His Little Amber Vol. 1

ヒズ・リトル・アンバー [His Little Amber] #1

by Kazki Natsume

～拾い主との二人暮らし、恋心もカラダもすくすく育ってしまいました～【攻】不愛想甘やかし男やもめ ×【受】人ならざる美貌の青年。豹に変化できる謎の美青年・琥士郎はともに暮らす不愛想な男やもめ・源慈のことが好き。1999年の大晦日の夜、源慈は幼い獣姿の琥士郎を拾い育ててくれたのだ。大好きだけど言えない恋心……のはずが突如起こったカラダの異変で源慈にエッチな手助けをしてもらうことになり?!　上下巻同時発売！

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Boys Love, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, M M Romance

Kindle Edition

First published November 2, 2023

Reviews

[Sollenbum · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea of a yakuza boss reluctantly adopting a little leopard who can turn into a small boy is very sweet. "His Little Amber" by Kazki Natsume is a story about a man and his adopted leopard, but it quickly turns into an ambiguous relationship between a young man, who was the boy leopard, and his older rescuer.

The older man tries to set boundaries but they quickly cross them, because the leopard goes into heat and needs the man´s help to release his suffering or at least that is the excuse. The relationship does evolve a little into territory that might become a proper relationship but there is an underlying issue of inequality. So the trope is cute but the adult nature of much of the plot seems emotionally untethered to character development.

[Peppa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The set up was so unique and I adored the whole ride with these characters!!
It truly was a beautiful story can’t wait for the second volume 🥹

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not, perhaps, terrible, but the romantic partner raising aspect gives me the ick.

[Sol · Rating 1 out of 5]

My massive, horrible reading slump continues ... 😭

This book is about a taboo relationship between an adoptive father and son. Which is gross to me all 365 days of the year, so immediately no, but even if that sort of thing doesn't faze you, this is just written terribly and is too damn busy. The main character is a leopard shapeshifter, there's other supernatural elements (that I shan't spoil for thee, but I can promise you WILL think it is stupid), they're in the yakuza, there's these whole traumatic backstories, all crammed into this one little volume -- it's trying to do a whole bunch of stuff and I don't care about any of it.

0/10, too many extremely poor boundaries with your vulnerable son, not enough leopard cuteness, I'm out.

[cheekybee07 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was iffy about the potential ‘grooming’ situation until you find out about his past phew 😅 it’s cute!

[Ester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ambientada en el universo de MODS y de Nights before night, His little amber puede leerse de forma independiente (solamente hay dos cameos de dos personajes de las obras mencionadas y que no interfieren en el entendimiento de la trama de la obra que no ocupa), y en ella encontramos una historia sobrenatural y tremendamente preciosa, tierna y de confort sobre segundas oportunidades, amor, redención y esperanza.

Al final, el mensaje universal de esta obra es que todos merecemos amar y ser amados. Ser felices.

Durante la nochevieja del cambio de siglo, el exyakuza Genji encuentra a un cachorro de leopardo perdido y asustando que decide llevarse a casa. La cosa es que el felino no es solamente eso, sino que puede transformarse en ser humano y, cinco años después, ese leopardo pequeñito y adorable (el cual a veces sacaba la cola y las orejas sin pensar que había gente mirando, para el terror de Genji) se ha convertido en un atractivo joven de unos diecinueve años humanos que sigue aferrándose a Genji como cuando era un mocoso, transformándose cuando le parece en leopardo o en humano, y estando completamente desnudo en esto segundo y bien pegadito a Genji.

Viviendo con Genji, aunque este siempre le está diciendo que se largue, Koshiro, que no sabe por qué es mitad humano y mitad leopardo, un día comienza a sentirse muy raro y a sufrir unos extraños calores que lo hacen transpirar y sentir la respiración acelerada, además de la entrepierna abultada. Entrando en celo, como los felinos, el joven no sabe qué hacer y a Genji no le queda otro remedio que ayudarlo con su problema.

Pero el ayudarlo está matando a Genji, ya que la voz y el rostro de Koshiro cuando este lo toca es demasiado lascivo y sensual, tanto que el hombre le dice al leopardo que se lo haga solo o que se busque a otro. ¡Aunque eso es todavía peor! ¿Qué es lo que está comenzando a sentir en su pecho por ese chico que lo trae de cabeza? Sobre todo cuando Koshiro le confiesa que lo ama y que siempre estará a su lado.

Las cosas, que hasta entonces iban bien (pues nada había cambiado después de la declaración de amor de Koshiro), dan un giro inesperado cuando Ko no puede transformarse en leopardo como antes y aparece ante él un hombre de largo cabello negro diciendo que es su hermano y que ha ido a buscarlo. Y es que la verdadera identidad de Koshiro está a punto de salir a la luz, una identidad que puede llegar a ser el mayor de los obstáculos para poder seguir estando al lado de su amado Genji.

Siendo una miniserie con una trama adulta de dos volúmenes llena de amor, erotismo, redención y elementos sobrenaturales, His little amer es un slice of life de fantasía con un romance lleno de confort, momentos de humor y ese toque especial que sabe darle Kazki Natsume a sus personajes al crear psicologías tan bien cuidadas y con trasfondo.

Podéis leer la reseña de la obra completa en mi blog:

https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is technically a reread, but I read the original version before they cleaned it up and republished it. I also skim read MODs and Nights Before Night to get a little refresher since I was like oh yeah Shigure and Haru are from something else aren't they? This story must be set before those two. Honestly the relationship is a little weird to me and it has one of the tropes I dislike, but Kazuki-sensei really knows how to draw me in.

[Lid]

DNF (en realildad creo que terminé el primer tomo? idk, online things)

No termino de ver eso de un romance con un niño que has criado. El resto está guay: que sea un tigre, la dinámica entre puteadora y found family de ambos... pero ese detalle hace que sea un no para mi.

[⭐️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!! This was sooo cute! Omg the twist what the hellllo. I’m so confused but i don’t care haha i loved it. There was brief uncensored peen but then it went back to lightsaber mode (big sad)… can’t wait for volume 2!!!

[R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

From the description on the back of the book, this looked to be some sort of shifter storyline, which it does begin as. There are some surprises that come up for Ko's past when his "brother" shows up to take him home. Meanwhile, Genji, the human who took Ko in as a child, can't seem to decide how attached he is to his "child" given his initial help and then the cold shoulder routine. Even with the cold shoulder, it seems apparent that Genji has no real intention of letting Ko leave him. Ko himself seems surprised by this possessive side, though he's still convinced he's a burden or forcing himself on Genji. It's also surprising how similar Ko's nickname is to his "real" name according to his brother, not that he seems happy to hear it and insists on keeping the name Genji gave him. Now that they're traveling together, it'll be interesting to see how things unfold.

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m in my taboo era. A man finds a tiger boy around the time his wife dies in an accident. He is racked with guilt and takes in the leopard and gives up his yakuza ways. The boy is now nearly an adult and in love with man. Truths about his origin come to light when his brothers arrive.

I like the art, I like the taboo, sadly I’m even here for this age difference today.

[Not Very Extroverted · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cover really pulled me in to start reading this and the story was really good!

It has some twists in there (that I kinda had figured out already) and at some points a bit rushed. But, it still felt like they took the time to show the dynamics between the two, which was nice.

With the way the story ends, I'm very curious to see what volume 2 will have in store...(in a good way)

[Swathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story line is very unique. There are not that many shapeshifter mangas released in english. It also has a little bit of mafia in it to put something extra into the story. I like it but I have so many questions.

[Lainy122 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aside from the ick of the raised-from-a-child aspect (which, given the nature of his species, was only 5 years ago), this wasn't too bad.
Not a cute and fluffy read, but still had heart and some fun concepts. Pretty much what you would expect from the blurb.

[Sara Emme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ma la bellezza. Disegni splendidi e storia piena di emozioni. Meno male che ho già il secondo volume sotto mano da iniziare 🐆❤️

[Mario · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Andria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, I can officially say I did not see that twist coming.

[LelandraTheLazyReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew this book was going to be strange but I didn't expect it to be Angels strange. It was kind of impressive how it kept distracting you from the grooming aspect.

[Vivienne Beloved · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5 ⭐️

[Yaiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐
Pues he hecho relectura de esta obra y me ha gustado incluso más que la primera vez que la leí. Estoy enamorada de esta historia.