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Beyond My Touch
by Tomo Maeda
At his classmate Mamoru Takayama's funeral, Mizuno is surprised to find that he is not really alone. His friend's soul is apparently unable to rest in peace because he has a lingering attachment to this world. His unfinished business is to steal Mizuno's lips! Will the ghost of Takayama's wish be fulfilled!? Also featured in this volume is an epilogue of the story plus a bonus romance story entitled "Gift."
At his classmate Mamoru Takayama's funeral, Mizuno is surprised to find that he is not really alone. His friend's soul is apparently unable to rest in peace because he has a lingering attachment to this world. His unfinished business is to steal Mizuno's lips! Will the ghost of Takayama's wish be fulfilled!? Also featured in this volume is an epilogue of the story plus a bonus romance story entitled "Gift."
176 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 2005
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June 28, 2021
CW: Slapstick humor with violence, Distant parents, Divorce, Loss of a Loved One
This was quite a pleasant surprise. I didn't really have any expectations for this one, and that might have helped it in the long run.
This is a collection of three stories: "Beyond My Touch", "Cool Lips", and "Recipe". The title story is the longest one and the most developed. It follows a lonely boy, Mizuno, who meets the ghost of a boy, Mamoru, he knew in his class. Mamoru is kept in purgatory because of his unmet feelings for Mizuno. This story was beautiful and my favorite in the collection.
The writing is what really stuck out to me. Some of the inner monologues of the characters is very thought provoking.
If you're looking for something cute and light with an air of melancholy, I would recommend this one.
This was quite a pleasant surprise. I didn't really have any expectations for this one, and that might have helped it in the long run.
This is a collection of three stories: "Beyond My Touch", "Cool Lips", and "Recipe". The title story is the longest one and the most developed. It follows a lonely boy, Mizuno, who meets the ghost of a boy, Mamoru, he knew in his class. Mamoru is kept in purgatory because of his unmet feelings for Mizuno. This story was beautiful and my favorite in the collection.
The writing is what really stuck out to me. Some of the inner monologues of the characters is very thought provoking.
If you're looking for something cute and light with an air of melancholy, I would recommend this one.
October 6, 2016
Review originally published at mangaupdates.com in January, 2008.
This one wasn't powerfully affecting to me. It was worth the time to read but it will never make even the bottom of my list of ones I can't stop thinking about.
On the plus side, the story was sweet and the boys were so young and innocent I just watend to hug them. Not a very sexual story, as you can see.
The message the manga-ka sent out to me was that wonderful feeling we have when we are around people that make us feel loved and wanted is a feeling to cherish and never lose. We can be living 'ghosts' if we have no one that wants and loves us in our life, if we push everyone away.
This one wasn't powerfully affecting to me. It was worth the time to read but it will never make even the bottom of my list of ones I can't stop thinking about.
On the plus side, the story was sweet and the boys were so young and innocent I just watend to hug them. Not a very sexual story, as you can see.
The message the manga-ka sent out to me was that wonderful feeling we have when we are around people that make us feel loved and wanted is a feeling to cherish and never lose. We can be living 'ghosts' if we have no one that wants and loves us in our life, if we push everyone away.
January 17, 2018
One of the earliest yaoi I read/owned.
October 14, 2018
Beyond My Touch 1-3 ~ 4 stars
Cool Lips ~ 2 stars (meh)
Recipe ~ 5 stars (adorbs!)
Cool Lips ~ 2 stars (meh)
Recipe ~ 5 stars (adorbs!)
did-not-finish
June 7, 2025dnf @ p. 56
January 17, 2016
This was a gift from a former friend when I started college. I used to love manga and devour yaoi. But reading this a second time has really opened my eyes to what used to be my obsession.
All of these stories were lukewarm. In "Beyond My Touch," the story drags through three whole issues, which was unnecessary. "Cool Lips" was disappointing for even a boy's love genre, and in "Recipe," I'm pretty sure that Minoru didn't fall for Takashi's baking, so I'm not sure why he suddenly stopped baking. The art was also not that great, so I'll be glad to get rid of this manga.
All of these stories were lukewarm. In "Beyond My Touch," the story drags through three whole issues, which was unnecessary. "Cool Lips" was disappointing for even a boy's love genre, and in "Recipe," I'm pretty sure that Minoru didn't fall for Takashi's baking, so I'm not sure why he suddenly stopped baking. The art was also not that great, so I'll be glad to get rid of this manga.
July 15, 2014
Sweet and touching light shounen-ai stories make this volume a delightful breeze to read.
There’s nothing particularly ground-breaking in any of the short stories, but they’re entertaining and endearing.
I look at it as an easy entry point into the type of stories you’ll encounter if you delve deeper into the genre. Like dipping a toe into the shallow end of the pool.
There’s nothing particularly ground-breaking in any of the short stories, but they’re entertaining and endearing.
I look at it as an easy entry point into the type of stories you’ll encounter if you delve deeper into the genre. Like dipping a toe into the shallow end of the pool.
January 17, 2015
sweet love story.
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