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学園祭で、男ばっかのバレエ――!?
「王子」なんてあだ名がつくくらい可憐な容姿とはウラハラに、不機嫌オーラで誰も寄せつけない転校生・櫛形。クラスきっての硬派な原はそんな彼が気になって、ココロは恋する詩人になりつつあった……。その頃、原たちのクラスでは、学園祭で「男だけのバレエ」をという話が持ち上がる。それには元バレエダンサーである櫛形にコーチしてもらう必要があるのだが……。
大人気学園バレエ（！？）ロマンス☆書き下ろしはさらにキュートに！
「王子」なんてあだ名がつくくらい可憐な容姿とはウラハラに、不機嫌オーラで誰も寄せつけない転校生・櫛形。クラスきっての硬派な原はそんな彼が気になって、ココロは恋する詩人になりつつあった……。その頃、原たちのクラスでは、学園祭で「男だけのバレエ」をという話が持ち上がる。それには元バレエダンサーである櫛形にコーチしてもらう必要があるのだが……。
大人気学園バレエ（！？）ロマンス☆書き下ろしはさらにキュートに！
249 pages, Paperback
First published May 15, 2004
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About the author
榎田尤利
107 books1 follower Yuuri Eda is a Japanese Light Novel writer.
The genre of her works is Boys Love (BL).
Her debut novel is「夏の塩」(2000).
Yuuri Eda was one of the disciples of Azusa Nakajima ( 中島 梓, pen name of Kaoru Kurimoto / 栗本 薫.
She uses the pen name 榎田ユウリ for her general audience (not BL) works.
※Her two names in Romanization are the same.
榎田 尤利（えだ ゆうり）は、日本のボーイズラブ小説家。
7月16日生まれ、蟹座、O型。
2000年「夏の塩」（成美堂出版 クリスタル文庫）にてデビュー。同作品は、1996年『小説JUNE』77号に掲載。
『小説JUNE』にて連載されていた投稿作批評コラム「中島 梓 (栗本薫の別名義)の小説道場」の門下生。文章力に定評があり、物語性のある作品が多い。シリアスからコメディまで、作風は多様性に富む。
BL以外のライトノベル作品は、〝榎田 ユウリ〟で執筆している。
The genre of her works is Boys Love (BL).
Her debut novel is「夏の塩」(2000).
Yuuri Eda was one of the disciples of Azusa Nakajima ( 中島 梓, pen name of Kaoru Kurimoto / 栗本 薫.
She uses the pen name 榎田ユウリ for her general audience (not BL) works.
※Her two names in Romanization are the same.
榎田 尤利（えだ ゆうり）は、日本のボーイズラブ小説家。
7月16日生まれ、蟹座、O型。
2000年「夏の塩」（成美堂出版 クリスタル文庫）にてデビュー。同作品は、1996年『小説JUNE』77号に掲載。
『小説JUNE』にて連載されていた投稿作批評コラム「中島 梓 (栗本薫の別名義)の小説道場」の門下生。文章力に定評があり、物語性のある作品が多い。シリアスからコメディまで、作風は多様性に富む。
BL以外のライトノベル作品は、〝榎田 ユウリ〟で執筆している。
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October 31, 2016
Ah, I'm actually angry. Most of this book was actually really good and enjoyable, but that final story? Pretty much ruined it for me. Bit necessarily because of the content but because it was really badly written. And just... I get what she was trying to do, but it felt rushed, forced and just badly construed and pretty much ruined Kushigata for me. I loved him and Hara's relationship up to that point, and that last story.... the more I think it the angrier it makes me, and I think the three stars will become one.
In case you're wondering what makes me so angry and don't care about spoilers: most of the book is about two high school students, one a former hopeful ballet student whi had to quit because of an injury. It's a sweet story about high school life and the ballet student getting inspired to not give up on his dreams just yet thanks to the love and quiet support of the other. All well and good, and told with the right amount of awkwardness.
The last story is set 10 years later and we're supposed to think the non-ballet guy is about to marry the ballet guy's cousin (spoiler: he's not, his best friend is and it's painfully obvious from the start). Hara (non-ballet guy) and Kushigata (ballet guy) have recently separated, or rather Kushigata broke up with Hara, claiming Hara is a burdon to him and a long distance relationship is just too much. The truth however is that Kushigata's injury has returned and he didn't want to become a burden to Hara. The make up, the wedding happens happy ending.
Apart from the stupid "mislead", so many things annoy me. Kushigata never was like this in the main story, and it made no sense to me he'd turn into this sort of person. I get the idea that it's difficult to keep up a relationship for so long, especially a long distance one, but couldn't there have been a better way to tell that kind of story? As I said, I also found it way too rushed to be even close to convincing, and considering it's supposed to be set ten years from *now*... who knows if people are still using LINE then. Considering the development of the last ten years I'd say it's doubtful. Details like that made it obvious how.. lackluster this was. Considering this is the only BL Eda Yuuri put out this year, it's really sad, since most of this book - i.e. the parts I liked- were recycled stuff and the last story was * this*. To be fair, the second to last story was also new, and good. But that last one really ruined it. I know I'm repeating myself. But I'm disappointed. Especially because I know she can do better than this.
Maybe she has written all the BL stories she wants to write. Considering how many there are, that's more than fine. If she decides to write more I will happily read them, and just hope they'll turn out better than this one.
In case you're wondering what makes me so angry and don't care about spoilers: most of the book is about two high school students, one a former hopeful ballet student whi had to quit because of an injury. It's a sweet story about high school life and the ballet student getting inspired to not give up on his dreams just yet thanks to the love and quiet support of the other. All well and good, and told with the right amount of awkwardness.
The last story is set 10 years later and we're supposed to think the non-ballet guy is about to marry the ballet guy's cousin (spoiler: he's not, his best friend is and it's painfully obvious from the start). Hara (non-ballet guy) and Kushigata (ballet guy) have recently separated, or rather Kushigata broke up with Hara, claiming Hara is a burdon to him and a long distance relationship is just too much. The truth however is that Kushigata's injury has returned and he didn't want to become a burden to Hara. The make up, the wedding happens happy ending.
Apart from the stupid "mislead", so many things annoy me. Kushigata never was like this in the main story, and it made no sense to me he'd turn into this sort of person. I get the idea that it's difficult to keep up a relationship for so long, especially a long distance one, but couldn't there have been a better way to tell that kind of story? As I said, I also found it way too rushed to be even close to convincing, and considering it's supposed to be set ten years from *now*... who knows if people are still using LINE then. Considering the development of the last ten years I'd say it's doubtful. Details like that made it obvious how.. lackluster this was. Considering this is the only BL Eda Yuuri put out this year, it's really sad, since most of this book - i.e. the parts I liked- were recycled stuff and the last story was * this*. To be fair, the second to last story was also new, and good. But that last one really ruined it. I know I'm repeating myself. But I'm disappointed. Especially because I know she can do better than this.
Maybe she has written all the BL stories she wants to write. Considering how many there are, that's more than fine. If she decides to write more I will happily read them, and just hope they'll turn out better than this one.
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