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Yes, No, or Maybe?
The fan-favorite Boys’ Love novel about the secret lives of men who work in television--soon to be an anime!
Kunieda Kei is the up-and-coming Prince Charming of the evening news. Inside, he’s the opposite: brash, hot-tempered, and prickly as can be. For years, Kei has successfully juggled his private and professional personas—until a chance meeting with a stop motion animator threatens to bring it all crashing down. But is that really as frightening as the possibility that someone might love and accept both sides of who he is?
Kunieda Kei is the up-and-coming Prince Charming of the evening news. Inside, he’s the opposite: brash, hot-tempered, and prickly as can be. For years, Kei has successfully juggled his private and professional personas—until a chance meeting with a stop motion animator threatens to bring it all crashing down. But is that really as frightening as the possibility that someone might love and accept both sides of who he is?
180 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2014
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Michi Ichiho
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July 26, 2021
Oh, the laughs I had at my own expense while reading this ridiculous book. I mean, the translation choices alone were worth the read, and I enjoyed the story. I agree with other readers who said that they liked the first half better than the second half. The characters and story definitely seemed more original in the first half. Not a bad read, but not that great either.
December 29, 2023
Hmm, większość książki była spoko ale ok. 30 ostatnich stron 😬 nah ha nie podobało mi się. Jestem przekonana, że nie w taki sposób powinno rozwiązywać się problemy. Kei czasem był głupi z resztą Ushio też ale dało się przeżyć. 2,75/5 tak myślę. Gdyby nie taka końcówka dałabym nawet 3,5/5 ale dlaczego dlaczego?
June 22, 2021
Had fun reading the book after watching the anime of it. Tsuzuki and Kunieda are cute together and I like how Tsuzuki loves both sides of Kunieda, it's interesting to see their relationship evolve more and see a more openly emotionally Kunieda.
The anime only covers half of the book, and I was intrigued to see what was going to happen next...drama obviously. In the last half of the book, we see both of them dealing with being in a secretive relationship while also trying to still understand the feelings between them. Communication is a key element for them to get it right, and although sometimes it seemed they were too stubborn, they got their happy ending.
The anime only covers half of the book, and I was intrigued to see what was going to happen next...drama obviously. In the last half of the book, we see both of them dealing with being in a secretive relationship while also trying to still understand the feelings between them. Communication is a key element for them to get it right, and although sometimes it seemed they were too stubborn, they got their happy ending.
November 13, 2020
I enjoyed the first half of the novel more than the second half. The second half becomes a cavalcade of cliches with a forced love triangle and physical "comedy." Usually, I like seeing stories written about relationships beyond the "I love you" moment, but in this the relationship didn't seem that great. Just Fighting and ****ing.
So, yeah, first half was an interesting read inside the mind of a complicated individual. Second half, pretty meh.
So, yeah, first half was an interesting read inside the mind of a complicated individual. Second half, pretty meh.
April 17, 2021
This is yet another example of "I watched the anime, then wanted to read the source material to find out more." The animated movie covers the first 141 pages, so there is a fair amount of relationship development/establishment that takes place after the credits rolled. I don't know that it felt entirely necessary; as with the movie, the best parts took place in about the first 130 pages, as Kunieda and Tsuzuki were getting to know each other and gradually falling in love.
The rest falls into more expected tropes: a love triangle and jealous misunderstandings, plus some dodgy "yes means no" bits. The intent and the consent is a little clearer in the book than in the crammed-in last few minutes of the movie, which is one of the main reasons I wanted to read the book to begin with. People are complicated, and the recognition of those complexities is the thing I like most about this story.
Kunieda lives a double life. His public-facing persona as a news anchor means that he's always "on" - smiling for the cameras and for the people around him, unflappably polite and kind and open to doing whatever people ask of him. Because of the toll this takes on him - wearing a "mask" for most of his life - he puts on a literal surgical mask, a puffy coat, and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses after work and drops the squeaky-clean act to be as grumpy and grungy and unlikeable as he wants.
It's an exhausting life, and Kunieda isn't really happy. He also sees no way that anyone will ever love him for who he truly is, so he focuses all his energy on work and just enjoys his take-out meals and manga in the evenings. Alone.
Until he meets a young, handsome, bisexual artist named Tsuzuki who somehow starts falling in love with both sides of Kunieda's personality.
I'm extremely drawn to this type of story - the idea of being truly loved for exactly who you are - and both the movie and the first half of the book do a marvelously achey job of making that kind of scenario seem possible, despite all Kunieda's reservations. And while I wasn't 100% sold on everything that happened in the book, and thought a few parts were a little too trope-heavy and unnecessary, I liked the balance in their relationship, and the fact that Kunieda did transform, over time, into a truer version of himself. He didn't have to change for Tsuzuki to love him...but having a steady, caring partner by his side gave Kunieda the strength to be the kind of person he'd always wanted.
I liked, too, that in the book - more than in the movie - some of the masks Kunieda had been wearing started to slip in other parts of his life. Being able to unleash a little more of his true self at work, too, would ultimately be a lot more healthy and satisfying for him, and it's nice to see him being appreciated and valued for that, as well. I like, too, that while Tsuzuki is jealous at points, it's not in a controlling or overtly possessive way; he wants both of them to be 100% committed to each other, and goes out of his way to be sure that Kunieda is always free to be himself. That's what Tsuzuki loves about him, after all.
A nice romance, occasionally quite thoughtful, and written well enough to keep me turning the pages at a steady pace.
The rest falls into more expected tropes: a love triangle and jealous misunderstandings, plus some dodgy "yes means no" bits. The intent and the consent is a little clearer in the book than in the crammed-in last few minutes of the movie, which is one of the main reasons I wanted to read the book to begin with. People are complicated, and the recognition of those complexities is the thing I like most about this story.
Kunieda lives a double life. His public-facing persona as a news anchor means that he's always "on" - smiling for the cameras and for the people around him, unflappably polite and kind and open to doing whatever people ask of him. Because of the toll this takes on him - wearing a "mask" for most of his life - he puts on a literal surgical mask, a puffy coat, and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses after work and drops the squeaky-clean act to be as grumpy and grungy and unlikeable as he wants.
It's an exhausting life, and Kunieda isn't really happy. He also sees no way that anyone will ever love him for who he truly is, so he focuses all his energy on work and just enjoys his take-out meals and manga in the evenings. Alone.
Until he meets a young, handsome, bisexual artist named Tsuzuki who somehow starts falling in love with both sides of Kunieda's personality.
I'm extremely drawn to this type of story - the idea of being truly loved for exactly who you are - and both the movie and the first half of the book do a marvelously achey job of making that kind of scenario seem possible, despite all Kunieda's reservations. And while I wasn't 100% sold on everything that happened in the book, and thought a few parts were a little too trope-heavy and unnecessary, I liked the balance in their relationship, and the fact that Kunieda did transform, over time, into a truer version of himself. He didn't have to change for Tsuzuki to love him...but having a steady, caring partner by his side gave Kunieda the strength to be the kind of person he'd always wanted.
I liked, too, that in the book - more than in the movie - some of the masks Kunieda had been wearing started to slip in other parts of his life. Being able to unleash a little more of his true self at work, too, would ultimately be a lot more healthy and satisfying for him, and it's nice to see him being appreciated and valued for that, as well. I like, too, that while Tsuzuki is jealous at points, it's not in a controlling or overtly possessive way; he wants both of them to be 100% committed to each other, and goes out of his way to be sure that Kunieda is always free to be himself. That's what Tsuzuki loves about him, after all.
A nice romance, occasionally quite thoughtful, and written well enough to keep me turning the pages at a steady pace.
June 26, 2024
Reading this again and my views are slightly different this time...
Split personality newscaster is a crazy cheater and stop motion creator is a rapist.
No means no.
Also, listen to your partner if they saying that they are scared. °˖✧◝(⁰▿ ⁰)◜ ✧˖°
Split personality newscaster is a crazy cheater and stop motion creator is a rapist.
No means no.
Also, listen to your partner if they saying that they are scared. °˖✧◝(⁰▿ ⁰)◜ ✧˖°
May 4, 2022
I'm a little surprised. Did not think I would like this book but it was good. :) It is noticeable that it is a light novel as it was easy to read.
May 8, 2020
the MC is trash and i don't like him, the end.
wait no, i need to write more? pfft, fine. but furreal though, this character is a fucking pile of pretentious, self-centered, utterly selfish two-faced trash. kunieda kei is a 27 year old asshole tv news anchor for asahi tv who on the outside, is everyone's prince. ON THE OUTSIDE (oooh man) he's kind, hard-working, always willing to help, and is flawless in his job. always have a smile on his face, modest, humble, and who everyone can rely on. he's perfection, both in appearance and in his work. he's the co-worker you can run to if you ever need anything.
HOWEVER, on the inside (ooooh the inside) he looks down on people, says these demeaning outright rudest shit inside his head about the very same people he is outwardly talking and smiling to AT THAT VERY MOMENT. it's so ridiculous. like, i get it. we sometimes have different sides of "us" both publicly and privately. and we don't always vocalize what we truly think of certain people. people i work with know i'm otaku weeb but i don't fucking yell it down the hallway for patients to hear (i mean, unless they want to...). i mostly wear my hair outside just like i do inside - in a bun. i can be a bitch both outside and inside, i'm fabulous. but how i am inside the house, i'm pretty much the same outside. though granted how we act w/ our fam is not entirely 100% the same as we do to people in the public... right? just me?
as someone in the book mentioned, KEI TAKES IT TO A WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL. he's primp and proper outside, but inside his place, he finally shows his true self - for no one but himself to see. only his fam knows how shitty he really is. warning to those who hate two-faced people: YALL GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THIS CHARACTER. he has no fucking redeeming qualities other than he works super fucking borderline crazy hard to be a steller tv news anchor. he's not naturally gifted where he can waltz into the tv station and do the great - he obsessively, religiously, stupidly, insanely, admiringly really, studies and perfects every detail of his job role from his tone and speed of voice to his clothes to his body movements to well, everything. that part of him, i admit, i adore. it was great knowing his "perfect" reputation was acquired through tenacity and undeterred determination. but every other part of him is shit (granted, sometimes kei's inner monologue and verbal comebacks are so ridiculous, it's hilarious) and he pretty much stays that way the entire volume, bleeeh :/
i mainly don't like kei for his two-faced personality. if he was an asshole to everyone's face, fine. but don't talk and smile at me like we're besties and think rude shit about me, wtf.
one night after work, kei dresses up as a hobo (he disguises himself so people won't recognize him outside of work and plus comfy clothes rules) wearing sweats, a face mask, and non-prescription glasses. he crosses the street without looking at the traffic light (smart move bruh) - which had turned red - and crashes into tsuzuki ushio, a popular animator working on a new opening for the nightly news at his tv station. ushio is knocked off his bike and sprains his left hand, meanwhile fucking kei is more concern and relieved his take-out is safe and sound and is about to gtfo when ushio grabs for him like bItCh wHaT tHe FucK. i'm reading this scene like wtf this character?? you just knocked someone off his bike - to the point of injury - and all you can say is "whew, my food is safe". ok wut? srsly? bruh srsly?
long story short, kei gets roped into helping ushio with his animation work until his hand heals, though kei is in disguise and is afraid ushio will eventually figure out the "perfect" tv news reporter "kunieda kei" and this selfish slob are the same people and ruin his reputation forever.
he continues to hang out at ushio's place as his "other half" even after his hand heals because ushio is the only one ('sides from his fam) who ever saw this (TRUE) side of him (rude, selfish, self-centered) and this comforts him. i like ushio. i like him a lot. he's the complete opposite of kei. he doesn't hide his true self, what you see is what you get always. though i never thought i'd be salty over a fictional character. like, this selfish, dirtbag who looks down on everyone can get a BF and i'm still single af? wtf
this story's saving grace is literally EVERYONE ELSE but kei. i really like the other characters. ushio is life. kei's junior, minagawa tatsuki, is sooo much fun. i honestly prefer ushio and tatsuki being a thing and kei fucking off. despite the MC being shit (the entire story is in kei's POV, it was exhausting) the story was entertaining. the one part where i ACTUALLY REALLY liked kei was when he had his debut in the renovated nightly news as the host and he was crippling with stress and the pressure. less than 20 minutes before being on air he hides in a bathroom stall, filled with nerves and fear and thoughts of wanting to run away. that very moment, he felt so human, so relatable. i sympathized with him and wanted him to succeed and fight those fears head on.
this series is getting an anime in the winter of 2020, premiering in certain theaters throughout japan (so OVA more like, not episodic...? booo), and seven seas licensed the novel in english! it's planned to be released (( IN ENGLISH (!!) )) in the fall! first eng BL novel to be released in the states since FOOOOOOOOOREVER and it's not sublime or june? whoa. anime, i get. i can see it. i'm hoping they don't censor the wonderful sexy times in here (there's even phone sex here, it was fab). but seven seas licensing THIS NOVEL? out of all the other jpn BL novels out there? WHY NOT HIGUCHI MISAO'S PUBLIC SCHOOL OR AI NO MUSHI SERIES? OGAMI'S 1945 SERIES? NAGIRA'S UTSUKUSHII KARE? WHY THIS ONE???
i don't. i don't get it. but jpn BL novels getting released officially in english is a good thing no matter what book it is.
will i be reading vol 2? .....yes. because ushio, i like that guy. and tatsuki. i like him too. hoping kei doesn't dominate vol 2 with his annoying pov, and if he does, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PLS. i need him to grow tf up. I'M SIGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW.
is this book good? yes. is it GREAT? hmmm. hoping future volumes prove why this series has been ranking within the top 5 of kono BL ga yabai for ages. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME ~
wait no, i need to write more? pfft, fine. but furreal though, this character is a fucking pile of pretentious, self-centered, utterly selfish two-faced trash. kunieda kei is a 27 year old asshole tv news anchor for asahi tv who on the outside, is everyone's prince. ON THE OUTSIDE (oooh man) he's kind, hard-working, always willing to help, and is flawless in his job. always have a smile on his face, modest, humble, and who everyone can rely on. he's perfection, both in appearance and in his work. he's the co-worker you can run to if you ever need anything.
HOWEVER, on the inside (ooooh the inside) he looks down on people, says these demeaning outright rudest shit inside his head about the very same people he is outwardly talking and smiling to AT THAT VERY MOMENT. it's so ridiculous. like, i get it. we sometimes have different sides of "us" both publicly and privately. and we don't always vocalize what we truly think of certain people. people i work with know i'm otaku weeb but i don't fucking yell it down the hallway for patients to hear (i mean, unless they want to...). i mostly wear my hair outside just like i do inside - in a bun. i can be a bitch both outside and inside, i'm fabulous. but how i am inside the house, i'm pretty much the same outside. though granted how we act w/ our fam is not entirely 100% the same as we do to people in the public... right? just me?
as someone in the book mentioned, KEI TAKES IT TO A WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL. he's primp and proper outside, but inside his place, he finally shows his true self - for no one but himself to see. only his fam knows how shitty he really is. warning to those who hate two-faced people: YALL GONNA STRUGGLE WITH THIS CHARACTER. he has no fucking redeeming qualities other than he works super fucking borderline crazy hard to be a steller tv news anchor. he's not naturally gifted where he can waltz into the tv station and do the great - he obsessively, religiously, stupidly, insanely, admiringly really, studies and perfects every detail of his job role from his tone and speed of voice to his clothes to his body movements to well, everything. that part of him, i admit, i adore. it was great knowing his "perfect" reputation was acquired through tenacity and undeterred determination. but every other part of him is shit (granted, sometimes kei's inner monologue and verbal comebacks are so ridiculous, it's hilarious) and he pretty much stays that way the entire volume, bleeeh :/
i mainly don't like kei for his two-faced personality. if he was an asshole to everyone's face, fine. but don't talk and smile at me like we're besties and think rude shit about me, wtf.
one night after work, kei dresses up as a hobo (he disguises himself so people won't recognize him outside of work and plus comfy clothes rules) wearing sweats, a face mask, and non-prescription glasses. he crosses the street without looking at the traffic light (smart move bruh) - which had turned red - and crashes into tsuzuki ushio, a popular animator working on a new opening for the nightly news at his tv station. ushio is knocked off his bike and sprains his left hand, meanwhile fucking kei is more concern and relieved his take-out is safe and sound and is about to gtfo when ushio grabs for him like bItCh wHaT tHe FucK. i'm reading this scene like wtf this character?? you just knocked someone off his bike - to the point of injury - and all you can say is "whew, my food is safe". ok wut? srsly? bruh srsly?
long story short, kei gets roped into helping ushio with his animation work until his hand heals, though kei is in disguise and is afraid ushio will eventually figure out the "perfect" tv news reporter "kunieda kei" and this selfish slob are the same people and ruin his reputation forever.
he continues to hang out at ushio's place as his "other half" even after his hand heals because ushio is the only one ('sides from his fam) who ever saw this (TRUE) side of him (rude, selfish, self-centered) and this comforts him. i like ushio. i like him a lot. he's the complete opposite of kei. he doesn't hide his true self, what you see is what you get always. though i never thought i'd be salty over a fictional character. like, this selfish, dirtbag who looks down on everyone can get a BF and i'm still single af? wtf
this story's saving grace is literally EVERYONE ELSE but kei. i really like the other characters. ushio is life. kei's junior, minagawa tatsuki, is sooo much fun. i honestly prefer ushio and tatsuki being a thing and kei fucking off. despite the MC being shit (the entire story is in kei's POV, it was exhausting) the story was entertaining. the one part where i ACTUALLY REALLY liked kei was when he had his debut in the renovated nightly news as the host and he was crippling with stress and the pressure. less than 20 minutes before being on air he hides in a bathroom stall, filled with nerves and fear and thoughts of wanting to run away. that very moment, he felt so human, so relatable. i sympathized with him and wanted him to succeed and fight those fears head on.
this series is getting an anime in the winter of 2020, premiering in certain theaters throughout japan (so OVA more like, not episodic...? booo), and seven seas licensed the novel in english! it's planned to be released (( IN ENGLISH (!!) )) in the fall! first eng BL novel to be released in the states since FOOOOOOOOOREVER and it's not sublime or june? whoa. anime, i get. i can see it. i'm hoping they don't censor the wonderful sexy times in here (there's even phone sex here, it was fab). but seven seas licensing THIS NOVEL? out of all the other jpn BL novels out there? WHY NOT HIGUCHI MISAO'S PUBLIC SCHOOL OR AI NO MUSHI SERIES? OGAMI'S 1945 SERIES? NAGIRA'S UTSUKUSHII KARE? WHY THIS ONE???
i don't. i don't get it. but jpn BL novels getting released officially in english is a good thing no matter what book it is.
will i be reading vol 2? .....yes. because ushio, i like that guy. and tatsuki. i like him too. hoping kei doesn't dominate vol 2 with his annoying pov, and if he does, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PLS. i need him to grow tf up. I'M SIGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW.
is this book good? yes. is it GREAT? hmmm. hoping future volumes prove why this series has been ranking within the top 5 of kono BL ga yabai for ages. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME ~
March 20, 2021
Kunieda Kei is a charming and well-liked TV newscaster. He's just as charming off-camera - he's always nice, eats healthy food, never complains, and does his job perfectly. However, he has a secret: it's all a lie. The real Kunieda Kei, the person he is when he gets home, complains about everything, gets mad at his coworkers all the time, dresses like a slob, and loves eating cheap beef bowls.
The only person who knows what his real self is like is his mother, which suits him just fine. His public persona will never draw disapproval or nasty comments from tabloids, the public, or his coworkers, and his professional life will continue on exactly the path he wants. Then he meets Tsuzuki Ushio, a famous stop motion animator, and the carefully constructed separation between his public and private selves begins to crumble.
(Note: After much debate, I decided I'm going to refer to the characters by their family names rather than given names. I think I'd be comfortable calling Kunieda Kei "Kei," but calling Tsuzuki Ushio "Ushio" feels too weird, since I knew him more on-page as "Tsuzuki.")
This book can be divided into two halves. In the first half, we see what Kunieda is like in public and in private (it's all first person from Kunieda's POV), how Kunieda and Tsuzuki meet, and how Kunieda tries to juggle his time with Tsuzuki as "Kunieda Kei" and as "Owari." Tsuzuki has no idea that the two people are one and the same - after a while, this gets harder and harder to believe, even considering that the two personas are so different and "Owari" always wears a mask and dresses like a scruffy slob. In the second half, Kunieda and Tsuzuki are now secretly a couple, dealing with the strain that a third person and Kunieda's double life put on their relationship.
I liked the first half a lot more than the second half. The contrast between Kunieda's outward appearance and behavior and his private thoughts was amusing, and I loved his phone calls to his mother, who was usually appalled by the difference between the person she knew and the person she saw on TV. I could sort of understand why Kunieda established his public persona, although it struck me as both exhausting and impossible to maintain in the long-term. I was sure this would turn out to be an issue later in the book. It sort of was...and yet somehow also wasn't.
It really wasn't believable that Kunieda would somehow successfully pretend to be two separate people around Tsuzuki, not with Tsuzuki spending that much time in close contact with both of them. Still, I was mostly willing to roll with it. I was really curious to see how Tsuzuki would react when he found out the truth. He seemed to enjoy spending time with constantly grumbling Owari but also seemed to have a bit of a crush on perfect Kunieda Kei.
Theoretically, finding out they were the same person could be a good thing, except that even knowing Owari wasn't exactly the same as knowing Kunieda as he was in private. There were things Kunieda couldn't really say as Owari without giving himself away. In the second half of the book, though, that was no longer the case, and Kunieda complained about work and other people pretty much constantly. I kept wondering whether generally easy-going Tsuzuki would suddenly call it quits because he was tired of being Kunieda's outlet for all the venting he couldn't previously do with anyone but his mother.
Then there was the addition of Minagawa Tatsuki, a newbie at Kunieda's station. I can't get into my issues with the storyline involving him without going into spoiler territory - you've been warned.
There certainly would have been time for that if the sex scenes had been changed to fade-to-black. While some of Kunieda and Tsuzuki's dialogue during those moments was fun, incorporating Kunieda's moans into the dialogue was cheesy and, along with the explicitness of the sex, kind of porny. The only scene I thought worked reasonably well was the phone sex one, mostly because I didn't expect it to be anything but cheesy and awkward so it didn't matter if it delivered.
I don't regret reading this and actually consider it to be one of the best BL Japanese novels I've ever read (granted, most of the ones I've read have been terrible, so that's not a high bar to clear). I wish Ichiho hadn't flubbed the second half so badly, but Kunieda was an interesting and complex character, and the translation was for the most part surprisingly smooth and natural-feeling. I wish Ichiho had ditched the Minagawa storyline and instead focused on the issues caused by Kunieda's dedication to living two drastically different lives.
Extras:
Two full-color illustrations (just differently colored versions of the front and back cover art), black and white illustrations throughout, and a foreword by the author that is weirdly positioned on the same page as part of the story text, but just before a "bonus" scene with Kunieda and Tsuzuki.
I was not a fan of the artwork, which included several sex scene moments featuring massive amounts of fluid (sweat, lube, semen, or some combination of all three? you decide!).
Rating Note:
I'm going with 2.5 stars on LibraryThing because, ugh, that Minagawa storyline. Rounding up to 3 stars on Goodreads because of my enjoyment of the first half and how readable the translation was.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
The only person who knows what his real self is like is his mother, which suits him just fine. His public persona will never draw disapproval or nasty comments from tabloids, the public, or his coworkers, and his professional life will continue on exactly the path he wants. Then he meets Tsuzuki Ushio, a famous stop motion animator, and the carefully constructed separation between his public and private selves begins to crumble.
(Note: After much debate, I decided I'm going to refer to the characters by their family names rather than given names. I think I'd be comfortable calling Kunieda Kei "Kei," but calling Tsuzuki Ushio "Ushio" feels too weird, since I knew him more on-page as "Tsuzuki.")
This book can be divided into two halves. In the first half, we see what Kunieda is like in public and in private (it's all first person from Kunieda's POV), how Kunieda and Tsuzuki meet, and how Kunieda tries to juggle his time with Tsuzuki as "Kunieda Kei" and as "Owari." Tsuzuki has no idea that the two people are one and the same - after a while, this gets harder and harder to believe, even considering that the two personas are so different and "Owari" always wears a mask and dresses like a scruffy slob. In the second half, Kunieda and Tsuzuki are now secretly a couple, dealing with the strain that a third person and Kunieda's double life put on their relationship.
I liked the first half a lot more than the second half. The contrast between Kunieda's outward appearance and behavior and his private thoughts was amusing, and I loved his phone calls to his mother, who was usually appalled by the difference between the person she knew and the person she saw on TV. I could sort of understand why Kunieda established his public persona, although it struck me as both exhausting and impossible to maintain in the long-term. I was sure this would turn out to be an issue later in the book. It sort of was...and yet somehow also wasn't.
It really wasn't believable that Kunieda would somehow successfully pretend to be two separate people around Tsuzuki, not with Tsuzuki spending that much time in close contact with both of them. Still, I was mostly willing to roll with it. I was really curious to see how Tsuzuki would react when he found out the truth. He seemed to enjoy spending time with constantly grumbling Owari but also seemed to have a bit of a crush on perfect Kunieda Kei.
Theoretically, finding out they were the same person could be a good thing, except that even knowing Owari wasn't exactly the same as knowing Kunieda as he was in private. There were things Kunieda couldn't really say as Owari without giving himself away. In the second half of the book, though, that was no longer the case, and Kunieda complained about work and other people pretty much constantly. I kept wondering whether generally easy-going Tsuzuki would suddenly call it quits because he was tired of being Kunieda's outlet for all the venting he couldn't previously do with anyone but his mother.
Then there was the addition of Minagawa Tatsuki, a newbie at Kunieda's station. I can't get into my issues with the storyline involving him without going into spoiler territory - you've been warned.
There certainly would have been time for that if the sex scenes had been changed to fade-to-black. While some of Kunieda and Tsuzuki's dialogue during those moments was fun, incorporating Kunieda's moans into the dialogue was cheesy and, along with the explicitness of the sex, kind of porny. The only scene I thought worked reasonably well was the phone sex one, mostly because I didn't expect it to be anything but cheesy and awkward so it didn't matter if it delivered.
I don't regret reading this and actually consider it to be one of the best BL Japanese novels I've ever read (granted, most of the ones I've read have been terrible, so that's not a high bar to clear). I wish Ichiho hadn't flubbed the second half so badly, but Kunieda was an interesting and complex character, and the translation was for the most part surprisingly smooth and natural-feeling. I wish Ichiho had ditched the Minagawa storyline and instead focused on the issues caused by Kunieda's dedication to living two drastically different lives.
Extras:
Two full-color illustrations (just differently colored versions of the front and back cover art), black and white illustrations throughout, and a foreword by the author that is weirdly positioned on the same page as part of the story text, but just before a "bonus" scene with Kunieda and Tsuzuki.
I was not a fan of the artwork, which included several sex scene moments featuring massive amounts of fluid (sweat, lube, semen, or some combination of all three? you decide!).
Rating Note:
I'm going with 2.5 stars on LibraryThing because, ugh, that Minagawa storyline. Rounding up to 3 stars on Goodreads because of my enjoyment of the first half and how readable the translation was.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
July 26, 2021
kei was fucking annoying but i didn't really care? he kinda reminded me of sakura from naruto so i think thats why. also there was (almost) cheating trope which made me giggle bc tatsuki was a really great character. ushio wasn't bad either.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 4, 2023
so slay , literally immaculate , saur cute , literally had me kicking my feet and giggling !!
January 28, 2023
It's actually 240 pages and it's not very good. I'm not sure if it was the writing or the translation but the dialogue was awkward, making none of the characters sound real, so there was no chemistry between any of them. The sex was cringey, the relationship unbelievable, and the plot was boring. The message was interesting enough and I remember the anime being ok (I forgot I'd seen it until about 50 pages in) but it's certainly not a good book. If this really is a series then I'll pass on the rest
August 13, 2021
I would say 3 1/2 stars. It’s was okay but the main character was annoying.
February 22, 2025
To było takie komfortowe w czytaniu!
Bardzo szybko i przyjemnie się brnęło przez krótką historię bohaterów. Jeniseju muszę dorwać drugą część 🤭🩷
Bardzo szybko i przyjemnie się brnęło przez krótką historię bohaterów. Jeniseju muszę dorwać drugą część 🤭🩷
June 1, 2022
A very fun and light-hearted read!
October 28, 2022
A charismatic, well-liked newscaster Kunieda Kei has carefully cultivated his likeable personality down to the smallest details. But the real Kei, in the privacy of his mind and his home, is a foul-mouthed, bad-tempered slob who loves to eat junk food. He has managed to keep his two personalities separate and no one, except his mother, knows about his staunchly-guarded identity. The lines however get blurred when he crosses paths with the amiable, perceptive, stop-motion animator Tsuzuki Ushio. Ushio might just be the one to rattle Kei’s meticulously constructed pack of cards and honestly, it might not be a bad thing after all.
I don’t know why but I expected this book to be a manga. Except for a handful of illustrations, it turned out to be an unexpectedly well-written, fledgling love story. I was also for someone reason expecting it to be a pristine, kawaii-sh love story and was quite surprised by the sizzling and rather detailed bedroom scenes. Surprised, but not unpleasantly at that (*inserts sheepish, BL-Drama-loving winky face*). The unexpected love triangle was rather adorable because the second lead was refreshing in his boisterous spontaneity.
Honestly, I didn’t much care for Kei’s personality but he grew on me and I liked him best when he engages banter with the tart and witty Ushio.
Fast-paced, thoughtful and also, oddly vulnerable.
I don’t know why but I expected this book to be a manga. Except for a handful of illustrations, it turned out to be an unexpectedly well-written, fledgling love story. I was also for someone reason expecting it to be a pristine, kawaii-sh love story and was quite surprised by the sizzling and rather detailed bedroom scenes. Surprised, but not unpleasantly at that (*inserts sheepish, BL-Drama-loving winky face*). The unexpected love triangle was rather adorable because the second lead was refreshing in his boisterous spontaneity.
Honestly, I didn’t much care for Kei’s personality but he grew on me and I liked him best when he engages banter with the tart and witty Ushio.
Fast-paced, thoughtful and also, oddly vulnerable.
November 6, 2020
Wow this was a lot more risqué than I thought it’d be. Older teen rating, my butt haha.
Really enjoyed Kei’s inner monologues and snap backs. I really liked the first half/section of the book. Kinda confused by the second half/section - like where did the random “hmm you know Tazuki isn’t that bad on the eyes” part come from? I thought Kei was gonna set Tazuki straight then all of a sudden it started rolling to possibly Kei cheating?? That got resolved quick thanks to some WWE wrestling moves on Ushio’a part (Lol) but I felt that scene was weirdly out of character for Kei.
Well regardless, this was a quick fun read. I laughed a lot and thankfully I didn’t read this out in public because damn did things get sexy a lot. The translation was great!
I look forward to more if those volumes ever got released in English :)
Really enjoyed Kei’s inner monologues and snap backs. I really liked the first half/section of the book. Kinda confused by the second half/section - like where did the random “hmm you know Tazuki isn’t that bad on the eyes” part come from? I thought Kei was gonna set Tazuki straight then all of a sudden it started rolling to possibly Kei cheating?? That got resolved quick thanks to some WWE wrestling moves on Ushio’a part (Lol) but I felt that scene was weirdly out of character for Kei.
Well regardless, this was a quick fun read. I laughed a lot and thankfully I didn’t read this out in public because damn did things get sexy a lot. The translation was great!
I look forward to more if those volumes ever got released in English :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 4, 2020
ผู้ประกาศข่าวตีสองหน้าปะทะนายแอนิเมเตอร์ผู้แสนใจกว้างแต่ก็มีความยียวนกวนประสาทเบาๆ ซึ่งพอสองคนนี้มาเจอกันแล้วมันเกิดเป็นเรื่องราวที่น่ารักมากกกกกกก ตัวละครหลักทั้งสองน่ารักน่าหยิก บทสนทนาโต้ตอบเฮฮา เรื่องราวเกี่ยวกับการทำงานผู้ประกาศข่าวของเคย์ก็น่าสนใจมากๆ ดูเผินๆ แล้วเคย์ (นายเอก) อาจจะเป็นตัวละครนิสัยเสีย ต่อหน้าอย่างนึง ลับหลังอีกอย่าง แต่อ่านไปเรื่อยๆ กลับรู้สึกเอ็นดูขึ้นมาซะงั้น อ่านซ้ำๆ หลายรอบยังไม่เบื่อเลย
July 14, 2020
truly the cutest shit ever
January 3, 2023
3.75/5
February 23, 2025
Honestly, I enjoyed this SO MUCH MORE than I expected to.
Of course, I didn't buy the book expecting it to be meh, but after reading and being extremely disappointed by Dinner for Three, I suddenly got apprehensive. Luckily, No, Yes, Maybe? was a lot of fun, even though I think parts 1 and 2 are incomparable in terms of quality.
Let's talk characters first. Kunieda Kei (and, as always, thank you, Seven Seas, for keeping the proper name order; may your pillow always be cold) is our MC and the narrator of the story. He is a perfect, princely news anchor by day and a hot-tampered slob by night. He's basically the most extreme form of the Japanese "honne" 本音 and "tatemae" 建前 - his true feelings are the complete opposite of his facade, but he only acts and voices them when he's alone. And you know what? I found his inner dialogue extremely funny and likable. My man finds everyone annoying and incompetent, but he's also not going to be mean and disparaging to their faces.
Everything in his life goes awry when his two personas come to interact with the same man. Ushio Tsuzuki is a freelance animator with whom what you see is mostly what you get, the complete opposite of Kunieda. I hope we get to know Tsuzuki better in the following installments because, while I did love their relationship (mostly - more on that in a second), I don't feel like I know this man all too well. What I do know is that he makes Kunieda tingle and that he accepts him as is, but I would love to see more from his perspective or have these two talk more in-depth so I can better understand him and what made him fall in love with Kunieda. While I know Japanese narratives are often more about the "comfortable silence" and "quiet acceptance," I would love a bit more communication LOL (and I think they'd benefit from it, as a whole).
I loved their relationship in part one. I loved how it progressed in a way that felt like it was meant to be. I loved how it made Kunieda look at himself more closely, as those were my favorite parts. My boy had pretended that he was okay with his two-facedness, but deep down... he thought himself unlovable. And suddenly, he wanted to be loved. It causes a spiral that is certainly not healthy or good for his relationships, but it was fascinating and moving to read about. Now, if he had shared any of it with Tsuzuki, I'd been in heaven.
So far, so good. And as we started part two, I was excited to see more of their relationship, But then. THEN. Comes in Tatsuki. Now, I'm not against this character per se, although I do not like his pushiness. But why, oh why, did the story have to go in that direction?
Ultimately, the second part of the story took it from a 4-star, super fun read to more of a 3.75-star kind of read. Still, I am curious to see where this story goes from here!
Translation: I thought the translation was fantastic. While I can't comment on accuracy as I didn't have the source material, I was highly impressed by how well everything flows as, as someone who's had to translate Japanese before, though certainly not on a novel scale, I know how hard it can be to make it flow naturally in English. Moreover, I was happy to see "san" and "kun" alongside the proper name order and many more Japanese terminology. I wonder why the Japanese TLs don't have a glossary or anything like the Chinese novels do, though, as I think it could benefit people unfamiliar with it. I also loved the illustrations, haha
Of course, I didn't buy the book expecting it to be meh, but after reading and being extremely disappointed by Dinner for Three, I suddenly got apprehensive. Luckily, No, Yes, Maybe? was a lot of fun, even though I think parts 1 and 2 are incomparable in terms of quality.
Let's talk characters first. Kunieda Kei (and, as always, thank you, Seven Seas, for keeping the proper name order; may your pillow always be cold) is our MC and the narrator of the story. He is a perfect, princely news anchor by day and a hot-tampered slob by night. He's basically the most extreme form of the Japanese "honne" 本音 and "tatemae" 建前 - his true feelings are the complete opposite of his facade, but he only acts and voices them when he's alone. And you know what? I found his inner dialogue extremely funny and likable. My man finds everyone annoying and incompetent, but he's also not going to be mean and disparaging to their faces.
Everything in his life goes awry when his two personas come to interact with the same man. Ushio Tsuzuki is a freelance animator with whom what you see is mostly what you get, the complete opposite of Kunieda. I hope we get to know Tsuzuki better in the following installments because, while I did love their relationship (mostly - more on that in a second), I don't feel like I know this man all too well. What I do know is that he makes Kunieda tingle and that he accepts him as is, but I would love to see more from his perspective or have these two talk more in-depth so I can better understand him and what made him fall in love with Kunieda. While I know Japanese narratives are often more about the "comfortable silence" and "quiet acceptance," I would love a bit more communication LOL (and I think they'd benefit from it, as a whole).
I loved their relationship in part one. I loved how it progressed in a way that felt like it was meant to be. I loved how it made Kunieda look at himself more closely, as those were my favorite parts. My boy had pretended that he was okay with his two-facedness, but deep down... he thought himself unlovable. And suddenly, he wanted to be loved. It causes a spiral that is certainly not healthy or good for his relationships, but it was fascinating and moving to read about. Now, if he had shared any of it with Tsuzuki, I'd been in heaven.
So far, so good. And as we started part two, I was excited to see more of their relationship, But then. THEN. Comes in Tatsuki. Now, I'm not against this character per se, although I do not like his pushiness. But why, oh why, did the story have to go in that direction?
Ultimately, the second part of the story took it from a 4-star, super fun read to more of a 3.75-star kind of read. Still, I am curious to see where this story goes from here!
Translation: I thought the translation was fantastic. While I can't comment on accuracy as I didn't have the source material, I was highly impressed by how well everything flows as, as someone who's had to translate Japanese before, though certainly not on a novel scale, I know how hard it can be to make it flow naturally in English. Moreover, I was happy to see "san" and "kun" alongside the proper name order and many more Japanese terminology. I wonder why the Japanese TLs don't have a glossary or anything like the Chinese novels do, though, as I think it could benefit people unfamiliar with it. I also loved the illustrations, haha
May 28, 2024
I picked up Yes, No, or Maybe? when it came out originally in 2021 after watching the anime adaptation. I read it in a day or two and remember liking the first part (especially the ending, as it added a lot of internal narration to the ending of the movie that everyone hated), and really disliking the second part. For my second read (in 2024, in preparation to read the sequel), I expected my thoughts on this book to stay the same. However, I surprised myself -- because I did not find myself hating the second section as much as I once did.
I still think the first section (the first 140 pages or so in the SevenSeas publication, which has 240 pages total, I have no idea why none of the Goodreads edition listings are correct) is much stronger than the bonus stories at the end, but I... didn't hate them this time. Don't get me wrong, love triangles really aren't my thing and I really hate cheating / willingness to cheat, but I get why it was included, and really, it feels right, especially for what Kunieda notes on page 215: "His was a passion entirely unlike the admiration and praise I was used to... a passion I thought only Ushio could feel for me..."
Kunieda, despite his self obsession and narcissism, knows that he is, at his core, unlikable to most people. He's cruel and crude and sassy and selfish -- all traits that are major turn offs, especially when we take social norms and etiquette into consideration. As such, it makes sense that he would be intrigued by the idea that someone likes him for who he is, for all of who he is, extremely perfect mask and grumpy antisocial loner. While he could, and should, be satisfied with Tsuzuki's love, it makes sense to me that he would get caught up in someone else also being able to love all of him like that -- it's never happened to him before, and, really, it's not something he could have ever expected. But more than that, it really gives him the chance to say that no, not just anyone's love is enough; it has to be Tsuzuki. Which I think is what was trying to go on at the end there, along with Kunieda being touched that Tsuzuki actively chose him, chased him, and got protective of him.
But I could just be bias, because this novel has a few things in it I really like:
- the characters
- the trope "if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known"
- the trope of falling in love with two different people only to find out it's the same person
- and what I like to call the Only Motherfucker In The City Who Can Handle Me trope, which is to say the trope of "damn, there is something, like, fundamentally wrong with you, and I am glad you found literally the only person in with world who can deal with you."
Which is really to say I like Kunieda! Yeah he's a little bitch on the inside, but he's very real in his thoughts and I like how much he cares about his appearance and how much effort he puts into maintaining it. I feel that when we're usually given characters with such a massive personality gap, they usually don't have to put any effort into their mask/alternate persona because they're the cruel-but-perfect type. But Kunieda knows he's not perfect, even though he tries so hard to make it look like he is. He's studious and a quick learner and has the social consciousness to know how he needs to act in public in order to be liked and, really, survive -- and that makes him more interesting than just a perfect person with a bad personality; he's a person striving to be perfect as a shield for who he really is and who doesn't know just how much strain living like this has put him under.And while I do not think that he is autistic coded, but as an autistic person, the idea of having a perfect mask that no one can find fault with hits really close to home.
And I am happy he found Tsuzuki, because as much as I like Kunieda and find him interesting as a character, holy hell would he be insufferable to know as a person. So I am sincerely glad he found the Only Motherfucker In The City Who Can Handle Him. And that, to me, is what makes their relationship compelling -- I want to see how this relationship will force Kunieda to grow and change, and how they will, inevitably, clash and be forced to evolve. I love stories that continue past the I love you / get together stage because of this reason, but I'm not going to lie -- I am nervous to read the second volume because I do worry their relationship may stagnate or run in circles, which is not fun to read. I want to see characters grow, change, and better each other -- not continue to fight the same fights.
I still think the first section (the first 140 pages or so in the SevenSeas publication, which has 240 pages total, I have no idea why none of the Goodreads edition listings are correct) is much stronger than the bonus stories at the end, but I... didn't hate them this time. Don't get me wrong, love triangles really aren't my thing and I really hate cheating / willingness to cheat, but I get why it was included, and really, it feels right, especially for what Kunieda notes on page 215: "His was a passion entirely unlike the admiration and praise I was used to... a passion I thought only Ushio could feel for me..."
Kunieda, despite his self obsession and narcissism, knows that he is, at his core, unlikable to most people. He's cruel and crude and sassy and selfish -- all traits that are major turn offs, especially when we take social norms and etiquette into consideration. As such, it makes sense that he would be intrigued by the idea that someone likes him for who he is, for all of who he is, extremely perfect mask and grumpy antisocial loner. While he could, and should, be satisfied with Tsuzuki's love, it makes sense to me that he would get caught up in someone else also being able to love all of him like that -- it's never happened to him before, and, really, it's not something he could have ever expected. But more than that, it really gives him the chance to say that no, not just anyone's love is enough; it has to be Tsuzuki. Which I think is what was trying to go on at the end there, along with Kunieda being touched that Tsuzuki actively chose him, chased him, and got protective of him.
But I could just be bias, because this novel has a few things in it I really like:
- the characters
- the trope "if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known"
- the trope of falling in love with two different people only to find out it's the same person
- and what I like to call the Only Motherfucker In The City Who Can Handle Me trope, which is to say the trope of "damn, there is something, like, fundamentally wrong with you, and I am glad you found literally the only person in with world who can deal with you."
Which is really to say I like Kunieda! Yeah he's a little bitch on the inside, but he's very real in his thoughts and I like how much he cares about his appearance and how much effort he puts into maintaining it. I feel that when we're usually given characters with such a massive personality gap, they usually don't have to put any effort into their mask/alternate persona because they're the cruel-but-perfect type. But Kunieda knows he's not perfect, even though he tries so hard to make it look like he is. He's studious and a quick learner and has the social consciousness to know how he needs to act in public in order to be liked and, really, survive -- and that makes him more interesting than just a perfect person with a bad personality; he's a person striving to be perfect as a shield for who he really is and who doesn't know just how much strain living like this has put him under.
And I am happy he found Tsuzuki, because as much as I like Kunieda and find him interesting as a character, holy hell would he be insufferable to know as a person. So I am sincerely glad he found the Only Motherfucker In The City Who Can Handle Him. And that, to me, is what makes their relationship compelling -- I want to see how this relationship will force Kunieda to grow and change, and how they will, inevitably, clash and be forced to evolve. I love stories that continue past the I love you / get together stage because of this reason, but I'm not going to lie -- I am nervous to read the second volume because I do worry their relationship may stagnate or run in circles, which is not fun to read. I want to see characters grow, change, and better each other -- not continue to fight the same fights.
May 2, 2022
Yes, no, or Maybe review
✔️✖️❔
You know, sometimes I'm all for high fantasy, refined to the Gods kind of masterpieces, and sometimes I love to read and indulge in some quality trash.
Honestly though, it's not bad! If you want a quick, easy read, with entertaining banter this is the one for you. Sure there are some issues and problems with this LN - light novel -, and I'm not one to excuse or justify any of them, but it has still quickly become one of my guilty pleasure reads.
The main character, Kunieda Kei, alias Prince Charming is known to be nice, well mannered and classy, but underneath it all he's just an asshole, who has to keep his act up since he's a public figure. Kind of like having a private and a public personality - retail and customer service workers raise your hands, we know how this works -.
Enter Tsuzuki, and a chance encounter where Kei doesn't notice the pedestrian light turning red, and causes a collision - thankfully it's not a car, it's a bicycle - which leaves Tsuzuki with an unfortunately bruised arm and - thankfully - Kei's to-go dinner intact. (yes he cared more about the latter) A little bit of guilt tripping, and Kei is stuck helping Tsuzuki with his work.
Now for more of my thoughts, I actually preferred the LN over the anime adaptation, but ultimately liked both quite a lot. Kei has some hilarious inner monologues, and while the translator took the liberty of adding ROFL unironically into the mix - which caused me to cringe - it was still a fun read.
The plot was simple, and the anime only mostly covers half of the story, leaving out some interesting details as well, so it was nice to read the novel after the anime. Tsuzuki and Kei are a hot mess but it does serve us some quality banter here and there. Kei is unlikable to the point you actually end up loving that idiot. I must admit that the first half of the novel was better than the second half, but ultimately entertaining as a whole.
✔️✖️❔
You know, sometimes I'm all for high fantasy, refined to the Gods kind of masterpieces, and sometimes I love to read and indulge in some quality trash.
Honestly though, it's not bad! If you want a quick, easy read, with entertaining banter this is the one for you. Sure there are some issues and problems with this LN - light novel -, and I'm not one to excuse or justify any of them, but it has still quickly become one of my guilty pleasure reads.
The main character, Kunieda Kei, alias Prince Charming is known to be nice, well mannered and classy, but underneath it all he's just an asshole, who has to keep his act up since he's a public figure. Kind of like having a private and a public personality - retail and customer service workers raise your hands, we know how this works -.
Enter Tsuzuki, and a chance encounter where Kei doesn't notice the pedestrian light turning red, and causes a collision - thankfully it's not a car, it's a bicycle - which leaves Tsuzuki with an unfortunately bruised arm and - thankfully - Kei's to-go dinner intact. (yes he cared more about the latter) A little bit of guilt tripping, and Kei is stuck helping Tsuzuki with his work.
Now for more of my thoughts, I actually preferred the LN over the anime adaptation, but ultimately liked both quite a lot. Kei has some hilarious inner monologues, and while the translator took the liberty of adding ROFL unironically into the mix - which caused me to cringe - it was still a fun read.
The plot was simple, and the anime only mostly covers half of the story, leaving out some interesting details as well, so it was nice to read the novel after the anime. Tsuzuki and Kei are a hot mess but it does serve us some quality banter here and there. Kei is unlikable to the point you actually end up loving that idiot. I must admit that the first half of the novel was better than the second half, but ultimately entertaining as a whole.
February 14, 2023
🌸Ta krótka historia była tak niesamowitym doświadczeniem, że żadna strona nie powstrzymywała mnie przed piszczeniem z ekscytacji albo gromkim śmiechem. Narracja jest prowadzona w bardzo zabawny sposób, głównie za sprawą wstawek myśli Kuniedy, ale również i najprostszych dialogów pomiędzy nim a Tsuzukim. Ich relacja od samego początku sprawiała, że zapominałam o wszystkim dookoła i zagłębiałam się w słownych potyczkach głównych bohaterów.
Zdecydowanie było to MOJE poczucie humoru - coś niesamowitego. Poboczne postaci również były wspaniałe i barwne, przez co nie nudziłam się na żadnej scenie.
💫Ogromnie podobał mi się stopniowy rozwój uczucia Kuniedy i Tzusukiego. Ich relacja była pełna sprzeczności, ponieważ obie strony były swoimi przeciwieństwami, co niekiedy doprowadzało do komicznych sytuacji. Autor w odpowiedni sposób wprowadzał małe szczegóły, składające się na przeurocze interakcje bohaterów!
Tsuzuki niezmiernie rozczulał mnie swoją bezpośredniością i wrażliwością, a także i pięknymi uczuciami, których uczył odczuwać Kuniedę. WSZYSTKO między nimi było wyjątkowe ✨
🌙Wydanie jest równie piękne co sama treść! Barwione brzegi i przepiękne ilustracje... jestem na TAK! 😍
🔥W nowelce znajdują się również sceny erotyczne, więc zaznaczam, że jest to lektura 18+. Co mogę powiedzieć? Cudowna relacja z dodatkiem wyczuwalnej namiętności zaskarbi sobie Wasze serca. Wierzcie mi na słowo… 🤭
☘️Nawet nie umiem ubrać w słowa tego, jak bardzo pokochałam bohaterów tej historii! Uśmiech nie schodził mi z twarzy podczas całej lektury! 🥹
Ogrom śmiechu, słodko-gorzkie relacje i płomienne uczucia! Czy można chcieć więcej?🥰
Zdecydowanie było to MOJE poczucie humoru - coś niesamowitego. Poboczne postaci również były wspaniałe i barwne, przez co nie nudziłam się na żadnej scenie.
💫Ogromnie podobał mi się stopniowy rozwój uczucia Kuniedy i Tzusukiego. Ich relacja była pełna sprzeczności, ponieważ obie strony były swoimi przeciwieństwami, co niekiedy doprowadzało do komicznych sytuacji. Autor w odpowiedni sposób wprowadzał małe szczegóły, składające się na przeurocze interakcje bohaterów!
Tsuzuki niezmiernie rozczulał mnie swoją bezpośredniością i wrażliwością, a także i pięknymi uczuciami, których uczył odczuwać Kuniedę. WSZYSTKO między nimi było wyjątkowe ✨
🌙Wydanie jest równie piękne co sama treść! Barwione brzegi i przepiękne ilustracje... jestem na TAK! 😍
🔥W nowelce znajdują się również sceny erotyczne, więc zaznaczam, że jest to lektura 18+. Co mogę powiedzieć? Cudowna relacja z dodatkiem wyczuwalnej namiętności zaskarbi sobie Wasze serca. Wierzcie mi na słowo… 🤭
☘️Nawet nie umiem ubrać w słowa tego, jak bardzo pokochałam bohaterów tej historii! Uśmiech nie schodził mi z twarzy podczas całej lektury! 🥹
Ogrom śmiechu, słodko-gorzkie relacje i płomienne uczucia! Czy można chcieć więcej?🥰
November 27, 2023
Nowelke podzieliłabym na 3 części, głównie przez to że miała swoje lepsze i gorsze momenty:
Część I (s.1-124)
Czytałam ją z wypiekami ma twarzy, ale co zrobić jak dostajemy kilka uroczych momentów, które są w stanie rozczulić i sprawić, że z naszych ust wymsknie się ciche „oh”. Nawet cięty język głównego bohatera nie jest w stanie tego zepsuć!
Część II (s.126-155)
Wypada gorzej od pierwszej.
Nagle dowiadujemy się, że minęło pół roku odkąd Kei i Ushio są razem. Mimo tego miałam wrażenie, że ich relacja stanęła w miejscu, a płomień który był na początku zgasł.
Nie dostajemy też za wiele interakcji między głównymi bohaterami. Można nawet powiedzieć, że fabuła skupia się na pracy Keia.
Część III (s.156-206)
Teraz do akcji wkracza Tatsuki - lekkoduch, który wprowadza trochę zamętu i tym samym rozkręca całą historie.
Chyba nie muszę mówić, że od razu go pokochałam 🤎
W dodatku sprawił, że kartkowałam nowelkę jak szalona, a moje serce chciało wyskoczyć.
Całość jest napisana prostym językiem i nie dostajemy zbyt wielu rozbudowanych opisów (niestety taki już urok nowelek).
Miałam też wrażenie, że w niektórych momentach dialogi były chaotyczne, szczególnie kiedy więcej osób włączało się do rozmowy. Wtedy łatwo było się pogubić, co kto mówi.
Podsumowanie: Uważam, że nowelka była dobra/ok. Podobał mi się sam motyw historii i to że można z innej perspektywy spojrzeć na prace prezentera czy animatora.
Pomimo tego zabrakło mi pogłębienia relacji Ushio i Keia, a samo zakończenie było mocno przyspieszone.
Część I (s.1-124)
Czytałam ją z wypiekami ma twarzy, ale co zrobić jak dostajemy kilka uroczych momentów, które są w stanie rozczulić i sprawić, że z naszych ust wymsknie się ciche „oh”. Nawet cięty język głównego bohatera nie jest w stanie tego zepsuć!
Część II (s.126-155)
Wypada gorzej od pierwszej.
Nagle dowiadujemy się, że minęło pół roku odkąd Kei i Ushio są razem. Mimo tego miałam wrażenie, że ich relacja stanęła w miejscu, a płomień który był na początku zgasł.
Nie dostajemy też za wiele interakcji między głównymi bohaterami. Można nawet powiedzieć, że fabuła skupia się na pracy Keia.
Część III (s.156-206)
Teraz do akcji wkracza Tatsuki - lekkoduch, który wprowadza trochę zamętu i tym samym rozkręca całą historie.
Chyba nie muszę mówić, że od razu go pokochałam 🤎
W dodatku sprawił, że kartkowałam nowelkę jak szalona, a moje serce chciało wyskoczyć.
Całość jest napisana prostym językiem i nie dostajemy zbyt wielu rozbudowanych opisów (niestety taki już urok nowelek).
Miałam też wrażenie, że w niektórych momentach dialogi były chaotyczne, szczególnie kiedy więcej osób włączało się do rozmowy. Wtedy łatwo było się pogubić, co kto mówi.
Podsumowanie: Uważam, że nowelka była dobra/ok. Podobał mi się sam motyw historii i to że można z innej perspektywy spojrzeć na prace prezentera czy animatora.
Pomimo tego zabrakło mi pogłębienia relacji Ushio i Keia, a samo zakończenie było mocno przyspieszone.
March 21, 2024
This is a short story and it's nice to have a shorter story. It's more like a novella. This is a Japanese novella set in a big city there.
This was steamy.
Kei is our main character and Kei sort of has a split personality. It's on purpose. Kei is a newscaster at a media station. Kei has this perfect persona - every thinks he's perfect and so nice. He looks so put together. Kei gets home, puts on clothes that almost look like he's homeless and he likes to walk around with a mask on so no one recognizes him and he likes eating junk food.
He is a very judgmental, harsh person on the inside. At work he totally hides all that. He meets an artist he has to interview for his job and this person gets on Kei's nerves and he's also intrigued. This turns into a friendship, a very odd friendship. They live in the same neighborhood and ran into each other.
Kei doesn't let this new friend know he's also the famous anchor and he is very rude. I don't get why people would want someone so rude as a friend, but every relationship is their own. I think this is like watching to porcupines date. Anyway,
I ripped right through this story. It was so good. I was very entertained. I haven't read much from Japan outside of Manga, so this was interesting. There is a second volume that just came out. I will have to give that a try.
This was steamy.
Kei is our main character and Kei sort of has a split personality. It's on purpose. Kei is a newscaster at a media station. Kei has this perfect persona - every thinks he's perfect and so nice. He looks so put together. Kei gets home, puts on clothes that almost look like he's homeless and he likes to walk around with a mask on so no one recognizes him and he likes eating junk food.
He is a very judgmental, harsh person on the inside. At work he totally hides all that. He meets an artist he has to interview for his job and this person gets on Kei's nerves and he's also intrigued. This turns into a friendship, a very odd friendship. They live in the same neighborhood and ran into each other.
Kei doesn't let this new friend know he's also the famous anchor and he is very rude. I don't get why people would want someone so rude as a friend, but every relationship is their own. I think this is like watching to porcupines date. Anyway,
I ripped right through this story. It was so good. I was very entertained. I haven't read much from Japan outside of Manga, so this was interesting. There is a second volume that just came out. I will have to give that a try.
August 14, 2023
Ocena tej mango noweli jest trudna do stwierdzenia przeze mnie xD bohaterowie niby byli okej.Ale później mamy sceny +18,które powinny dostać 1/5 i wciąż się waham czy całość nie zasługuje na te 1, bo przekonanie, że koniecznie musi dojść do seksu analnego czy straight up zmuszanie drugiej osoby do seksu nie jest okej.
Mamy tu klasyczne nie chcę, co wyraża sprzeciw wobec tego typu aktywności i jeśli nie jest to niewłaściwe czy SA to nie wiem co to jest. Czasy były ciężkie, bo to rok 2014, a mamy 2023 i jest nareszcie większa świadomość tego co właściwe a co nie, ale mimo to, tego typu sceny wręcz zmuszania nie powinny się pojawiać.
Ten prezenter sportowy to też była porażka.
Co do oceny na razie zostawię te 3,ale nooo
Ocena :3/5
Mamy tu klasyczne nie chcę, co wyraża sprzeciw wobec tego typu aktywności i jeśli nie jest to niewłaściwe czy SA to nie wiem co to jest. Czasy były ciężkie, bo to rok 2014, a mamy 2023 i jest nareszcie większa świadomość tego co właściwe a co nie, ale mimo to, tego typu sceny wręcz zmuszania nie powinny się pojawiać.
Ten prezenter sportowy to też była porażka.
Co do oceny na razie zostawię te 3,ale nooo
Ocena :3/5
August 15, 2022
This is probably more of a 4.5.
Fair warning, the main character is 100% unrepentant, self-centered asshole and that side of him doesn't change. Don't expect it to.
But if you can deal with an asshole character, there are other ways in which he grows and faces himself.
It's also interesting to see someone loving him exactly as he is. Ushio knows who he is and doesn't want or expect him to change. It's nice. There's cliche change of his character so that he really becomes the prince he pretends to be. He just is who he is and he finds someone who loves him exactly like that. And luckily, he realizes what a rare thing he's found and falls in love too.
Fair warning, the main character is 100% unrepentant, self-centered asshole and that side of him doesn't change. Don't expect it to.
But if you can deal with an asshole character, there are other ways in which he grows and faces himself.
It's also interesting to see someone loving him exactly as he is. Ushio knows who he is and doesn't want or expect him to change. It's nice. There's cliche change of his character so that he really becomes the prince he pretends to be. He just is who he is and he finds someone who loves him exactly like that. And luckily, he realizes what a rare thing he's found and falls in love too.
June 25, 2024
After seeing the film some time ago, I thought I should watch it again to relive the memories. However, after a while, I decided I wanted to learn more about the story's depth, so at midnight, I hurried to a friend's house and asked if I could borrow the light novel. They said sure, and I enjoy the light novel because it goes into detail about Kei's alter ego and the reasons behind his actions. I also enjoy how Kei only ever displays his true self to those he truly "loves" about and not to outsiders. Though it has some flaws, which is why it isn't a five star read, the light novel was fine overall and could make you giggle a little.
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