Following their parents' deaths, Masaya and his younger brother Ryou are brought to the Takatou Estate. They are forced to live in the servants' quarters, where Ryou spends his childhood as the companion and lover of the Takatou family heir, Akahito. He stumbles upon a secret which changes his life forever. While Masaya's life is now at stake, Ryou's status changes from that of Akihito's lover to his slave. Friendship and companionship give way to brutality and violence. It's up to Ryou to rescue both his brother and himself from the family he once trusted.
Doujinshi circle: MECCA Former Pseudonym: Kazuka Minami (She supposedly used this name when she drew manga in college, until she came up with the name "Haruka Minami")
MINAMI Haruka (みなみ 遥) is one of the most well-known yaoi artists. And also one of the most "infamous".
Did the illustratrations for the PS2 Boys' Love game, Kohitsuji Hokaku Keikaku, which is based after her manga of the same name.
First fell in love with the yaoi genre through her favorite childhood mangaka, OZAKI Minami, which Haruka Minami has made a few doujinshi based after Minami Ozaki's Zetsuai series.
Kinda uncomfortable for some parts : the rape and mental abuse by seme, the sudden change of the seme's personality in the end, the ending, but this one made me cry for the poor brothers' circumstances, so 4 stars.
I always come back to this one. I have read it several times and I love how it churns up my emotions until the end. Some parts still disturb/irritate me though