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Love & Trust
「愛と信頼はワンセット」書類から盗品まがいのものまで何でも運ぶ美形の運び屋兄弟、天と核が経営する【坂東速配】にある日、厄介な依頼が！ 預かったのはなんと生きている子供だった！？ 厄介な荷物には厄介な揉め事が付きものだから、さあ大変。素直で優しい天の幼なじみ・正文に、核に固執する大物ヤクザ・沓沢。スキンシップ過剰、愛情過剰の坂東兄弟、天と核が夜の街で大暴れ！ 毎日をクールにタフに、あきれた男たちが繰り広げる痛快愛情物語。
※本作は過去に配信していた「Love＆Trust」に挿絵を加えたものです。ストーリーに変更はございません。
※本作は過去に配信していた「Love＆Trust」に挿絵を加えたものです。ストーリーに変更はございません。
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First published May 1, 2002
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March 8, 2015
"Love & Trust" is the first volume of a series of three (four, if you count the spin-off) of one of Eda-sensei's more popular series. I bought this both because I am addicted to her novels and because I want to read the anniversary crossover, and I'm happy to say that it didn't disappoint.
The focus of the book are the Bandou brothers Kaku and Ten, and Ten's - well, let's call him childhood friend - Masafumi. Ten's and Kaku's parents got a divorce when they were kids, and so Ten was separated from his beloved older brother. One way of dealing with that sadness and frustration was to bully Masafumi.
Ten years later, Masafumi meets Ten again, who has long since reunited with his brother and with whom he's running a special kind of transportation service: fast, confidential and mostly used by yakuza. Their latest job is to take care of a little girl - the illegitimate child of a politician - for a couple of days, and because he's good with kids, Kaku hires Masafumi as a part-timer for their business. Soon it turns out there's more to the story than that, and the three of them end up having to figure out a plan how to save the little girl.
At first, Masafumi is a bit bewildered at *how* affectionate the two brothers are (This isn't an incest story, though - Eda-sensei or not, I would balk at that. They just cuddle and kiss a lot.). But he is equally confused by his own feelings for Ten...
The main plot was fun, but the twists weren't particularly surprising. As always with Eda-sensei's novels, the best thing about this were the characters. Ten and Masafumi are fun, and I love the slow pace their relationship is developing at. My favourite were Kaku and his yakuza lover Kutsuzawa. Kaku is just how I love my ukes: in control, equally into sex as the seme (if not more) and just the right amount of wicked. I can't wait to learn more about him and all the others, too. I also loved the interaction between Kaku and Masafumi.
But I'll be honest: even though this is by Eda-sensei, and even though it is one of her three most popular series, I was really apprehensive when I started reading this. And it's all the cover's fault. The art really does this series no favour - it's an example of where it actually lessons the enjoyment of the book. I did my best to ignore it, but it really is a pity - if there ever is a re-release with better art, I'll definitely buy it.
Still, questionable art or not, I'm glad I bought this and that I waited with reading this until the other volumes arrived - because that way I can continue reading immediately.
(As a side note, I can't believe this was published in 2002. Makes me want to go back in time and tell my teenage self to start learning Japanese so I could have read this sooner. Well, back then it would have been a lot more difficult to get over here though, so it's all good I guess.)
The focus of the book are the Bandou brothers Kaku and Ten, and Ten's - well, let's call him childhood friend - Masafumi. Ten's and Kaku's parents got a divorce when they were kids, and so Ten was separated from his beloved older brother. One way of dealing with that sadness and frustration was to bully Masafumi.
Ten years later, Masafumi meets Ten again, who has long since reunited with his brother and with whom he's running a special kind of transportation service: fast, confidential and mostly used by yakuza. Their latest job is to take care of a little girl - the illegitimate child of a politician - for a couple of days, and because he's good with kids, Kaku hires Masafumi as a part-timer for their business. Soon it turns out there's more to the story than that, and the three of them end up having to figure out a plan how to save the little girl.
At first, Masafumi is a bit bewildered at *how* affectionate the two brothers are (This isn't an incest story, though - Eda-sensei or not, I would balk at that. They just cuddle and kiss a lot.). But he is equally confused by his own feelings for Ten...
The main plot was fun, but the twists weren't particularly surprising. As always with Eda-sensei's novels, the best thing about this were the characters. Ten and Masafumi are fun, and I love the slow pace their relationship is developing at. My favourite were Kaku and his yakuza lover Kutsuzawa. Kaku is just how I love my ukes: in control, equally into sex as the seme (if not more) and just the right amount of wicked. I can't wait to learn more about him and all the others, too. I also loved the interaction between Kaku and Masafumi.
But I'll be honest: even though this is by Eda-sensei, and even though it is one of her three most popular series, I was really apprehensive when I started reading this. And it's all the cover's fault. The art really does this series no favour - it's an example of where it actually lessons the enjoyment of the book. I did my best to ignore it, but it really is a pity - if there ever is a re-release with better art, I'll definitely buy it.
Still, questionable art or not, I'm glad I bought this and that I waited with reading this until the other volumes arrived - because that way I can continue reading immediately.
(As a side note, I can't believe this was published in 2002. Makes me want to go back in time and tell my teenage self to start learning Japanese so I could have read this sooner. Well, back then it would have been a lot more difficult to get over here though, so it's all good I guess.)
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