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きみのハートに効くサプリ
Paperback Bunko
First published January 1, 2010
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January 25, 2015
I think I’m going to read all the BL novels Kusama Sakae has illustrated.. no matter the stories, I LOVE her illustrations so much.
"Kimi no Heart ni Kiku Supplement" was a nice story with a great setup, but the execution could have been a *bit* better.
A pretty big spoiler to follow, I guess, although considering the spoiler is also on the colour picture in the beginning I don’t know whether it really is a spoiler..
Because I almost never read the back blurb and have either a too vivid imagination or bad eyes I thought this was about a pilot and a salary man. In reality it’s about a young man who makes a wicked curry and a researcher, and it will make you crave curry like nothing else will. (I read it right after I had lunch and STILL craved it.)
Tooru is a researcher for a company who produces both medicine and health supplements. He used to be in the medicine department, but recently became part of the supplement department. His latest assignment is to develop something that “warms the body from the inside”, using spices. It happens that around this time, a new member joins the mobile lunch vendours in the parking lot next to Tooru’s company, and he sells the best curry Tooru’s ever tasted. Partly for his research, partly because he wants to eat it, Tooru ends up buying the young man’s curry every day, leaving with the promise to come back tomorrow.
That promise alone is a rare thing for Tooro. Ever since his last relationship ended badly, he’s determined to never let any one get close to him ever again. But when one night he accidently meets the curry vendour in town, the young man invites him for dinner at a restaurant specializing in spices, and since it’s for research, Tooru unwittingly agrees.
And even though he didn’t intend to drink alcohol, he gets carried away by the relaxed atmosphere, and he and Serizawa - which is the young man’s name, as it turns out - end up getting really wasted. Tooru ends up taking Serizawa home with him, and then promptly proceeds to attack him, leading to Tooru riding Serizawa’s dick.
The next morning, Tooru apologizes to Serizawa, offering everything from accompanying Serizawa to the authorities to money. But Serizawa declares that he doesn’t want any of that - in fact, he’s fallen in love with Tooru. Tooru of course doesn’t believe that and tells Serizawa to go home. But when Tooru goes to buy Serizawa’s curry the next time, Serizawa’s van is nowhere to be seen..
Here’s what I loved: Tooru is the kind of character I adore a lot - his seemingly cool behaviour hides a deeply hurt heart longing for love. Serizawa is the kind of younger puppydog seme I like, and their relationship has a nice balance. I also always enjoy a couple where both the seme and the uke are equally into it, so that was fun (and just as an aside, I was reading it on the bus and accidently flipped it open a bit too far when I opened it and just saw the illustration with Tooru atop Serizawa and went WHOA). And the bits about curry and spices are really interesting and mouthwatering.
I just think she could have paced it a little better. The first night Tooru and Serizawa spend together takes up almost half of the book, it seems, and even afterwards there isn’t enough longing for me to be satisfied. And well, Serizawa falls for Tooru a little too easily.
But all in all I really enjoyed it, and the illustrations definitely made up for the weaknesses. There’s a sequel, also illustrated by Kusama Sakae, which I of course ordered already… I really should try and avoid series because so far I have been unable to resist the sequel if there is one. Ah, well, I guess it can’t be helped.
"Kimi no Heart ni Kiku Supplement" was a nice story with a great setup, but the execution could have been a *bit* better.
A pretty big spoiler to follow, I guess, although considering the spoiler is also on the colour picture in the beginning I don’t know whether it really is a spoiler..
Because I almost never read the back blurb and have either a too vivid imagination or bad eyes I thought this was about a pilot and a salary man. In reality it’s about a young man who makes a wicked curry and a researcher, and it will make you crave curry like nothing else will. (I read it right after I had lunch and STILL craved it.)
Tooru is a researcher for a company who produces both medicine and health supplements. He used to be in the medicine department, but recently became part of the supplement department. His latest assignment is to develop something that “warms the body from the inside”, using spices. It happens that around this time, a new member joins the mobile lunch vendours in the parking lot next to Tooru’s company, and he sells the best curry Tooru’s ever tasted. Partly for his research, partly because he wants to eat it, Tooru ends up buying the young man’s curry every day, leaving with the promise to come back tomorrow.
That promise alone is a rare thing for Tooro. Ever since his last relationship ended badly, he’s determined to never let any one get close to him ever again. But when one night he accidently meets the curry vendour in town, the young man invites him for dinner at a restaurant specializing in spices, and since it’s for research, Tooru unwittingly agrees.
And even though he didn’t intend to drink alcohol, he gets carried away by the relaxed atmosphere, and he and Serizawa - which is the young man’s name, as it turns out - end up getting really wasted. Tooru ends up taking Serizawa home with him, and then promptly proceeds to attack him, leading to Tooru riding Serizawa’s dick.
The next morning, Tooru apologizes to Serizawa, offering everything from accompanying Serizawa to the authorities to money. But Serizawa declares that he doesn’t want any of that - in fact, he’s fallen in love with Tooru. Tooru of course doesn’t believe that and tells Serizawa to go home. But when Tooru goes to buy Serizawa’s curry the next time, Serizawa’s van is nowhere to be seen..
Here’s what I loved: Tooru is the kind of character I adore a lot - his seemingly cool behaviour hides a deeply hurt heart longing for love. Serizawa is the kind of younger puppydog seme I like, and their relationship has a nice balance. I also always enjoy a couple where both the seme and the uke are equally into it, so that was fun (and just as an aside, I was reading it on the bus and accidently flipped it open a bit too far when I opened it and just saw the illustration with Tooru atop Serizawa and went WHOA). And the bits about curry and spices are really interesting and mouthwatering.
I just think she could have paced it a little better. The first night Tooru and Serizawa spend together takes up almost half of the book, it seems, and even afterwards there isn’t enough longing for me to be satisfied. And well, Serizawa falls for Tooru a little too easily.
But all in all I really enjoyed it, and the illustrations definitely made up for the weaknesses. There’s a sequel, also illustrated by Kusama Sakae, which I of course ordered already… I really should try and avoid series because so far I have been unable to resist the sequel if there is one. Ah, well, I guess it can’t be helped.
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