Love Stage!!, Vol. 4

Love Stage!! #4

by Eiki Eiki, Taishi Zaou (Illustrator)

Mega otaku Izumi and famous actor Ryoma have finally confirmed their feelings for one another. Izumi successfully makes his debut in the entertainment industry, and everything seems to be smooth sailing in both his public and private life. However, as Izumi continues to do unexpectedly well in his new career, Ryoma starts getting nervous when work begins keeping them apart!

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, LGBT, M M Romance, Boys Love, Comedy

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 30, 2014

About the author

Japanese: 影木栄貴

Her real name is Eiko Naitou.

EIKI Eiki is a friend of ZAOU Taishi (TSUDA Mikiyo). She has published several solo manga, numerous yaoi doujinshi and one collaboration manga with Taishi Zaou. Eiki Eiki and Taishi Zaou go by the circle name Kodomo Keibitai and publish alone as well as with Zaougumi under the name Kozouya.

EIKI Eiki is the older sister of DAIGO (Daigo Naitou), the vocalist of J-rock band BREAKERZ, and her grandfather was the former prime minister (Mr. Takeshita) of Japan. One of her assistants was the very talented male yaoi artist UZUKI Jun.

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

This starts off happy and lovey-dovey, with Ryomi and Izumi getting along well and communicating like adults -- despite the sometimes terrible advice from actual adults seriously, telling a teen that if sex really hurts and they don't want to, suck it up to not hurt the boyfriend's feelings?.

Of course happiness doesn't make for a long term plot, so things must be upset by the intervention of a new antagonist. And what a creeper!

The theater backdrop is becoming more relevant, with Izumi finally having a role in something long-term. But now that they're both busy all the time will our lovers be able to find time together?

[Lör K. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Update: the rape in this volume was the main character being almost raped to realise he only wanted to have sex with his previous almost rapist now turned boyfriend and to realise that he loved his gross ass boyfriend. fucking spare me

DNF @49%

I am so sick of this yaoi using rape scenes as a plot device. It's disgusting. The amount of them in this manga is actually really unnerving and the author should probably be checked out to be on the safe side. I hate to say this because I was really enjoying this series but it's got problem after problem now; I should have known after the rape scene back in the first volume.

RAPE IS NOT A PLOT DEVICE

Stop using rape purely to put your characters through pain. It's disrespectful to actual survivors.

[Keiko the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alright, I didn't expect it to be like this, but yea, it's only a matter of time. This fight will help Izumi be independent... or I dunno, I'm still wary of Kisaragi's existence. Anyway, that's such a long fall from the honeymoon phase.

[Bontix · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seh, va be' dai, qua si esagera. Le cose tirate troppo per le lunghe mi irritano, soprattutto perché poi si aggiunge una quantità indefinita di drama inutile (e a volte anche un po' no sense) che proprio non reggo, come in questo caso.
Tanto per cominciare questa cosa che sono tutti dei pervertiti inizia seriamente ad irritarmi, senza contare che finalmente quel pirla di Izumi tira fuori gli attributi e combina un casino allucinante.
Mi dispiace, ma sono #teamRyoma.
Sarò sincera: se la mia amica non mi avesse prestato tutti e 7 i volumi la mia avventura con questa serie probabilmente si concluderebbe qui.

Ps. Almeno il capitolo extra è stato divertente, l'unica consolazione che mi è rimasta in pratica.

[IzamaRi H. Fabela · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Izumi por fin ha aceptado dejar de ser un ermitaño para ser parte de la industria del entretenimiento y su debut en los medios ha sido un éxito pues el público lo aceptado también que su rostro aparece en montones de espectaculares y comerciales en la TV.
Pero aunque Izumi haya salido del cascaron, sigue siendo ese otaku inseguro de sí mismo, así que aún cree que debe esforzarse más para estar a la altura del renombre de su familia y sobre todo para estar a la altura de la fama de Ryoma.

Para Ryoma las cosas tampoco son fáciles pues ahora que todo el mundo ha visto lo bello que es Izumi teme perderlo a favor de alguien más por ello se esfuerza mucho en pasar tiempo con él a pesar de su apretada agenda y es así como ambos tienen una cita de lo más inesperada.
Las cosas se ponen aún peor, cuando a Izumi le proponen el papel principal de un dorama dirigido por un director al que Ryoma no le guarda mucho afecto pese a que fue su dorama quien lo lanzó al estrellato, y es que este director se la pasó metiéndole mano a cada oportunidad y sabe que Izumi no estará a salvo, así que decide aceptar él también un papel en este nuevo drama, para que nadie más toque a su Izumi.
Han trascurrido dos semanas desde ese día de ensueño en el que Izumi y yo nos unimos.
¿Ya les he dicho lo mucho que disfruto con este manga? Y es que de verdad que no exagero para nada al decirles que es el manga que más me ha hecho reír en la vida. Y es que la historia de Ryoma e Izumi es completamente hilarante.

Este cuarto tomo nos cuenta la primera cita entre Ryoma e Izumi. Ryoma espera que sea una cita completamente romántica mientras que Izumi… bien, pues Izumi aún guarda dolorosos recuerdos de su primera vez con Ryoma y sabe que si están juntos volverán a terminar en la cama, así que como el buen cobarde que es pide ayuda a su sobreprotector hermano mayor, Shogo para que mantenga lejos de él a Ryoma y es así como terminan en la cita más extraña y divertida posible del mundo.
Las cosas entre Ryoma e Izumi se solucionan de una manera de verdad divertidita. No voy a contarles como porque de verdad que es una delicia reír con las ocurrencias de Izumi pero si les diré que estaba botada en el piso de la risa.


Y es que de nuevo vuelvo a decirles que la peculiaridad de este manga no es que sea Yaoi, sino que es la divertidísima historia que se nos presenta. Una historia que a momentos es inverosímil y hasta ridícula pero una que les prometo que les sacará un montón de carcajadas.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Por qué es tan difícil alcanzar la felicidad con aquel que amas?.... En este tomo veremos la evolución de la relación de Ryoma e Izumi, vemos como el lado sexual tiene un gran peso dentro del noviazgo de estos dos y vemos el conflicto de ambos para llegar a un acuerdo, el gran problema es que los dos son muy tontos y en lugar de hablar se aislan y huyen de los problemas...También veremos la llegada de un nuevo personaje que pondrá a nuestros bebés en aprietos XD

"...Ambos somos nuevos en esta relación. Y sigo equivocándome, Y soy torpe. Pero...despacio. Podemos empezar a amarnos sin prisa ..."

Momentos para Fangirlear:
-Hay muchísimos momentos hot para fangirlear a gusto, ¡Adiós censura-chan! XD
-Me encanta que Izumi esta teniendo un crecimiento como persona aparte de Ryoma, creo que esto es importante pues era un personaje algo plano pero ahora...
-Esa lectura de guión con las "tres personalidades" me fascino, ya quiero ver más del talento de nuestro rollito de canela Izumi
-La relación de Rei y del hermano de Izumi (no me acuerdo como se llama, lo siento :V) es fantástica, especialmente adoro a Rei :P
-Creo que uno de los mayores problemas de estos dos es que Ryoma no entiende que Izumi es un chico y que tiene necesidades de chico, creo que le gusta por su apariencia femenina pero no ha terminado de aceptarlo...

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m not sure where to begin. Still don’t like Ryoma. Still don’t care for Izumi and Ryoma as a couple. Don’t care for the second rape attempt on Izumi. Don’t care for Ryoma not being able to control himself and continuing on with sex when Izumi wants him to stop.

And the advice Rei (I think that’s his name) gives Izumi about sex being painful. Is absolute crap. Just suck it up cause you’ll hurt your partners feelings. Really? Though he does tell him to try being the pitcher if he doesn’t like being the catcher. But that comes after he’s told to put his partners feelings before his own.
Izumi does attempt to be on top but Ryoma tells him a lie and takes the dominant position back. I would have liked to see Izumi on top but Ryoma is an ass and won’t have that.

Not sure if I’ll finish the series but with only three volumes left I might just choke them down.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Now that the couple is together, it's time for the unconvincing impediments to come into play. Loses a star for the missing stair guy whose sexual assault is treated like a humorous, harmless character trait.

[Paras2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kawaiiiii!!!! ^_^

[Demoness Tenebrae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awwww... lovers misunderstandings full of ups and downs and a good humor to perk everything up!


And we finally have fully fledged lovers who admit their feelings and their cravings despite all the odds. But do we?

Ryouma has been on the set far away for a couple of weeks after that steamy night and now that he's coming back, Izumi should be jumping from happiness but instead he is all gloomy and worried. And when Ryouma wants to go out with Izumi, Izumi tells Rei to drop that fact in front of Shougo because he knows that Shougo will insist on coming with them no matter what.

And so he did. Izumi, Ryouma, Shougo and Rei are together in an amusement park. Shougo is so glued on Ryouma that it becomes a little bit too much at one point when Ryouma remarks:


"Man... he's got me in his sights. If this keeps up, this day's gonna wind up having been SHOUGO'S and my date...! I've seriously gotta do something."


Ryouma succeeded in doing something to get Izumi away and alone. But Izumi wiggled out of it. And said something that hurt Ryouma really bad, he told him why he was avoiding being alone with him. After that conversation, Ryouma didn't call or text Izumi for a week.

So, Izumi goes to Ryouma's to discuss the fact who is gonna be the "uke" and who the "seme" in their relationship. Thankfully, they managed to... work... it out pretty satisfactory on both sides.

No one knew that this was the calm before the storm...

Namely, one day Rei got an offer to have Izumi star in one of the tv drama's directed by Kisaragi Jin. He was a huge name in showbiz, a man who made stars and a man who made Ryouma's career flourish. And since Izumi has been doing only commercials so far, this was the perfect chance to get him into the real deal. So, Rei accepted before asking Izumi.

Izumi didn't have a problem with it since he admires Kisaragi Jin but Ryouma felt differently. Apparently, Kisaragi Jin is famous for being too touchy with his actors and even Ryouma stated how he had to put up with his sexual harassment endlessly... But it's too late now, the contract was signed.

The only thing Ryouma could do was agree on being in the same tv drama to try and protect Izumi even though his schedule was already overbooked. But because of his overbooked schedule he can't be with Izumi often so he asked Rei to watch over Izumi for him. And Rei was ultra awesome in this regard. Man, was he hot when he threatened Kisaragi Jin with that cold and terrifying attitude of his. Thadump.... brrrr... get it together :)

When Izumi found out he had to play three different roles as three different personalities of a one rich guy, he almost withdrew from the deal. And when the time for the first reading was near and Ryouma was nowhere to be found, it was Jin who calmed Izumi's nerves with hypnotizing him (only faked it) and it worked because Izumi wanted it to work. The first reading went great and everyone was amazed with Izumi's pure talent in acting.

But when Ryouma saw how close Jin and Izumi were he was furious. Even after telling him what that man does to his actors he still becomes close with him. It was just a beginning though... What Ryouma never realized was that Jin was really behaving this time around because he was in fear of his life since Izumi never left Rei's sight.

And that's how all the great misunderstandings and lovers quarrels start.

Ryouma forbade Izumi from getting close and friendly with Jin which Izumi didn't take lightly. No one forbids him from doing anything because he is nobody's property... The misunderstanding evolved into a fight which continued for a while due to the packed schedule and different obligations they had. When first shooting started, Ryouma was floored by Izumi's excellent and natural acting. He almost lost it, the fight and Izumi's sparkle was overwhelming for Ryouma...

And then the worst thing happened...

Jin used hypnosis on Ryouma to get his act together and to forget everything that was troubling him.

Hypnosis worked.

And the one thing Ryouma forgot was - Izumi.


Gyah... turmoil indeed... what will happen now that Ryouma doesn't remember Izumi and being in love with him for the last decade. Not to mention, he thinks he's straight, being with a guy disgusts him. Aaaaaa.... noooooo.... not gonna happen. A-a, I believe in Eiki Eiki. Everything will work out.

I gotta say I hate Jin. He is one of those conceited guys who have natural talent and abuse it for their own evil purposes. He wouldn't mind doing Izumi even if he would be a minor, I'm sure. And if it wasn't for Rei, Izumi would be already molested with his weak attitude.

Ryouma on the other hand, went wrong about this problem. He shouldn't have put an ultimatum on poor Izumi like that. Of course he would be upset. But I understand why he was so straightforward and stubborn. He struggled as a teenager with no one of his own to look after him with this guy. And he suffered through a lot so he's a bit subjective about this problem.

It's a great sequel to an awesome manga, the only little, tiny issue I had with it was that there wasn't enough of Izumi/Ryouma and Shougo/Rei relationship progress. But it will be in the sequel, I'm sure.

I can hardly wait for the next installment.

Awesome job Eiki Eiki :)

[ruta · Rating 4 out of 5]

"There've been ups and downs and ups again, but no one ever said the road to love was easy."

[Greta Rase · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5
La historia se me hace linda pero eso de normalizar el acoso (???

[Micaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Qué pibe estúpido

[Ekene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would say more so 3.5. Wasn't bad but slightly disappointing and also troubling due to certain things I wasn't okay with

[Sebastián Caballero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estoy totalmente I N T R I G A D O

[Elyse · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far, this is my least favorite volume of the series.

It been two weeks since Izumi & Ryoma have seen each other. The actor has been busy on a shoot and can’t wait to see his lover. Izumi isn’t so thrill.
Ryoma had plan the perfect date, but Rei & Shogo tag along, so the poor guy cannot even get a minute alone with Izumi. When he finally does, his young lover confess to him that he didn’t want to be alone with him because he didn’t enjoy their first time together much. Ouch… good way to destroy somebody confidence.

The boys to do talk for a week. After a chat with Rei (who I swear is like the wise voice of reason in this manga), Izumi goes to Ryoma apartment and the couple share a cute moment.
Slowly but surely, Izumi start to get known in the show business world. He catches the eye of producer Jin Kisaragi, who is in fact a perv that tries to catch a feel and jump every new actor he encounters. (If this was real life, that guy would so get arrested…) Rei have already sign de contract with him, so Ryoma agree to co-star in the tv-show to protect his lover.

The boys get into a stupid fight, Ryoma storm out and Izumi pretend not to know him anymore. Fine, Ryoma might be over protective but Izumi is way to obvious and innocent, like a damn damsel in distress. This is their first major fight, and of course things cannot always be perfect in a relationship. I am not even sure of the timeline in this, how long the two have been dating exactly? The boys need to get their shit together and talk, and Izumi need to listen to his mentor Rei for relationship advises!

[SaturNalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ch. 18-23. Izumi and Ryouma are doing a drama together with a sleazy but popular producer. Izumi is a natural once he gets over his nerves and his talent intimidates Ryouma, so he gets hypnotized and forgets all about Izumi. Cute as always.

[Anaika · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Non è facile stare in una relazione ed essere sempre sotto... Izumi non ci sta per quanto Ryoma insista... Ma a parte i piccoli problemi di cuore adesso Izumi deve vedersela con il regista Jin Kisaragi, geniale e un filo pervertito, che lo vuole nel suo prossimo film. E Ryoma ne prenderà parte se non altro per poter proteggere il suo Izumi dalle zampacce del regista! Però questo film è la grande occasione del ragazzo per poter mostrare il suo talento di attore e poi non è che Ryoma è geloso più dal punto di vista professionale che amoroso? Il regista da una scossa alla storia creando nuove situazioni interessanti e che non si concludono in questo volume, quindi voglio scoprire cosa accadrà anche perché è una parte non presente nell'anime omonimo. Una vera e propria sorpresa... Inoltre tutta la questione di Izumi che non vuole essere uke e come Ryoma cerca di salvarsi il didietro è esilarante come anche la coppia Rei e Shogo che compare poco ma quando lo fa li amo troppo!

[Lou (Lou and Life) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga focuses on the developing relationship between Ryoma and Izumi and the affects of Izumi's growing fame and popularity as an celebrity. We see the start of Ryoma and Izumi work together on a TV drama and a person comes along who threatens their relationship. I enjoyed reading this volume. It's nice to see the pair together and see them work together too. I'm interested in seeing how the pair will overcome their current problem and what will happen to them once the drama airs. I'm looking forward to continuing on with the series.

[Leila Anani · Rating 4 out of 5]

After the fairly neat ending to volume 3, I was hard-pressed to see where volume 4 could go, but I was pleasantly surprised. The course of true love never did run smooth... Work pressures mean that Ryoma and Izumi don't get to spend much time together. Added to that Izumi is still skittish about intimacy since inexperienced Ryoma hurt him. Add into the mix a pervy director with hypnotism skills who's taken a shine to Izumi and you get another engaging installment in this fun yaoi-rom com.

[Mariána K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trigger warnings: explicit-ish, BL.

New content! Oh my gosh I'm so happy!

So we actually get to see our couple make a TV series together! Now it feels like skip beat but they're in a relationship and have no problem consummating it... All the stuff that Skip Beat is missing is in here lol. To be fair though, skip beat has a lot more substance to the story and stuff but... This one's still super good!

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mammamia, come sono in ritardo con le recensioni!

Adesso che i due sono insieme, cominciano i problemi. Da un lato c'è un produttore che si approfitta di Izumi e per fortuna Ryoma arriva in tempo. Certo, se manca questa scena non è uno yaoi. Dall'altro i due devono abituarsi a darsi da fare insieme. E può essere che Izumi abbia delle idee molto particolari al riguardo...

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si, obviamente tenía que venir la tormenta para arrasar con la felicidad andante de estos jóvenes enamorados.

Y la fama no es nada fácil, por lo que aunque Izumi este descubriendo nuevas facetas, es inevitable que no se sienta totalmente atraído al lado oscuro 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ya quiero el quinto y que se siga desarrollando este romance.

[Jordan MacKinnon · Rating 4 out of 5]

He he !! This volume was hilarious !! I love how Rei knows Izumi way too well at this point and gets sussed out by his silence! But goodness I appreciate the relationship between them and how Rei will offer honest advice to Izumi!! Poor Ryoma was just trying to protect Izumi.... even though it came out wrong and now it deffs bite him in the ass. Good luck with that stubborness!!

[Sandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ja, ich erinnerte mich nicht mehr, wie dumm das zum Ende hin wurde. Vorallem weil Izumi wirklich unfassbar dämlich ist - es fängt damit an, dass der Regiesseur ihn halb vergewaltigen will oder zumindest ungefragt begrabbelt. Nur das am Ende Izumi den Typen verteidigt gegenüber seinem Boyfriend, which is????
"Ich vertraue ihm, wieso bist du so?"
I'm sorry, what?

[Emma Stallwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Things are getting a little steamy with this manga now! But it's so refreshing to see that a BL manga can show the other sides to relationships as well as the sex. I'm interested to see where their first major fight goes.

[CARLYN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Izumi explorando su máximo talento para la actuación.
Sin duda esta es una de las mejores escenas que me hizo reír.

[Lucy Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Content warning: Workplace Sexual Harrasment although it’s very much played for laughs…

I enjoyed this volume and the developments it provided to the story but do find the casual harassment difficult especially given it’s not treated with any real gravity.

[Ángel C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una historia que llevo lenta pero que disfruto muchísimo cada tomo.

Apesar que el anime lo vi hace diez años ahora vengo a descubrir lo que sucede después puesto que el anime concluye en el tomo 3.

Es hermoso ver como continúa la historia de Ryouma e Izumi ya en su nueva etapa.