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八月七日を探して
八月七日嵐の夜、事故で三ヶ月分の記憶を失ってしまった高校二年生の水沢涼太。けれどそれ以来、なぜか毎晩強引に抱かれる淫夢を見るように…。これは実際にあった記憶なのか? 手掛かりは、生徒会役員で、長身の男―。密かに悩む涼太は、自分と親しい幼なじみで副会長の二宮恭一と、会長の三年生、北川和馬を疑うけれど!?
二人から寄せられる想いと真実に揺れる、トライアングル・ラブ。
二人から寄せられる想いと真実に揺れる、トライアングル・ラブ。
259 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 2010
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June 24, 2017
ryouta wakes up in a hospital bed, with his childhood friend kyouichi sitting anxiously next to him, and his right wrist wrapped in bandage. on top of that, he doesn't have his memories of the last 3 months, and on top of THAT, he gets nightly dreams of him being raped by a 3rd year student the evening he got into an accident. the title of this novel is translated as, "searching for august 7th" and that's exactly what ryouta does throughout the book. while he waits for his memories to return, he strives to put the pieces together in order to find out WHO exactly raped him.
the summary of this book states that it contains a "love triangle" but... not really imo. the 3rd love interest, the student council president katagawa, obviously loves ryouta, but the story mainly focuses on the awkward and increasingly estranged relationship between ryouta and kyouichi. if anything, katagawa is left in the back and serves as a supportive character towards ryouta - guiding him to realize what it is that ryouta does and wants to happen in relation to kyouichi.
i enjoyed reading this despite being frustrated by the misunderstanding/miscommunication between the main pair. both guys loves the other but think and assume the absolute worst of each other, and this roadblock doesn't progress until the very end. despite... some things, overall, i liked kyouichi's character. he's a guy that doesn't seem amiable, but that's because he's a guy of few words. he's smart and a hard-worker, and wants to spoil and throughly take care of those that he cares about. he's not the typical asshole seme that i tend to see in misao's writing, and that was... nice. you might not agree with everything i said here based on his actions in this book but... he was a generally good character, in my opinion.
what i enjoyed the most about this book is trying to figure out the mystery of "that night" and who the real suspect is. misao writes in a way that makes you think it's "this" person when in fact, it's really "that" person. i was pleasantly surprised at the outcome since i didn't see it coming, but that's just me. there really wasn't a pacing issue, it was smooth sailing throughout. if anything, i had a problem with the ryouta's stubbornness and kyouichi's assumptions and emotional/anger-driven behavior. i wanted them to get over themselves and confess already. i wished misao wrote more about the student prez since he was a very interesting character. i also wished there was more involvement with him so that way, i can feel like this was a true "love triangle" story.
uuuum. don't really have much else to say. satisfied with the end. don't know if i would re-read this again, but i would definitely be interested in reading any extras/SS ever released based on this story. seeing a continuation of the end is something i am yearning for right now. so yeah, absolutely worth a read at least once. it wasn't omg amazing applesauce, but i was entertained. it was a good read, really.
the summary of this book states that it contains a "love triangle" but... not really imo. the 3rd love interest, the student council president katagawa, obviously loves ryouta, but the story mainly focuses on the awkward and increasingly estranged relationship between ryouta and kyouichi. if anything, katagawa is left in the back and serves as a supportive character towards ryouta - guiding him to realize what it is that ryouta does and wants to happen in relation to kyouichi.
i enjoyed reading this despite being frustrated by the misunderstanding/miscommunication between the main pair. both guys loves the other but think and assume the absolute worst of each other, and this roadblock doesn't progress until the very end. despite... some things, overall, i liked kyouichi's character. he's a guy that doesn't seem amiable, but that's because he's a guy of few words. he's smart and a hard-worker, and wants to spoil and throughly take care of those that he cares about. he's not the typical asshole seme that i tend to see in misao's writing, and that was... nice. you might not agree with everything i said here based on his actions in this book but... he was a generally good character, in my opinion.
what i enjoyed the most about this book is trying to figure out the mystery of "that night" and who the real suspect is. misao writes in a way that makes you think it's "this" person when in fact, it's really "that" person. i was pleasantly surprised at the outcome since i didn't see it coming, but that's just me. there really wasn't a pacing issue, it was smooth sailing throughout. if anything, i had a problem with the ryouta's stubbornness and kyouichi's assumptions and emotional/anger-driven behavior. i wanted them to get over themselves and confess already. i wished misao wrote more about the student prez since he was a very interesting character. i also wished there was more involvement with him so that way, i can feel like this was a true "love triangle" story.
uuuum. don't really have much else to say. satisfied with the end. don't know if i would re-read this again, but i would definitely be interested in reading any extras/SS ever released based on this story. seeing a continuation of the end is something i am yearning for right now. so yeah, absolutely worth a read at least once. it wasn't omg amazing applesauce, but i was entertained. it was a good read, really.
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