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Fragment of a Flower 半壊の花
A collection of touching short stories from Hayane Dento
Fragment of a Flower
In high school, Toyoki Ashihara befriends Yu and Haru, identical twins who often switch places with each other as a joke. But, when Toyoki reveals that he can tell them both apart the twins stop. Overtime, the twins stop their gags and start cutting and dying their hair to make it easier to know who is who. Their friendship seems to go smoothly until it fades away when they graduate high school. Years later, Toyoki and Yu reunite at Haru's funeral...but is this really Haru's funeral?
The Calm Sea behind the Door
Midori is the new landlord at his grandfather´s house. A house that with its darkness and sounds has scared him since he was a little kid.
Dinning table of Liars
Two men meets every night at the dinning table. They eat, then they have sex. They have that sort of relationship that doesn´t need delicacy, but there might be more than one liar around the dinning table.
The Road Back To Paddy Fields
Kei and Kousuke found love and freedom in the paddy fields around their village, but now they split them, when Kousuke´s painting of the paddy fields takes him to University in Tokyo.
Fragment of a Flower
In high school, Toyoki Ashihara befriends Yu and Haru, identical twins who often switch places with each other as a joke. But, when Toyoki reveals that he can tell them both apart the twins stop. Overtime, the twins stop their gags and start cutting and dying their hair to make it easier to know who is who. Their friendship seems to go smoothly until it fades away when they graduate high school. Years later, Toyoki and Yu reunite at Haru's funeral...but is this really Haru's funeral?
The Calm Sea behind the Door
Midori is the new landlord at his grandfather´s house. A house that with its darkness and sounds has scared him since he was a little kid.
Dinning table of Liars
Two men meets every night at the dinning table. They eat, then they have sex. They have that sort of relationship that doesn´t need delicacy, but there might be more than one liar around the dinning table.
The Road Back To Paddy Fields
Kei and Kousuke found love and freedom in the paddy fields around their village, but now they split them, when Kousuke´s painting of the paddy fields takes him to University in Tokyo.
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November 24, 2024
Hmm, this really puts me in a love-hate relationship with this manga.
I’m annoyed that it’s an anthology, but at the same time, I love it because every story in it is so enjoyable to read. I like all of them, and that almost never happens. Honestly, I’d love to read full-length versions of each story in this anthology.
I’m annoyed that it’s an anthology, but at the same time, I love it because every story in it is so enjoyable to read. I like all of them, and that almost never happens. Honestly, I’d love to read full-length versions of each story in this anthology.
March 8, 2021
4.5/5
May 18, 2021
I have mixed feelings about this one. The first story, Fragment of a Flower, had a good premise, but wasn't long enough to actually make me care for the characters. Also, it just kind of ended. I was expecting there to be more story, since it was just starting to really get into the emotional stuff, but then it just ended. The second story, The Calm Sea Behind the Door, was fine. It was a oneshot and there wasn't a whole lot to it. The third story, Dining Table of Liars, was pretty good. I wasn't a fan of the characters at the start, but it actually ended up being kinda cute. The final story, The Road Back to the Paddy Fields, was amazing! The story was just so sad and beautiful. The first 3 stories were fine, I wouldn't recommend them, but I wouldn't discourage you from reading them either. And I highly recommend the final story, definitely give it a read!
October 24, 2024
I typically avoid anthologies, since they never really work out with me. There are three completed stories, The first story is so delicately written, you feel vulnerable with the characters even in the limited time span you have with them. I have to say that the first one really was my favorite and the followed up short stories couldn’t compare to it at all …so it actually took the fun for the rest of this manga away from me. I don’t say they were bad but the frost story just put my expectations too high.
July 21, 2020
Made my heart ache deliciously
February 20, 2023
Chinese title: 半壞之花
This has got 神率 of 55.9% on Chil-Chil.
Overall 4-5⭐️
This is Hayane Dentou sensei’s debut BL manga, a compilation of four short stories. I gotta say this artist is pretty talented, with original ideas and distinctive drawing style. She likes to play with the concept of time, such as memories from distant past and reunion after a long period of time.
I bought this book solely because of the last story! Highly recommended!
1st story 表題作
半壊の花
The seme and his twin brother went to the same high school as the uke, they look so much alike, only the uke can tell them apart. Both brothers liked the uke, but the uke liked one of them… So they agreed to stay away from the uke for fair competition, then one day one of the brother got into an accident and passed away…
2nd story 同時収録作品
扉の向こうの凪いだ海
The seme is an university student renting a room at the uke’s large but quiet house. The uke is scared of ghosts ever since he encountered some unknown light in the house when he was young. The seme is preparing for school events and put a female ghost figurine in the hallway…
3rd story 同時収録作品
嘘つきたちの食卓
The seme is a chef who thinks the uke looked cute when eating so he likes to cook for the uke… They started a physical relationship but the uke soon found out the seme has a gf…
4th story 同時収録作品
稲穂に帰る道
This is my favorite story in this book, about two childhood friends who became lovers, because of the small town that they live in, they have to be secretive about their relationship and only hold hands when they walk through the crop field…
In their last year of high school, the seme is contemplating about moving to Tokyo to pursue his art dreams. Of course the uke is very supportive and pushed him from behind…
After many years the uke decided to go to Tokyo and find seme, he saw a beautiful painting of the crop fields and started writing fan letters to the seme…
This story reminds me a bit of 小松‘s それから、君を考える, but with a happy ending!
This has got 神率 of 55.9% on Chil-Chil.
Overall 4-5⭐️
This is Hayane Dentou sensei’s debut BL manga, a compilation of four short stories. I gotta say this artist is pretty talented, with original ideas and distinctive drawing style. She likes to play with the concept of time, such as memories from distant past and reunion after a long period of time.
I bought this book solely because of the last story! Highly recommended!
1st story 表題作
半壊の花
The seme and his twin brother went to the same high school as the uke, they look so much alike, only the uke can tell them apart. Both brothers liked the uke, but the uke liked one of them… So they agreed to stay away from the uke for fair competition, then one day one of the brother got into an accident and passed away…
2nd story 同時収録作品
扉の向こうの凪いだ海
The seme is an university student renting a room at the uke’s large but quiet house. The uke is scared of ghosts ever since he encountered some unknown light in the house when he was young. The seme is preparing for school events and put a female ghost figurine in the hallway…
3rd story 同時収録作品
嘘つきたちの食卓
The seme is a chef who thinks the uke looked cute when eating so he likes to cook for the uke… They started a physical relationship but the uke soon found out the seme has a gf…
4th story 同時収録作品
稲穂に帰る道
This is my favorite story in this book, about two childhood friends who became lovers, because of the small town that they live in, they have to be secretive about their relationship and only hold hands when they walk through the crop field…
In their last year of high school, the seme is contemplating about moving to Tokyo to pursue his art dreams. Of course the uke is very supportive and pushed him from behind…
After many years the uke decided to go to Tokyo and find seme, he saw a beautiful painting of the crop fields and started writing fan letters to the seme…
This story reminds me a bit of 小松‘s それから、君を考える, but with a happy ending!
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