吐息よりも優しい [Toiki Yori mo Yasashii]

by Masara Minase, 水名瀬 雅良

大学生の真人は二年前に一度だけ会ったことのある小説家・風岡を探して、喫茶店で働き始める。実は真人はある出来事があってからずっと彼を想い続けていたのだ。しかし、風岡はそのことを覚えておらず、真人は秘めてきた彼への想いを断ち切ろうとする。だが、うたた寝中に風岡に突然キスをされ、抑えていた想いが溢てしまい——。
それぞれの秘密が織り成すラブストーリー。

Afin de retrouver Kazaoka, un romancier qu’il n’a rencontré qu’une fois deux ans plus tôt, Masato, un étudiant, commence à travailler dans un salon de thé. En réalité, depuis un certain évènement, il n’a jamais cessé de penser à cet homme. Or Kazaoka ne se souvient de rien et Masato décide de tourner la page. Mais, alors qu’il est assoupi, Kazaoka se met brusquement à l’embrasser, faisant ainsi revenir intensément les sentiments que le jeune homme réprimait… Dans cette histoire d’amour passionné s’entremêlent leurs secrets respectifs…

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Boys Love, Comics, M M Romance

182 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2008

About the author

Masara Minase (水名瀬 雅良 [みなせ まさら]) is BL (Boy's Love) manga author and Illustrator of Japan.

Birthday: December 16

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Blood type: B

Born in Iwate, live in Tokyo, Japan.

First published work: 「empty heart ～偽りの恋だから～」2003.

Wikipedia: 水名瀬雅良 (Japanese only)

Likes: cats, chocolate
Dislikes: bugs
DJ Circles: Flourish, ça et là, Ca et La, Seventh Sea

Reviews

[Min Li Li]

Çizimleri çok hoştu ama biraz daha uzun olsa fena olmazdı bence. :D

[TT]

Two stories by one of the most popular yaoi mangaka authors out there. The first story which is the longer of the two is about a sweet university grad working at a café. The owner introduces him to a good friend of his whom Akino already knows but apparently Kazaoka the author doesn't remember. There is a slow coming together story where Akino tries to hide how he knew Kazaoka from the past and when Kazaoka finds out, he gets pretty upset. Good story and graphics, great translation/scanlation as well.

The second, shorter story is only about one chapter long that features two couples breaking up at the start of the story. Throughout the story we find out the reason for the break up and that these two may not be over each other quite yet. Sexy!

There is a couple panels at the end which I love that the scan team translated, there's a great story where the mangaka gives a word of warning, she had accidently messed up her computer and took it to be repaired. When the technician asked her if he could open a file on her computer to verify it was fixed he got to see some of her yaoi work firsthand. Pretty funny stuff!

[Iyas Utomo]

I kinda like the artwork, but I feel like some parts of the dialogue are pretty messy—or maybe it’s more that they’re too shallow and cliché. So, I didn’t really find the story that engaging.
Still, I did enjoy it overall.

[Gage Lively]

It’s hard for me to review this because the younger, inexperienced uke and the older rich or famous seme is my favorite trope. I will say I’ve already read it a few times and I always enjoy it. Minase Masura is a favorite mangaka of mine.

[78sunny]

4 von 5 Sternen
Das war mal eine sehr niedliche Liebesgeschichte. Das Paar war sehr interessant und der Hintergrund des ganzen war sogar etwas überraschend. Es geht hier um einen Schriftstelller, der einen Fan von ihm in einem Cafe trifft. In Wirklichkeit steckt da noch viel mehr dahinter und die Liebesgeschichte wird interessant entwickelt. Vom Charakter her sind beide recht unterschiedlich. Der Schriftsteller ist ein wenig eigenbrödlerisch und dominant, was mir sehr gut gefiel und der 'Fan' ist angenehm schüchtern ohne dabei naiv herüberzukommen.
Der Zeichenstil war okay, aber da habe ich schon noch besseres gesehen. Sehr niedlich war die Katze und die Szenen mit ihr waren auch super witzig.

[Maiko-chan [|]]

4.5stars