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それなりに真剣なんです。/ Sorenari ni Shinken nandesu. / Only Serious About You #2
Trau dich – Band 2 (Finale)
Völlig überraschend steht Osawas Noch-Ehefrau auf der Matte und verlangt, dass die gemeinsame Tochter Chizu von nun an bei ihr lebt. Osawa will nicht schon wieder mit ihr streiten und gibt schließlich nach. Als sein neuer Freund davon erfährt, wäscht er Osawa gehörig den Kopf und überzeugt ihn, um seine Tochter zu kämpfen. Doch dann erfahren die beiden, dass Chizu weggelaufen ist …!
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First published May 29, 2010
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February 7, 2017
That was so good and adorable!
I enjoyed this volume much more than the first one, which I still loved, but here we finally got to see the romance develop (it's a really slow burn for a yaoi) and I really think it was done right.
Something I complained about for other BL was the constant reminder than one of the guys is "straight" (even when he's in a sexual relationship with a man), but I'm happy this didn't happen here.
This manga also deals with the issue (or non-issue if you ask me) of same-sex parents raising a child. It does so in a slightly cliched way maybe, comparing this type of family to a more traditional one where the straight couple is portrayed as careless of the child's needs, but I'll take it.
I enjoyed this volume much more than the first one, which I still loved, but here we finally got to see the romance develop (it's a really slow burn for a yaoi) and I really think it was done right.
Something I complained about for other BL was the constant reminder than one of the guys is "straight" (even when he's in a sexual relationship with a man), but I'm happy this didn't happen here.
This manga also deals with the issue (or non-issue if you ask me) of same-sex parents raising a child. It does so in a slightly cliched way maybe, comparing this type of family to a more traditional one where the straight couple is portrayed as careless of the child's needs, but I'll take it.
August 4, 2020
My heart! I love these two characters. I wish I could own this manga but alas I can’t find it anywhere at a normal price!
June 4, 2020
Mikor elolvastam a tartalmát és láttam, hogy egyedülálló apuka az egyik főszereplő, rögtön tudtam, hogy hacsak a mangaka nagyon el nem rontja – már pedig Asou Kai jó mangaka, kicsi az esély rá –, akkor nagyon jól fogok szórakozni. És ez bizony be is igazolódott.
Oosawa egyedül neveli kislányát Chizut, miután elvált a feleségétől. Egy kis bárban dolgozik szakácsként, emiatt nagyon kevés ideje marad a kislányra. Egyik állandó vendégük Yoshioka, aki meleg, csélcsap és szégyentelenül flörtöl mindenkivel. Oosawa nem egy hódítását és szakítását látta a férfinak, így meg van róla győződve, hogy a másik férfi megbízhatatlan és nem lehet rá számítani. Ez a véleménye akkor dől meg, amikor Chizu megbetegedésekor Yoshi az első, aki segít rajta.
Kifejezetten tetszett a történetben, hogy bár Yoshi az elejétől flörtöl Oosawával, igazából elég lassan jönnek össze. Ráadásul a történet nem csak a kettejük kapcsolatára fókuszál, hanem bemutatja milyen nehéz egy egyedülálló apa (szülő) dolga és, hogy milyen nehéz eldönteni, mi is az igazán jó a gyermeke számára. És persze nem könnyű megbízni egymásban.
Nagyon sajnálom, hogy csak két kötet, mert szívesen olvastam volna még tovább, hogy alakul az életük, illetve a mellékszereplők is nagyon a szívemhez nőttek.
Oosawa egyedül neveli kislányát Chizut, miután elvált a feleségétől. Egy kis bárban dolgozik szakácsként, emiatt nagyon kevés ideje marad a kislányra. Egyik állandó vendégük Yoshioka, aki meleg, csélcsap és szégyentelenül flörtöl mindenkivel. Oosawa nem egy hódítását és szakítását látta a férfinak, így meg van róla győződve, hogy a másik férfi megbízhatatlan és nem lehet rá számítani. Ez a véleménye akkor dől meg, amikor Chizu megbetegedésekor Yoshi az első, aki segít rajta.
Kifejezetten tetszett a történetben, hogy bár Yoshi az elejétől flörtöl Oosawával, igazából elég lassan jönnek össze. Ráadásul a történet nem csak a kettejük kapcsolatára fókuszál, hanem bemutatja milyen nehéz egy egyedülálló apa (szülő) dolga és, hogy milyen nehéz eldönteni, mi is az igazán jó a gyermeke számára. És persze nem könnyű megbízni egymásban.
Nagyon sajnálom, hogy csak két kötet, mert szívesen olvastam volna még tovább, hogy alakul az életük, illetve a mellékszereplők is nagyon a szívemhez nőttek.
October 30, 2024
Once again just a classic i reread and marked down in my account
The kid is still everything, love her
I desperately would love a stpry about the restaurant owner damn it. Give it to me??
I had also no idea there was a third volume…i gotta find it now
The kid is still everything, love her
I desperately would love a stpry about the restaurant owner damn it. Give it to me??
I had also no idea there was a third volume…i gotta find it now
April 8, 2020
Solo puedo darle 5 estrellas a esta maravillosa historia. Yoshi y Nao se han ganado mi corazón.
October 14, 2020
Wahoo! I'm glad I got to see more of the ins and outs of the whole family's relationship. We also, get some action between the two of them, which makes me very happy.
August 16, 2018
I rec this one to everyone who wants to read Yaoi, but hates all the tropes associated with it. Of course there are still some, like one party being more pushy and the other party, who identifies as straight in the beginning be more reluctant, but it all feels very equal. Both characters are grown men with their own lives, they're close in size and no one whimpers shyly in a corner.
This is a hort and cute story about learning to lean on another person. About learning to sometimes just take the help someone else offers you.
There are funny moments, there are sad moments, there are heartwarming moments and yes, there are also some hot moments, but really... the story is not about that. Seeing those characters getting closer emotionally was actually a lot more satisfying than anything else.
The art is pretty to look at. A bit wonky sometimes when the characters are really small, but also really charming (like all the mangaka's work).
Bonus: A cute kid character that is actually not annoying.
(Random comment: I thought the German translation was a bit wonky. Definitely different in some places from the fan-version I read online... which I usually trust a bit more, since they do their work with love... and because it fits better most of the time.)
This is a hort and cute story about learning to lean on another person. About learning to sometimes just take the help someone else offers you.
There are funny moments, there are sad moments, there are heartwarming moments and yes, there are also some hot moments, but really... the story is not about that. Seeing those characters getting closer emotionally was actually a lot more satisfying than anything else.
The art is pretty to look at. A bit wonky sometimes when the characters are really small, but also really charming (like all the mangaka's work).
Bonus: A cute kid character that is actually not annoying.
(Random comment: I thought the German translation was a bit wonky. Definitely different in some places from the fan-version I read online... which I usually trust a bit more, since they do their work with love... and because it fits better most of the time.)
April 21, 2016
1st read : 1 Mar 2014
2nd read : 21 Apr 2016
2nd read : 21 Apr 2016
September 8, 2019
This was full of fluff & cuteness again. It is a little bit more mature than the first volume. Chizu is adorable!
Naoki decide it is best if his daughter go live with her mom and her new husband. Of course, he doesn’t warn anyone. This led to a fight with Yoshioka. After the little girl run away, Naoki realize that she is happier with him & Yoshi. The two men start an intimate relationship.
It is still a slice of life manga, not much happen, more focus on the growing relationship of Naoki & Yoshioka. At least this was way more healthy than the majority of BL/yaoi manga around here.
Naoki decide it is best if his daughter go live with her mom and her new husband. Of course, he doesn’t warn anyone. This led to a fight with Yoshioka. After the little girl run away, Naoki realize that she is happier with him & Yoshi. The two men start an intimate relationship.
It is still a slice of life manga, not much happen, more focus on the growing relationship of Naoki & Yoshioka. At least this was way more healthy than the majority of BL/yaoi manga around here.
December 22, 2022
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first volume. The custody dispute was odd in that it makes Oosawa look extremely odd for thinking his daughter would want to live permanently with the woman she didn’t seem to spend much time with. It made me realize I don’t really have a good idea of what kind of person Oosawa is. He just seemed stressed and we don’t learn anything else about his personality.
Strangely enough, despite thinking he had chemistry with Yoshioka, the love scenes didn’t really work for me either. So, there wasn’t enough here for me to recommend this story.
Strangely enough, despite thinking he had chemistry with Yoshioka, the love scenes didn’t really work for me either. So, there wasn’t enough here for me to recommend this story.
May 26, 2019
I got this series mixed up with Himegoto Asobi (Hide & Seek) so I went and read this one afterwards. Way more satisfying ending. The daughter isn't just a plot device and they all become a family. It's very sweet.
November 20, 2017
A thought-out plot and nice main-characters... all in all a nice manga for boring days.
November 20, 2018
Such a cute story! They end up like a pretty fam !
March 5, 2019
2.5 stars
April 13, 2012
I was quite impressed about Serious About You volume 1 but this really tops the first volume in terms of well-characterised characters, drama and sexiness ^^.
Because we were already introduced to the situation in the first volume, Asou-sensei can concentrate on the meat of the story this time. Single dad and sushi chef Nao has an offer from his divorced wife and her new family (father and son) to give her his daughter Chizu, so she can grow up in a complete family.
On the one hand Nao and his overworking and his worrying about Chizu make him want to do this for her sake, on the other hand he does remember that it was his divorced wife who left the family abruptly and didn't take her daughter along.
He also can't bring himself to take Yoshi's offer of permanently moving in with him completely seriously - when so many former lovers and old friends of Yoshi's keep showing up. Eventually he decides to let Chizu go to her mother and her new family - and he is scared enough that he tells neither Chizu nor Yoshi that this visit will be for good. The mangaka draws Chizu's reaction to her new circumstances and her new family incredibly well, even as she doesn't get any interior monologue or much dialogue: the son of the new husband is everyone's treasure and can do no wrong. Chizu is always an afterthought, no one wants to take time for her. She takes it until the boy destroys the cheap hairties she got from Yoshi in a fit of pique. When the family goes to an amusement park where the parents only concentrate on the boy, Chizu quietly leaves.
Meanwhile Nao has been confronted by Yoshi, himself a former orphan, who wants him to rethink whether this was truly best for Chizu, considering how her mother had previously behaved - and also why Nao didn't ask HER about this first. I think the mangaka subtly makes it clear that a lot of Yoshi's continuing attraction to Nao was not just that he was a cute guy, but what he had seen of him taking care of his daughter under difficult circumstances.
Nao panics when Chizu's mother phones about her having run away, but Yoshi manages to calm Nao enough to start searching and to make him aware that Chizu is quite level-headed for her age (which she truly is). When they find her, he points out to Nao that her mother and her family don't come over to get her even after they know she has been found. He offers his support in taking Chizu back legally and Nao finally accepts, especially when Yoshi confesses that his liking to help him and Chizu is another way for him in dealing with having been abandoned by his own parents - that he feels useful when he can support the relationship between Chizu and her dad.
I can see why Nao accepts more intimacy from Yoshi, because he is willing to let him into his relationship with his daughter ... but I must admit I wish this weren't another case of gay-for-you. However, the mangaka really does a lovely slow seduction scene (while Nao comes to the conclusion - a bit fast - that the reason he trusts Yoshi so much, with his daughter and his own body, is because he does love him). I love the little asides and thoughts while they negotiate their way through physical love AND the fact that both men decide to sleep in the same room as exhausted Chizu, so she can see them when she wakes up.
Another bit of lovely wishfulfilment is that Nao decides to openly admit that he and Yoshi will be raising Chizu as lovers, when they talk to his ex-wife and her husband, even though Yoshi only wanted the legal transfer to be smooth and therefore not to mention them as a gay couple. And then (presumably because the manga runs out of space), Nao's boss, who was babysitting Chizu during these talks, shows up with her and orders both sets of parents to ask the girl FIRST!
Then he points out to her mother that with all goodwill she obviously can't handle taking care of two children ("multi-tasking"). Since she dotes on her new son, she can always visit the daughter if she wants to keep in touch - very pragmatic I thought and in real life highly unlikely to be accepted with as much grace as it was in the manga ^^. I wish Asou-sensei hadn't made the ONE FEMALE ADULT character in the whole story be so selfish and short-sighted, really.
The coda story at the end has Yoshi being just happy. And everyone being very surprised at seeing this in his face ^^.
Because we were already introduced to the situation in the first volume, Asou-sensei can concentrate on the meat of the story this time. Single dad and sushi chef Nao has an offer from his divorced wife and her new family (father and son) to give her his daughter Chizu, so she can grow up in a complete family.
On the one hand Nao and his overworking and his worrying about Chizu make him want to do this for her sake, on the other hand he does remember that it was his divorced wife who left the family abruptly and didn't take her daughter along.
He also can't bring himself to take Yoshi's offer of permanently moving in with him completely seriously - when so many former lovers and old friends of Yoshi's keep showing up. Eventually he decides to let Chizu go to her mother and her new family - and he is scared enough that he tells neither Chizu nor Yoshi that this visit will be for good. The mangaka draws Chizu's reaction to her new circumstances and her new family incredibly well, even as she doesn't get any interior monologue or much dialogue: the son of the new husband is everyone's treasure and can do no wrong. Chizu is always an afterthought, no one wants to take time for her. She takes it until the boy destroys the cheap hairties she got from Yoshi in a fit of pique. When the family goes to an amusement park where the parents only concentrate on the boy, Chizu quietly leaves.
Meanwhile Nao has been confronted by Yoshi, himself a former orphan, who wants him to rethink whether this was truly best for Chizu, considering how her mother had previously behaved - and also why Nao didn't ask HER about this first. I think the mangaka subtly makes it clear that a lot of Yoshi's continuing attraction to Nao was not just that he was a cute guy, but what he had seen of him taking care of his daughter under difficult circumstances.
Nao panics when Chizu's mother phones about her having run away, but Yoshi manages to calm Nao enough to start searching and to make him aware that Chizu is quite level-headed for her age (which she truly is). When they find her, he points out to Nao that her mother and her family don't come over to get her even after they know she has been found. He offers his support in taking Chizu back legally and Nao finally accepts, especially when Yoshi confesses that his liking to help him and Chizu is another way for him in dealing with having been abandoned by his own parents - that he feels useful when he can support the relationship between Chizu and her dad.
I can see why Nao accepts more intimacy from Yoshi, because he is willing to let him into his relationship with his daughter ... but I must admit I wish this weren't another case of gay-for-you. However, the mangaka really does a lovely slow seduction scene (while Nao comes to the conclusion - a bit fast - that the reason he trusts Yoshi so much, with his daughter and his own body, is because he does love him). I love the little asides and thoughts while they negotiate their way through physical love AND the fact that both men decide to sleep in the same room as exhausted Chizu, so she can see them when she wakes up.
Another bit of lovely wishfulfilment is that Nao decides to openly admit that he and Yoshi will be raising Chizu as lovers, when they talk to his ex-wife and her husband, even though Yoshi only wanted the legal transfer to be smooth and therefore not to mention them as a gay couple. And then (presumably because the manga runs out of space), Nao's boss, who was babysitting Chizu during these talks, shows up with her and orders both sets of parents to ask the girl FIRST!
Then he points out to her mother that with all goodwill she obviously can't handle taking care of two children ("multi-tasking"). Since she dotes on her new son, she can always visit the daughter if she wants to keep in touch - very pragmatic I thought and in real life highly unlikely to be accepted with as much grace as it was in the manga ^^. I wish Asou-sensei hadn't made the ONE FEMALE ADULT character in the whole story be so selfish and short-sighted, really.
The coda story at the end has Yoshi being just happy. And everyone being very surprised at seeing this in his face ^^.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2012
review is the same as v1
This story would fall under the theme "gay for you" that occurs in m/m manga and fiction all the time. The idea that a man isn't gay but falls for one single man. In my personal opinion, I don't think this is true, I believe this is more a case of bisexuality than the idea that a straight man can be gay for only one specific man.
Nao is one of these types of men. He's a single father who is attracted to women and finds all aspects of the gay lifestyle that he's been exposed to confusing and something that isn't for him. However, Yoshi - a businessman who's is a regular customer where Nao works - is constantly hitting on him and trying to get him to agree to a date.
I'm a fan of Kai-sensei's works, but with this story I found myself constantly going back and forth between not liking it to liking it. Did I find Nao's daughter Chizu cute and sweetly childlike? Yes. Did I question whether Nao was really falling for Yoshi or that he was just so strung out that he didn't want to lose the one person who was - for the first time - supporting him rather then the other way around? Yes. Did I find Yoshi's interest in Nao confusing because he'd be after him one second and hitting on another guy right in front of him the next? Yes. Did I find Nao's exceptance of his relationship with Yoshi to be too fast and too easy? Yes. Did I question the right choice of moving in together before they've even dated when a child was involved? Yes.
There's a lot of issues with this story that I think might make some love it and others dislike it and then the rest, like me, stuck in the middle. In the end, the artwork is lovely, Chizu is adorable, and the story will certainly get you thinking.
This story would fall under the theme "gay for you" that occurs in m/m manga and fiction all the time. The idea that a man isn't gay but falls for one single man. In my personal opinion, I don't think this is true, I believe this is more a case of bisexuality than the idea that a straight man can be gay for only one specific man.
Nao is one of these types of men. He's a single father who is attracted to women and finds all aspects of the gay lifestyle that he's been exposed to confusing and something that isn't for him. However, Yoshi - a businessman who's is a regular customer where Nao works - is constantly hitting on him and trying to get him to agree to a date.
I'm a fan of Kai-sensei's works, but with this story I found myself constantly going back and forth between not liking it to liking it. Did I find Nao's daughter Chizu cute and sweetly childlike? Yes. Did I question whether Nao was really falling for Yoshi or that he was just so strung out that he didn't want to lose the one person who was - for the first time - supporting him rather then the other way around? Yes. Did I find Yoshi's interest in Nao confusing because he'd be after him one second and hitting on another guy right in front of him the next? Yes. Did I find Nao's exceptance of his relationship with Yoshi to be too fast and too easy? Yes. Did I question the right choice of moving in together before they've even dated when a child was involved? Yes.
There's a lot of issues with this story that I think might make some love it and others dislike it and then the rest, like me, stuck in the middle. In the end, the artwork is lovely, Chizu is adorable, and the story will certainly get you thinking.
August 19, 2015
To read the review in its entirety: http://www.blakrayneblog.com/2015/08/...
Now, take that premise and add a child to the mix. The straight man is divorced and raising his daughter alone. His daughter gets sick and the gay man ends up helping them.
One the best yaoi I’ve read along those lines is Sorenari ni Shinken Nandesu (I’m Serious in My Own Way or Only Serious About You), story and art by Asou Kai. Listed as a slice of life, this touching yaoi has truly heart-rending scenes. Anyone who has gone through a rough divorce and raised a child on his or her own will sympathize. I give kudos to the author’s depiction of the single father, Oosawa, who only wants the best for his daughter Chizu, and gay man, Yoshioka, who remains a respectfully patient but loving pillar of strength.
BCB:
Yoshioka is a regular at Oosawa's restaurant, and always seems to be bringing in yet another boyfriend to enjoy Oosawa's delicious cooking. As a single parent, Oosawa works very hard and doesn't have time to make many close friends, or even consider dating. But when his beloved daughter Mizu falls ill and Yoshioka offers his help, Oosawa finds he must accept this frivolous seeming person's outstretched hand. Yet, sometimes people are not quite what they seem, as Oosawa discovers. A tender romance story of a single father, a lonely businessman, and the child who brings them together.
This yaoi is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and the art is pretty. It has the perfect balance of drama, sex, humour and romance. So, I really can't say anything bad about it. I’ve read all of Asou Kai’s work that is available in English and this is one of the best. Five stars!
Now, take that premise and add a child to the mix. The straight man is divorced and raising his daughter alone. His daughter gets sick and the gay man ends up helping them.
One the best yaoi I’ve read along those lines is Sorenari ni Shinken Nandesu (I’m Serious in My Own Way or Only Serious About You), story and art by Asou Kai. Listed as a slice of life, this touching yaoi has truly heart-rending scenes. Anyone who has gone through a rough divorce and raised a child on his or her own will sympathize. I give kudos to the author’s depiction of the single father, Oosawa, who only wants the best for his daughter Chizu, and gay man, Yoshioka, who remains a respectfully patient but loving pillar of strength.
BCB:
Yoshioka is a regular at Oosawa's restaurant, and always seems to be bringing in yet another boyfriend to enjoy Oosawa's delicious cooking. As a single parent, Oosawa works very hard and doesn't have time to make many close friends, or even consider dating. But when his beloved daughter Mizu falls ill and Yoshioka offers his help, Oosawa finds he must accept this frivolous seeming person's outstretched hand. Yet, sometimes people are not quite what they seem, as Oosawa discovers. A tender romance story of a single father, a lonely businessman, and the child who brings them together.
This yaoi is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and the art is pretty. It has the perfect balance of drama, sex, humour and romance. So, I really can't say anything bad about it. I’ve read all of Asou Kai’s work that is available in English and this is one of the best. Five stars!
November 26, 2015
So since Nao’s taking care of a sick Yoshio now, he & CHizu move back into Yoshio’s & Nao’s only got one more day with Chizu before his bitch ex-wife comes to take her -Chizu asks Yoshi is he likes Nao & HE SAYS YES AHHA - so the ex-wife comes for Chizu whose sad & NAO & YOSHIO FIGHT ABOUT IT & NAO THINKS CHIZU WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH 2 PARENTS & SOME STABILITY, BUT YOSHI ARGUES THAT HE DOESN’T KNOW HETEHR THE STEP-DAD IS A GOOD PERSON OR NOT -& Chizu’s half-brother is a little brat.
Then Nao gets a call from ex-wife saying CHIZU’S MISSING. WOW. THE BITCH LOST THE KID IN LESS THAN A DAY. & she’s only paying attention to the son & not Chizu - Yoshi finds Chizu & Nao’s so relieved & REALIZES HE WANTS TO RAISE HER BY HIMSELF YASSS BOY ABOUT TIME. And Nao & Yoshio finally get to talk & they’re glad they’re helping each other & Yoshio still wants him to live with him & he agrees! & Yoshi kisses him & it finally leads to sex OMG i hate when it’s overdone though so this was perf :P
Then they talk to the ex-wife & hubby & Tenchou, Nao’s boss comes in who claims to hate Yoshi but really doesn’t & settles the whole matter by saying to ask the kids what they want & Nao gets Chizu, & they move in with Yoshi!!
Then there’s some cute extras :P and one with Yoshi’s birthday!! & then school visits and stuff
Then Nao gets a call from ex-wife saying CHIZU’S MISSING. WOW. THE BITCH LOST THE KID IN LESS THAN A DAY. & she’s only paying attention to the son & not Chizu - Yoshi finds Chizu & Nao’s so relieved & REALIZES HE WANTS TO RAISE HER BY HIMSELF YASSS BOY ABOUT TIME. And Nao & Yoshio finally get to talk & they’re glad they’re helping each other & Yoshio still wants him to live with him & he agrees! & Yoshi kisses him & it finally leads to sex OMG i hate when it’s overdone though so this was perf :P
Then they talk to the ex-wife & hubby & Tenchou, Nao’s boss comes in who claims to hate Yoshi but really doesn’t & settles the whole matter by saying to ask the kids what they want & Nao gets Chizu, & they move in with Yoshi!!
Then there’s some cute extras :P and one with Yoshi’s birthday!! & then school visits and stuff
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2015
A little bit more angsty because of Chizu and her mom. What I liked in this yaoi is that the women here were not stupid nor evil. The woman from the pharmacy was helpful, and Chizu's mother, in spite of being irresponsible, was not bad.
If it weren't for Oozawa accepting Yosshi's feelings and sleeping with him, I would have said this was a josei manga. Why? Because it is mostly a slice of life (work, raising a girl being a single parent, falling in love). It was mature and simple, no dramas (except maybe when Oozawa told Yosshi that it was not his business).
Too bad there are only 2 volumes. Oozawa just started to fall in love with Yosshi. In this case, Yosshi loved Oozawa more than Oozawa loved Yosshi, I agree with Yosshi in that aspect. But I also think that Oozawa, having never thought to love a man, was new to all this, and his personality also did not allow him to show more his feelings.
It was sweet and right now I will shelf the other works from this mangaka. Her artwork was good (nothing outstanding; in fact, in one page there is Yosshi looking surprised and beneath that panel, is Oozawa with the same expression. Heck, the same face; the only difference was the shade of hair). The development of the story plus the romance was very good.
If it weren't for Oozawa accepting Yosshi's feelings and sleeping with him, I would have said this was a josei manga. Why? Because it is mostly a slice of life (work, raising a girl being a single parent, falling in love). It was mature and simple, no dramas (except maybe when Oozawa told Yosshi that it was not his business).
Too bad there are only 2 volumes. Oozawa just started to fall in love with Yosshi. In this case, Yosshi loved Oozawa more than Oozawa loved Yosshi, I agree with Yosshi in that aspect. But I also think that Oozawa, having never thought to love a man, was new to all this, and his personality also did not allow him to show more his feelings.
It was sweet and right now I will shelf the other works from this mangaka. Her artwork was good (nothing outstanding; in fact, in one page there is Yosshi looking surprised and beneath that panel, is Oozawa with the same expression. Heck, the same face; the only difference was the shade of hair). The development of the story plus the romance was very good.
August 4, 2013
I, personally, loved Only Serious About You vol.1 and 2. This is obvious by my 5 stars. It really is the sweetest story. I don't care it is made up of old cliche's. They exist because they work. Besides, alot of yaoi manga has rape scenes in them and this one doesn't which is wonderful as far as I am concerned. Rape is a bit of a no-no with me. Odd, maybe, but there it is.
To sum up my next to nothing review: read the books, they are adorable and sweet.
To sum up my next to nothing review: read the books, they are adorable and sweet.
August 9, 2022
This volume contains chapters 9-13 with some extras added in. The series was pretty sweet to the end. There is are sex scenes in this volume which makes it more mature than the previous book, but it still retained it’s uncomplicated plot that I found so refreshing. And of course the artwork was as great as in the first volume. I did end up liking this series. It’s nothing phenomenal but it was nice entertainment.
July 16, 2022
This was so fun to reread!! I really love the domestic fluff like YESSSS GIMME MORE. I also like the matureness of this pairs relationship but NGL, I squee when Oosawa starts to show his feels! I think some of the content doesn't hold us as much as I'd like but overall i think it's a wholesome title, especially relating to family and respect
August 30, 2014
I can´t stand yaoi mangas where rape is presented as an act of love. If the other guy isn´t ready and wants to wait and tells you to stop then you effing respect that! You don´t force him! I feel sorry for Osawa.
It would´ve been a cute manga without it. What a shame.
It would´ve been a cute manga without it. What a shame.
February 5, 2016
Review originally posted on The Book Adventures of Annelise Lestrange :)
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November 22, 2016
3,5 sympa mais rien d'extraordinaire
December 6, 2016
Loved it. Finally seeing them get together was great.
January 30, 2021
El segundo tomo del manga me ha gustado tanto como el primero. Ojalá sigan produciendo más historias cómo esta. Los protagonistas van conociéndose mejor el uno al otro y definiendo su relación.
September 13, 2013
So sad this ended so quickly. Truly enjoyed this one.
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