エンドレスワールド [Endless World]

by Dokuro Jaryuu, 蛇龍 どくろ

Ikki, an optimist who isn't afraid of anything, begins working at a small restaurant when he finds himself charmed by the owner. It's there that he runs into Ryuu, and from Ryuu, he hears a familiar name: Toshimitsu.

Neither Ikki nor Ryuu seem able to get away from Toshimitsu, and now their mysterious, shared past will lead to an unknown future.

(Source: Vices and Devices)

Genres: Manga, Yaoi

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

JARYUU Dokuro: 蛇龍どくろ
Doujinshi Circle: Masaichi

Likes camels, blue/green, Yankees, western boots, 5KA
Lives between Kyoto and Tokyo

Reviews

[Jaclyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark, gritty and surrealistically beautiful.

[Pwyllugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-reading some old yaoi mangas that I used to adore and I really understand, why younger me was absolutely fascinated by that story. Very dark, very messed up, and yet the story is beautiful anyways. The hopeful ending is quite heart-warming. In some way, it reminded me of "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami, in that the story deals with the suicide of a close friend/lover and the aftermath of it to these people. Very touching. I wish that we would have been able to see the new relationships develop, that's why I'm not 100% satisfied.

[Juushika · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how a posthumous narrative--two people connecting in the shadow of someone they knew and loved--allows for the depiction of complex, contradictory, deeply fucked up relationships and behavior without a narrative structure than condones it; it engages and progresses its genre conventions. I wouldn't call it subtle: it's intense and dark and dirty, a stylized and heightened experience; but nuanced, too, and packing a lot into a one-shot.

[robbie]

misread the description of this and got something different than i expected.

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I truly do not know how to put into words how good this is.