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Challengers #4
Challengers, Volume 04
Businessman Kurokawa challenges the impossible by romancing his heterosexual tenant Tatsumi, a naive but idealistic college freshman whose protective older brother has a vendetta against all gays. Tatsumi's brother can't separate them, but another threat looms which can.
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 28, 2006
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About the author
Hinako Takanaga
105 books328 followersTakanaga Hinako (高永ひなこ) is a Japanese author of Boys' Love manga.
She has also provided illustrations for several BL light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Her first manga story, 合格祈願 (Goukaku kigan, Prayers for a passing grade?), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1997; it was later reworked as the first chapter of Challengers. Most of her works have been translated into foreign languages. She was a guest at YaoiCon 2007, invited by Juné, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly.
When not making Boys' Love manga, she spends her time collecting Wallace & Gromit merchandise and playing Final Fantasy. Takanaga doesn’t like beer and people who are ignorant.
She comments that her biggest influence on her art and writing-style was KOUGA Yun, a famous shoujo manga artist whose works she read as a teenager.
She has also provided illustrations for several BL light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Her first manga story, 合格祈願 (Goukaku kigan, Prayers for a passing grade?), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1997; it was later reworked as the first chapter of Challengers. Most of her works have been translated into foreign languages. She was a guest at YaoiCon 2007, invited by Juné, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly.
When not making Boys' Love manga, she spends her time collecting Wallace & Gromit merchandise and playing Final Fantasy. Takanaga doesn’t like beer and people who are ignorant.
She comments that her biggest influence on her art and writing-style was KOUGA Yun, a famous shoujo manga artist whose works she read as a teenager.
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April 25, 2021
fue horrible pero me reí harto xd
August 24, 2017
Probably a 3.5 star series for me, I sort of collected on a whim since I was reading any yaoi I could get my hands on. It was good but more importantly it introduced me to the Tyrant Falls in Love series. I still have all four paperback copies of this series though and since its out of print, last I checked the copies are worth something!
June 21, 2019
Cute series. Cute ending.
February 11, 2015
After reading Little Butterfly, I became a Hinako Takanaga fan, and when I heard Challengers was her debut manga, I had to read it. Tatsumi is adorable in his nerdiness, and he is the type of person you just want to hug. There were many times this manga cracked me up, and it's so sweet how Kurokawa gave up everything to go to America with Tatsumi. I would like a story about his friend, Isogi. Maybe there is and I just haven't read it.
One complaint I have is this series was so darn expensive! I only bought it because it was Hinako Takanaga, and the price has even gone up since I bought it! $43 dollars for a manga? Seruiously? And that was one of the cheaper ones!
I could post this on a review for the first one, but I'll do it here, since the publishers changed it in the second volume. Rick's L's were made into Rs to show he was a foreigner, but the thing is, he is not a Japanese foreigner! L does not exist in the Japanese language. Sometimes their Rs sound a bit like Ls, but because the manga was translated into English, they should not have substituted Rs for Ls. I'm glad it was changed.
Anyway, highly recommended for any Takanaga fans, especially if you're planning on reading The Tyrant Falls in Love (which I have bought but not read yet). That is, if you don't mind spending the money.
One complaint I have is this series was so darn expensive! I only bought it because it was Hinako Takanaga, and the price has even gone up since I bought it! $43 dollars for a manga? Seruiously? And that was one of the cheaper ones!
I could post this on a review for the first one, but I'll do it here, since the publishers changed it in the second volume. Rick's L's were made into Rs to show he was a foreigner, but the thing is, he is not a Japanese foreigner! L does not exist in the Japanese language. Sometimes their Rs sound a bit like Ls, but because the manga was translated into English, they should not have substituted Rs for Ls. I'm glad it was changed.
Anyway, highly recommended for any Takanaga fans, especially if you're planning on reading The Tyrant Falls in Love (which I have bought but not read yet). That is, if you don't mind spending the money.
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February 8, 2016
This was great. I'm so glad I read this.
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