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鳶・土木業の傍ら非行少年の更生を引き受ける阿万崎家。その長男・郁己は周りへの反発から、ゼネコン勤務の今に至るまで優等生を続けている。だが、少年たちの中にあって不思議と荒んでいない大信とは気が合った。勉強熱心で勘も良く、若くして鳶の職長になった大信は眩しく、安らげる存在―そんな相手から「好きだ」と告げられた郁己は…。
288 pages, Paperback
First published October 18, 2011
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About the author
李丘那岐
33 books李丘 那岐（りおか なぎ）は、日本のボーイズラブ作家。
6月22日生まれ、蟹座、B型。佐賀県出身。
2000年「明日は俺達のためにある」（白泉社 花丸文庫）が初の単行本。
当初は漫画家を目指していたが断念し、小説執筆に転向。2000年、白泉社のボーイズラブ小説誌「小説花丸」の小説花丸新人賞で選外佳作を受賞。
Nagi Rioka is Boys Love (BL) author of Japan.
Birthday: June 22, Zodiac signs: Cancer, Blood type: B. Born in Saga, Japan.
First published work: 「明日は俺達のためにある」2000. The Story received the prize of Japanese publisher.
6月22日生まれ、蟹座、B型。佐賀県出身。
2000年「明日は俺達のためにある」（白泉社 花丸文庫）が初の単行本。
当初は漫画家を目指していたが断念し、小説執筆に転向。2000年、白泉社のボーイズラブ小説誌「小説花丸」の小説花丸新人賞で選外佳作を受賞。
Nagi Rioka is Boys Love (BL) author of Japan.
Birthday: June 22, Zodiac signs: Cancer, Blood type: B. Born in Saga, Japan.
First published work: 「明日は俺達のためにある」2000. The Story received the prize of Japanese publisher.
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February 14, 2015
I bought this one ages ago for one reason only: Yoneda Kou did the cover and the illustrations. And while the novel itself wasn't bad, the illustrations definitely were the best part about it.
The main character is Ikumi, the son of a scaffolder (I hope this is the correct English word for it) who unfortunately is afraid of heights so he cannot follow his father's footsteps. His parents have been taking in "problem kids" as apprentices for as long as Ikumi can remember, and he wasn't always happy about it. But as he's grown up he's learned to accept it, and he's even close friends with one of them: Taishin is three years younger than Ikumi, but he's already one of the company's most trusted workers.
Since he couldn't become a scaffolder, Ikumi chose to work for a builder's company instead. And despite being still young at 26, he gets trusted with a big new project. The only problem with that project is that his business partner is Tagami, also one of Ikumi's father's former apprentices - one who parted with Ikumi in the worst way possible: he tried to rape him. And he still seems to enjoy harrassing Ikumi any way he can.
And of course it's at that time that Taishin confesses to Ikumi that he's in love with him. Ikumi of course isn't gay and what follows is roughly 150 pages of him figuring out his feelings.
Now, to be honest the best thing about this was that Taishin was really hot. And Tagami looks the way Yoneda-sensei's hot oyaji always look. That is to say, *hot damn*. ~
The story itself isn't bad, but the plot lacks some real tension. Every time a possible conflict is set up, it either is resolved really quickly or half-heartedly. She could have done a lot more with Tagami, for example. To be honest, I was much more curious about Tagami and his boss than I was about Ikumi and Taishin. I liked them, but I couldn't really bring myself to care about them.
But it definitely was worth it for the pictures alone.
The main character is Ikumi, the son of a scaffolder (I hope this is the correct English word for it) who unfortunately is afraid of heights so he cannot follow his father's footsteps. His parents have been taking in "problem kids" as apprentices for as long as Ikumi can remember, and he wasn't always happy about it. But as he's grown up he's learned to accept it, and he's even close friends with one of them: Taishin is three years younger than Ikumi, but he's already one of the company's most trusted workers.
Since he couldn't become a scaffolder, Ikumi chose to work for a builder's company instead. And despite being still young at 26, he gets trusted with a big new project. The only problem with that project is that his business partner is Tagami, also one of Ikumi's father's former apprentices - one who parted with Ikumi in the worst way possible: he tried to rape him. And he still seems to enjoy harrassing Ikumi any way he can.
And of course it's at that time that Taishin confesses to Ikumi that he's in love with him. Ikumi of course isn't gay and what follows is roughly 150 pages of him figuring out his feelings.
Now, to be honest the best thing about this was that Taishin was really hot. And Tagami looks the way Yoneda-sensei's hot oyaji always look. That is to say, *hot damn*. ~
The story itself isn't bad, but the plot lacks some real tension. Every time a possible conflict is set up, it either is resolved really quickly or half-heartedly. She could have done a lot more with Tagami, for example. To be honest, I was much more curious about Tagami and his boss than I was about Ikumi and Taishin. I liked them, but I couldn't really bring myself to care about them.
But it definitely was worth it for the pictures alone.
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