Challengers, Volume 02

Challengers #2

by Hinako Takanaga

Now that Tomoe is rooming with Kurokawa, family and friends are pressuring the two young men to "define" their relationship. Can love bloom under such scrutiny?

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, Boys Love, Shounen Ai, M M Romance, LGBT

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Takanaga 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.

Reviews

[Guady]

It might not be the best or most original storyline but I'm enjoying it so far. It's funny and cute, even if it has some questionable stuff (mostly from Souichi).
Also, it got pretty serious there with Souichi so we'll see where that goes (though I think that might be developed in the other series)

[rexcorvvs]

3.5

[Sherri]

Kurokawa's friend and mom really make this series, tbh.

[Khyzer (is studying)]

Kurokawa's mother is such a comic relief. I hate Souichi though.

[Zserghei Leaño]

Great Story

[Pimplop]

Terrible

[Shiversixupi]

6,95

[Christina]

This was great. I laughed so hard and cried and just loved it.