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Keijijou na Bokura (Our Everlasting) #1
Our Everlasting, Volume 01
For beach bum Horyu, it's more than the surf that's up. He has just confessed his undying love to timid and quiet Shouin, and though Shouin feels the same, he is reluctant to return Horyu's affections. Unknown to Horyu, Shouin already has his heart broken and is - as the saying goes - once bitten twice shy. It looks like Horyu will wipe out on this one, unless he can convince Shouin that he won't ever go through the same heartache twice. Meanwhile, in the second half of the book, Osaka-born Takehiko is tirelessly pursuing reserved art teacher Momose. But Momose has a terrible secret... he has a very weak heart and setting their relationship to a more physical level could mean the death of him. In this case, could not showing your love be the ultimate expression of it?
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Touko Kawai
19 books55 followersName (in native language): 川唯東子
Associated Names :
川唯东子
KAWAI Töko
KAWAI Toko
Does not wish for her illustrations to be uploaded anywhere on the net without her permission.
Likes: Alcohol.
Dislikes: Tiring things and sweat.
Associated Names :
川唯东子
KAWAI Töko
KAWAI Toko
Does not wish for her illustrations to be uploaded anywhere on the net without her permission.
Likes: Alcohol.
Dislikes: Tiring things and sweat.
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September 7, 2019
Honestly... I’m not sure what’s been drawing me to yaoi... as I’ve said before, I am very much a novice, but have been story’s I liked that flowed nicely, but then there were others that were just hard to follow for me.
Normally I would have rated this low 2 stars abut considering I’m still a newly and don’t fully I understand the charm I’ll round high up to a 3 stars.
Normally I would have rated this low 2 stars abut considering I’m still a newly and don’t fully I understand the charm I’ll round high up to a 3 stars.
July 29, 2015
This was a cute read! I enjoyed the fact that there were two different stories in the one book. Also, it may sound kind of odd, but I also enjoyed that the characters had such different looks and names. In the last manga I read, the characters all looked so similar it was difficult to figure out who was talking. But anyway, the stories were cute, and I really loved Shouin's thoughts and emotions. It made him seem very relatable. I'd recommend this for yaoi lovers who are just looking for a couple hours of an easy read.
May 28, 2021
I didn't know I had taste for soap opera melodrama in manga until this book. I bought it as part of my research into Yaoi manga - I’m sampling BL titles written at different times to get a first-hand sense of the genre’s evolution. So I didn't expect to really like this title.
Turns out I really like stories about patient, tenacious, fun-loving semes and emotionally distraught uke’s. In fact, I liked it so much I ordered the second volume of this series and a couple other titles by the author.
The art doesn't have the sense of space that contemporary titles tend to have; its use of space is much more like the flat space we see in newspaper comics. But what it lacks in this area is more than made up for in its expressive force. Even though there are panels where the characters’ eyes don't quite seem to meet, it's still visually and emotionally compelling.
Kawai’s visual and narrative choices - the unexpected reactions a character has, or what she chooses to show in a sequence of panels - are impeccable and drew me into both stories presented in this book. One story is about Horyu, an outgoing beach bum in love with timid and shy Shouin, who was traumatized by a former lover and can't trust his relationship with Horyu. The other is about Takehiko, who is in love with the older Momose, an art teacher with a bad heart. (As a former art teacher and current art professor, I was particularly interested in how Momose was portrayed).
Research on Yaoi points to the ways that different titles mix and match gender characteristics, distributing them in wide ranging ways using the seme/uke trope. The idea here is that readers get to enjoy the broad continuum of relationship dynamics that result from this “playing” with gender characteristics. In Our Evetlasting, I discovered a combination I hadn't realized I would enjoy.
Turns out I really like stories about patient, tenacious, fun-loving semes and emotionally distraught uke’s. In fact, I liked it so much I ordered the second volume of this series and a couple other titles by the author.
The art doesn't have the sense of space that contemporary titles tend to have; its use of space is much more like the flat space we see in newspaper comics. But what it lacks in this area is more than made up for in its expressive force. Even though there are panels where the characters’ eyes don't quite seem to meet, it's still visually and emotionally compelling.
Kawai’s visual and narrative choices - the unexpected reactions a character has, or what she chooses to show in a sequence of panels - are impeccable and drew me into both stories presented in this book. One story is about Horyu, an outgoing beach bum in love with timid and shy Shouin, who was traumatized by a former lover and can't trust his relationship with Horyu. The other is about Takehiko, who is in love with the older Momose, an art teacher with a bad heart. (As a former art teacher and current art professor, I was particularly interested in how Momose was portrayed).
Research on Yaoi points to the ways that different titles mix and match gender characteristics, distributing them in wide ranging ways using the seme/uke trope. The idea here is that readers get to enjoy the broad continuum of relationship dynamics that result from this “playing” with gender characteristics. In Our Evetlasting, I discovered a combination I hadn't realized I would enjoy.
June 26, 2023
Rating: ⭐✨(1.7)
Resumen:
La historia principal sigue las experiencias románticas de un estudiante universitario gay que tiene sentimientos por su compañero de clase, un surfista. A pesar de este último le confiesa su amor, el estudiante lo malinterpreta y piensa que es una broma debido a experiencias pasadas con su ex-novio heterosexual, pese a que él se le confesó primero mientras el surfista "dormía".
Opinión:
Una cosa que me gustó mucho de este manga es que la pareja se junta casi al principio, por lo que el resto de la historia se centran en las diferentes pruebas por las que atraviesa esta pareja, ya sea causadas por el choque de sus personalidades o meras circunstancias de la vida.
Resumen:
La historia principal sigue las experiencias románticas de un estudiante universitario gay que tiene sentimientos por su compañero de clase, un surfista. A pesar de este último le confiesa su amor, el estudiante lo malinterpreta y piensa que es una broma debido a experiencias pasadas con su ex-novio heterosexual, pese a que él se le confesó primero mientras el surfista "dormía".
Opinión:
Una cosa que me gustó mucho de este manga es que la pareja se junta casi al principio, por lo que el resto de la historia se centran en las diferentes pruebas por las que atraviesa esta pareja, ya sea causadas por el choque de sus personalidades o meras circunstancias de la vida.
August 25, 2017
Cute story!
November 11, 2024
AAAAAHHH it is so cute I can't wait to read vol2
October 15, 2025
I loved the story 😄
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September 16, 2022
This was such a cute BL series.
October 22, 2013
it's a debut and it shows, but it's also cute and sweet. i wouldn't start reading Kawai with this one, but definitely worth it if you're a completist.
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