Embracing Love, Vol. 6

春を抱いていた / Haru wo daiteita #6

by Youka Nitta

"Continues the tradition of quality yaoi from Be Beautiful."-ActiveAnime.com Iwaki and Katou fly to Los Angeles to enjoy a short vacation together. During the flight, they encounter another impossibly beautiful Carlos and world-famous gambler Magira, who invite Iwaki and Katou to stay at their palatial mansion, which leads to some very intense and chaotic moments.

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

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Youka Nitta (新田祐克 correct pronunciation: Yuuka Nitta) is a Japanese manga artist.

Her illustration debut was in 1994, in 小説Charade.
She is one of the few Boys' Love manga-ka whose works are enjoyed by both straight women (the main target audience) and gay men.
Her manga debut was Be-Boy's 1995 release of "Groupie."
Recently she temporarily quit writing manga after a scandal involving her plagiarism of many magazine photographs.
According to The Yaoi Review (2009-12-31), she is back with a continuation of an ongoing manga to be released in English in February.
Her moe point is older ukes.

Reviews

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do love the way their relationship progresses, but there are still some aspects and moments that are rather baffling at times. But hey, they're married now! And the wedding night scene was really lovely.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume gave me goosebumps. It was so eerie in the beginning of the chapter. Iwaki san has been possessed! His life was nearly forfeited too. Scary shit.

After that scary episode, they went on abroad for a vacation and meet two interesting characters that lead them to their most significant day of their lifetime. Such spontaneity too. It happened so fast, I was left breathless! I really didn't expect Iwaki san to be the hasty type. Anyways, I think it was pretty cool and adventurous of them to be living life that way and doing whatever they feel.

Love truly is genderless for both of them. They are actually just gay-for-each-other. Other males never attracted their attention at all.


Iwaki san knows how to turn on the heat. He is getting Katou kun all fired up and ready to launch! Lol.

[MaDoReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5
Awwwwwwwww momentazo señores, momentazo *.*

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 3 out of 5]

El surrealisme d'altres volums dona pas a una trama amb tocs paranormals xDD El primer capítol "Linkage Map" és un WTF en tota regla. RESUMET: L'Iwaki mentre ho està fent amb el Katou sent un nadó plorant i s'amoïna, llavors gràcies a una conversa dels pares del Katou entenem (jo ho vaig entendre a la 2a lectura, la veritat) que abans del Katou van tenir un altre fill, però que va morir de nadó i que per això el Katou es diu Youji de nom, que vol dir segon o se sol posar al germà petit (això es va comentar de passada en un volum anterior). La mare del Katou està preocupada perquè la seva filla Yoko està embarassada i no vol que li passi el mateix que a ella. Mentrestant a l'Iwaki li agafa una paranoia bestial i quan el Katou i sa mare estan parlant per telèfon, surt de casa descalç i amb pijama. S'atura davant d'un pont amb la intenció de saltar, però apareix el Katou i el salva. L'Iwaki para de sentir els plors, es desmaia i just en aquell moment truca la mare perquè la Yoko està de part. El Katou carrega l'Iwaki inconscient fins al cotxe en direcció a l'hospital, molt de trànsit, que si arriben a temps o no... Neix, tothom plora, l'Iwaki es torna a desmaiar i li acaben posant de com Yosuke, que deduïm que és el nom de la criatura morta. I, abans de tancar-se el teló de tremendo circo de cuatro pistas, el Katou bromeja d'adoptar un nadó amb l'Iwaki. THE END. A continuació, vida de parella amb alguna patinada (com ara el mal geni de l'Iwaki i la mania que té de fotre clatellots al Katou... masculinitat fràgil made in the 90s) i el més important viatge a LA amb casament inclòs!!! Ö no m'ho esperava gens, perquè tot és molt sobtat i improvisat, però molt cuqui ♥ M'hauria agradat que es parlés més de la validesa d'aquest matrimoni al Japó...

[Kristi Beal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as part of Volume 3 (2-in-1 Version) which was books five and six plus "Winter Cicada." I enjoyed most of it, but the reason I only liked it instead of really liked it like the rest was because of "Linkage Map." It was such a weird story that I didn't understand, and I found myself constantly double-checking to make sure I wasn't reading M-preg (which just squicks me out on so many levels).

I read all six volumes in the 2-in-1s today, but I can't seem to remember a Yoko, did I miss something? But, yeah, "Linkage Map" took down a whole star for me. The rest of the book was good, although "Winter Cicada" was really depressing, but I just couldn't get over the weirdness of "Linkage Map."

[Moon19 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really don't know why the artstyle is so wacky in the first few chapters but if you just get through the first 5-6 then it really changes for the better! Embracing love, especially if we take into consideration that it was written and illustrated back in 1999-2009, is a very well-written story, not perfect but very enjoyable! The main characters (Iwaki and Katou) really draw you in with their personalities and you just can't put the story down. Of course, you'll have to keep in mind that this is a yaoi so many explicit scenes are included.

[Ester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Qué bonito ha sido este tomo, por favor. Creía que amar a Kato e Iwaki sería imposible, pero no. Aquí Kato me ha vuelto a enamorar (porque me tiene loca). Nitta es muy diosa y, desde luego, con este manga no deja de demostrar lo buena que es haciendo historias de amor llenas de erotismo y amor bonito, de ese que te emociona y hacer una pareja que se respeta y se consideran iguales el uno al otro sin sumisión ni otros clichés del bl.

[Daesy · Rating 5 out of 5]

See review volume 1

[Izar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Son tan lindos, tan tiernos (◕દ◕) y... SE HAN CASADO, MIS CHICOS SE HAN CASADO (ʃƪ＾3＾）

[L. J. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Repeated review.

Okay, back in the day, I loved this series. Why? Because gay. That’s literally the only reason I loved it, alongside a lot of other yaoi manga. But then, I got older, smarter, and learned some fucked up shit about life, and then, I returned to most of the yaoi manga I once read. And absolutely hated a lot of them.

All of them, that I ended up hating later in life, involved incest, toxic relationships, rape, borderline rape, slavery, underage, and cringe. You decide which of those fits best with this series.

[fedepigeons · Rating 5 out of 5]

*4.5