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Agawa Kouko
"Trouble Maker" (Core Magazine) Sep/2002 *** 8.45
The series romance of plural adult couples who have some relation each other. The story: (Hide Sasaki is a designer of the advertising production. Hide is a lover of Shinji Sakaki who is a president of the big advertising agency but Hide hides their relationship from the president of his company, Ken-ichi Sakaki who is an elder brother of Shinji and not homosexual. Shinji urges his secretary, Matsuzaki to be Ken-ichi's lover. Matsuzaki hesitates too impatient action but he can not wait because photographer, Ishii tries to tempt Ken-ichi though Ishii really loves his assistant, Akira who is a Matsuzaki's cousin...). Most characters (except Akira) are adult working guys, so they are attractive for me. Especially I love Shinji's secretary Matsuzaki who is very blunt/cold but very sexy/lustful and cruel/tender for his lover, Ken-ichi who can not be easily dependent on other guys (In the fourth story, I'm very moved to see that gentle Matsuzaki spoils Ken-ichi after nasty Matsuzaki makes Ken-ichi angry and cry. How charming Matsuzaki is!). The author's art seems to have improved very much. I take it for granted that this series is very popular and still continuing now. The couple of Matsuzaki and Ken-ichi may be the best couple we have had in recent years!! (by Slash-kun 31/Aug/2002)

"Ima ni Mukai Kuru Kaze" (Ohkura Shuppan) Aug/2001 8.28 **
Reissue from her djs had written since 1996 about two students (Makoto and Kei) who participated motorcycle gang group. When Makoto enters the high school, Kei also resigned gang group and deliberately repeated his year and becomes same grade as Makoto because he begins to love Makoto. But Makoto doesn't understand Kei's intention and think they are just good friends....The author aims to write perfect equal couple (there is no explicit distinction of seme or uke) and without sex because I think she wants to express m/m couple not as a substitute of just m/f couple. The process to sex of m/m couple is very interesting for yaoi readers and some yaoi stories would be uninteresting just after they make love. So we often have to meet such contradiction (In order to enjoy yaoi story for long time, we can not see their first sex forever) though we want to read erotic scenes! (by Slash-kun 02/Sep/2001)

"Koi no Yokan" (Core Magazine) Mar/2001 8.2 ***
The sequel of "Love You Only" but this hero is Kajiyama, who is a cousin of Yoshioka. Kajiyama finally finds his lover, Yuusuke at campus and starts living in his room with Yuusuke together by force...Story is very interesting for me because I love Kajiyama who is very cool and arrogant (I don't understand very well why Yuusuke is attractive for Kajiyama though Yuusuke is very funny and cute...). Anyway the author seems to become much better at expressing the conflict of the feelings between uke&seme. (by Slash-kun 17/Mar/2001)

Ajimine Sakufu
"Okini Mesumama" (Shinkousha) Mar/2002 8.5 ***
Two exotic old-fashioned stories in fictional countries. First long story: The prince Aciddo, a successor of Kingdom Shindou - like old India - should decide his wife but does not want to give up his wanton life yet. Then he imposes unique condition to choose his wife and one wandering swordsman of foreign country, Garland happens to meets its condition. Aciddo makes a proposal to Garland, if Garland would allow Aciddo to keep his wanton life, Accido will give Garland whatever Garland wants. But Garland wants prince himself.... It's very interesting because Aciddo is not ordinary weak beautiful uke but he is very arrogant and selfish/childish and vigorous (has brown healthy skin - I also want to read reversible story, too as readers want). And Garland is very cool and has great secret mission which is obstacles against the love with Accido! Both Accido and Garland have severe sexual experience/trauma in their childhood but they are basically tough and funny. The author's sense of "gag/joke" resembles one of "Fumi Yoshinaga" and it relieves the readers from to be too serious. And her sex scenes are also erotic/dramatic with tense atmosphere though they are a little tame/soft. I also like the second short story (The idler son of feudal lord of Sekishuu - like old china, Nagi loves the surly/arrogant spy, Kari though Kari is his subordinate. Kari who always refuses Nagi's courtship happens to know that Nagi loved the lover of his father who had same red eye like Kari. Kari feels anger for Nagi who loves him as substitute...) very much because both Nagi and Kari are cool/dark like characters of "Kunie Sakai"! The author may disparage her bad tendency/preference of long faces but I prefer such masculine adult long faces!! The author is very famous as a djska of "Kamen rider Kuga" now, so I'd like to read her djs, too! (by Slash-kun 30/Mar/2002)

"ebisu - Tamonkun no Nayameru Nichijou" (Biblos) Dec/2001 8.3 **
This author's first comics. Ebisu, a son who has been kept under overprotection by his very rich family, suddenly moves to the boarding school. Ebisu's servant , Shibazaki is seriously anxious and asks Ebisu's care to Ebisu's roommate, Tamon who is one of the most excellent students in this school. Ebisu becomes attached to Tamon, but Ebisu often compares Tamon with Shibazaki, then Tamon begins to feel jealous of Shibazaki before he is aware...This book has very unique publication style and almost pages are reissued from her djs (original story, not parody). It is very happy for me and many readers to be able to read manga with reasonable price by issuing as commercial books. Though this was published as djs, there is no explicit sex scenes and its impression is very fresh. All the characters are very attractive, especially secondary roles, Hotei (elder student and fan of Tamon) and Katsura (enemy student for Tamon but very pretty for me!) are adult and my fab. Ebisu of cover pic has black hair and looks more bewitching/voluptuous (I like such bitch guy!), so I'm looking forward to "voluptuous/wanton bad uke" at next!! (by Slash-kun 30/Dec/2001)

Akiba Jiro
"Hysteric Queen" (Taiyou Tosho) Feb/2002 8.4 ***
The author's 9 th book. One long series of funny romance between typical "Queen uke"(sexy & beautiful but arrogant), Iori Nishizawa, the chairman student and his "Geboku - Servant seme", the vice chairman student, Daisuke Yamane and three short stories (shota PWP between the son of porno actress and her colleague & aspiring novelist / PWP of reluctant elder seme student and his aggressive younger lover / dangerous romance between banker and bank robber). She makes great progress of her art and her sex scenes are very sweet and erotic! Many readers must be able to enjoy her stories of unique seem who is not tender/weak as he looks at first. (by Slash-kun 16/Feb/2002)

Akisame Rui
"Nan to naku Shiawase - MIRAGE OF BLAZE MADAM KILLER No.9" (djs) Feb/2000 8.3 **
Same story from both POV (from Takaya and Naoe). They feel happiness at daily trifling things in peaceful life - They can feel they take care of each other by their slight words, behaviors,,,etc. Very tender atmosphere like them in first part of this long novels...(by Slash-kun 23/Feb/2002)

Amano Kanata
"REN-AI Shinkaron" (Core Magazine) Jun/2001 8.25 ***
One short student story and long series of the twins' couples: Young idol star, Shuu Karino and very popular script writer, Yuu Karino is a twin. Hero, Ichiya Endou wants to be professional script writer like Yuu and enters their office as an assistant. But Shuu tries to tease Ichiya so often and Yuu has a secret lover, Keigo Agawa who is the rival star of Shuu....stories are mostly funny like Ariko Kanazawa but sometimes serious like "Blue Moon". (by Slash-kun 15/Jul/2001)

Amow Yuuki
"Happy Place" (Movic) May/2001 8.35 ***
Takachi, very beautiful student who works as a fashion model at same time, finally can become a lover of very cool and square (heterosexual) high school student, Sou. Takachi seems to love Sou more strongly than Sou does, but when Sou knows Takachi's former lover happened to kiss Takachi, Sou suddenly begins to treat Takachi very fiercely because of his jealousy. The story line is not so unique (every woman wish to be loved by such young guy insanely...) but the author's expression of characters' feeling is very dramatical that I could really enjoy to read this. (by Slash-kun 02/Jun/2001)

Anthology
"Daze vol.1" (Sanwa Shuppan) Nov/2002 *** 8.3
Unification of Anthology book series, "DOUBLE" & "Danger" of Sanwa Shuppan. Short stories with hard sex for adult female readers. The writers are: Suzuhara Shino(Dark love romance with great impact of two guys who has problems in their family), Matsuura Kei(An entrance exam rejectee should sponge on the room of his elder cousin), CHI-RAN(Stubborn but beautiful office worker can accept himself by mysterious guy's tender rape), Sakura Ayumi(An urban teenager who comes to the beach with his homosexual friends is saved by the local boy and tries homosexual sex), Izumi Hitotsubu(Very interesting story with sexy adult guys! Hero's girl friend chooses hero's friend. Her father feels sorry for hero but hero realizes the love for father), Sadahiro Mika (The next series of UGH - Sword and Sen celebrate Sword's birthday and the first anniversary of their acquaintance - their first sex though new warden arrives and there is the presentiment of very bad future... Sadahiro describes the reality of american prison well by adopting the atmosphere of the american drama, "OZ" very skillfully), Honjoh Rie (The guy changed his girl friends so often and has pretended to be straight but finally decides to tell his love to his best friend whom he often masturbate together) & Mihashi An (The sequel of the Shintarou & Yoshiki series - Shintarou consults with his father's disciple, Makio about his love for Yoshiki who is so young like his younger brother. Makio taught the sex to Shintarou, then Yoshiki comes to save Shintarou). All the stories are interesting with hard sex scenes but I prefer the stories with adult characters. There are so many yaoi magazines, anthology in Japan. So I wish this anthology book series has uniqueness! (by Slash-kun 10/Nov/2002)

"Danger vol.10" (Sanwa Shuppan) Aug/2002 *** 8.3
Various short stories with hard sex for adult female readers. The writers are: Sadahiro Mika (UGH - American prison story serialization : "Opening/beginning Color pages" - Sword gives up being a guardian of Sen and rapes Sen. Sen becomes more intimate with Norman and a rift between Sword and Sen seems to be hopeless...), Higashizato Kirico (tragic story of two old best friends separated by internal war - secret agency tries to kill a major of army but fails and held as a prisoner. He is raped by a soldier who seems to know him...), Yumemakura Nekomaru (The medical students romance - A medical student has fatal weak point because he is always faint at surgical operation. His professor forgives him instead of coercion of sex with him. He keeps the secret from his best friend but...) , Sakurano Nayuna (The sequel of "the students in art school" series - Genius student can not draw picture by his hand's injury. Then he asks his lover whether he is worthy to be loved or not), Minami Megumi (This is a sequel of the best friends of hostile countries - America and Germany. Two men enters motor-car companies but can not tell their feeling each other. Then hero's brother compels sexual relationship by jealousy...), Matsuura Kei (One day when a student wakes up, he finds himself lying with his senior student together in the bed. He can not remember why and escapes from senior student...). I like "Danger" because there has been a lot of hard sex scenes. But this volume seems to a little lack usual strong/impressive/dramatic angst plots/situations/scenes ("super conflict of the strong emotions" or "extraordinary tragedy of adult gorgeous guys" or "dangerous and hard but unique sex scenes",,etc). I'm expecting the editors' next more aggressive challenge...(by Slash-kun 13/Jul/2002)

"Danger vol.9" (Sanwa Shuppan) Jun/2002 *** 8.43
Various short stories with angst taste for (perhaps) adult female readers. The writers are: Kasuga Naoka (The trainee of boxing invites his senior & strong but taciturn trainee to his apartment), Nagi Ayumi (The young office worker visits his senior office worker who was dismissed by restructuring of the company's organization), Shiranagi Yurika (The idol star knows his stylist had devoted himself as business and finds another new young candidate for star), Sadahiro Mika (UGH - American prison story serialization), Sakurano Nayuna (art school student asks his classmate why he hides his talent), Suitsu Ayako (The window cleaning man sees the sex of office worker and CEO). all stories are interesting for me because they have very explicit hard sex scenes and they are strong & passionate stories and not students' tame/lovely romances. Sanwa Shuppan is very challenging publisher! In this volume, the complete short stories which are worthy of notice are: Kasuga's body is very muscular and gorgeous, Sakurano's seme is very dark and dangerous, Suitsu's story and sex scene (it's on the gondola for *high building* window cleaning!) are very unique. (by Slash-kun 12/May/2002)

"Ankoku Jyojyou vol.2" (Issuisha) Mar/2002 8.29 ***
The second volume of the progressive/avant-garde porno anthology magazine of same title. The writers are Hiraku Machida, Jun Hayami, Kanako Meiji, Shindou Maki, Benkyou Tamaoki, Saizou Horihone(=Akiba Oze), Miya Amiya, Hiromasa Fujiki, Henmaru Machino, Akira Yuki, Karei Oujo. In this volume, there are less traditional ordinary porno taste (or all are experimental. ie. too dark or too disastrous or too hilarious or too nonsense or too immoral). I like Meiji's funny story why "Hikikomori guy" (who appears in "Hageshikute Hen vol.4") becomes "Hikikomori" most! His father is very sexy and cute like the father of "Hanazakari no Niwa" series by Kunie Sakai. I really love Meiji's father! And I also like a hilarious comedy about the training of a new worker at the animal costume play bar by Akira Yuki. Her story is very blunt but stylish/fashionable! This chief editor may had better concentrate his energy on the female mangaka's adoption.... (by Slash-kun 21/Apr/2002)

"Ankoku Jyojyou" (Issuisha) Nov/2001 8.38
The new series of the progressive/avant-garde porno anthology magazine, "Hageshikute hen" issued from Kousai Shobou. Issuisha and Kousai Shobou are same publisher but this publisher issues "books for adult" from Issuisha (So, yaoi books are issued from Kousai Shobou). The writers are Jun Hayami, Izumi Tsukimori, Hiraku Machida, Bokushindou, Kanako Meiji, Karei Oujo, Miya Amiya, Akiba Oze, Henmaru Machino, Alumi Makita, Hiromasa Fujiki. The story of "illegal detention of girl" by Hayami is unique and interesting! It describes well the abnormal feeling of the man who loves girl very much but at same time he has negative dark desire and he wants to keep a girl "absolute inferior" to him. Tsukimori's first sex story between little kids is also interesting and cute! Tsukimori's girl is not an ordinary victim of the man, but a girl who has her intention/desire independently. Machida describes the agony of the man who is born in the family whose men have genetic inheritance that loves little girl. I think Machida wants to insist the preference of human (his personality) is not changeable easily even if it would be very immoral or shameful. Akiba Oze's story is unique (Her stories are always unique...) incest scatology one of the sisters (f/f story). Makita is also unique to express well the complex feeling of pitiful young girl who is loved but refused by his teacher who fears to realize his Lolita-complex preference. In addition to these unique stories, I'm very fond of the black-humor short story of "father and his daughter" at an extreme situation by Bokushindou. Yaoi mangaka can not issue such unique short story like this as commercial manga yet (can issue by only djs). I really want yaoi readers to mature soon in order to accept such black humour stories. The chief-editor's comment of this volume is about the current President of the United States, "Bush". He blames Bush for attacking Afghanistan by the too simple justice which Bush sticks obstinately to. I sometimes think the yaoi or hentai readers/writers are more democratic than heterosexual people in a public position because yaoi/hentai fans really wish the coexistence of the people whose thought and preference are different. (by Slash-kun 24/Mar/2002)

"Danger vol.5" (Sanwa Shuppan) Oct/2001 8.4 ***
Very explicit short stories by Kiriko Higashizato, Rie Honjyou, Mika Sadahiro, Nayuna Sakurano, Chika Taniguchi, Ayako Mizuno, Cisco Kataru. I tries to buy this because Sadahiro starts new series of American prison story like TV drama, "OZ" (But she did not watch it actually when she wrote this story. I heard this fact from her directly). A japanese student studying abroad is sent to the prison because he made love with the wife of his professor and killed him by accident. At prison, hopeless japanese man meets very sexy & energetic but dangerous guy...All the characters are very attractive and story is unique (the contrast of mysterious & silent oriental guy vs aggressive & active american guy) and dramatic. The author seems to research the american prisoner's culture very well and can express its atmosphere very naturally. I'm very looking forward to the future stories. And last Kataru's short story between prostitute student and the fisherman of tuna fishing boat is very interesting. The author explains well why so many japanese high school girls become prostitutes now. They have no way to evaluate themselves except the money from their customers. Sanwa Shuppan seems to make the yaoi writers write manga freely as the writers want. So recently Sanwa Shuppan has become the one of my favorite publishers! (by Slash-kun 25/Sep/2001)

"Hageshikute Hen vol.4" (Kousai Shobou) Jul/2001 8.2 ***
The last volume of very avant-garde pornographic anthology series. The writers are Karei Oujo, Hiraku Machida, Jun Hayami, Kanako Meiji, Miya Amiya, Henmaru Machino, Akiba Oze, Risao Endou, Hiromasa Fujiki, Alumi Makita, Bokushindou. The story by "Risao Endou" is a kind of m/m story (but transvestite boy story). I also enjoyed the strange incest story between brother who suffers from "Hikikomori syndrome"(hate contacting with other people and always keep indoors) and his honor-roll student sister by "Kanako Meiji". What a charming brother! The editor says this series will change into different title series, "Ankoku Jyojyou" (Dark lyricism?) as adult porno book from "Issuisha" in this autumn (not fixed). I wish this new series will go into the black! (by Slash-kun 10/Nov/2001)

"Hageshikute Hen vol.3" (Kousai Shobou) Mar/2001 8.35
Third volume of very avant-garde pornographic anthology series. The writers are Hiraku Machida, Jun Hayami, Kanako Meiji, Akiba Oze, Karei Oujo, Miya Amiya, Henmaru Machino, Alumi Makita, Akira Yuuki, Bokushindou. Though there are no m/m stories, I could enjoy very weird stories. Especially the story of "Akiba Oze" about parasitology scholar couple is very unique. Many japanese men like women who are not prominent. Perhaps Oze may want a man who can accept his partner's uniqueness. Besides this, I like the strange romance between girl and hermaphrodite students by "Miya Amiya" and funny romance between woman of marriageable age and his boy friend who does not propose marriage to her readily by "Akira Yuuki". The editor of this anthology regrets these series seem to be in the red (don't make money) but I think he should have some talent to find the mangakas who has also talent and I'm very looking forward to encounter them. (by Slash-kun 10/Nov/2001)

"Hageshikute Hen vol.2" (Kousai Shobou) Nov/2001 8.4 ***
Second sequel to very avant-garde pornographic anthology. The writers are Benkyou Tamaoki, Kanako Meiji, Hiraku Machida, Miya Amiya, Sindou Boku, Akiba Oze, Henmaru Machino, Jun Hayami, Karei Oujo, Akira Yuuki, Risao Endo. Risao Endo's short story again has m/m factor (Incest tragedy. The hero left his home to escape from his violent drunk father though hero worried about his cute and helpless younger brother very much. Hero encounters the girl who resembles his brother very well but the girl never shows her perineum to hero...) and is really impressive story!! The chief editor said he cried reading this (me too!). Kanako Meiji's is also incest story between daughter and his uncle but his uncle often think heroine to be a boy because he also has same incest experience, being raped by his father. He is going to be mad but heroine becomes to symphathize with such miserable uncle and *rapes like his father*!!! I think many yaoi writers write such story (fatigue fathers are saved by his children) because they feel great sympathy with old guys who lives in traditional society and have heavy obligation to keep their family. Now in Japan old men are the being who are pitied (like movie "American Beauty") by even japanese women who are weak but live freely ! Akiba Oze's story is unique & cute romance between very strong and masculine heroine who uses her anus at sex and a cute and weak guy who loves so much heroine as she is (loves even her secret activity in a rest room). Heroine becomes very honest and relaxes by such tender guys. Oze expresses well modern women's stress by living equally like men. At postscript, the chief editor says he issues this series for "the freedom of expression". He is seriously afraid that pornographic manga would be discouraged because in last November, a bill which controls/restricts pornographic books/manga/video became effective (came into force) in Japan. But I think the limitation/oppression of freedom for imagination/thought will be more serious damage/harmful for young people... (by Slash-kun 15/Sep/2001)

"Hageshikute Hen" (Kousai Shobou) Jun/2001 8.3 ***
Very progressive/avant-garde/underground/abnormal pornographic stories by various (young, veteran, male & female mangaka) talented writers (Hiraku Machida, Zero no Mono, Miya Amiya, Benkyou Tamaoki, Sindou Boku, Masaaki, Jun Hayami, Henmaru Machino, Risao Endo, Ningyo Tsukasa, Inaki Matsumoto, Kazu Miki, Shiso Kiken). Mainly for adult men but only one story written by Risao Endou has m/m factor (promiscuous sexual relations among a man and twins - sister & brother). At postscript, the chief editor, Ariyoshi Tada appeals he issues this for "the freedom of expression". He regrets recent manga magazine never issue dangerous & dark & nonsense stories which he (middle age japanese guy) wants to read in Japan because of recent regulation movement for porno manga. He insists "Every expression should harmful for someone", so "Any expression should not be persecuted only because they are harmful for someone". He quotes the comment by very famous female mangaka in Japan. She said "Bad manga will get rid of good manga, so we should not allow/leave such bad porno manga". But Tada says many old popular manga (even "Sazae-san") had been assumed as bad books for adult people long time ago (about 1940's) and he has no interest with previous female mangaka's work, so her manga will be bad for him because it just wastes precious paper resource. His thought seems to be very radical at first, but for every artist it is just too natural and right. (by Slash-kun 15/Sep/2001)

"Jannie vol.15" (Kousai Shobou) Jul/98 8.35 ***
The last volume of this series. I already read a few writers but did not read most of them ("Tachibana Takashi", "Hizakura Kurumi", "Matsumoto Inori", "Yokota Kumi", "Tohjoh Rana" "Katsuragi Setsuna", "EMI", "Kotobuki Miina" "Miyata Etsuko" and some interesting articles about yaoi manga/movie by writes). The editor of this series, Yoshiaki Shioyama is a very famous editor of porno manga and found many new talent for this series but his trial was so enthusiastic/minor that both ordinary yaoi fans (Shioyama's magazine is short of "aestheticism") and gay people (too girlish) did not seem to support it. But I could enjoy these BDSM stories with shota taste and Kousai Shobou has produced many new yaoi mangaka of talent after a few years...(by Slash-kun 15/Dec/2001)

Aoi Akira
"Aishi Aisare Bokura wa Ikiteku" (Kousai Shobou) Jul/97 8.3 ***
The author is same person as "Kougami Eri". This is her first comics. Short stories with very explicit erotic sex scenes. Most characters are lively & cute young boy (students) . Her art is very fashionable, modern and pop. The cover pic is not so cool (IMHO) but inner b/w drawings are very skillful and cool. All her stories are short but enough interesting and good. I think it is because her uke is very energetic like Yusuke of Yu-Yu-Hakusho though he is very small.(by Slash-kun 12/May/2001)

Aoi Futaba & Kurenai Mitsuba
"WEST END vol.8" (Biblos) Jul/2002 * 8.45
The final volume of the very popular long & erotic fantasy! The story: (Kiri and Tonami finally reach the west end. They meets Mitou who is perfect existence and knows the future of everyone there. Mitou predicts that Kiri will die because of Tonami. Mitou says he has let Kiri keep living in order to bring Tonami to Mitou safely. Mitou thinks every imperfect like Kiri should die and tries to deprive another perfect existence, Tonami from Kiri. But Kiri refuses Mitou's order and declares "I and Tonami will live as we like". Kiri nearly falls into the darkness/black hole of Mitou with Tonami but Kiri and Tonami know there the old history of the human being , the secret of "Castle" - they made Castle to control the earth which had been polluted by them and return the clean earth to next generation - and the secret Kiri & Tonami's relationship - current human is testee of the degree of pollution and Demiuru is new candidate after human and has instinct to absolutely obey the human/owner in order survive until the earth will be cleaned completely. Mitou is the supervisor program for Castle and Demiuru but Tvai is also supervisor of Mitou, then they destroy themselves because human being and Demiuru have made unexpected progress of old generation who believed they can control everything and made Castle, Demiuru, Mitou & Tvai. New generation begins to live by themselves - with no control like Castle - on new earth...). Very impressive & dramatic ending with a lot of hope in the future though this volume does not have explicit sex scenes. Mitou & Tvai explain the mystery/secret/truth about "Castle, Demi and human" of this story for long time, so it may be a little difficult for non-japanese readers to understand. (by Slash-kun 27/Jul/2002)

Araya Miki
"Geboku ni Narimasu" (Outou Shobou) Jun/2002 *** 8.45
Very hilarious long series about a model and CM producer (Story: A able advertising company businessman, Moriya has sought a CM model of jewelry. He finds ideal one, Itsuki Ouno, a student who has dignity and noble atmosphere which make everyone prostrate themselves before. Moriya devotes himself to Itsuki and becomes a sex slave for Itsuki. But Itsuki begins to suspect Moriya does not love him but just respects Itsuki's talent....) and one short comedy of students using her favorite metaphor of animal activity (imprinting/the mating season). Seme character (Moriya) is so nice for me (very obedient adult guy but bold & lustful at sex like my favorite character, Naoe of "Mirage of Blaze")! And Itsuki is "Queen-uke" (very proud, arrogant and blunt then his tears have strong power). Exaggerated reactions, posture and plot set off the characters very well! The author seems to realize her original strong point and make progress of it. (by Slash-kun 22/Jun/2002)

"LOVELY DAY" (Outoushobou) Sep/2001 8.28 ***
Funny story about the trouble of the male students who try to get married. Too beautiful (then seems to be uncommunicative) student, Rei Majima is proposed by the very energetic son of very rich family, Shinichirou Okuwada but many people (Shinichirou's father, Rei's girl friend,,etc) are against their marriage. Then Rei tells lie and tries to leave the school...The author's art is skillful and characters are attractive and story is funny but I feels something is missing/wanting/lacking in this story. Perhaps I think it is because the author uses too usual situations (students, rich family's father, girl friend's jealousy,,etc). I hope the author to challenge more difficult stories at next time! (by Slash-kun 02/Dec/2001)

"Koibito wa Oujisama" (Outou Shobou) May/2001 8.5 ***
Very hilarious comedy of sunny student and his beautiful teacher with little kid. Hero student falls in love with his teacher and wants to support him but his little nephew always interferes hero. At last they will become couple and can make love but...Very surprising ending is waiting! I really enjoyed it. (by Slash-kun 14/Jul/2001)

Asaoka Minagi
"Ariadone no Itoguchi - Shokumotsu Rensa series vol.2" (Shinshokan) Dec/2001 8.35 **
The sequel of the first comics. Light comedy of the vampire at boys' high school and other two short stories (Very vigorous student suddenly becomes very erotic because of his flu / The boy whose family and lover died tries to commit suicide but is put a stop by his lover's ghost). In this volume, the love of two couples (Vampire, Sakura and Miwa who has holy blood / Moritaka who also has holy blood & his guardian devil, Habaki) are written more deeply (both couples fall into crisis but overcome). The unique atmosphere is very tender and resembles "Mashiro Minamino". (by Slash-kun 17/Mar/2002)

"Ambrosia no Yuuwaku - Shokumotsu Rensa Series vol.1" (Shinshokan) Jul/2001 8.35 **
Very funny fantasy in the boy high school. Hero, Sakura Fujiwara is the son between female human-being and male vampire. Sakura has no fang yet, so he often suffers from anemia because he can not suck the blood. But one day his classmate, Miwa wonders Sakura may be the man-eater because Sakura often keeps watching Miwa like man-eater. Sakura says truth and Miwa promises he will give his blood to Sakura like milk...Her art is very cute and resembles Saemi Yorita and small words by handwritten are very interesting! Other couples (Wolfman and his lover / Moritaka, Miwa's cousin, the chairman of student council and Habagi, vice chairman, his guardian, demon) and parents (Sakura and Moritaka) are also very attractive. I can really enjoy though there is no explicit sex scenes. (by Slash-kun 02/Sep/2001)

Azumaya Kei
"Paradise 30000 feet@-All Nippon Air Line- " (Magazine Magazine) Nov/2002 *** 8.8
Very hilarious comedy book about "New & unique airline company" from very popular & long serialization on the magazines issued from Magazine Magazine. The story:(New airline company comes into the world! The name is ANAL. All crews of ANAL are guys and all of them are homosexual including the CEO. ANAL is very popular among female travelers. In ANAL, there are four unique and capable pursers - they are very attractive like aces of host-club. CEO is "king of seem". He adopts freshmen by test on the bed and he makes most heterosexual students change into homosexual ANAL employees. There are various kinds special flights in ANAL like "Macho flight (All crew are macho)", "Pekingese flight with very mysterious and beautiful kung-fu master steward",,etc. ANAL's first class has a dreamy special saloon and passengers can make love with very attractive crew there!,,,,). The author has got the readers' hooks by just only the name of this airline company, "ANAL(All Nippon Air Line)"! It's so nice naming! And this book is full of "sarcasm against male-dominated airline culture" (Old main passengers of airline are rich guys and they like women, then air carriers adopt beautiful airline hostess. But now many women begin to use airplane for foreign trip and they feel a little dissatisfied with such old airline culture now). Especially in Japan, "becoming airline hostess" is a sort of long-for job for many women and "marriage with airline hostess" is the dream of many men. Imprudent rich middle-aged men often treat airline hostess like "woman who works in a bar or nightclub". So many japanese female readers enjoys "author's revenge with very attractive homosexual stewards" with a lot of cheers. The author's funny & simple art hits the right nail on the head and her intellectual witty (She sometimes criticizes JAL - flag carrier which has entrenched privilege and coalesces with politicians - symbolizing "old japanese male-dominated society". And she often uses ironically typical poor jokes which the middle aged men often use)jokes avoids being too vulgar. Additionally the author have very detailed & maniac knowledge about "airplane, airline company and people who works there"! It provides this story a lot of persuasiveness. At postscript, she says she likes airplane very much. The works about the author's favorite always make me get excited! I wish this author to keep writing this story forever! If you have any dissatisfaction at current air travel in your country, please try this book! I can assure this will be your stress-relieving!! (by Slash-kun 28/Dec/2002)

"Ijiwaru na Kamisama" (Futami Shobou) Mar/2001 8.7 ***
Very unique & funny romance between a dog and his master, Tomo (uke) and Tomo's younger lover (seme). A dog wants to be a human to be able to love his master, high school student each other. Master's young friend, elementary school pupil, Tatsuki also loves Tomo but Tomo refuses Tatsuki's proposal because Tatsuki is so young. Then the dog and Tatsuki prays toward the falling star; "I can be a human and become lover of my master" and "I will be grown up soon and Tomo will loves me". Nasty god realizes only one prayer....Very interesting trial to use dog's view to describe the change of relationship between elder student and younger one. It makes the story more fantastic like "Madonna no Kataomoi" by Niki Kajiwara. The expression of dog is very lively and humorous (The author has kept dogs since she was a child). The last story from djs is also very sexy and hilarious!! Highly recommended. (by Slash-kun 17/Mar/2001)

Azumi Moka
"DESTINIES CROSS" (Shinkousha) Nov/2001 8.45 ***
Rock music band story. At the postscript, the author writes that she was very glad her editor allowed her writing modern/contemporary story (Azumi seldom wrote such stories) and music band story (many editors are against writing music band stories because most of them are boring) besides. She presented her first story and she issued long djs of the sequel and had a second opportunity to write short sequel to the commercial magazine issued from same publisher (Then I can read luckily "Tankoubon" of them with reasonable price!). Azumi's characters are very beautiful, so I'm afraid her musicians are too aesthetic. But she has interpreted many characters (musician, managers, producer of record company,,etc) very well and expressed the sensitive hero's mind deeply. And the sex scene is more erotic than I expected (It may be because it was initially issued as djs). Shinkousha has issued only yaoi novels but recently starts issuing yaoi manga series("Chocolat comics"), too. I'm very looking forward to this new trial!. (by Slash-kun 01/Dec/2001)

Billy Takahashi
"Heart no Shohousen" (Tokuma Shoten) Jul/2002 *** 8.4
Very sweet college students long romance. The story: (A cute & sincere college student, Yukinori Tachibana is a boy friend of a very fickle & rich playboy senior student, Yoshito Yazaki. Yukinori is always obedient for Yoshito who is unfaithful and has many girl friends but Yukinori finally wants to test Yoshito's love by being at something of distance with (cold for) Yoshito. Yoshito gets angry but believe Yukinori's lie and tries to part with Yukinori. Yoshito greatly regrets his action and implores Yoshito to return to the previous relationship though he can not monopolize Yoshito...). I think at first Yoshito is just a typical spoiled playboy and Yukinori is a weepy weak/timid uke. But after many twists and turns at the end of story, Yoshito tries to be independent from his rich family in order to reject his fianc'ee and experiences poor life and Yukinori also becomes an office worker and tries to support Yoshito, a postgraduate student. Especially I'm deeply moved by the last episode that poor Yoshito gives old watch, a keepsake his grandmother to Yukinori for the celebration of Yukinori's employment!! The art is very romantic and sweet as usual but this story has unexpectedly good theme! (by Slash-kun 14/Jul/2002)

B.T.Aduma
"MAKE LOVE MAKER vol.3" (Kousai Shobou) Nov/2002 *** 8.6
Very challenging sequel of the long series about a businessman of health appliances who has unique background and patrons. The story:(Takashi establishes new business and new division. He asks his patron group, "Timaeus" to support his new business and acquire his father's company. He shows last sex with his father in front of the member to show his loyalty for the group. The Timaeus members explain why they form an intimate friendship with Takashi...). At first-time reading of this book, I overlooked the true value of this book because the author is too shy to show her deep intelligence in an obvious manner. But the author is really intelligent & well-mature (Author knows various old, classic things & business knowledge and invents very witty name of barons!) and very brave to challenge very controversial & very hard-core BDSM story (The scenes of frantic action of Takashi at his members-only S and M club is really punchy! There is no easy compromise. Takashi's farcical despair which he can realize himself only by *pain* is well written). In her art, there is too much of a gap between "best/meticulous ones" and "plain/usual ones", so the readers often overlook her deep theme or her great talent of art (She draws various unique barons and unique underwear, S & M tools. And...her penis looks so mouth-watering!). If the author becomes more honest or bold to show her greatness, her works will be more popular. (by Slash-kun 21/Dec/2002)

"MAKE LOVE MAKER vol.2" (Kousai Shobou) Dec/2001 8.7 ***
I'm so surprised! This book is very very wonderful (The author adds the unique atmosphere of businessmen's world to the typical/usual BDSM stories of Kousai Shobou) !! Her art is unusually very detailed & elaborate (Especially she expresses very well erotic underwear and SM bondage equipment and cat costume! The author said the editor of Kousai Shobou passed the Magazine, "Zettai Reido" to the author as the reference material for SM fashion. Very nice editor! The author has also studies/researches well and learns to realize very erotic SM costume!! Very fascinating). I wish the author always try to challenge very elaborate art work.Tanada Takashi is the best prostitute who charms/captures even the famous politicians (The cruel BDSM playing with politicians are very interesting and deeply suggestive - even instructive! Their behaviors are very cruel but they have never intention to kill the Takashi actually and they are very coward and only enjoy to frighten by the fear of death. The author seems to know the enjoyment/essence of BDSM. The author well describes ugly old fat man and old thin manj, but at same time he is an ordinary guy who loves his common colleague, Hodaka and tries to be pretty in front of Hodaka. Such stories often become melancholy but the author tries to express it very humorously and it makes this story unique. The author's postscript is also very witty and we can see the author has a lot of knowledge about underwears and sexual toys. Highly recommendable. (by Slash-kun 22/Dec/2001)

"Oishii Otoko" (Kousai Shobou) Aug/2001 8.25 ***
Her shota PWP, the sequel of Tatsuto's story of "Gan gan Yarouze". The author does not like shota but her editor asked her, so by her postscript, she tried to find hard the necessity that uke boy(Tetsuto) loves seme (Tatsuto) with his consenting intention. Then Tatsuto tries to part with Tetsuto who is his younger cousin and tries to find his adequate another partner (same age and same wanton guy, Arisu) or tries to be uke for the guy (Mitsuhiko) who has true partner (Nozomi) who is the classmate of Tetsuto. Azuma's seme (Tatsuto and Mitsuhiko)'s face are very attractive, so the sex scene of Tatsuto & Mitsuhiko is very fascinating!! I believe so many readers also want to read these two guy's romance though they are not really heroes. (by Slash-kun 11/Aug/2001)

CHI-RAN
"Koi ni Nattara." (Houbunsha) Aug/2002 *** 8.29
The thrilling long comedy that three brothers of Lion kidnaps Mamiya. The series of "MAD.PApiiii". The story: (Mamiya is kidnapped by three brothers of Lion. Lion's family is a big famous family, the Kamishiro combine. They hate Mamiya because they love their cute brother, Lion too much since his childhood and can not permit Lion to love mediocre/ordinary guy like Mamiya. Lion goes to the dangerous castle to save Mamiya who does not realize his love to Lion yet....). Three brothers are very fashionable & gorgeous like japanese rock groups called "visual-kei"! The author should really love such psychedelic rock stars with narcissism. The way of their torture of Mamiya is very funny & erotic but it may a little lack of "seriousness" or "tension" with radical/strong desire. This is her 17th books (so many!!) and at postscript, there is very convenient list of all her works with the degree of "sexiness". Owing to the list, five titles are most erotic and this is not so. (by Slash-kun 17/Aug/2002)

Chitose Piyoko
"Tsukiyo no Fushigi" (Biblos) Jan/2002 8.38 ***
Two long stories (The first story: PWP between a foolish member of the Judo club, Matsuoka and very beautiful one of the athletic club, Oono in same room of the high school dormitory for sport scholarship students / the second story: very dangerous delinquent rich student, Natsu falls in love with his classmate, Yukio who suffers from very strong inferiority complex for his twin brother, Akio who is a very intelligent and honor-roll student. Natsu rapes Yukio and Akio tries to save Yukio, but Yukio also feels love for Natsu...) and two short PWP (Villain school dentist and his patient student who pretends a honor-roll student / two students who like fight each other very much). Very explicit (Not like Biblos but like Kousai Shobou. Her uke is very erotic, especially when he is raped over his underwear...) and very funny (very speedy simple stories and a lot of hilarious jokes)! By the author's postscript, Chitose says her career as djska is very long and she did not understand by herself whether she want to write yaoi or not and she sometimes wrote non-yaoi stories. But one day she decides she will stop writing manga after she writes yaoi as hard as she can. Then somehow she is asked for a lot of work by publishers. She appreciates the god of yaoi who makes her write yaoi. And me, too! (by Slash-kun 9/Feb/2002)

CJ Michalski
"Himitsu na Kankei" (Houbunsha) Sep/2002 ** 8.48
Very hilarious comedy of the romance between pretty boy of ramen (Chinese noodles in soup) shop and wild & dangerous son of the yakuza. The story:(Ukyou Tatsumori, the son of very big yakuza group, returns from abroad to Japan to propose to the son of ramen shop, Kakeru Kobayashi. Kakeru saved Ukyou on the very cold day from his enemy yakuza. But Kakeru is just threatened by the enemy yakuza and ordered to be the lover of their head. Ukyou saves Kakeru but is hated by Kakeru because Kakeru has very bad memory with "yakuza" - his father has great debt and got serious hurt and enters the hospital by yakuza and his mother ran away with her lover, yakuza. Then Ukyou disguises himself as ordinary temporary worker and helps Kakeru's shop. One day Kakeru is kidnapped by the enemy yakuza. Ukyou with his fellows storms the head office of the enemy and tries to kill the leader but gives up it by Kakeru's persuasion. Ukyou pays Kakeru's debt and proposes Kakeru but Kakeru can not love the yakuza. Ukyou's father makes Ukyou his successor against Ukyou's intention...). "The stupid situation that yakuza hides true colors & acts like the split personality because he loves boy who hate yakuza" is very interesting and attracts so many readers (so the sequel is now going on)! The character of Ukyou (savage for enemy but very tender for Kakeru) is so attractive & cool!! His fellow, Sasaki is also very likable guy. There is little sex scenes because Ukyou and Kakeru have a lot of difficulty to be the couple. So I expect for next volume!! (by Slash-kun 28/Sep/2002)

"Maeyorimo Dareyorimo" (Takeshobou) Nov/2001 8.45 ***
The short stories of the author's typical couples (pretty childish uke - even if he does not looks adult, he is sometimes adult guy - and cool & wild and tall seme). And all three characters of the first three stories are same brothers (Their parents should sigh!) (Eldest brother, Shunpei picks up the prostitute boy to refuse an offer of marriage by his father / middle brother, Takashi makes his old temporary lover enter his father's company / Youngest brother, Tomoaki loves his manservant). The rest three stories are also interesting with unique ideas (The professor who invent the medicine of "rejuvenation" tells his student his feeling / The ping-pong club of high school / Homosexual couple with a kid look back over the past of their youth). Especially I'm deeply impressed with the fifth story of ping-pong club because the tall and macho student whose appearance is seme wears the turtle costume and *is taken* by beautiful student who is turtle mania! The scene of turtle student spawns ping-pong balls like egg reminds me of adult male porno manga but it never disgusts me because of the author's pretty art (I think the art or characters' appearance is really important for the female reader's impression/interpretation). The author also says at her postscript she enjoyed writing the fifth story and could write the plot soon without any labor. In this year the author issues so many books, so I think she has remarkably distinguished herself as a popular top-class yaoi mangaka! Besides, the cover pic of this book is really wonderful (The chief editor recommends it and I appreciate her/him very much!). The author may be better at dark art than her typical pretty & light art...(by Slash-kun 10/Dec/2001)

"Toki no Rashinban" (Houbunsha) Oct/2001 8.35 ***
Shota long story. The young entrepreneur, Makoto Takamizawa has an intention to revenge the Tachibana family who has captured Akito Toba, the last descendant of Toba family who has magical power to foresee the future in the basement of the Tachibana's house). Takamizawa pretends to be the customer of Tachibana and abducts Akito, but he falls in love with Akito and Akito, too.... The author has written a lot of funny stories, so such a serious story like this may be challenge for her (But Tachibana is so eccentric/queer that I can not help laughing at him). The hero of this story is Akito, but I love Takamizawa and Tachibana's subordinate & Akito's guardian, Kuroda because they are very gorgeous adult guys. So I wish Kuroda becomes very happy, too....BTW this book has an english summary on the back cover. Houbunsha may finally start to consider the western readers!! (by Slash-kun 13/Oct/2001)

"Hitomi wa Umi no Iro" (Biblos) Aug/2001 8.4 ***
Very hilarious long shota series about a ordinary school boy of Japan and the prince of oversea country and one short shota story about a boy whose father is the owner of the japanese style hotel and its visitor (businessman) and two non-shota stories (students of dormitory / the young private chef and his master). I really enjoy this because her seme are very cool (The author wrote prince stories before but this prince is more gorgeous and wild) and the stories are very funny because she is not embarrassed to describe the serious feeling (or be enough brave/bold not to avoid too romantic or exaggerated expression - In this comics, two seme heroes become all skin and bone when he parts with uke!) of the characters! It's very important to write the good yaoi stories. (by Slash-kun 30/Aug/2001)

"Ginyuushijin no Koi" (Houbunsha) Apr/2001 8.35 ***
One very hilarious long comedy between the mad poet and student and short funny stories (students <= seme is very cruel and cool!!/ teacher and pupil / businessmen of food company). When a very famous & popular poet, Noboru Miura hits in a slump, he encounters a very charming boy, Yuuma Katagiri. Miura falls in love with Yuuma and keeps pursuing and seducing Yuuma everyday with tremendous flood of exaggerated beautiful poetry words. The boy finally gives up refusing the passionate proposal by Miura...The character of Miura is very interesting because he is very pure but at same time he is very vulgar and clever and lustful (artists are often too honest for his pleasure and inspiration). Then Miura's too much passion for his creation of poetry often becomes the obstacle for the sex between Miura and Yuuma. Miura often utilizes Yuuma as themes(material) of his works and Yuuma refuse Miura's revealing their romances to the people and wants Miura to monopolize Yuuma and conceal/hide their privacy from the people. But in a real life, women often hate being monopolized by their boyfriends though the participation with society is a sort of selling their own life. Its contradictory is very funny for me.(by Slash-kun 31/Mar/2001)

Daitokuji Kisara
"Tenkuu no Ruriya vol.2" (Biblos) Nov/2001 8.3 ***
The long sequel of same title series and a short other story about psycho-therapist and occult detectives (student of "the science of religion"). The author challenges very dynamic & fantastic sea story (very rare and unique genre for yaoi manga but some novelists have done very good jobs in this genre) and can bring this story to satisfactory end though there are not plenty erotic sex scenes like previous volume. The short story also seems to become interesting, so I want to read its sequels. (by Slash-kun 02/Dec/2001)

Dr.Ten
"Boku no Dokusaisha" (Kasahara Shuppansha) Jan/2002 8.4 ***
Shota funny long series of same title of the book (college student who always feels guilty for his desire for his cute cousin who is a just elementary school pupil) and other short stories (The sister of mixed twins tries to get married with rich guy but he wants brother,,,/ Strange couple who often becomes younger or woman by sex / Dark atmosphere story of love&hate students). The author's child is very cute (especially weeping face is very sexy) and has unique & attractive three type of expressive eyes (Firm/cocky eyes with light within at ordinary time, Surprised strained white eyes with black pupil at penetration, Black eyes without light at ecstasy) like changeable eyes of very proud/arrogant cat. She keeps cat, so she may get some hints of the expression for the shota uke's eyes from her cat. (by Slash-kun 24/Feb/2002)

"Geboku Shounenbushi - Tokyo Yaban Gaiden" (Kousai Shobou) Dec/2001 8.35 ***
The sequel of "Tokyo Yaban no Chizu". Tomoe, the son of the Kuchiba family are ordered to guard Mamoru, an heir of the Mitsugi family. But Mamoru who is a villainous manager of Host club, refuses Tomoe's proposal. Tomoe asks Mamoru desperately, so Mamoru accepts it under the unbelievable condition that Tomoe becomes lover/mistress of Mamoru....Tomoe is very small, so this story is shota with comedy taste. The situation that Mamoru is enough mighty and clever not to need any guardians, so Tomoe can not carry out his mission if Tomoe would not be loved by Momoru (Of course Mamoru fell in love with Tomoe at first sight) is very funny! This book has two short stories (Serious story of Suzusemi and his brother, Aina and lovely comedy of Nasuka and Uishia). The reader can enjoy various talent of this author by this book!!(by Slash-kun 31/Dec/2001)

"NASE"(Kousai Shobou) Jul/2001 8.2 ***
Serious stories containing S&M and nostalgic mood(The author said title story, "NASE" was her first S&M stories). The author is usually good at funny fantastic stories (only the last short story is fantasy but very serious), so this trial is a sort of challenge for her. I'm surprised to know her art of "Taisho era" of Japan is very nice and she also has another talent to express such old things. I really expect such new challenge will enrich the writer's future works. (by Slash-kun 11/Aug/2001)

"Koi suru Oresama" (Kousai Shobou) Feb/99 8.25 ***
"Koi suru Oresama Vol.1" (Kousai Shobou) Mar/2000 8.25 ***
Her second comics. Very hilarious unique fantasy of apprentice of incubus for men and his foster father, evil. Evil is very cool & strong but he loves his cute and foolish apprentice too much to spoil him. Then apprentice can not complete his duty...Very sweet and funny story but all characters (apprentice's brother & his incubus and evil's brother and female evil) are very attractive and have strong personality, I can really enjoy this typical fantasy. (by Slash-kun 11/Mar/2001)

Ebihara Yuri
"TRAP" (Shinkousha) Sep/2002 *** 8.6
Angst short stories including very attractive public detective & professional sniper series (Narushima, an elite detective of the Metropolitan Police Department who is guarding an important person at football stadium happens to meet his old friend, Fujisaki. When they were promising football players in same team, Fujisaki always dominated Narushima and deprived all of Narushima including of his pride and girl friend. But Narushima realizes that Fujisaki becomes sniper by his broken heart with Narushima.../ The sequel of the first story. Narushima failed to catch Fujisaki and Fujisaki also failed to kill the VIP. They meet again and make love together to find their real intentions each other / Bitter and dark unique story. The ex-member of swimming club encourages a retired member by fatal injury to tell the ace swimmer his feeling. Ace swimmer accepts it because he loves injured butterfly / Tense angst PWP. The teacher tries to find out gradually the reason his student acts rebelliously for only him / Very fashionable & stylish fantasy of twin angels. One angel likes the human too much and arouses jealousy of the other angel and the anger of God / Fascinating sketch of the prequel of the first story. Fujisaki wonders he wants to fondle or attack Narushima who keeps his silence but seems to temper Fujisaki. Fujisaki decides to spread his trap all over Narushima to fall into Narushima's desire forever). The author's first book! All the stories are very interesting but especially the first super angst series of "TRAP" (detective & sniper) is sooooo fascinating. The both of detective and sniper are very sexy adult/mature guys (It's very erotic that very arrogant and bold sniper sometimes shows a glimpse of his weakness) with complex feeling by their bitter old memory!! The author's art of characters with sexy upper lip is very cool & attractive. Very powerful new talent! If you like detective story, never miss this book!!(by Slash-kun 19/Oct/2002)

Eiki Eiki
"Train Train vol.1" (Shinshokan) Oct/2002 * 8.4
Very unique comedy about station employees! The story:(Very cute boy, Asahi Saruta just graduates railroad school and is assigned to "Minami Kitazawa Station". It's very unique station and all the employees are handsome like young idol stars. Asahi wants to be a motorman like his father but he is a helpless blunderer and he meets very unique senior colleagues, so he nearly loses his purpose. But Asahi begins to overcome various difficulty or problems by his colleagues' warm support...). Yaoi mangaka have adopted various many employees or workplaces of men because yaoi fans are very curious about them. But "station employee" is very rare and new. But many yaoi fans really should want such a station with many handsome young employees!! There is no sex scenes and even no explicit yaoi scenes and the story is trifling but it is very funny like the short comic play by SMAP. The author's personal experience of temporary working at "Shimokitazawa station" when she was a student is very funny (She should really like "the station as workplace"!) and its experience makes this story realistic, therefore hilarious. (by Slash-kun 2/Nov/2002)

Endou Hiroki
"EDEN vol.6" (Koudansha) Sep/2001 8.25
This volume does not seem to be SF story but to be common/usual violent gang story like "Banana Fish" or US movie, "American ME", (A lot of tough female prostitutes and savage drug mafia/gangs). Hero, Area is involved in the conflict between two big drug gang groups and decides to revenge his enemy...(by Slash-kun 01/Dec/2001)

"EDEN vol.5" (Koudansha) Jul/2000 8.2
The author seems to like the technique of "recollection/reminiscence". And this volume is mainly about girlhood of Sophia who is a genius hacker women and the leader of guerrilla group. The author is very unique to have interest in both boys' and girls' problems of puberty and tries to express them. At the end of this volume, hero, Eria's father is talked about. He was researching about his real father for long time and came to know the existence of "Propater" where his father belonged to. He cooperated with Propater for a while but he finally betrayed it. The act of homosexual scientist of first volume results in very sarcastic end...(by Slash-kun 11/Nov/2001)

"EDEN vol.4" (Koudansha) Feb/2000 8.35 *
The long flashback story of Kenji. I could enjoy this volume because I love Kenji very much! His brother was a young strong hooligan (partisan) and did not want to make Kenji follow the same fate as his. But Kenji resigned his school because he was weak and was always bullied/raped/threaten by his classmates. As time went on, Kenji becomes lonely & cruel killer who absolutely obeys only his master (his brother or the man who killed his brother)...The author wrote his miserable experience in his school days at his postscript. According to it, the author was bullied by his classmate and wanted to kill him. But he gave up his plan in front of classmate's house because the author heard the argument of the family and knew that his classmate's family was not happy. The author may use his impressive personal episode as Kenji's tragic background (personal history) and his trial seems to be successful. (by Slash-kun 03/Nov/2001)

"EDEN vol.3" (Koudansha) May/99 8.35
The guerrilla group fights with the army of Propater and some members of them sacrifice their lives. Even now many private citizen (especially weak girls) at international dispute area are suffered from a lot of land mines, so the author may want to express its terror/fear with the miserable prostitute girl (but she tries to resist her fate and fight with it) of the fictional future world. Reading this manga again, I'm very afraid current unreasonable tendency that such antiwar movements or government criticism are not allowed freely/easily now after WTC terrorism. (by Slash-kun 03/Nov/2001)

"EDEN vol.2" (Koudansha) Oct/98 8.35 *
Eria is caught by guerrilla group against Propater? (new governing/ruling class people of Christians after great epidemic) and throws in his lot with them. The author writes quite fiction but I think he tries to write very contradictory status of the current world (ie. The gap between Christian or atheist advanced rich countries and Muslim or other religious poor developing countries,,,etc). In guerrilla group, there is a very mysterious cool japanese guy, Kenji. He works as a perfect killer machine and has very complex feeling against commander Kahn who trained Kenji. Their relationship reminds me of the incest one between japanese Spartan father and obedient son! (by Slash-kun 03/Nov/2001)

"EDEN vol.1" (Koudansha) Apr/98 8.35 *
This is the shounen/seinen manga serialized on the monthly magazine, "Afternoon" which is known as very excellent & minor SF manga magazine (now in Japan, SF is not so popular compared with "(Heroic) Fantasy"). This is the story of the world after very tremendous terrible epidemic killed many people. The first half story is about the last son and daughter of the human-being at artificial base for experiment and the second half is about Eria, the son of them (Perhaps. The author did not reveal the relationship between two heroes explicitly). When I read this for the first time, I was very surprised at the indirect cause of the collapse of the world (Direct cause is the epidemic). That is the jealousy of the homosexual scientist for his classmate who has been married with a woman and has a son. I wondered japanese male readers could sympathize with such a scientist but I was deeply impressed at the author's trial and at the usage of the music, "People get ready" of "The impressions".(by Slash-kun 27/Oct/2001)

Enomoto Nariko
"Enomoto Nariko + Nobi Nobita vol.2" (Futabasha) Jun/2002 *** 9
Reissue of the author's Yuuyuu Hakusho djs (Yuusuke, Kuwabara & Kurama get old. Senile/feeble minded Kurama keeps waiting for Hiei's come back on the housetop garden. Then Yuusuke orders his grandson to bring evil mirror to Kurama.../ Kurama's magical power is gradually declining. He uses his last power to be young again and becomes a test astronaut of first light speed trip / Kurama goes to america for academic research. After 100 years, Hiei finds Kurama's look-alike in the town. It's android invented by female scholar who loved Kurama at USA university. Hiei and Kurama steal the big diamond.../ The sequel of third story. After 43 years, Kurama's body is going to decay, then Hiei and Kurama go to the research center of female scholar. Kurama recovers but it is another android.../ Kurama is going to get married with his old classmate with whom Kurama met at alumni association after long interval. Kurama tries to remember something desperately but can't for long time. Suddenly he remembers the old but brilliant memory with Hiei). Third story was published as "Hikou Shounenzu" from Oota Shuppan. The author writes various Kurama (Old guys or Android, The guy who is going to get married,,etc) who lost the magical power and feels lonely by the separation with Hiei who lives young for ever with impressive expression. Eternal loneliness somehow suits "infinite/vast universe/space" well, so the author expresses Kurama's loneliness well using SF concept(Rocket, Android,,etc) and a lot of impressive & poetic words (Author adopts very impressively many literatures or poet like Ray Bladbery, Philip K Dick, Akinari Ueda, Susumu Hirasawa,,etc). Kurama's grief is just author's one that she misses her young days (the springtime of life) as well as many readers do. There may be many various sorts of pleasure/impression at the reading of (parody) djs, but I think the most strong impact for many readers is this "nostalgia by impressive memory of passing youth (The readers enjoyed reading original manga very enthusiastically when they were very sensitive)". Therefore I'm more deeply moved by this book with old fleeting/transient characters than the author's current commercial works which express realistic girls nowadays. The author's postscript is also really dramatic. She met "Yuuyuu Hakusho" when she was working as a sales staff of the printing company. She was greatly inspired by this series, then she invented "the ton of stories for many years writing" for only two months though she had written only 8 pages manga ever. It's so miraculous! The encounter with "Yuuyuu Hakusho" made her destiny change completely! The author appreciates Yoshihiro Togashi (The author of "Yuuyuu Hakusho") and apologizes her illegal usage of his characters at same time. But I think Enomoto Nariko never appears if she did not occur illegal usage (writing parody djs). Now many japanese female mangaka have come into being through same process. So I wish very much the right of making parody djs should be established legally soon. In this book, there is definitely something original (the author is too modest to call it "misinterpret" but she could not help find her own truth desperately by writing djs like "eternal dream"). Highly recommended. (by Slash-kun 16/Nov/2002)

"Enomoto Nariko + Nobi Nobita vol.1" (Futabasha) Jun/2002 *** 8.55
Very thick reissue book of the early djs works (including Evangelion djs - GAINAX officially gave the permission!!) and of her early commercial book (including "Haruo") by the name of "Nobi Nobita". Some are m/f stories like "Sentimento no Kisetsu" and others are m/m stories (The tired office worker has a short dream with a fantastic girl of a butterfly at the end of summer / A girl deserted by her mother acts sexual doll for the old man who gives very beautiful dresses to her / Nameless middle aged writer who keeps refusing the writing Lolicon novels, falls in love with the actress girl of the small theatrical troupe, but the actress is really a boy.../At the summer resort, the boy often visits the girl with mental disorder and make love with her instead of her father.../ SF. A girl prostitute picks up an old-style robot but it becomes her good lover../ Shinji is recovered from the integration with Evangelion but feels the problem by his isolation of his individual. Ayanami tries to compensate it by sex / Shinji lost Ayanami and he accepted Kaoru by the regrets that he wanted to be united with Ayanami but he just hurt her. But Shinji knows the people will be isolated when they grow up / The abstract poetical sketch using Evangelion characters inspired by the movie, "Der Himmel uber Berlin" of 'Wim Wenders'. / Shinji forgets all his NERV's memory during summer vacation but he suddenly remember slightly / "Kaettekita Hitosarai" (Shota story of Kid-napper rocker) / "Haruo" (unique & beautiful fake-family story)). The author keeps writing the stories of "the boys & girls who feels identity-crisis" (the children deserted by their parents) and "the middle-aged men who is looser/weak in society" (the women who is tired of the role as mother" and even now she continues her way. If you like her current work and did not have chance to see her early work, I will recommend this book. You will find the root of current her work. I realize the author's art work has been very skillful since her debut or djs period. Especially she has been good at drawing "nude"! (by Slash-kun 22/Jun/2002)

Enomoto Tsubaki
"Peace" (Hiland) May/2002 *** 8.6
Hiland has issued yaoi novel series (LAQiA, super LAQiA) but in this autumn, it starts comics series, too. This is one of the first trial issues. The long & familiar (or realistic) series of dull couple of long term, 8 years as well as the period of the serialization (1997 - 2001) from the author's debut. The story: (Shunsuke Aoyama, 26 years old and Kazuya Kuzumi, 24 years old are very longtime couple since they were students. Kazuya tells a lie that he should work overtime because he wants to refuse Shunsuke's sexual demand of everyday. Kazuya spends his free time of the evening for weeks but happens to look Shunsuke is talking with the woman delightfully in the town. Kazuya decides to abandon his playing false but Shunsuke finds Kazuya's lie before Kazuya's confession.../ The freshman of Kazuya's company takes a picture of Kazuya's kiss with Shunsuke / Kazuya comes into heat and asks Shunsuke merciless sex desperately / Kazuya realizes his current happiness by the severe memory that he parted with Shunsuke for a while when they were students by small argument / Kazuya and Shunsuke go to skiing. Sunsuke becomes sullen because Kazuya is busy to teach the snow board to the girls. Kazuya tries to comfort Kazuya by sexual service / Shunsuke is recently too busy to enjoy sex with Kazuya. Kazuya thinks he should make effort to be more sexy for Shunsuke but Kazuya suspects Shunsuke may have secret.../ Kazuya's mother send the photo for his marriage meeting. But Shunsuke does not say Kazuya not to try it...). It's very unique and difficult for yaoi mangaka to adopt the daily life (maintenance of love) of ordinary longtime couple because longtime partners often lost innocence & excitement when they met for the first time. But Enomoto is successful in finding subtle joy, gentle consideration & good reconciliation of longtime partners through their daily careless conversation or small quarrel & complaint or unfaithful attitude or fruitless reminisce. Most of yaoi stuff are about unrealistic (too fantastic or too dangerous or too dreamy) but such stuff let the readers escape from severe real life but do not give the readers adequate hints to live their real life happier. And this is not "first love stories". To maintain the love is very difficult issue of our life. I'm so impressed because Enomoto challenges these two subjects, realistic & maintenance. Enomoto's appeal looks her strong antithesis for real life where there is no romance after marriage. Of course her cruel, clever and lustful but very cool seme and silly but cute & honest uke are very attractive!! This book may be the greatest book of hers. Happy encounter of the author with Hiland may produce very good series! I wish Enomoto to remember her early originality, keep challenge like this and avoid ordinary easy commercial stories. (by Slash-kun 05/Oct/2002)

"Hizamazuke! Venus" (Biblos) Jul/2002 *** 8.4
Very sincere romance between a timid teacher and a wild student in industrial art high school. The story: (Takeru Igarashi, a student suddenly tells a newly-appointed teacher his feeling, Seiju Asano. Seiju looks very smart & stylish now because of his brother's idea who is worry about very timid Seiju. Seiju was bullied by student when Seiju taught at the girl's high school. Takeru is refused by Seiju but never give up even if Seiju seems to have steady girl friend who always choose very nice clothes and accessories. Seiju gradually feels sorry for Takeru...). I think this uke (Seiju) is very likable/agreeable character because he resists definitely the harassment by his co-worker, Sonoda by the influence of Takeru with straight mind. Takeru (younger seme) is also very nice guy who has steady dream of his future and make effort to realize it and love the Asano's toughness to change. I think Enomoto's new trial (to describe sincere characters) is great success! (by Slash-kun 13/Jul/2002)

"Main Dish vol.2" (MOVIC) Jun/2002 *** 8.33
The sequel of the "Main Dish", the stupid couple of very lustful beautiful boy and wild and cool guy with very superior sex technique. The story: (Munehisa Hamada and Souji Tokiwa go to short trip of the tennis club of their college together and they happen to meet very kind couple of medical students, Miyagi and Eiji. Souji is so busy to treat beginner girls of tennis club that Munehisa is offered about threesome sex by medical students. Souji saves Munehisa from them and Munehisa promises never to do same stupid action. But Munehisa is involved in their conspiracy and Souji tries to rape Miyagi in front of Munehisa as the punishment...). The irresponsible bonds between Munehisa and Souji become serious and deeper/tighter by the interference of the other couple. In this volume, uke character, Munehisa shows himself at his best again, radiates/releases too much (excessive) sex appeal and can not control himself and becomes desperate for anyone. I enjoyed seme character, Souji is unexpectedly very lustful/fierce/savage, too.(by Slash-kun 29/Jun/2002)

"Himitsu no Hanazono" (Biblos) Jan/2002 8.45 ***
I think this book may be one of the most splendid works among Enomoto's. The nihilistic but very beautiful health doctor of the school, Himura (also the expert of love) tempts/enchants the handsome & tall & pure young student, Hirose just simply because Hirose is his type. Himura trains Hirose to be his ideal man and enjoys it but when Hirose becomes too enthusiastic for him or school result becomes worse, He tries to avoid Hirose. But he is moved by Hirose's passion or earnest and begins to gain/recover his old purity...It's very unique that elder & mature teacher is taught by younger student and grows. Especially I enjoyed last episode of Hirose's father (Himura feels aroused by Hirose's father because Himura imagines the figure when Hirose will be grown up). Himura is very lustful and Hirose is also very dangerous and adult & sexy (Now Enomoto's uke may be most sexy) !! This book also contains other three short stories (The stylish/chic romance between very handsome translator and famous young movie actor / Dull guy for love who tries to make love with his neighbor of his apartment only because neighbor is very frank and pleasant like dog / The businessman who was jilted by his lover, tries to enjoy one-night stand with his younger colleague but finds he is a real partner) and all are very emotional and dramatic!! I really think the author has become good at making dramatic stories now. (by Slash-kun 19/Jan/2002)

"Furachina Cherry Voice" (Biblos) Jun/2001 8.2 ***
Voice actor's romance. The new voice actor, Souhei Seta wakes to find himself lying between two gorgeous guys, one is his rival voice actor, Kenzou Morita and very popular scenario writer, Enji Shindou. He has no memory of last night because he drunks too much. When Souhei escapes from sleeping men and goes to the place of competition of role of new game, he encounters with Shindou and Kenzou again. Shindou aggressively seduces him and he happens to know Shindou and Kenzou are real brothers....I misunderstood this was complex story that Shindou seduces hero because Shindou really loves his brother and tries to intercept Kenzou's love for hero. But it was totally wrong (simple love triangle and brothers both loves hero) though I could really enjoy my mistakes (I may prefer complex story/character too much)..(by Slash-kun 07/Jul/2001)

"Yuuwaku Lips" (Biblos) Jan/2001 8.15 ***
The sequel of "Dangerous Magnum". Recently a student of photographer, Shiki and a public detective, Sengoku has very little time to spend together because Sengoku has very difficult and serious case by swindlers who cheats / kidnaps amateur/ ordinary girls & boys and take porno videos with them and Hasumi increase his temporary jobs with his secret reason. Shiki becomes lonely / uneasy and begins to doubt Sengoku may make love with a detective, Hasumi who works with Sengoku. Then Shiki will be involved with the case of the swindlers...Story has good theme (Shiki manages to be a good & equal partner of Sengoku) and there are a lot of sexy scenes. Every her fan will enjoy this! (by Slash-kun 21/Jan/2001)

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Fuduki Atsuyo
"Bokura no Comedy Show" (Kousai Shoubou) Feb/2001 8.2 ***
Short stories of three student couples in same school and two stories (talent and his agent / businessmen). Students are very wild (a little rough & often angry) and vivid like Kazuya Minekura and last businessmen story is very dangerous & insane/ unique. She seems to have talent of making attractive characters and interesting story. This is her first comics, so I'm very looking forward to her next new work. (by Slash-kun 10/Feb/2001)

Fuji Tamaki
"Horizon" (Tokuma Shoten) Oct/2002 *** 8.8
The spin-off story from of "Mr. Sheena's the dairy of the spirit", the days at theological school of a Father Nasanieru. Tragedy but tremendous beautiful and dramatic story!! The story:(Johnason Marbery enters the theological school to forget his disgusting obscene days at his hometown. After the death of his respectful father, his mother wished him on his private teacher who taught him pederasty. Johnason enters dormitory of the school and meets a roommate, Nasanieru. He is receiving the training to be exorcist. Many students hate Nasanieru because there is a rumor that Nasanieru's parent was possessed by demon. But Johnason wants to be his friend because of his boldness, his diligence and his solitude. Nasanieru opens his mind to Johnason and tell his childhood - he was an orphan and did not know the love by the family - to Johnason but Johnason can not confess his lewd days honestly. Nasanieru understands Johnason's mind and never force Johnason's confession. But Johnason's happy day was gone. Ed Kilitory who was Johnason's the private teacher comes to theological school as a temporary teacher of philosophy. While Nasanieru goes to far place for exorcism, Ed threatens Johnason to reveal his old unfaithful action to Nasanieru and forces savage sexual relationship. Johnason tries to part with Ed but Ed exposes Johnason's father's secret and furious Johnason kills Ed...). I love so much the stories by the author like "Shishousetsu" series about miserable poor boys fighting their severe destiny and making great effort to find their happiness desperately with sensitive and impressive art. Many readers will definitely wail like me for Johnason's sensitive mind which finds minute hope at very tough & sound Nasanieru's soul and Nasanieru's pathetic lifelong regret not to save Johnason (But IMHO therefore Johnason can become happy at the end...). Fuji quotes Simon's passage from Bible very skillfully! The catechism/dispute between Ed and Nasanieru is also so powerful, exciting and cool(It reminds me of the sharp conversation of "Kotori no Su" by Hagio Moto!). This story is worth reading for many times. Highly recommended. (by Slash-kun 19/Oct/2002)

Fujii Mitori
"Neko janaikedo" (Outou Shobou) Aug/2001 8.3 ***
The one long series (The boy was picked up like deserted cat by hero but gradually wants to be equal lover of hero not as his just pet...) and three short stories (Two students romance and one dark story about researcher and his wife's younger brother). The author likes to personalization and in this comic, she also personalize uke to be cat. All stories are interesting and especially I like second short story, "Ren-ai Fukanzen Shoukougun" best because both of her uke and seme are very passive. Then their balance becomes equal and strained. (by Slash-kun 01/Sep/2001)

Fujii Sakuya
"Replicant no Kiss" (Kadokawa Shoten) Nov/2002 *** 8.45
Sci-fic romance between the son of very genius genetic engineer and the colleague of the engineer. The story:(Tsutsumu Shisui is brought up by his grandfather, Dr. Yuujirou after his father, Dr. Hiromu died. But now Yuujirou also died with a lot of debt. At Yuujirou's funeral, Tsutsumu's cousin, Sou Takigawa suddenly appears and declares that he wants take Tsutsumu in charge. Tsutsumu should live with Takigawa at his house and meets Kyouichi Fukami, a salesperson of drug company there. Tsutsumu never met Fukami but somehow feels something nostalgic at him. Fukami hides various things from Tsutsumu but Tsutsumu believes Fukami too easily. It hurts Fukami and Fukami realizes he also loves Tsutsumu though Tsutsumu is a replicant of Hiromu who knows his last hour and tried to entrust his memory to his replicant...). When I read this for the first time, I could not understand easily why Tsutsumu loves Fukami so much and the author did not take advantage of enough the whole sci-fic setting. But I could greatly enjoy this after I realized this story was a good parody of "Mirage of Blaze" (even if the author does not intend it - But it is a fact that the author is a very famous Mirage djska...). Fukami(resembles Naoe) loves very emotional & troublesome Tsutsumu (resembles Takaya) who is different from his father, Hiromu (resembles Kagetora) who was expressionless. Takigawa (resembles Chiaki) is their good friend. The author's professional art (Her well hand-writing letters are very funny and stylish! And small comedic scenes are also very smart and have good taste) makes her parody very interesting & authentic! (by Slash-kun 14/Dec/2002)

"Tenshi no Tamago Ryouri" (Kadokawa Shoten) Oct/2001 8.35 ***
Her first original comics (The author already issued her books,"BOY X BOY" with another novelist). Long series (The student Take begins to go to the cooking school for his father who lost his wife, but Take has no talent for cooking and he didn't make any progress. Then the teacher of the cooking school, Kurahashi is asked to come to Take's home to cook dinner for his father. But his father was a lover of Kurahashi who disappeared for ten years ago....) and one short shota story of doctors and his child patient. Especially the long story is very interesting with gorgeous and cool characters. If the author is going to add ore dramatic / stronger emotion or angst relationship, her works will be more impressive. I'm very looking forward her future works! (by Slash-kun 06/Oct/2001)

Fujiomi Karen
"Tsuki no Ousama" (Tousuisha) Jul/2001 8.3 *
One m/m friendship fantastic story (lonely boy meets a king of moon) and one m/f students romance. I like former m/m story very much because the image of the moon world is very unique (the bird like fish of moon world is very funny) and the ending is also unique. I usually prefer realistic fantasy but for this writer, I may be fond of unrealistic one....(by Slash-kun 17/Nov/2001)

"Darenimo Naisho" (Tousuisha) May/2000 8.3 *
Two fantastic stories of m/m friendship (First story: Very magical strange flower begins to grow at the hero's head. He consults with unfriendly classmate whose brother is mad botanist. The classmate manages to hide the hero's secret but hero knows it was the botanist's conspiracy... ; Second story: The demon apprentice who pretended as the sister's doll suddenly appears in front of the hero and tries to realize the hero's wish but hero has no desire....). Both stories are very sweet and interesting/good fantasy (idea is unique) but for adult reader like me it may be not entirely satisfactory. (by Slash-kun 17/Nov/2001)

Fujimoto Mitsurou
"Bishounen wo Otosu 5 tsu no Houhou" (Ohkura Shuppan) Mar/2001 8.0 ***
Two unique comedy fantasies (Policeman of Tokyo of future / Vampires who loves beautiful boys). This is her new challenge but for me it's a little too funky & punk. (by Slash-kun 18/Mar/2001)

Fujisaki Ichiya
"Darling" (Kadokawa Shoten) Aug/2001 8.25 ***
Her first comics. Short stories of rock musicians. Her art is very modern (bold line like Kiriko Nananan or Yuuko Ichikyou, etc) and its atmosphere is very cool and silent like Tomo Ootake or Hanako Matsuyama (especially her middle age men are very nice! They all seem to lose the too much passion of youth and afford to encourage sensitive young guys). But her way of reading Kanji characters are a little complex, the stories are very subtle and there are no explicit sex scene or delicious characters, so it may be a little difficult for readers for the first time. I think the author tries to express the attraction of music or the subtlety of the cooperation of musicians on the paper very sincerely avoiding superficial pomp expression. The last spin-off story of hero and his old professor is good and resembles the movie, "Gods and Monsters". (by Slash-kun 28/Aug/2001)

Fujisaki Kou
"Utsukushiki Kemonotachi" (Houbunsha) May/2002 *** 8.5
The spin-off series of "Happy Yarou Wedding". The romance of the younger brother of Akira Toudou and his secretary. The story:(Kazuki Toudou, 10 years old, often fired his servants because they only treated him as a successor of CEO of the big company. But only Chiharu Saijyou, 22 years old, did not, so he could keep Kazuki's faithful secretary for 12 years. But recently their relationship goes wrong. Chiharu devotes himself to his work and girl friends and Kazuki plays truant and enjoy dating with girls, then Chiharu rapes Kazuki for punishment. Kazuki often escapes to the house of Akira, his brother until Chiharu comes to take him. Talking with Akira, Kazuki realizes his love for Chiharu and decides to tell it but before it, Chiharu asks to resign Kazuki's servant because Chiharu feels too tired. Kazuki is so shocked and disappointed, then Yuuhi, Akira's lover tells a lie to Chiharu that Kazuki breaks down...). This is an ordinary typical story of "selfish rich son (uke) and his faithful servant (seme)" but Fujisaki's seme, Chiharu is soooooo gorgeous like the ace in the host club (resembles Naoe of "Mirage of Blaze". The black bikini pant on the sturdy body like greek sculpture is overwhelmingly sexy! - maybe more erotic rather than naked - At serialization the author received so many letter from fans who is fascinated by Chiharu whose sex is so hot!) that this book is worth reading!! Kazuki's brother, Akira is also cool. I'm always enchanted with Fujisaki's dangerous & attractive seme very much!! (by Slash-kun 23/Nov/2002)

"Hadaka no Shougun" (Biblos) Jun/2002 *** 8.65
One very hilarious long story about the competition/race of the successor between two cousins in a distinguished/prestigious family and one short hilarious romance between "a high school volleyball club student of spirit" and "a stalker doctor". The story:(Tousei Tokugawa and Arashi Tokugawa are very intimate cousins. One day their head of family calls them and declares "a winner of the japanese fencing match after three months" will be his successor. They should lodge together in a same training hall until the day of match. Arashi has believed Tousei had been very weak/timid since they were children even though Tousei is now very great man. But Arashi's friend says Arashi is too childish to realize how great Tousei is now and tells false way of "adult masturbation" to Arashi. Arashi wonders Tousei already experienced sex and suggests Tousei for "adult masturbation - not alone but doing each other". Tousei accepts it and they keep adult masturbation every night. But Arashi's friend says it is just a lie and Arashi suddenly turns into stiff/cold for Tousei, then Tousei can not bear his sexual desire and rapes Arashi... ). The story is very easy & just typical happy ending for the dreamers, girls but tremendously interesting!! Because the plot is very tactful with a lot of emotional conflict and the characters are very attractive! Tousei + Kazuhiko Tachibana (seme of short story) are very tall, gorgeous and elite, cool guys (and a little cruel for the people like Naoe of "Mirage of Blaze"), but very obedient in front of only Arashi + Akito Manabe (uke of short story), his lover of spirit (like Kagetora). So the readers can not hate Tousei even though he is almost perfect man! The sex scene is also very impressive (It's interesting both of stories has a scene that uke observes the connection part at the penetration and is struck with admiration). Highly recommended. (by Slash-kun 13/Jul/2002)

Fujiwara Ichiya
"Kimi ni Hana wo Ageru!" (Shoubunkan) Dec/2002 *** 8.4
The delicate short stories including her first yaoi story (At concert, the hero is knocked down by the impact of the vocalist who sings drawing blood. He meets the singer again but the singer says he gives up singing../ Hero is loved & stalked by tall student who belongs to a garden club. Student likens hero to sunflowe but hero realizes his love by knowing the floral language / The student who believes jinx which the confession under the tree with cherry blossom is very effective tries it with his teacher / Fantasy. Fortune-teller boy meets very strange customer. They love each over and it trigger the release of some seal of human's reproduction.../ Good lyric story. A boy hires a housekeeper by his parents' legacy. A housekeeper demands "sex without love". But the boy loves him.../ The sequel. A housekeeper sometimes suffers from a nightmare. He goes somewhere to bring an end to his nightmare. But the boy watches housekeeper returns to his ex-lover.../ Hero does not believe his friend's word of love. Then he tries it by telling that he will change the school soon...). The author was originally a shoujo mangaka but an editor of "Image" (Byakuya Shobou) recommended her to challenge the yaoi manga. Thanks! The stories inserted on Image are fantasy. They are very free though they are a little amateurish. The stories on "Hanaoto" are contemporary yaoi and easy to read. Latter is more dramatic and sympathetic but former's aggressiveness (challenge attitude) is also attractive. Art is very hyacinthine & maidenly like fantastic poem (Using the image of flower at many stories is really fascinating)! "Tamaki Fuji" with wildness of "rock band".(by Slash-kun 21/Dec/2002)

Fukai Youki
"Inoru Hito vol.2" (Takeshobou) Jan/2002 8.65 ***
I am often apt to have too much expectation for the sequel of sensational short story and for this book, you see, I have it and it annoys me a little. In this long sequel, Takino and Fukamachi keep their long-distance romance (Takino get the job at local company and Fukamachi has been to Tokyo to enter the college). Both of them begin to feel uneasy because they have sense of inferiority each other (Takino becomes too mature guy because he works as a japanese businessman and Fukamachi finds many friend in movie club in his college and demonstrates his talent of writing excellent scenario) and it grows more and more without the chance to solve its reason. The author's expression is very excellent (story is very dramatic and especially last bitter/angst sex is very hard and impressive!) everyone can enjoy very much but I fell this sequel is a little "preestablished harmony" story (They can be happy because "after all Fukamachi gives a chance again to Takino who always tries to give up what he really wants" and there is no unexpected happenings). I may often demand too much very talented write...(by Slash-kun 15/Dec/2001)

Fuki Amane
"Itoshi no Baby Face" (Ohkura Shuppan) Mar/2001 8.3 ***
Short stories. The author has been very good at the expression of the attractive seme who is cool, wild and a little cruel and selfish. So I like the first (elite businessman and cute temporary worker student) and second & third (strong & cool student and weak one) and the fantastic (like folklore) last (rural wild teacher and urban weak one) stories. But other her new challenge stories are not so interesting for me because the contrast of seme and uke is not so distinguished (seme characters are too good and tame men). (by Slash-kun 22/Apr/2001)

"Suki to Iinasai" (Core Magazine) Dec/00 8.2 ***
Long shota story and one short story of students. Long story is the funny & a little mysterious romance between an orphan, Tomoharu Takekuni and a business man, Kunihiko Amane. Tomoharu escaped from an orphanage and asked Kunihiko for prostitution with him. But Kunihiko fed to Tomoharu and they begins to live & make love together. Tomoharu has been grown up and enters university but meets very strange and dangerous professor who is Tomoharu's... Very interesting / dramatic plot and characters are cute (Kunihiko is cool but cute!). Last short story is also interesting and the sudden dangerous change of seme character is very funny for me. The both stories are very sexy. (by Slash-kun 13/Jan/2001)

Fukiyama Rico
"Kin Gin Kokoro" (Gentousha) May/2002 ** 8.35
The long fantastic romance of the fictional country where the people have been born with mysterious stone predicting in their stone at birth. The story:(Kai is a body-guard of Safuran/Saffron who was born with golden stone in his hand at his birth which will bring the happiness(good fortune). People can not approach and harm Safuran because they fear Kai who was born with silver stone which will bring unhappiness(misfortune). Safuran's sister hates Kai very much and orders him not to approach Safuran. Then Kai suggests Safuran's marriage. Safuran refuses it and tries to find Kai's mother's golden stone in the dangerous wood to make Kai happy. She disappeared there when Kai was born. But Safuran's friend tries to rape him. Kai saves Safuran and Safuran tells Kai his feeling...). Very heartbreaking ending but with sweet atmosphere. But a little too complex/difficult to understand situation/secret of Kai's mother and her lover. So I could not understand the sudden ending of Safuran at once - such vague ending may make the reader think a lot and leaves room for various interpretation - but also leaves frustration by lack of explanation.... (by Slash-kun 7/Jul/2002)

"Junjyouteki" (Biblos) May/2001 8.2 ***
Dormitory student romance. Shiho Arita is very wild and bad boy and the relatives of his classmate, Enishi who is the son of the owner of the school. Enishi worries about the scandal of Shiho's wrong attitude with his girl friends and makes good idea stop it. Enishi find a very beautiful new transfer student, Tarou Komachi for Shiho...It's unusual for the author that hero (Shiho) is seme. But I prefer her usual couple of the hero, timid uke and uke's lover, cruel seme though this is very good challenge. (by Slash-kun 08/Jul/2001)

"Tsumeeri Hime vol.4" (Shinshokan) Dec/2000 8.3 **
This volume is interesting for me because the author expresses delicate & complex feeling of 4 students very well. If the author can draw Hina and Itsuki more separately/distinctively, this story will be more understandable....(by Slash-kun 13/May/2001)

Fukuyama Shouko
"Shanai Jyouji - Office love III" (Biblos) Mar/2001 8.3 ***
Amano moves to the company of Senoo and begins to work together. The company is not big, then Amano should do many bothersome works and can not concentrate his energy to pure designing work. But Senoo doesn't try to support Amano's work but only sex at even office....The story seems to be mere very erotic/sexy & entertaining one but results in very interesting one with good theme(When one loves someone too much, he often wants to monopolize his lover and deprive his freedom. But if he really loves his lover, he should admit his lover's identity including lover's job or vocation).(by Slash-kun 31/Mar/2001)

Fusa Juji
"Fukuin" (Houbunsha) Sep/2001 9.0 ***
Very bitter angst stories (One is long series about the chief of yakuza, japanese mafia and its lawyer, and two short stories about teachers who were once teacher and his student / public detective and his young elite boss from HQ) of middle age men like works of "Youki Fukai". All romances are not easily carried out and uke or seme always hate their opposites and can not realize their right minds until they would reach the extreme situation. So all stories are full of tension and are very dramatic!! The last story is a parody of "Odoru Daisousasen" and the author changes "Muroi" into "short younger uke" and "Aoshima" to be "tall and experienced/veteran & dirty elder seme" (but keeps Muroi as old and lonely elite and Aoshima as very popular for his colleagues and guy who has a strong sense of justice). Her arrangement is really excellent and acceptable! In this book, Fusa challenges to draw middle age characters and I think its trial successes very well. I want her to draw middle age men's stories like this from now on. Highly recommendable!!! (by Slash-kun 22/Sep/2001)

"Geki Oyajibon - Oyajibon vol.4" (djs) Dec/99 8.3 *
The fourth volume of funny oyaji djs series edited by Juji Fusa with the guest djska(Rumi Kizawa, Atsuko Kishida, Sato Kitahara, Momo Sasaki, Kyaw Takahashi, Akeru Nomoto, Hibomaru, Peter, Ryo Misaki). The readers of this djs report their "ideal Oyaji" and one is "Qui-Gon Jinn" of "TPM" (He might contribute the "Oyaji movement" of japanese oyaji fans very much and support them to know the existence of "slash")! I enjoyed Kishida's movie/drama reports (She recommends "Shinsetsu 3 Okuen Jiken" of "Yuuji Oda" and "Tsutomu Yamazaki". It was recommended by Mizuna Kuwabara, too) and Nomoto's popular series of "Nirasawa Buchou"! (I suppose many japanese oyaji fans are fond of this story. How cute Mr. Nirasawa is!!) (by Slash-kun 27/Jan/2002)

"Gottsu Oyajibon - Oyajibon vol.3" (djs) Oct/99 8.25 *
The third volume of popular oyaji djs series without guest. Most of the stories are comedy again (The funny company of oyaji friends / the yakuza video & Edo era TV drama review / the parody of old japanese tale, "Yuki Onna" / the comedy 4 Koma of western oyaji who works as assistant of mangaka). I didn't know about the video, "Shizukanaru Don" but it is funny but dangerous yakuza story, so it may be interesting (The drama of male group like family is always interesting for me). I'd like to try to watch them...(by Slash-kun 27/Jan/2002)

"Chou Oyajibon - Oyajibon vol.2" (djs) Dec/98 8.25 *
The second volume of popular oyaji (adult mature guys) djs series (among oyaji fans) edited by Juji Fusa with some djska guests who like oyaji. This contains three short comedy stories by Fusa and some short stories by other guests (Mio Ayukawa, Sadayoshi Ohtomo, Yuri Kanoko, Rumi Kizawa, Atsuko Kishida, Asa Kohzuki, Kyaw Takahashi, Akeru Nomoto, Ryo Misaki, Riki). Most of the stories are comedy, so I could not enjoy so much (because I like the pathos of Oyaji) but Otomo's oyajis who destroy the computer (most oyaji are poor at new facility like personal computer) and Nomoto's oyaji couple (one is very cool executive and another is very dirty & bawdy practical worker - like "Sagara & Dai-san" of "Mezase Hiro!" by Kazuma Kodaka). I suspect Nomoto likes "Odoru Daisousasen", too.... (by Slash-kun 26/Jan/2002)

Fuwa Kiriko
"Tatoeba Sore wo Koi to Yobunara" (Kousai Shobou) Jul/2002 *** 8.4
Short stories of students (Comedy: The reserved student, Noguchi is very glad that Hiiragi, his friend who is very cool and popular for girls will teach the Video game for him. But a girl student asks Hiiragi to date with her and Noguchi allows it too easily.../ Noguchi and Hiiragi become couple but Hiiragi feels anxiety because too shy Noguchi does not tell his love.../ Angst: Haruki, Ren and Reiji are best friend. But Reiji begins to love Haruki and the balance of them will be going to collapse. One day Ren entraps Haruki into being raped by his customer of the S&M club.../ Sincere drama: The student who is the ace of the tennis club suddenly stopped playing tennis because of injury. He is now working in the cafe. One day very attractive student starts to come the cafe and encourage him to start playing again.../ Comedy: The student is very afraid his timid teacher may be bullied by the students. He tries to protect the teacher very much but knows the true character of the teacher, the chief of Yakuza...). Most stories are interesting & sexy but mild (not so dangerous as usual Kousai Shobou's other books). I'm very moved by very sad love-triangle story (Additional funny 4-Koma manga is also sad for me!!). I really wish the happiness of the hero! The art is very skillful to read easily and the story is very plain to understand but I think the author may really have the talent to write good super-dark-angst story! I hope to read such bitter stories next time! (by Slash-kun 27/Jul/2002)

Fuwa Shinri
"Perfect World vol.3" (Futami Shobou) Jul/2001 8.3 ***
Two couples' romances are realized. Tamura's lover, Sakai begins to feel the desire of entire possession of Tamura but can not express it honestly. Their employees, Shigetou and Imura have small quarrel because Shigetou is too afraid to tell his feeling to Imura. But both couples overcome their problems by themselves....The complete volume of this series but Sakai did not show his complete belief/rely for Tamura yet. So I'd like to read the sequel that they will be very sweet couple. (by Slash-kun 14/Jul/2001)

"HELP ME! vol.1" (Biblos) Jan/2001 8.4 **
Hero, Hayate Kaiya recently has two problems. One is his classmate, Takashi Kusanagi who often tries to tease (kissing & holding tight in front of other students) him. And another is his younger brother, Tatsumi who becomes very timid/awkward to him because they have quarrel recently. When Hayate, Kusanagi & Tatsumi go to the meeting of UFO club, Tatsumi are involved in the attack of UFO. After long coma, Tatsumi forgets all his memory. He seems to be invaded by an alien child. Alien Tatsumi is so cute that Kusanagi begins to feej jealous of Tatsumi and forces himself to kiss Hayate ....Very dramatic story with good tempo and lovely characters (very charming Tatsumi and cool Kusanagi)! I'm not so good at SF stories, but I like such casual story like this so much!!! (by Slash-kun 04/Feb/2001)

Fuyumori Yukiko
"Moero!! Horimoto Gakuen" (Jitsugyounonihonsha) Dec/2002 *** 8.6
The long series of the funny private high school for boys and two short stories (Heroes' father, a mad scientist invents an android for sex and asks hero to test it. The sexaroid makes effort to please the hero with unskillful housekeeping but fails. Then sexaroid earns money by prostitution.../ Very poor & unlucky boy is saved by very rich & fickle man. Rich man promises to give fake family to the hero but soon takes a wife and ejects hero from the house...). The story of long series:(Wakamiya becomes a teacher of "Horimoto Gakuen", prestige private school though he did not graduated. Wakamiya is bewildered because there are so many homosexual couples in this school, but the very superior student, Hijiri Sakurai supports Wakamiya to be accustomed to the school & protects Wakamiya. Wakamiya's uncle is a chairman of the board of directors of this school, so nobody can not disobey him. Wakamiya is shocked by the Sakurai's secret - Sakurai becomes an adopted son of his uncle - but wants to protects Sakurai after the rape incident among the students. Wakamiya realizes his love to Sakurai but he is assigned to different public school by Sakurai. Wakamiya has the courage to go to Sakurai's house but Sakurai's uncle shows the video tape of Sakurai's sex with him to Wakamiya...). All stories have unique & hilarious ideas but are very dramatic (very human even heartrending)! Very enthusiastic like new writer (not just funny PWP but sincere & serious comedy and I really feel the author's humanity). Especially I'm moved by the first short story that housekeeper sexaroid will be destroyed. I wonder why such story (destroy of the robot) is so impressive. The author's uke characters are very gallant, resolute and desperate, so her stories are very touching. Her works have something like Tousuisha's virtue. Jitsugyounonihonsha is really a good publisher for me! (by Slash-kun 7/Dec/2002)

George Asakura
"Happy End" (Koudansha) Apr/2002 8.85
Very unique story of good (something lesbian) friendship between a girl mangaka and her best friend. The story: (Shouko Shima meets again her best cool friend, Akira after they graduated from high school. Shouko was accepted a winner of the manga contest and just begins her mangaka life. She realizes she really loves Akira though Akira is a girl but Akira finds her boy-friend & get pregnant and they separate each other. Akira abandons mangaka life and enters the poor sewing company but finally realizes she can not do nothing but writing manga. On the other hand, a boy, Kenji is teased by his classmates to display masturbation in the classroom and becomes to refuse going to the school. Marie, a worker of the sewing company is fired and is picked up by Kenji in snowy day. Delinquent students ask Kenji to join the rock group and Marie is nearly raped by their leader, but she happens to find her vocation - a worker of sexual business. Kenji confesses the reason of his absence from school to his parents and changes school and has spent very smooth days but he is not satisfied with his such easy life and wants to do unique thing to write his unique biography! Kenji tries to kill a strange woman but she is Marie and he decides to live with her. Shouko keeps mangaka life but can not find what she really wants to write in the days of living with her boy-friends. But she receives the fan letters from readers and finds one of them came from Akira. Then she goes to meet Akira who have two babies. Talking with Akira, Shouko decides to live as mangaka with her good-for-nothing boy-friend with hope she might be a mother to catch up with Akira though it is small dream. Kenji becomes her editor and has a dream to make her write his biography in some day). The author's art style is very uninhibited/wild like Cisco Kataru and he genius way of observing/describing the human is so sharp (And Asakura knows old wide variety of unorganized knowledge a lot - Jim Morison and Panta of "Zunou Keisatsu", japanese early rock group showed their masturbation on the stage)! Koudansha is conservative publisher for shoujo manga but for the author Koudansha invites genius free editor, "Eiji Ootsuka" (editor of "Madara series"). Ootsuka makes Asakura write freely (Whole of this is newly written!) and finds Asakura's hidden theme very well!! It's really the genuine editor work. This book is the result of such happy/lucky joint work of two revolutionary creators. Highly recommended. (by Slash-kun 14/Sep/2002)

"Karaoke Baka Ichidai" (Shoudensha) Feb/2002 8.3
The reissue of same title books issued from Koudansha (1996) and became out of publisher soon, but now the author is now made much of as "genius modern japanese shoujo mangaka"!. The long avant-garde comedy series of perfect student but with fatal tone-deaf and his music teacher (but in fact swindler) and one short surrealistic comedy of the man with Futon and two early short serious love romance and one hilarious comedy of mangaka and his editor. The author's art is very unique and mixture of the primitive art like "Kotobuki Shiriagari" and wild art like "Kazuhiko Shimamoto" or "Saike Hibari" and its stories are so funny comedy like them but sometimes serious romance like "Q-ta Minami". So the author might go out into the world too early. The author is a young women but knows well about old culture and I laugh a lot at quotation of the song, "Kiiroi shirt (Yellow shirt)" which is old but queer comedy love song! What a strange song she knows!!And a subsidiary character of long series is Goe of "Gacha Man" (This is also the queer - I think - hero of very old animation). In seinen (adult male guy) manga, here are many writers who quotes old culture though they are young but shoujo (girl) mangaka seem to imitate such technique! (by Slash-kun 11/Aug/2002)

GOOSE
"Yan Uenry ni Hanataba wo Goose Soushuuhen vol.1" (djs) July/1991 8.35 ***
Hilarious & thick djs of "Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu"(The Legend of the Galactic Heroes) or other animation/manga ("Mahoutsukai Sally", "Mellow Link", "Hana no Asukagumi + Tohma no Shinzou"). Goose has so unique preference that she mainly takes up the unique villain characters, "Oberstein, Paul von" (counselor with artificial/glass eye of the empire) and "Truniht, Job" (politician of the allies) though title features "Yang, Wen-Li" but the author entirely teases him! I think Goose likes black/evil Naoe more than tender and generous(broad-minded) Naoe. (by Slash-kun 04/Nov/2001)

"Hyouketsu no Yoru - The Guilty Night" (djs) Jul/1994 8.3 ***
The seventh djs of Mirage by Gomenne Shoukai. Many djs are comedy parody of original novels but this djs is very serious and dramatic because this aims at exact manga of the djs novel of same title by Mizuna Kuwabara who is the author of Mirage. Kuwabara wrote "Hyouketsu no Yoru" before vol.8 of Mirage series of Cobalt novels from Shuueisha. This djs novel was only 25 pages, but it has explicit sex scenes and then affected many readers and djska very much. Reading this, you may be able to understand the feeling of Naoe who has loved Takaya as his subordinate for four hundreds years and has kept controlling his desire of dominance of his lord...Poor Naoe...Sigh. (by Slash-kun 01/Apr/2001)

Hagino Uzuki
"Suki no Katachi" (Shoubunkan) May/2002 *** 8.45
Very interesting various short stories (The faithful secretary has devoted himself to young capable CEO. But he is blinded by jealousy to know that CEO may have male lover.../ The teacher is revenged by a transfer student whom he taught as a private tutor and abandoned after one night-stand love... / The cute love between cool&blunt patissier and his self-invited fan of the student / The student feels lonely & jealous when his old friend, a chairman of student council is very friendly with senior student, ex-chairman... / Very beautiful student feels dissatisfied with his lover who deals him like a elegant dignified doll though he is really lustful / The businessman lives together with a lover of his brother who has been missing by air-plane accident. One day news comes in that his brother was found dead... / The fantasy of a photographer and cat-boy). The dark angst stories (first, second, fifth and sixth one) with explicit hard sex or violent/cruel rape scenes are very exciting and dramatic! The author can write student and businessman stories (Of course I prefer latter!) very well. After this book, the author will change her pen-name into "Suou Harumi". (by Slash-kun 26/May/2002)

Hagiwara Kaoru
"Pandora" (Kousai Shobou) May/2001 8.5 ***
Her first comics. Various unique short stories (CG artists, BDSM brother incest,teacher and student, photographer and his model, gangs, Oni and the son of the artist). All are serious & passionate / dramatic and explicit erotic stories (sometimes with violence) and the characters are tall & cool adult guys. So I'm very fond of this author! (by Slash-kun 19/May/2001)

Hamada Shouko
"Yume no Kodomo vol.6" (Biblos) Nov/2001 8.5 ***
This story has been serialized for very long period (10 years!), so I'm very satisfied that this veteran author could bring this to a convinced end. Especially I has been very impressed at the dramas which Ren has overcome Hirose's mean temptation owing to the power of Youji's straight strong love (Ren holds sense of superiority to Hirose and rather feels pity for Hirose at the end) and Ren becomes able to keep writing the sequel of the novel, "Yume no Kodomo" with his current name and Youji also resolves his old serious problem with his mother owing to the love by Ren and Youji has been grown up and seems to be dependable for even Ren at the end (Ren is fascinate by adult Youji again! Very dramatical ending!!). I will assure many readers will be certainly enchanted by "the equal relationship of the couple" which is the ideal one for Hamada.(by Slash-kun 29/Dec/2001)

Hanada Yumi
"Sekai de Ichiban" (Sony Magazines) Sep/2001 8.4 **
Sensitive short stories. I think this is her first yaoi comic. All the stories are subtle and delicate romances like her art (resembles Akimi Nanahoshi a little). The first story is about romance between hero and his uncle like "La Partita" by Mako Toyama but this story is more casual and funny. The second story is the small crisis of homosexual old couple(I like this story best because this has unique theme about the difference of male friend and homosexual lover). The third is about students who are seeking "true love". The fourth is the unique friendship between man who loves a widowed mother and his friend who loves hero. The last story is not yaoi but have feeling/atmosphere like male friendship. The author's stories are not so gorgeous but very sincere (all her characters are thinking and living seriously) and give the very good impression to readers. (by Slash-kun 29/Sep/2001)

Hanafubuki Sakurako
"Kodomo no Nomu Kusuri" (Houbunsha) Nov/2002 *** 8.3
Unique fantastic long & short series, and ordinary short story. All heroes are students. The story of long series/short series/short story:(Akira Ugajin is a chemistry teacher of the high school. He loves "a medical experiment on a living person" very much and invents "growth accelerator". His student, Ryuunosuke Abe has wanted to be grown up for long time, so he rushes to be the testee. When he was a child, he parted with his favorite person, Hiro, a student of university and he believes the reason was "he was too child". Being grown up, Ryuunosuke takes thoughtlessly Ugajin who resembles Hiro.../ A genius boy suddenly comes to heroes house and stays for a while. He is a grandson of hero's grandfather's benefactor. Hero takes care of the boy who lacks of living ability but the boy wants sexual companion next.../ Transfer student from Kansai - western area of Japan is so blunt that he does not have friends but hero. Hero is very proud of it but he happens to know the transfer student is talking with his friend of Kansai very pleasantly by cellular phone...). Looks so wild, cool and sexy when Ryuunosuke becomes grown up by the medicine!! The author thinks of this idea by "Meitantei Konan" who is very clever though his appearance is child. She wants to write the guy who is silly but his appearance is grown-up. The genius student is also very attractive because he is genius but has childish personality. But I love the last sensitive & emotional ordinary love romance though it was the author's early work. I think the author's characters are very attractive, so the ordinary daily stories are more suitable for the author... (by Slash-kun 23/Nov/2002)

"Love Code" (Houbunsha) Apr/2002 8.7 ***
The sequel of "Shounen Shoufu". I'm SO surprised at this volume because I was very impressed this volume though first volume was a typical "idol/popular star story". In this volume, the Cinderella a little timid uke boy, a young new talent, Kyo Ayukawa (AYU) who is loved by very popular aggressive star, Kouji Mizuhara, carries very brave but sad determination. In order to protect Mizuhara, Ayu sacrifices himself and resigns his agency and disappears from Mizuhara. Ayu keeps lying to (hiding his secret from) Mizuhara tenderly and it makes me cry my heart out(T_T)! After years Ayu starts his new life but then he finds he might part with Mizuhara because he wanted to become the equal partner of Mizuhara (or match Mizuhara as a star/entertainer). This theme is same as "GOING TO HELL" by Shun Tsuzuki or "Umaimon Kuwasero!" by Youka Nitta and I love such theme!! I'm very looking forward to this sequel now!!! Her postscript, "How to observe the candidate of idol star" is also interesting! (She seems to be so mania of new young talent) (by Slash-kun 13/Apr/2002)

"Shounen Shoufu" (Houbunsha) Feb/2001 8.2 ***
One long series about young idol talents (actors) and short various stories of students (classmates, shota,,etc). Her heroes are sometimes uke and sometimes seme. Especially I like her unique & sensitive stories, 'Bokutachi no Shiranai Basho de' & 'Yasashikute Itoshii' because 'innocent & pure seme loves his lover, uke sincerely'. Such semes can heal the hurt mind of very rampant & lust uke. I like her unique characters a lot because they are fashionable and cool but very sincere and tender.(by Slash-kun 10/Feb/2001)

"Zurui Otoko" (Biblos) Jan/2001 8.25 ***
Students short romances (only one story includes a teacher). Her first comics. All her stories funny and sensitive and her art are impressive (a little modern) like Tomo Ootake, Tooko Tateno, Keiko Konno,,,etc. Now such writes seem to be very popular in Japan, so this author will issue another in same month from other publisher (perhaps Houbunsha). (by Slash-kun 03/Feb/2001)

Hara Tetsuo
"Koukenryoku Ouryou Sousakan Nakabou Rintarou vol.2" (Shuueisha) Apr/2000 8.3 *
From beginning to end, all the settlement depends on USA. Touzai Bank, the source of the money for the dishonest politicians, does not fall and is not nationalized on the contrary of their expectation by Nakabou's conspiracy. Touzai Bank disclose the name of politicians (A word, "Disclosure" comes from US and japanese media often likes to use this word...) and is saved by the merger with American! big bank. When this volume is written, American economy was still booming by high-tech industry and we thought only japan was under depression because clearing of the bad debt/credit was delayed. But america also suffers from recession by IT "bubble" economy burst and dared to attack Afghanistan after the terrorism to WTC building. So we can not feel optimistic excitement of victory by US easily as when this is serialized. And I feel sorry the author could not describe why Nakabou's father was assassinate in front of Nakabou when Nakabou was a boy because the serialized magazine suspended its publication...I hope the author starts it on the magazine, "Comic BUNCH". (by Slash-kun 2/Jan/2002)

"Koukenryoku Ouryou Sousakan Nakabou Rintarou vol.1" (Shuueisha) Sep/99 8.45 *
Very funny journalistic manga for men (Shinen manga) serialized on the magazine, "BART" which is journalistic entertainment monthly magazine for me (But now it discontinue its publication. Now in Japan, magazines for men don't generally sell well). The author is a very famous mangaka who wrote "Hokuto no Ken", very representative "violent manga of fighters for men" ("Gekiga") . I was afraid Hara could describe journalistic stories for adult men. But Hara has resolved this task very tactfully with his unique exaggerated expression though the story is easy and not so unique. I laughed a lot reading this because I found the very cynical rule/law of Japan. The japanese people always use *foreign pressure* to change their social structure dynamically since "Black ship of Perry"; They can not change themselves by themselves and in this story, hero is hired by the american president, Clinton and hero is allowed to use american practical methods like "Bargain justice (plead?)" or "Witness protecting program" - which are not still allowed in Japan now. But therefore, the hero looks to be uke though he is very strong and muscular macho guy and I am very deeply impressed by the hero who does not kill bad fellows but saves and wins them to his side. Hero often uses clich'e(usual phrase/conventional expression), "Parents have no relation". Then I am suspecting hero may have some trauma when he was child but the reason is not revealed yet in this volume. I'm very eager to know!! (by Slash-kun 01/Dec/2001)

Hara Tetsuo / Ryuu Keiichirou / Asou Mio
"Hana no Keiji vol.1" (Shuueisha) Mar/99 8.4 *
The tale heroic exploits of Keiji Maeda, who is an adopted son of the elder brother of "Toshiie Maeda" who is a real famous historical person, "Daimyou" (feudal lord in the Age of Provincial Wars). The story in this volume was serialized in the boy's magazine, "Weekly Shounen JUMP" during 1989 - 1990 (This is a reissue, bunko version). Comparing previous very popular heroic adventure fighting-action story, "Hokuto no Ken", this story may be a little simple/tame story because this was partly adapted from real japanese historical episodes. But the other way around, it becomes interesting/realistic for adult readers. As same as the Renaissance Era in europe, in the the Age of Provincial Wars in Japan, so many revolutionaries and new philosophers have appeared. The author seems to make Keiji act as "Kabuki-mono" (the rebel-rousers who deny the old thought or tradition and tries to live freely with very unique/strange clothes) in this turning point of all value (exceptional period in conservative country like Japan). But a little negative way of Keiji's life reminds me of the one of "Yang, Wen-Li" in "Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu" (The Legend of the Galactic Heroes) who never has ambition. Keiji is very unlucky hero because he can not use his ability to the full in order to conquer the whole country like "Alexander the Great" or "Chingis Khan" (Keiji could not succeed as the head of the Maeda family. Toshiie asked Nobunaga Oda to succeed it using mean trick. In Japan, it's very humiliating for man to give up the succession of his family and be satisfied with the supporting role of the head of his family). So Keiji is not macho hero (on the contrary of his appearance) but resourceful general and peacemaker (may be hermit, too) using clever trick or wit. From 1990's, heroes of boy's manga seems to lose old typical ambitions as the economic growth of Japan falls off (For example, "Shinji" in Evangellion). So the author may unconsciously create such tragic hero...BTW in this volume, there is no beautiful/sexy girls of teen-ager (only too erotic adult women or too young little child). Now it is very unlike as boy's manga! The author (especially Hara) may hate girls of such age....(by Slash-kun 22/Dec/2001)

Hashiba Noriko
"FAKE LIPS" (Ohkura Shuppan) Nov/2001 8.28 ***
One a little long story of students (very beautiful but terrible student loves a very innocent younger student with full of pep) and short stories (the romance of brothers who turn out to be *no-real* bros / The romance between a student who pretends as good student with good conduct and the chairman student who tries to reveal it / Two businessmen who have been parted since their graduation and first making love). When I read the first long story, I was not so impressed but next new three stories are a little more interesting and dramatic (they have deeper theme or more unique situation) for me. So editor should put them in reverse order. (by Slash-kun 09/Dec/2001)

Hashiba Maki
"Kaze ni Natte Uta ni Natte" (Tousuisha) May/2001 8.4 *
One long story with shota? taste and one short old story (written in 1988) of strong m/m friendship from their childhood. Both are american stories like her most famous and representative work, "Choukyori Ren-ai no Kodoku" and very dramatic but I prefer old short "not-happy-end" story (reminds me of early work by Akimi Yoshida, "California Monogatari) to new long "happy end" story though many japanese Hashiba fans admire it very highly because new story is too skillful/tactful and perfect. I may like unexpected plot or expression over my estimation... (by Slash-kun 17/Nov/2001)

Hashida Yukari
"WARU" (Outou Shobou) Nov/2002 *** 8.4
Slapstick about "kidnapper whose days are numbered" and "the very beautiful but homosexual son of influential Senator". The story:(Sei kidnaps Yuushi Mikaidou and demands a lot of ransom money. Sei goes to the place of transfer but Yuushi finds his SP is waiting and saves Sei by telling it. Sei tells the reason of his kidnapping - His father, a doctor notifies that Sei will die soon by his head's cancer. Sei keeps protest against father and wants to do final trouble for his father. Then Yuushi also confesses his secret - He is gay. Yuushi juggles Sei's innocence and hires Sei as his bodyguard. Karina Kurusu, a mother of Yuushi suddenly appears when Yuushi's father collapses. Yuushi is defiant for his loose and wanton mother but Sei chides Yuushi. After a few years, very ambitious economist, Eichi Hirokawa kidnaps Sei in order to get campaign chest from Yuushi's father. Eichi was a private tutor of Yuushi and was a first man of Yuushi...). I'm surprised that this author writes such hilarious comedy, too! The art at comedy scenes is very sharp, dangerous, exaggerated and surrealistic like "Modoru Motoni" (Especially, a doctor, Sei's diabolic father is very funny! Her lettering like "using writing brush" is also very unique). The author invents very intellectual & witty jokes (I laugh a lot about "Ooizumi Junichirou" - a parody of "Koizumi Junichirou" who is the japanese prime minister). Very ambitious new trial! (by Slash-kun 28/Dec/2002)

"Kimi no Koe ga Kikitai" (Outou Shobou) Dec/2001 8.45 ***
One long (Very popular rock singer whose is losing his voice by illness and the beautiful younger brother of his doctor who has incest relationship with his brother) and two short stories (The young opera star who damaged his masculine/reproductive when he was a boy, meets with his old friend who is engaged with rich girl / Very selfish beautiful prince finds a poor orphan who resembles him very much and also finds his ugly soul/mind). All are very serious and a little tragic, but very interesting for me! The author recently has written only comedy but I think she should write serious stories (and with much hard sex scenes) more because her art is very delicate and beautiful (This book's cover pic is really wonderful!) and matches well serious/pathetic/painful stories! I wish her to challenge serious & aesthetic BDSM stories in some day!! (by Slash-kun 23/Dec/2001)

Hashimoto Aoi
"Skip, a sweet baby" (Core Magazine) May/2001 8.45 ***
Her first comics. Short stories of modern young couples (businessmen and temporary worker?, cafe owner and its temporary worker student, writer and student, students). Her stories and art are very si