it down to Kito's kindness and close friendship - there's little passion here or emotional drama. Artwork's quite nice.
It's set in an elite boys school and follows the princely Student council president Yuushi Kito and his affection for fellow council member Nagi Tokieda.
It's cute and the characters are engaging, but honestly for a June Yaoi imprint its ridiculously tame - we don't even get a kiss. If pretty boy high-school drama is your thing, this will probably float your boat - I did love Kito & Nagi as a couple but you could write it down to Kito's kindness and close friendship - there's little passion here or emotional drama. Artwork's quite nice.
July 15, 2022
It's a cute enough story. I feel like it had potential to go deeper into the personal stories of some of the members but didn't they just kind of glazed over it so it felt lacking in places.
July 5, 2011
It's cute and pretty and sweet, and I honestly think this is the kind of book I would have absolutely loved as a teenager. As an adult, however, it doesn't hold *that* much appeal, but it certainly wasn't bad or anything. I have to say that I am glad I ended up waiting before reading this because had I read it back in my earliest manga reading days I would have been frustrated by how confusing this is at the beginning of the book. It would have been nice to have pictures with that helpful diagram. After a while I got used to it, though, and it was an enjoyable enough read.
And one more thing: I am not 100% sure whether it's because English isn't my first language or because the German edition really is more childish: I ended up buying the English one because I couldn't bring myself to get past the first page of the German translation; it read really really silly.
And one more thing: I am not 100% sure whether it's because English isn't my first language or because the German edition really is more childish: I ended up buying the English one because I couldn't bring myself to get past the first page of the German translation; it read really really silly.
October 9, 2008
I enjoyed this story. It was sad to read how he felt.
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Beautiful artwork! Reminds me of Silver Diamond..
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