ロングピリオド 上

ロングピリオド [Long Period] #1

by Nagisa Furuya, 古矢渚

この気持ちが早く、失くなるように。何度だって逆の言葉を吐いてやる。高校生の佑征は、幼馴染の樹が「嫌い」だ。天才肌で人気者、才能の塊みたいな樹に、昔から色んな所に連れ出され、振り回されてきた。今はなるべく関わらないよう樹を避けているのに、しつこく絡まれる。だからいつまでも、この恋が、消えてくれない。この気持ちが叶うことはないのに。

Genres: Manga, Romance, Boys Love, LGBT, Comics, Contemporary, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 2023

About the author

Nagisa FURUYA (古矢渚, Furuya Nagisa) is a Japanese mangaka.

See 渚 for her doujinshi works under circle PLUG.

Reviews

[Gaia Rolando · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ormai avrete capito il mio amore per la Sensei Nagisa Furuya, le sue opere sono sempre una carezza al cuore ed anche questi due volumi sono stati dolcissimi e delicati.
Punto che apprezzo sempre moltissimo è il fatto che la mangaka sviluppi la storia concentrandosi molto sulla crescita dei personaggi e la presa di coscienza dei propri sentimenti.✨

Penso che questo titolo, tra tutti quelli portati in Italia dalla Star Comics, sia stato il mio preferito.
Il legame d'amicizia tra i due protagonisti, Itsuki e Yusei, è radicato e profondo, sin dai tempi dell'asilo.
E' un rapporto di supporto reciproco e, nonostante Yusei affermi di "odiare" Itsuki, in realtà è un modo per provare a schermare i sentimenti che prova verso l'amico.
Sono due ragazzi che riescono a spalleggiarsi a vicenda, incoraggiandosi nel portare avanti le proprie idee e passioni, senza badare troppo al giudizio e alla gelosia delle altre persone.🤍

Ho amato profondamente i flashback che si alternavano al momento presente, permettendomi di scoprire piano piano l'evoluzione del rapporto dei due protagonisti, di come determinati eventi li abbiano plasmati fino a diventare i giovani uomini che sono adesso.

Come sempre il tratto di Nagisa Furuya è estremamente delicato ed armonico.
Riesce a far mantenere l'attenzione sui personaggi e meno all'ambiente circostante.
Dando molta importanza alle espressioni del viso, i sentimenti provati da Yusei e Itsuki riescono a venire trasmessi in maniera estremamente naturale al lettore.
La storia scorre con il giusto ritmo, senza far sembrare gli eventi forzati o rigidi, è un flusso naturale e spontaneo.✨

Come sempre ci tengo a consigliare questa mangaka, soprattutto a chi vuole avvicinarsi al mondo dei BL.
Le sue opere sono sempre una coccola. ❤️‍🩹

[Robiok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tipico di Nagisa Furuya è scrivere storie ambientate nella quotidianità, addirittura nella mondanità, ma con una tensione di fondo palpabile che nasce dall’intensità delle emozioni e dei sentimenti dei protagonisti e anche in questo volume si è vista tutta.
Mi getto subito nel secondo! Mi serve il lieto fine

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

if you like childhood friend to lovers then you probably gonna like this .

I need vol 2.

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugh the angst. But I love it.

[Rachel B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adore reading about male characters longing, yearning for their loved ones

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I forgot that this wasn't a one-shot, so I was a little surprised to get to the end with the characters making very little progress. But I'm looking forward to seeing how they start communicating with each other in the second (final) volume.

Furuya is just a really solid writer. Great at developing beautiful relationships in a short amount of space, able to really convey an intense sense of longing just through expressions and silences and space in the panels.

The drama in this one is pretty much self-imposed by Yusei; he's been in love with his childhood friend, Itsuki, for a while, but he's doing his best to pretend that he isn't, in order to drive the feelings out. I don't exactly know what he's scared of - is he that convinced that Itsuki is straight? Does he just not want to deal with having to face the emotions head on? But he's pulling away from Itsuki in an attempt to create some distance between them so he can get over these unwanted feelings.

Itsuki clearly cares about Yusei, but Yusei seems to think that his smart, athletic, popular, talented friend is just using him as a sort of easy "pet" to drag places and do whatever he wants. To be fair, Itsuki does treat him a bit like that, and even laughs and agrees when their friends call Yusei "whipped." It's not fair to Yusei and I'd hope Itsuki would start giving back as much as he gets. Maybe he thinks he is? He used to, when they were kids.

I don't know what the whole deal is with Itsuki's older brother and why he's actively avoiding him. Did something happen between them in the past?

I loved the awkward sadness of the double date at the amusement park, and how gentle and caring Itsuki was when Yusei got sick after. It was more like when they were little, when Yusei was often ill and Itsuki was constantly finding beautiful things in the world around them to share with him.

The pacing and tone of this volume is great, and it could be a favorite if it concludes well.

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

先生ありがとうございました。第五話はすごく面白かった。

If it's from Furunagi, it's always good.

[Jack Reynolds · Rating 4 out of 5]

This may not be Furuya's best work, but I still liked how she depicted the precarious balance between her two leads. Yusei's conviction of wanting to stamp his feelings down for Itsuki pairs well with the flashbacks to them as kids. It makes sense why they're still close even as the former feels denying their romantic potential means it can't possibly happen. However, I'd argue the latter reciprocates if some panels are any indication.

There are some subplots that aren't resolved here I'm hoping to see come back next volume. Why is there strain between Itsuki and his older brother? Will we get to see the girls who went on that double date again, thereby addressing how we hide queerness growing up? The translation also used some slang terms that read awkward or dated, which I had minor quibbles with.

[tortie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/ 5 stars

I quite enjoyed this, enough to feel compelled to read it back to back. Something about the struggle with internalized homophobia, the fear and need to conceal a secret by lashing out in the opposite manner. Very compelling! And the two leads orbit around each other in a very beautiful manner, it’s really cute. They care about each other so much even if they show it in very different ways. A basic story but I liked it. I love that the mc the reader follows is the stoic one too, and not the anime-protagonist-esque one, I feel like it’s usually the opposite case.

Okay but… what is a stradivarius? I googled it and got… string instruments. What could that have possibly meant in context of their conversation 😭 some of the translation felt funky I can’t lie. Also practically no speech bubbles had dialogue direction indicators, so often times it got confusing who was talking.

[Belén :P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me está gustando mucho jiji (Simplemente Nagisa Furuya ✨)
Es muy cuco, pero creo que principalmente lo que más me está gustando es la historia en sí (no sólo el childhood friends to lovers, porque eso ya está muy visto y me da un poco igual) y pequeños detalles que le aportan un toque de interés y novedad a la historia (como el hecho de que mi colega sea escritor, que me parece muy muy guay, ojalá ahonden en ello)(dudo que lo hagan mucho). Creo que de las cosas que más me gustan de los mangas bl es que les den personalidad y background a los personajes, que les den sus propios issues o intereses (y que no necesariamente estos sean malos o traumáticos, ofc).
Qué ganas del siguiente tomo💕 (y ojalá haya más)

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy Nagisa Furuya's writing, but like this should've just been one chunkier volume instead of stretching it into two. It just didn't feel like much happened except story set up and vague talking around things. It's a bit frustrating that I have to wait for the second one. This whole first volume could've easily been condensed imo or if they didn't want to condense it just combine the two. The volume was so short. It just feels so unnecessary. I don't mind the story or set up itself, but as its own volume it feels like a let down. I will still be picking up volume two though. Maybe I should've waited to read both together.

[Zian B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the way that the overall feeling(s) of yearning and longing are portrayed in this; you really could sense it between the characters through the volume. I also liked seeing the short flashbacks to Yusei and Itsuki’s childhood, along with some commentary about their dynamic from their friends/classmates. Those moments did a good job of “setting the scene” for their childhood friends to lovers arc that I’m sure will happen in the next and final volume. Lastly, I’m very curious to find out about is the tension between Itsuki and his older brother and how their strained relationship came to be.

[Paulibrarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of a two volume series of Manga about 'frenemies' Yusei and Itsuki. Since kindergarten they've been BFFs, but now in their teens, Yusei is struggling to curb deeper feelings about popular Itseki. Itseki doesnt seem to be worried about his feelings for Yusei, yet Yusei tries repeatedly to rebuff Itsuki. Their classmates are all guessing different things, and a double date at the fair with two girls hasn't helped remedy their confusion. Beautifully illustrated, low-key and 'sweet' in content and tone, aimed at older teens. Final volume to follow.

[Recensionidelloracolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il primo volume di questa dilogia mi ha soddisfatta pienamente.
I disegni sono ben curati così come la trama, non è delle più originali, ma i tempi dei vari eventi sono strutturati bene e l'autrice è riuscita a far esprimere bene i sentimenti e le sensazioni ai personaggi.
Spero che anche il secondo e ultimo volume possa essere così!

[Chloe ⋆·˚ ༘ * · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Yuusei.”
“What?”
“Just wanted to call your name.”

4 stars - short but cute. I really like Yuusei, but that’s probably very biased since I related to him quite a lot (even his love of writing I was like aww). Itsuki seems okay but I can’t tell whether he knew that Yuusei liked him the entire time or not. Glad this only has one other volume TvT.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ahhhhh! The yearning. And that ending. And now I have to wait for December for more!

"If words have a soul... then I'll say the exact opposite until the end of time. So that... these feelings go away."

"He keeps getting further and further away. If he keeps going... I'm going to lose sight of him completely."

[Malin ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

❥ 4 stars ☆

❝It didn’t matter what I did. Itsuki was always destined to be the centre of my world. Even when I tried to change that... I probably never stood a chance from the very beginning.❞

━━━━━━━━━━━ ♡ ━━━━━━━━━━━

[Vera Kabushemeye · Rating 2 out of 5]

This manga has a slow pace but I didn't mind that. The love intresting is interesting (especially the family conflict) - but the main character not established well enough. The world also feels a bit empty

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gah!! This author can seriously do no wrong for me. It’s basically a guarantee that I will love whatever she writes at this point. Absolutely precious little adorable baby beans. I love them so much. 😍

[Finger Snap · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first Nagisa Furuya read. Glad I picked both the volumes coz the first ends in a cliff hanger.

Sensei’s quaint paced narrative from yusei’s pov worked well for me. I could never figure out what Itsuki’s thinking even till the cliffhanger.

[Nat · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,75

[Veronica · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute :3

[Selena Flamariel Bambozzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il sottile confine tra odio e amore...

[TiramisuCram · Rating 3 out of 5]

childhood friend and forever classmates that clearly love each other but they can't say it because they think is impossible

[abril :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

NECESITO MAS

[Dee]

4 ⭐

[Thesincouch · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Furuya so I'm ready for vol 2 to kick my butt. Vol 1 left me with more questions than answers but I really value when an author doesn't take the easier and trodden route to melodrama.

[Al · Rating 2 out of 5]

This couple was just super blah to me. Not the best chemistry.

[Akansha · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was an insane way to end the volume. One bed, friends who have feelings for each other, wtf did I ever do to deserve this 😭