Category: ♥ BL Novel

Kono ai wo kurae!

03 Mar 2009 No Comments

by Nanyain ♥ ALL REVIEWS ♥, ♥ BL Drama, ♥ BL Novel Tags: Kugo, Nojima Kenji, Rio Kanagi, SEIYUU, Sugita Tomokazu, Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Yusa Kouji

この愛を喰らえ

Author: Rio Kanagi
Illustrator: Kugo
Format: BLCD
H-level: ★☆
Plot: ★★★☆
Artwork: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★★
Overall: ★★★

Yesterday I was disappointed by the drama Chocolate no you ni, but this drama totally cured me! The story is not particularly fantastic but the pacing, acting, characterization are so well balanced that once you start listening, you simply can’t stop!!

Chocolate no you ni

02 Mar 2009 No Comments

by Nanyain ♥ ALL REVIEWS ♥, ♥ BL Drama, ♥ BL Novel Tags: Hichiwa Yuka, Kane Hikaru, SEIYUU, Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Takeuchi Ken, Yasumoto Hiroaki

チョコレートのように

Author: Hichiwa Yuka
Illustrator: Kane Hikaru
Format: BLCD
H-level: ★★★☆
Plot: ★★★
Artwork: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★
Overall: ★★★

Betrayed by Hichiwa sensei! Apparently the uke is not the poisonous uke I expected!! Harsh review ahead so please be careful!

Cold Sleep, Light, & Fever

20 Nov 2006 1 Comment

by Nanyain ♥ ALL REVIEWS ♥, ♥ BL Novel Tags: angst, brothers, Konohara Narise, Saikawa Nanao

Author: Konohara Narise
Illustrator: Saikawa Nanao
Format: Novel

H-level: ★★★
Plot: ★★★★★
Artwork: ★★★★
Characters: ★★★★★
Overall: ★★★★★

Usually I review book by book but since the Cold Series is actually one big story split into three parts, I decide to review all three books together. Since Digital Manga Publishing released an English version for Cold Sleep, I will not go into details for Sleep and concentrate more on Light & Fever. As usual, my summary is filled with SPOILERS so if you decide to wait for DMP to publish the rest of the series, then please do not read any further.

Please note that aside from the main story, there is also a side story with Kurokawa and Taniguchi. There are several parts to that story (Boku no suki na hito – recorded in Sleep, New Year Snow Light in Light, and an extra doujinshi titled “COLD…”. I won’t review that couple because they’re not related to this main plot (they’re interlinked because of the advertisement “Love & Hate” in Fever.

Deadlock

19 Nov 2006 2 Comments

by Nanyain ♥ ALL REVIEWS ♥, ♥ BL Drama, ♥ BL Novel Tags: Aida Saki, Miki Shinichirou, Nakamura Yuuichi, prison, SEIYUU, Takashina You, violence, Yasumoto Hiroaki

Author: Aida Saki

Illustrator: Takashina You
Format: Novel, Blcd

H-level: ★
Plot: ★★★★★
Artwork: ★★★★★
Characters: ★★★★★
Overall: ★★★★★

This is the book I like THE BEST among all the Boy’s love books I have read (manga and novels) so I intend to write a VERY DETAILED review of the story. If you plan to read the novel, I don’t recommend reading my summary/review as that will inevitably spoil the fun. Deadlock is definitely a deviant from the genre of boy’s love because unlike usual boy’s love that mimic a heterosexual relationship, this one is more down to earth a description of the love between a man and another man and that’s the part that I like THE BEST.

Since all the names are in katakana, I just use the nearest English name because it’s strange to write up an English review with katakana . If you find problems with the names, please inform me. This story is totally fiction and so don’t imagine the prison in the States is like this. It is certainly NOT!

Sayonara wo iiuki wa nai

04 Nov 2006 No Comments

by Nanyain ♥ ALL REVIEWS ♥, ♥ BL Drama, ♥ BL Novel Tags: Aida Saki, Chinese, Kitahata Akeno, mafia, MorikawaToshiyuki, Ono Daisuke, SEIYUU

さよならを言うきはない

Author: Aida Saki
Illustrator: Kitahata Akeno
Format: Novel, Blcd

H-level: ★★
Plot: ★★★★
Artwork: ★★★★☆
Characters: ★★★★☆
Overall: ★★★★

This novel opened with “My sweet honey” and I almost fell off the chair from laughing. Normally, it’s not surprising if you hear a man saying this to a woman but when it’s a guy saying that to another guy, especially someone nearly a decade older, it’s REALLY. As usual, my summaries contain heavy spoilers and so from now on I’ll provide a quick summary for those who’re just browsing for what to buy and the full summary for those who want to use the reviews for understanding the plot in BLCDs or raw manga.