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Delivery Cupid
One of the most popular artists working in the YAOI/BL genre of gay-themed manga for more mature readers, C. J. Michalski here offers a half dozen related stories about love. Typical is the title story, a romantic comedy about the half-human, half-cupid Tsubasa. In order to progress to full cupid, he must unite a couple. However, the target is an evil man named Norimasa, who shows no love for anyone. By accident, Tusbasa makes himself Norimasa’s love match. Tsubasa and Norimasa are attracted to each other, but is this cupid magic or true love? Both sexy and comedic, the stories in Delivery Cupid appeal to a broad range of adult manga readers.
208 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2007
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About the author
C.J. Michalski
48 books37 followersAlso writes under the pen-name of Pancho Bikkuri.
- Her doujinshi circles are called M2 COMPANY and XX's.
- she likes fairies and foreigners
- Her nationality is Japanese, and she's not Jewish, the pen-name is meant to be funny
- shota-complex
(Once self proclaimed a "Russian living in America", but at the same time she also claimed she's 14 years old...so that was obviously a joke.)
- Her doujinshi circles are called M2 COMPANY and XX's.
- she likes fairies and foreigners
- Her nationality is Japanese, and she's not Jewish, the pen-name is meant to be funny
- shota-complex
(Once self proclaimed a "Russian living in America", but at the same time she also claimed she's 14 years old...so that was obviously a joke.)
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August 15, 2008
Cute yaoi stories, not too explicit, with handsomely drawn characters (even by yaoi standards), plenty of humor and, of course. love and sex. The title story is just okay, IMHO, but I love the others--the characters are more appealing (especially in the story with the black-winged angel) and their relationships make more sense and are affectionate or outright loving.
The first four stories have a "linking" device with God (who looks more like the Western image of the Devil with his wicked expressions and horn-like designs over his ears) and a cute female "white angel" who look down on Earth and provide magical items that result in the love-matches in each story. The technique is hackneyed but the stories are cute enough, and the guys act enough like actual teenagers and men, to make the stories entertaining.
The first four stories have a "linking" device with God (who looks more like the Western image of the Devil with his wicked expressions and horn-like designs over his ears) and a cute female "white angel" who look down on Earth and provide magical items that result in the love-matches in each story. The technique is hackneyed but the stories are cute enough, and the guys act enough like actual teenagers and men, to make the stories entertaining.
October 30, 2010
I picked this story up after a self-imposed ban of yaoi & BL titles. (After a while they all seem the same!) I'm glad I chose this title. The characters are adorable, the romances are sweet, the artwork is beautiful and the sex is actually pretty well done in that it's neither too hard core or over the top.
Others here have described the short stories better, so I'll skip the descriptions. I will say, however, that all of the stories focus around the help of a central (but hidden) character of God. The stories run from a little risque to incredibly sweet.
Would I recommend it? I would, but only to my older BL/yaoi friends. Anyone else may not get into it or be too young. There's some graphic scenes in the manga. While I've seen scenes that are more graphic, it's still too risque for anyone under 18.
Others here have described the short stories better, so I'll skip the descriptions. I will say, however, that all of the stories focus around the help of a central (but hidden) character of God. The stories run from a little risque to incredibly sweet.
Would I recommend it? I would, but only to my older BL/yaoi friends. Anyone else may not get into it or be too young. There's some graphic scenes in the manga. While I've seen scenes that are more graphic, it's still too risque for anyone under 18.
June 11, 2023
Delivery Cupid
Delivery Cupid was a classic cute yet also problematically rape-y yaoi. It very much shows its age. Tsubasa was legitimately cute and sensual to me. I liked him. But his destined one was scummy and gave me the *ick*. Overall though, a pretty decent one shot yaoi for a magazine in 2003.
The pedophilia and rape followed by stalking and even abduction makes me wonder how I was able to look past these things for other yaoi in the past, however.
Love <3 Beam
I actually liked Love <3 Beam a lot for a little yaoi one-shot. It was cute and devoid of most problematic things, at least in a way where it would be inexcusable. The characters were likable and cute together (Kuwano looked a lot like Tsubasa) and I’m beginning to quite like the little recurring cherubim girl. It was also very self contained. Not exactly room for further chapters but it still had an ending where it both felt like there’s tons more to come for these characters, yet everything had come full circle. Funny how Kuwano’s crush got him back in the same way he had gotten got. I chuckled a bit. I really liked it and I like their personalities, especially the crush’s. The art was also cute and fit the vibe.
Cinderfella: A Fairy Tale
Cinderfella: A Fairy Tale was another one I really liked, much like Love ❤ Beam. A very fun and cute open-ended one-shot yaoi. Both young men were handsome and how the mangaka pulled off a very casual, not overly dramatic Cinderella yaoi story.
I thought this for the previous two stories but this one as well— all these lovers really need is just a little push. Once the magic wears off, love and destiny does its own work. Sometimes all people need is a little nudge— that’s what kamisama and cherubim-chan are delivering. A little (sometimes not so little) nudge for true love in a harsh world.
With You Forever
With You Forever was so beautiful, delicate, elegant, and wonderfully written and executed that I dare say it deserves a little award. It’s earned this volume a full five stars— I can’t give a book any less than that with this story in it. Everything about it is what I love— Kobato was extremely similar to this story and I liked it quite a lot too. Something about these stories of shinigami and a terminal patient followed by reincarnation is so beautiful and resonates with me on a spiritual level. Or even a human and an angel sometimes. Kobato, Full Moon o Sagashite, Wish…
I also totally fell in love with Kurou. He’s something special— but Kazuki/Kazushi is special too in his own innocent way.
Aaahh, everything about this one-shot pleases me so much I get shivers when I try to articulate it.
Ai Scream
Ai Scream is simply a cute little one-shot yaoi with “ice cream” as its main pivotal point and launching pad. Hard to go wrong with these— but it was still quite well executed and pretty cute. These can also, ironically, be quite refreshing with their lightheartedness and childish sensory associations coupled with budding adolescent romance.
Under The Star Light
Under The Star Light was very cute but also sort of cliché. Then again, cliché is sort of the charm of most of these one-shots. I saw the twist coming a while before it happened, but it was still fun to see unfold as well as to see the sleazy manager get what was coming to him. But… owners and managers tend to hire people similar to themselves… makes sense a pervert might hire a pervert. But at least the owner has more respect and far more honesty than the manager of the La Fée did.
Overall, pretty cute. I would have liked to have seen this drawn out into perhaps a three chapter or so story. It didn’t necessarily feel rushed, but it feel like there was potential for more throughout it all— the beginning, the middle, the climax, the end.
Delivery Cupid was a classic cute yet also problematically rape-y yaoi. It very much shows its age. Tsubasa was legitimately cute and sensual to me. I liked him. But his destined one was scummy and gave me the *ick*. Overall though, a pretty decent one shot yaoi for a magazine in 2003.
The pedophilia and rape followed by stalking and even abduction makes me wonder how I was able to look past these things for other yaoi in the past, however.
Love <3 Beam
I actually liked Love <3 Beam a lot for a little yaoi one-shot. It was cute and devoid of most problematic things, at least in a way where it would be inexcusable. The characters were likable and cute together (Kuwano looked a lot like Tsubasa) and I’m beginning to quite like the little recurring cherubim girl. It was also very self contained. Not exactly room for further chapters but it still had an ending where it both felt like there’s tons more to come for these characters, yet everything had come full circle. Funny how Kuwano’s crush got him back in the same way he had gotten got. I chuckled a bit. I really liked it and I like their personalities, especially the crush’s. The art was also cute and fit the vibe.
Cinderfella: A Fairy Tale
Cinderfella: A Fairy Tale was another one I really liked, much like Love ❤ Beam. A very fun and cute open-ended one-shot yaoi. Both young men were handsome and how the mangaka pulled off a very casual, not overly dramatic Cinderella yaoi story.
I thought this for the previous two stories but this one as well— all these lovers really need is just a little push. Once the magic wears off, love and destiny does its own work. Sometimes all people need is a little nudge— that’s what kamisama and cherubim-chan are delivering. A little (sometimes not so little) nudge for true love in a harsh world.
With You Forever
With You Forever was so beautiful, delicate, elegant, and wonderfully written and executed that I dare say it deserves a little award. It’s earned this volume a full five stars— I can’t give a book any less than that with this story in it. Everything about it is what I love— Kobato was extremely similar to this story and I liked it quite a lot too. Something about these stories of shinigami and a terminal patient followed by reincarnation is so beautiful and resonates with me on a spiritual level. Or even a human and an angel sometimes. Kobato, Full Moon o Sagashite, Wish…
I also totally fell in love with Kurou. He’s something special— but Kazuki/Kazushi is special too in his own innocent way.
Aaahh, everything about this one-shot pleases me so much I get shivers when I try to articulate it.
Ai Scream
Ai Scream is simply a cute little one-shot yaoi with “ice cream” as its main pivotal point and launching pad. Hard to go wrong with these— but it was still quite well executed and pretty cute. These can also, ironically, be quite refreshing with their lightheartedness and childish sensory associations coupled with budding adolescent romance.
Under The Star Light
Under The Star Light was very cute but also sort of cliché. Then again, cliché is sort of the charm of most of these one-shots. I saw the twist coming a while before it happened, but it was still fun to see unfold as well as to see the sleazy manager get what was coming to him. But… owners and managers tend to hire people similar to themselves… makes sense a pervert might hire a pervert. But at least the owner has more respect and far more honesty than the manager of the La Fée did.
Overall, pretty cute. I would have liked to have seen this drawn out into perhaps a three chapter or so story. It didn’t necessarily feel rushed, but it feel like there was potential for more throughout it all— the beginning, the middle, the climax, the end.
August 18, 2022
Honestly, it was okay. I would have given it a 3 star - liked it - if it hadn't been these slices of stories. The back of the book only tells about the first of the short, really short story, so, I thought the whole book was about that story, after all, at the bottom of the back cover it says "Five other stories by..." So, I expected 5 other really short (may 5 or 6 pages long) stories about the main characters. Not what I got, which was a book of 6 short stories about other people. Anyway, the art was good, the stories okay, none of them were impressive enough for me to want to find anything else by this author. If you like a quick BL read, then this manga might be for you.
August 10, 2021
2.5/5
Not sure whether to round up or down. Most of the stories were pretty bland and underdeveloped even by anthology manga standards. I actively disliked the title story too. The angel was cute but the love interest was gross and predatory, without even the slightest hint of likeability or redemption. I did like the overall concept of a comedic god and angels overseeing the characters in the first four stories and could see myself rereading the last 3 stories, but it's not really a title that stands out to me.
Not sure whether to round up or down. Most of the stories were pretty bland and underdeveloped even by anthology manga standards. I actively disliked the title story too. The angel was cute but the love interest was gross and predatory, without even the slightest hint of likeability or redemption. I did like the overall concept of a comedic god and angels overseeing the characters in the first four stories and could see myself rereading the last 3 stories, but it's not really a title that stands out to me.
September 18, 2022
I actually liked all these stories. The age gap in the first one was a bit off putting but that story was extremely short yet it had some funny moments. My favorite was the angel of death one which was one of the few more serious stories in this manga.
December 21, 2019
I love the story, the characters and the artwork sex scenes of Delivery Cupid but I kinda want to see more of Tsubasa and Norimatsa relationship
March 28, 2012
All these tales center around heavenly beings who strive to help humans achieve love matches. The title story deals with prostitution, rape and, later, pedophilia, making it highly distasteful for a majority of readers. The other stories in this selection fare better in terms of humor and pathos but still skirt the edge of propriety, considering the apparent youth of some of the young men. However, seeing as we are dealing with amoral beings who have no problems using sneaky tricks to aid humans, it makes sense that fair play is not always involved in attaining true love. All’s fair in love and war, after all…
November 2, 2013
read a donated copy of the library's to see if we could add it to the adult collection. I liked the short stories and the interconnected theme and characters. Too bad the first story was so uncomfortable to read with its noncon. sex scene. I don't think it would go over well in the same adult gn collection we have.
August 16, 2016
Cute and fluffy yaoi short stories, without much connection between them. This volume manages to /mostly/ avoid making the older or more experienced partner seem abusive or controlling. (Better than many other books, at least!)
December 28, 2007
Very very VERY random.
October 7, 2008
this was cute. I enjoyed reading this.
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March 9, 2011Another bunch of short stories. Cute, but nothing special. Of note, there's a pretty good one with a dark angel, for you wings enthusiasts out there.
July 4, 2012
I love this book~ It's so adorable.
September 7, 2013
nice twist
January 11, 2014
Aww What a cute manga... A half Angel and a playboy Love Arrows LOL
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