Secret XXX

Therapy Game #0

by Meguru Hinohara, Adrienne Beck (Translator)

Shohei’s just trying to find love in a pet shop, so why are all these bunnies making it so difficult?

Shohei loves bunnies! He loves them so much he’s even taken to volunteering at a local pet shop. Store owner Mito is as sweet and kind as the fuzzy critters he cares for, and it’s not long before Shohei finds himself wanting to cuddle with him as much as the bunnies! But Shohei is hiding a dangerous secret, one that makes this dream an unlikely reality.

Genres: Manga, Romance, Yaoi, LGBT, Boys Love, Queer, Comics

218 pages, Paperback

First published October 2, 2017

About the author

HINOHARA Meguru
Name (in native language): 日ノ原 巡

Reviews

[Chesca (thecrownedpages)]

Secret XXX is a very adorable and hot yaoi manga set in a rabbit-specializing shop. The plot has enough depth for a light read, and the setting is interesting with a sprinkling of bunny facts.

The illustrations are so gorgeous, one of the best I've seen in the yaoi genre. Plus, this smutty manga is generously uncensored!

The characters are all very lovable, and I would love to explore their romance more outside the areas of business and family.

I'm giving this a star less because Sublime's English translation dropped all the honorifics! How did I know? Halfway through reading the copy I bought, I was starting to feel bothered that that the younger siblings were calling their older brothers by their first names. This encouraged me to look for scanlations online, so I could compare the translations. I think honorifics are very important to retain in every translation of Japanese text because they keep the polite culture apparent and rich in the story, making the book feel more authentic and true to its origin.

I can't wait to read the spin-off series! I'll definitely purchase it soon. I am looking forward to reading Hinohara Meguru-sensei's other works.

[Silvia]

They 🥺🥺🐇🐇🐇🐇

[Kate♡]

5/5stars

This was SO fucking cute I'm obsessed

[bee]

[ ★★★,3 / 5 ]

A prequel of シークレット ××× (Secret XXX).

Order of reading this series ((for best reading experiences)):
1. XXX Allergy (ＸＸＸアレルギー) — this book
2. シークレット××× (Secret XXX) — XXX Allergy (ＸＸＸアレルギー)'s sequel
3. セラピーゲーム(上) (Therapy Game 1) — シークレット××× (Secret XXX)'s spin-off
4. セラピーゲーム(下) (Therapy Game 2)
5. セラピーゲーム リスタート (Therapy Game Restart) — セラピーゲーム(上) (Therapy Game 1)'s sequel
6. セラピーゲーム リスタート(下) (Therapy Game Restart 2)

[Rosa]

The art is lovely but the story wasn't so special. I was a bit bored and the drama with the mom was unnecessary, in my opinion...

[Ari]

Very sweet precursor to the Therapy Game books. Mito and Shohei are precious together. And I cannot get over how pretty the art is in this series.

[jacobi]

they be fucking

[mag_book_]

4/5
Nie wiem za bardzo jak ocenić bo to moja pierwsza manhwa BL więc nie mam porównania 🙈 ale co, była cute i spicy, bawiłam się dobrze i przewijałam strony bardzo szybko więc pierwsze odczucie pozytywne.

[Aily]

è stato uno yaoi molto carino, veloce da leggere e con una storia un po' veloce ma tenera. ho adorato i due protagonisti e la mancanza di tradimenti, violenza e tutti quei colpi di scena che adesso stanno in quasi tutti gli yaoi non mi ha dato fastidio, anzi! sono contenta che non ci sia stato nulla di brutto, triste o ambiguo. c'erano cose che avrei voluto approfondire, ma chi sa? dato che questo manga è una sorta di spin-off del prossimo che andrò a leggere, probabilmente i miei dubbi verranno sanati, ma per il momento penso che qualche pagina in più non avrebbe fatto male al manga, anzi, avrebbe reso alcune cose più chiare e più interessanti! in ogni caso, lo consiglio tantissimo, è un manga veramente dolce e tenero <3

[Shu Wei Chin]

The MOST ADORABLE (and rather kinky) of loves between Shohei; an energetic, earnest and cute bisexual or late-blooming gay and Mito; a benevolent and calm soul with a complicated past.

There are also a lot of cute bunnies featured throughout the volume.

[rory (jess' version)]

i keep seing hinata (haikyuu) in shohei T____T (mito is so pretty)

[Veronica Villar]

4/5 estrellas

La historia me ha gustado mucho, pero me ha parecido muy corta.

Más allá de conocer un poco al hermano de Mito (protagonista de Therapy Game), un poco por encima a la familia de Shohei y algo del pasado familiar y laboral de Mito, no pasa nada más allá de la relación entre ambos, pero al ser casi amor a primera vista no da para mucho en un solo tomo.

Eso sí, la pareja principal me ha gustado. Se nota que Mito quiere a Shohei y viceversa.

Estoy deseando leer Therapy Game, porque Minato no deja indiferente a nadie y quiero conocerlo más.

[MaDoReader]

Ellos son muy cucos ;)

[Daesy]

Beautiful art, but 3.5 stars rounded up bcs the manga was too short.

Merged review:

Cute! 4.5 stars

[Rebecca]

On the raunchier side, but also surprisingly sweet. Plus there are bunnies.

[Stephanie Hope]

Absolutely fell in LOVE with this manga! (make sure to read XXX Allergy beforehand!)
This was so wholesome, fluffy, AND smutty! My favorite combo in bl ugh *chefs kiss*! The story was so much fun- I laughed, I squealed, I drooled. Mito and Shouhei are actual sweethearts and wholesome boyfriends who truly deserve each other ♡

[Adelle R.]

Shohei a Mito jsou skvělé vedlejší postavy v Therapy Game a jejich vlastní příběh není o nic méně cute ♥ Jen škoda, že to je stand-alone, jejich vztah mi oproti jejich bratrům přišel trochu urychlený. Nejlepší pasáže stejně byly scény s Minatem. :D

[Petra]

Cute, a bit angsty, sexy, yeah. Lovely. 💗

[Momo]

I'm eating these up 😅

[Sophie]

Cute, fluffy and silly. But adorable <3

[Stephanie Hope]

What an ADORABLE little one shot!
This is the prequel to Secret XXX btw so I'm excited there's more and ready for more wholesome fluff + smut! ♡

[Nothing]

I couldn't help comparing it with Therapy game even though I wanted to appreciate their story on its own. Alsoooo the art in the next two installments gets better and better and honestly props to Meguhara-sensei for that.

P.s: Shizuma looked noT good here and I just can't help thinking, is he very average looking bc the story is from his brother's pov or does he look that way always and Minato is just GONE gone for him and sees him aa an ethreal being (he is)

[Leanne]

I loved all of this! I know there's a longer series that comes after this, but I'm not sure it could top this first volume. It's so cute, and so good! And it perfectly combines the secrets in an early relationship with incredibly low-stakes miscommunications to keep up the tension but make the payoff really sweet and worth it. 5/5 Loved it, might buy it for my collection~

[Hajar]

Sooooooo cute! And Mito is just sooooo pretty !!!!! stop being pretty please

[Alyssa]

Wow just wow. So fricken good

[Milenrrama]

Está menos maduro que Therapy Game, la verdad. A ratos la trama avanza casi a trompicones y con giros sorpresivos o les falta una pizca de desarrollo entre paneles. Pero el prota es adorable y se nota que a la autora le apetecía dibujar conejitos.

[diana]

this gave me so much whiplash i'm actually at a loss for words

3.25/5 stars

[Sandra]

4.5⭐️
Adorableeeee!

[Jess | jadecanread]

This was so stinking cute! Looks like a cinnamon roll is a cinnamon roll meets looks like a cinnamon roll but will dom the fuck out of you. And there’s BUNNIES.

I read this after TG 1&2 as recommended by a friend and I'm not sure if it's because I know backstory details going in but I think I enjoyed this story more! Comparing TG 1/2 and this, this is much more lighthearted, fluffy, and charming and I was just so soft reading this ;_; <3

[Mark]

This book review is originally posted on my blog: bongbongbooks.wordpress.com

“A first love that grows in a rabbit specialist shop.”

Synopsis: Growing up in an environment full of all kinds of animals, there’s only one animal that Shouhei loves and that’s rabbits. Because of his love for rabbits, he sometimes helps out in a rabbit specialist shop. And there, he meets Mito Itsuki, his unrequited love. However, he has a secret he has to keep no matter what. Would he be able to keep that secret in order to stay close to the one he loves?

This book is overflowing with cuteness and fluffiness. The love story of the characters, Shouhei and Mito, was built on a very funny plot. Shouhei adores Mito and he really wants to work at Mito’s rabbit specialty shop. But because of her allergies to rabbits, wherein he can’t stand being around rabbits for an hour, he has to always find excuses to leave early. How will their budding relationship grow. But with some twist of fate, the true cause of Shouhei’s allergy was revealed. But will Shouhei have the courage to tell Mito his true feelings? How will Mito react to it?

Definitely not a manga that I was expecting to read during the holy week. I was enjoying how cute this story between two boys who shared their love for rabbits then “boom”, things began escalating quickly. I was caught off guard. The two ended up in bed. Well, you probably already know what happened next. That sexy scene totally caught me off guard. Now I get what’s the meaning of “XXX” in the title. And yeah, I failed to realize that what I picked up was a yaoi manga.

But aside from that sexy scene, that’s not what you will remember from this book. This book is really sweet I found myself smiling a lot of times. The art is really vivid. The characters were drawn adorably. And yes, the rabbits, the rabbits are really so cute and fluffy. 😉

3 stars out of 5.