Manatsu no zanshou [Midsummer afterglow]

by Masara Minase

32 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Masara Minase (水名瀬 雅良 [みなせ まさら]) is BL (Boy's Love) manga author and Illustrator of Japan.

Birthday: December 16

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Blood type: B

Born in Iwate, live in Tokyo, Japan.

First published work: 「empty heart ～偽りの恋だから～」2003.

Wikipedia: 水名瀬雅良 (Japanese only)

Likes: cats, chocolate
Dislikes: bugs
DJ Circles: Flourish, ça et là, Ca et La, Seventh Sea

Reviews

[Ilona Haku]

I enjoyed reading this piece and was happy for an ending that wouldnt shatter my heart or make me cry. The pace of the story was good, but I just felt that the events leading to sex were too sudden. The characters grew on me, although I wasnt too fond of them at the beginning, and they managed to convey their feelings well.

The story begins with arrival of Rikuto to his parents house, where his guardian Hibiki lives. On the first pages we got to know more about their relationship and about Hibiki´s reason for stepping out of shadow in order to take care of Rikuto, when he was still a child. Although it seems that Rikuto is the one with more affection, we slowly get hints of Hibiki´s feelings, but there is hurdle in a form of Rikuto´s father that meant a lot for Hibiki. Thanks to typhoon (how convenient!) the main characters end up in a "bed", but the situation changes as suddenly as weather changed. Stormy weather made their hearts closer, but the following day confusion and feelings of slight betrayal stormed into Rikuto´s heart. Fortunately the misunderstanding is solved very soon, after Hibiki confesses and shows his true feelings.