Brother

Brother #1

by Yuzuha Ougi

12-year-old Momoki Asuka first met his soon to be step brother, 7-year-old Momoki Yui. The brothers were closer than the average step brothers until one fateful summer's day. They both accidentally got locked in a cabinet together for one hour at a abandoned warehouse near their family vacation destination. However, after they finally escape, something life changing happened to 12-year-old Yui in that cabinet. Yui began avoiding Asuka by joining his school Tennis club.

10 years later...

Life has changed for 17-year-old Yui and 22-year-old Asuka. Yui is a super tennis star while Asuka is still depressed that his younger brother is ignoring him.

As Asuka is still being avoided by Yui, the family decides to go to the same family vacation destination 10 years ago. Although, for the first time in 10 years, Yui chooses to join along with the family. At the same abandoned warehouse, Asuka gets stuck in a hole until Yui purposely joins and gets stuck with him.

Now that the two brothers are together, Yui reveals the secrets of what happened to him in the Cabinet 10 years ago and how it had changed him.

What will the brothers do, now that their secrets are revealed? Will they grow further apart or will they become closer?

Yuzuha Ougi's story, Brother, recounted in a hypnotic, dreamy prose, brotherly love, encapsulates the perfect true love feeling of sexual tension and alienation.

*YAOI - MATURE & EXPLICIT CONTENT* Readers 18+.

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, M M Romance, LGBT, Fiction, Boys Love

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2004

About the author

Name (in native language): 扇ゆずは

Associated Names :
OOGI Yuzuha
ougi-tamashii

Current Residence: Tokyo
Hobby: Diving
Favourite Colour: Red! Especially when its shiny... ♪
Favourite Food: Monkfish liver, Angelfish liver or any kind of liver
What she loves most now: her cat!

Reviews

[Darien · Rating 4 out of 5]

June 2018

Ougi-sensei really knows how to bring the hot. Her stuff be very OTT, and I’m a fan of all the pretty. Brother is a bit tabooish, but not so taboo because they aren’t related by blood.

Still fun and enjoyable to pass the time.

[Mayu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lo empecé y lo dejé a medias porque es malo con avaricia.

Trata de dos "hermanos" que se vieron obligados a vivir juntos al conocerse y casarse sus padres. Ambos se llevaban genial hasta que ya un poco más crecidos se quedan encerrados en un armario y la tensión hace que los dos no vuelvan a hablarse y sufran de impotencia (jajaja). Se reencuentran cinco años después, se acuestan y se hacen novios.

Es una historia sin trama, muy simplona, muy bruta, que solo muestra sexo y del feo. Y ya está. Me aburria mucho y me daba repelús como solo había sexo bruto entre ambos u.u.

[TT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfortunetly I can only read the scans for this one. I would love to get a paper copy but its expensive since its out of print and in demand. Sexy yaoi and the mangaka is not shy about drawing very graphic scenes (meh heh). Great funny and romantic story!

[Sleepy Ash · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was all over the place with massive jumps in time and the plot didn't always seem linear. It made it hard to enjoy the story.

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much plot. Really short and hot.

[Leanne Crabtree · Rating 4 out of 5]

I seem to have a thing for Yaoi--Boys Love--and since I like my M/M Romances, why wouldn't I?

This was kinda cute once it got going. I wasn't sure what it was going to be like but once I started it, I fell into it.

To me, it read like a typical M/M Romance--a friends to lovers sort of thing, only they were step brothers.

I just have to admit I like to see it happen, because I don't always have the best imagination with books, I don't picture my characters in my head like others do. So having the comic strip helps me a lot.

Off to start Brother 2 to see if it's as good as this one.

[L Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the story of how two stepbrothers, 22 year old Asuka and 17 year old Yui, became lovers. It is well written with plenty of steamy uncensored lovemaking scenes between the two. I enjoyed it so much that once I finished it I had to start over and read it again 😉! If taboo romances don't bother you I highly recommend this one. I bought mine from rightstuf but it's also available from Amazon.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nasty yaoi I found at Half Price Books because I am God's favorites pervert. 

Stepbrothers have near death experiences and then fuck like rabbits, but with some fairly thoughtful plot points about what the relationship means outside of the awesome sex, and whether it should be pursued to something more. I was happy to come across yaoi that isn't censored and that also the dick anatomy looked really good. (Real ones know, ok?)

A solid read if you come across it, but not really anything to track down unless you have a thing about taboo/incest.

[Luru · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Funny, touching, a quirky plot (but then, so is the subject matter of two step-brothers falling for each other). The art is okay, quite explicit. A fun read that often repeats at the start of each "chapter" to tell you what is what, and maybe a tiny bit rushed near the end.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars rounded up. This was neither humorous enough nor melodramatic enough to invest me in its stories or characters at more than surface level. It wasn't bad, just kind of average. I'd recommend Ougi's other English title, Rising Storm, over this, but this one was still somewhat enjoyable.

[Mosley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Step sibling tropes have never really been my thing. This one was in the middle of the road, the story was better than some of the others I have read. It had a good amount of drama between them to keep you interested.

[Aki Ryuichi · Rating 4 out of 5]

He quedado gratamente sorprendida de este manga 👌🏽👌🏽

[Patrícia⁷ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art... jeez, it wasn't very good O_o

[K]

Dnf’d
I got this book In a manga lot online and was skeptical of it from the start.

[Hendrix Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yum, happy Pride!

[Herma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bercerita tentang Momoki Asuka, pria 22 tahun yang bekerja disebuah biro iklan, dan Momoki Yui, seorang bintang tenis tenar sekaligus adik tiri Asuka yang masih berusia 17 tahun. Awal cerita diketahui Asuka sudah memiliki masalah: ia masih perjaka dan yang lebih buruk lagi ia memiliki masalah seksual seperti impoten dalam beberapa tahun ini. Pendek kata ia menyalahkan hal buruk yang terjadi dengan dirinya berhubungan dengan Yui di masa lalu. Hubungan adik kakak pun merenggang seiring kesibukan dan kepopuleran Yui makin bertambah sehingga ia memutuskan untuk bersekolah di amerika.

2 tahun berselang Yui kembali ke jepang dan bertemu kembali dengan Asuka. Kepulangannya yang tiba tiba bukan tanpa sebab karna pada saat yang sama ia hendak mengkonfrontir Asuka tentang permasalahan mereka di masa lalu serta mengungkapkan perasaannya selama ini. Ajaibnya, impotensi Asuka langsung sembuh seketika!

Semenjak itu hubungan Asuka dan Yui berlanjut ke tahap yang lebih serius dan mereka harus mengalami berbagai permasalahan layaknya pasangan normal yang lain, seperti kecanggungan saat melakukan hubungan sex karna keduanya menyadari mereka adalah bersaudara, saling berusaha menemukan cukup waktu agar bisa berduaan saja serta serius menjalin cinta lebih yang dari sekedar seks.

Asuka sendiri cenderung bereaksi berlebihan setiap kali Yui menunjukan perhatian dan kasih sayangnya, tapi Yui tetaplah Yui, seorang remaja yang cool, berkepribadian dewasa dan sangat mencintai Asuka. Alhasil, saya bisa langsung nebak mana yang seme dan mana si uke. the older one is the uke and the younger one is the seme

Walau plot ceritanya klise dan somewhat familiar dgn drama taiwan yang pernah saya tonton beberapa tahun lalu yang ceritanya diambil dari tapi ini pertama kalinya saya membaca roman percintaan kakak-adik (yg tidak sedarah) dengan perasaan lega HEA. Ini menambah satu nilai plus dari saya setelah terakhir membaca dengan ending yang sampai sekarang lingering feeling-nya masih terasa, so.... sejak awal saya ngga terlalu berharap bakal berahir seperti ini.

Overall, its fascinating story.

[kimberly_rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review originally published at mangaupdates.com in March 2008.

Ougi-sensei has a very recognizable style: It is bright, clean and dramatic. Her artwork seems to sparkle sharply from the page.

The story of this manga was articulated with great punch. Not one 'useless' or 'why-the-heck-is-that-included' scene was presented: It was just bang-bang-bang on.

The angsty tension between Asuka and Yui is what makes this story so effective. The history they have together is made all that more powerful because of the way their memories are interspersed throughout the story.

PS: If you adore Yuzuha Ougi''s crisp art style, check out Masara Minase. You won't be disappointed.

**update Oct 31, 2016**

This is one BL manga that I reread occasionally simple because it's quick, easy, and holy balls of hellfire manmusk, it makes me sweat! I love it; it's sheer sexiness with a bit of plot. Hot damn, it's sexy.

(This is also one of the infamous DramaQueen's spectacular failures: licensed and then locked up with them and never delivered. Thank the universe for scanlating fans, we have volume two.)

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a fan, though if you asked I'd be hard pressed to explain why, exactly. The art isn't bad, not my favorite - the faces have tripped over that edge of being *too* long and pointy somehow - but since I can't draw a convincing stick figure I just roll with it.

The story is just…meh. Not enough actual sparks between the two characters, I think. And I'm all for random porn in these but there has to be some sort of believable attraction between the pair for me to get into it. I just didn't feel it in this book.

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really am enjoying this. The artwork is very beautiful and the story is cute and has a decent amount of depth, same as the characters. This is definitely more for a mature reader as I am one of those this was just what I was looking for.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely heed the rating and warnings on the book. THis one's not for everyone.

[Reader17 Der · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this story and how the brothers cared for one another. Wondering if there will ever be a volume 2 to find out more about them.

[Minty-chan~ · Rating 2 out of 5]

quite graphic which wasnt helpful as i wasnt in the mood~ right now im just addicted to shounen-ai stuff <3
but good material to remember~ lol!

[Grace &#x1f3bb; · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this manga! It kinda reminds me of brother x brother

[小さな N (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)⊃ [_|_] ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Lilly [Hiatus due to School] · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the first step-brother romances I read and totally fell in love with that particular uh taboo.

[Ariana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh...

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is cute in my opinion but the love in this is quite backhanded and makes me want to teach them both a lesson about true love.

[Javier Galíndez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hace mucho que no me leía un manga y mucho menos yaoi, debería como que reseñar algo.

[Madeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

More than just mindless yaoi; very good character development and sexy artwork.