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Rin! #1
Rin!, Volume 01
Katsura, a teen archer who suffers from anxiety attacks, must learn to regain his confidence in archery, stop relying on teammate Sou's hugs to control his anxiety, and come to terms with his growing romantic feelings for Sou....
224 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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February 4, 2017
It was Ok, ellos son monos y el dibujo es bonito, pero el rollo del tiro con arco me ha aburrido un poco.
June 8, 2021
A nice, cute BL manga.
While neither the content or events were very memorable, I will say the art style is very soft & enjoyable.
While neither the content or events were very memorable, I will say the art style is very soft & enjoyable.
January 27, 2014
Well... I can't say I really liked it. As a story, it was a somewhat cute concept and I would have enjoyed it in novel form, but I found the order and the pictures completely disorienting and I don't think I can really read Yaoi and enjoy it, just because of the strange format. Or really like comic books. But I got through it.
The characters were cute and the romance was sweet and the archery background interesting... so I'm not really complaining about the content, although sometimes pages seemed to be misplaced or I got lost... but I'd rather not read more.
The characters were cute and the romance was sweet and the archery background interesting... so I'm not really complaining about the content, although sometimes pages seemed to be misplaced or I got lost... but I'd rather not read more.
October 6, 2015
This series is probably one of my top ten favorite manga series. Sometimes cute, sometimes sweet, sometimes serious. It's got love feels, friend feels, family feels, growing up feels. Lovely art, and lots and lots of archery!! *happy*
August 17, 2011
I really enjoyed this series. I hesitated reading this for a while because the main character looked a bit young, but since there are no explicit scenes, it wasn't a problem in the end. (I'm very picky about these things.)
What was interesting for me was that while I wasn't entirely happy with the pairing in the end, I also wasn't really unhappy - it could have ended either way and I'd have been fine.
What I liked best about Rin! was the whole archery stuff - it looked really beautiful.
What was interesting for me was that while I wasn't entirely happy with the pairing in the end, I also wasn't really unhappy - it could have ended either way and I'd have been fine.
What I liked best about Rin! was the whole archery stuff - it looked really beautiful.
June 19, 2010
Sou is Katsura's 'comfort' and his older brother's best friend. Whenever Sou is nervous Katsura has been there, to give him a little squeeze.
I'm not expert but I really think the drawings and the uncomplicated storyline makes this for very easy reading. I do enjoy reading yaoi in this format as well.
I'm not expert but I really think the drawings and the uncomplicated storyline makes this for very easy reading. I do enjoy reading yaoi in this format as well.
May 10, 2011
Enjoyed the art. Slow story that's not just about the romance, but goes into the philosophy of archery as well. But for a few scenes I would have no problems adding it to the teen collection. As it is, I'll suggest it to the adult collection. It's a good story and there are people looking for more shounen ai/yaoi titles.
July 25, 2008
Wow, this book IS so AWESOME!!!!!! I love finding yaois like this!!!!! And Katsura is, like the most adorable thing on the face of this earth!!!!!!!
June 29, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
It’s still as cute as I remember💕 that whole suggestive emotional manipulation was a little iffy lol
It’s still as cute as I remember💕 that whole suggestive emotional manipulation was a little iffy lol
December 29, 2023
Not too captivating, certainly not enough to warrant buying the rest of the series.
First published in 2006 the book was pretty pricey for June manga coming in at $13. The book is nothing special and even the slice of life antics don’t lead you anywhere new or interesting.
One boy loves his older friend who is constantly there to help him with his anxiety, meanwhile his classmate confesses his love to him, which makes the other one jealous and you get drama before it all comes to a head during the archery finale.
The art is pretty enough and thats all it really has going for it. The boys get together in the end at least, no cliffhanger. Shows its age a little bit by having poor translations and having the topic if homosexuality in strange and awkward conversations.
“The way your instructions are right now. They’re a nuisance to the underclassmen. Go cool your head off off a bit.” Really you couldn’t’ve found a more fluid way of writing that.
First published in 2006 the book was pretty pricey for June manga coming in at $13. The book is nothing special and even the slice of life antics don’t lead you anywhere new or interesting.
One boy loves his older friend who is constantly there to help him with his anxiety, meanwhile his classmate confesses his love to him, which makes the other one jealous and you get drama before it all comes to a head during the archery finale.
The art is pretty enough and thats all it really has going for it. The boys get together in the end at least, no cliffhanger. Shows its age a little bit by having poor translations and having the topic if homosexuality in strange and awkward conversations.
“The way your instructions are right now. They’re a nuisance to the underclassmen. Go cool your head off off a bit.” Really you couldn’t’ve found a more fluid way of writing that.
March 2, 2022
Ummmmm...so...ummm Y'ALL-I picked up this series randomly, skimmed the back, not really knowing what it was about. Well let me tell you IT WAS ABOUT TO GET CRAZY THAT'S WHAT. I didn't even know the plot or anything. I have regrets in life. Is this one of them? Maybe. The characters in the first one were fun and stuff then everything kinda went down hill after that one. Plot holes. Confusing dialogue. The main conflict is never resolved. So yea. That's all. I'm done talking about it and we WONT ever have to talk about what happened again. Period end of story.
April 2, 2021
Mi senpai el es increíble y me gusta mucho cuando se vuelve como un niño, es uno de mis personajes favoritos.
El otro senpai, el hermano mayor del personaje principal, lo amo, es mi personaje favorito ❣️❣️❣️❣️
El personaje principal no me agrada es inestable y irritante, no me gusta para mi senpai 😤😤😤😠😤
El otro senpai, el hermano mayor del personaje principal, lo amo, es mi personaje favorito ❣️❣️❣️❣️
El personaje principal no me agrada es inestable y irritante, no me gusta para mi senpai 😤😤😤😠😤
August 10, 2023
I like to think of myself as something of a yaoi connaisseur, but this was somewhat confusing to understand. The paneling and storyline was a little all over the place and in some places I felt like the translation itself was lacking.
Overall it was pretty okay. They were cute, I guess, and as far as BL goes this was far less problematic than most of them.
Overall it was pretty okay. They were cute, I guess, and as far as BL goes this was far less problematic than most of them.
November 10, 2017
I’ve read this series several times and it always sticks out in my mind when I try to think of my favorite mangas. It’s such a gentle romance (even if Sou is a big jerk at times!!!) and the art is so beautiful.
September 19, 2019
I love the illustrator but most of her mangas use very disturbing tropes and topics (victim-blaming rape, etc). This one does not, and it's super sweet and fluffy. I liked the following volumes less, but the first one is perfect.
May 9, 2017
Good if you want a character driven BL romance but less interesting if you're in it for sex. The series hits all of the tropes normally seen in a sports manga/anime but with two dudes in love.
August 24, 2017
Very sweet coming of age story, I have all 3 volumes and its a favorite early collection of mine.
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December 30, 2022Immer noch eine schöne Geschichte, mit angenehm schlichten, stimmungsvollen Zeichnungen.
September 24, 2025
hmm, son las 3 am y lo leí en ingles, así q puede ser q me arrepienta de mi opinion
primero q todo, que difícil fue leer el formato, los paneles estaban un poquito desordenados
me gusta mucho el friends to lovers ajdkdj
como dije, lo leí en inglés, entonces pude haber malinterpretado algunas frases JAKDJD
siento q se pudo haber desarrollado mejor la relación con el tiro al arco. Me gusta ese deporte, entonces me hubiese gustado ver más :c
y eso se me ocurre hasta ahora jakfkskd
primero q todo, que difícil fue leer el formato, los paneles estaban un poquito desordenados
me gusta mucho el friends to lovers ajdkdj
como dije, lo leí en inglés, entonces pude haber malinterpretado algunas frases JAKDJD
siento q se pudo haber desarrollado mejor la relación con el tiro al arco. Me gusta ese deporte, entonces me hubiese gustado ver más :c
y eso se me ocurre hasta ahora jakfkskd
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May 28, 2015
**Grammar**
I loved this manga, the story is simple but interesting and I was never bored.
Sou is a sempai in the archery club and is the vice-captain of it, while Katsura's older brother is the captain. They're both good at archery and all the kouhai watch their shooting and want to become like them. Katsura suffers from panic attacks and all the time he and Sou have a special method to free him of the issue, an hug. Sou that is always stoic, hugs Katsura all the time the boy needs it without thinking about the location. Katsura knows that one day when Sou will get a girlfriend they will need to stop doing this, but he doesnt know how to stop. Sou is his brother best friend and Katsura knows him since he was little, for over 12 years Sou has been also his friend and he doesnt want to be separated from him. Katsura still doesnt understand that those feelings arent only of friendship. Sou loved Katsura since he was only a boy and their hugging ritual started. From the first day he hugged Katsura he never wanted to let him go, he turns down all the girls that confess to him and we never see him thinking about wanting to go out with someone, his mind is only focused on Katsura and archery. One day he goes to the library and is shocked by what he sees. Katsura and Kouichi(the boy best friend) are talking and the boy asks Katsura if he wants to try him as hugging substitute, Katsura says to him that he isnt anxious at the moment, and Kouichi then kisses him. Sou that watches all the scene would like to go in and stop them, but he knows he doesnt have that right, so he decides to run away. Katsura is surprised and doesnt know how to react , that was his first kiss and he didnt feel anything for Kouichi, at the same moment he remembers how hugging Sou was, and understands that something is different. While hugging Sou he always felt his heart race, a thing he didnt feel now.
To make the story shorter, bcs is really a long manga.....
Sou and Katsura will talk and confess their mutual feelings, we will see Sou getting jealous a lot of times bcs all the ppl seem they wanna kiss Katsura and never ask him for permission....Kouichi will not give up till the end, but at least will understand he cant go on kissing Katsura by surprise when he wants, also bcs the other boy will tell him these same words one day after he gets pissed of Kouichi 's attitude. Another rival will come and him too will kiss Katsura by surprise, but will be rejected soon after that by the boy. Katsura's brother is awesome, when we see in the first volume Katsura asking him if he shouldnt stop him from feeling like this for Sou, he tells him that it doesnt matters who he loves, but that he is happy.
Sou and Katsura are a cute couple, and also if sometimes i felt bad for Sou, bcs most of the time he had to witness other men(Kouichi mostly and 1 time that other rival) kissing or hugging his lover, in the end we see that no one can come btw the 2 boys, their love is pure and innocent, a first love.
I must admit that Kouichi stealing Katsura's first kiss pissed me, and i felt really bad for Sou bcs he saw all the scene, but in the end that wasnt a proper kiss and he will experience it, with Sou. When they make love for the first time, I am pretty sure is also Sou's first time ever, since we have never seen him talking about previous experiences and we didnt see any scene of that kind before, and anyway he was in love with Katsura for all his young life and they have only 1 year of difference.
I really liked this couple, they are sweet and cute and i hoped the manga would show their life in college, but we only see Sou and Katsura's brother going to college and Katsura and Kouichi becoming the new captains of the archery club of the high-school.
Good manga, not all was perfect but is one of the best i ever read the same.
I loved this manga, the story is simple but interesting and I was never bored.
Sou is a sempai in the archery club and is the vice-captain of it, while Katsura's older brother is the captain. They're both good at archery and all the kouhai watch their shooting and want to become like them. Katsura suffers from panic attacks and all the time he and Sou have a special method to free him of the issue, an hug. Sou that is always stoic, hugs Katsura all the time the boy needs it without thinking about the location. Katsura knows that one day when Sou will get a girlfriend they will need to stop doing this, but he doesnt know how to stop. Sou is his brother best friend and Katsura knows him since he was little, for over 12 years Sou has been also his friend and he doesnt want to be separated from him. Katsura still doesnt understand that those feelings arent only of friendship. Sou loved Katsura since he was only a boy and their hugging ritual started. From the first day he hugged Katsura he never wanted to let him go, he turns down all the girls that confess to him and we never see him thinking about wanting to go out with someone, his mind is only focused on Katsura and archery. One day he goes to the library and is shocked by what he sees. Katsura and Kouichi(the boy best friend) are talking and the boy asks Katsura if he wants to try him as hugging substitute, Katsura says to him that he isnt anxious at the moment, and Kouichi then kisses him. Sou that watches all the scene would like to go in and stop them, but he knows he doesnt have that right, so he decides to run away. Katsura is surprised and doesnt know how to react , that was his first kiss and he didnt feel anything for Kouichi, at the same moment he remembers how hugging Sou was, and understands that something is different. While hugging Sou he always felt his heart race, a thing he didnt feel now.
To make the story shorter, bcs is really a long manga.....
Sou and Katsura will talk and confess their mutual feelings, we will see Sou getting jealous a lot of times bcs all the ppl seem they wanna kiss Katsura and never ask him for permission....Kouichi will not give up till the end, but at least will understand he cant go on kissing Katsura by surprise when he wants, also bcs the other boy will tell him these same words one day after he gets pissed of Kouichi 's attitude. Another rival will come and him too will kiss Katsura by surprise, but will be rejected soon after that by the boy. Katsura's brother is awesome, when we see in the first volume Katsura asking him if he shouldnt stop him from feeling like this for Sou, he tells him that it doesnt matters who he loves, but that he is happy.
Sou and Katsura are a cute couple, and also if sometimes i felt bad for Sou, bcs most of the time he had to witness other men(Kouichi mostly and 1 time that other rival) kissing or hugging his lover, in the end we see that no one can come btw the 2 boys, their love is pure and innocent, a first love.
I must admit that Kouichi stealing Katsura's first kiss pissed me, and i felt really bad for Sou bcs he saw all the scene, but in the end that wasnt a proper kiss and he will experience it, with Sou. When they make love for the first time, I am pretty sure is also Sou's first time ever, since we have never seen him talking about previous experiences and we didnt see any scene of that kind before, and anyway he was in love with Katsura for all his young life and they have only 1 year of difference.
I really liked this couple, they are sweet and cute and i hoped the manga would show their life in college, but we only see Sou and Katsura's brother going to college and Katsura and Kouichi becoming the new captains of the archery club of the high-school.
Good manga, not all was perfect but is one of the best i ever read the same.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 18, 2018
Un manga dulce y suave, recomendado para personas que se adentran al género BL.
December 1, 2015
I liked it and I sort of didn't. I suppose because I'm not a big fan of love triangle type of stories. Especially, when the good guy is the one that's usually left out in the cold.
That's why I try to write a story where there's someone for everyone without the rebounds.
I loved the detailing of a Japanese archery club. This was my highlight from this manga. Out of all the characters, the brother was the one I liked the most.
The story it self was light as expected from a light novel. Oh wait, was it supposed to be a light novel?
That's why I try to write a story where there's someone for everyone without the rebounds.
I loved the detailing of a Japanese archery club. This was my highlight from this manga. Out of all the characters, the brother was the one I liked the most.
The story it self was light as expected from a light novel. Oh wait, was it supposed to be a light novel?
August 4, 2017
This is one of the better yaoi I've read for many reasons. The story focuses a lot on the character development on Katsura and his relationship with his brother and love interest. The romance comes about naturally and there isn't anything nonconsensual about their relationship, which is very different, unfortunately, from a lot of popular yaoi titles. His parents also challenge traditional gender roles, although his mother is mostly absent.
October 26, 2013
wah!kalau ngomongin olahraga panah,ndk ada habisnya rasa tertarikku akan satu ini.habisnya aku penggila panahan!!!
olahraga satu ini emang jarang ada peminatnya.lewat manga ini,aku harap para penyuka olahraga panah akan terhibur total(atau mungkin membosankan? who knows?)x)
p s :
bagian spesial dari manga ini seputar persahabatan,kebersamaan dan tolong menolong melewati rintangsn yang ada.
olahraga satu ini emang jarang ada peminatnya.lewat manga ini,aku harap para penyuka olahraga panah akan terhibur total(atau mungkin membosankan? who knows?)x)
p s :
bagian spesial dari manga ini seputar persahabatan,kebersamaan dan tolong menolong melewati rintangsn yang ada.
January 10, 2011
One of my favorites. As far as yaoi books go this one was almost perfect. It pulled me in and moved me. It wasn't rushed or anything and that’s what makes it so good. It will forever have a spot on my book shelf.
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July 28, 2011While I enjoyed this story, it was more of a yaoi for beginners. There wasn't much romantic tension between the guys and it was a bit slow going since not much was actually happening. The ending was very sweet however.
July 26, 2012
This was actually my first manga. I thought it was really cute, and I enjoyed it a lot. I didn't find the characters annoying like I do in some other manga, and it was, overall, psychologically interesting and charged with all kinds of good, plot-forwarding tension.
May 13, 2017
Oh man, I remember reading this in high school. Ah, nostalgia.
October 23, 2016
SO GOOD OML
July 17, 2012
Rating for whole series.
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