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MANGA: Star Collector Vol. 1
Star Collector – Anna B. & Sophie Schonhammer
Fynn’s favorite activities are skipping class, smoking, and lying around. So when he’s told it’s time to shape up and try doing something else for a change, he has no idea where to even start.
Then, on a nighttime walk around his neighborhood, he sees a stranger with a telescope up on a hill: his name is Niko, and he loves to watch the stars. Intrigued, Flynn decides to find out more about this nerdy boy and what could be so interesting about the night sky that he loves so much.
I know I sound like an ass but I used to scoff at Western manga because the art seemed off. But when I saw the cover of Star Collector, I immediately requested it on Netgalley. So pretty!
This is a classic opposite attracts story made more magical by stars. Watching Fynn fall for Niko was cute but maybe it happened just a little bit too fast given that they hardly know anything about each other and Fynn just broke up with Zoe. I felt Zoe’s hurt but I liked her for being such a great friend. I would have liked some backstory but I’m guessing that will be for the succeeding volumes.
Star Collector Vol. 1 is a good start of a promising manga. Recommended for those who love gay for you stories about nerds and delinquents.
Can’t wait for volume two! Will Fynn and Niko finally see those shooting stars?
P.S.
I received a copy of Star Collector from Tokyo Pop via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
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MANGA: Blue! Blue! Blue!
Blue! Blue! Blue! – Amamiya
When Takiya Kippei, the brother of two older sisters, realises that he desperately needs money to buy a birthday present for his lover, he decides to live and work onsite at a ryokan (a traditional japanese inn). There, he meets the well-educated Honjou Masumi, a man who is neither too strict nor too lenient, and who has a charm which embodies the word “mature”. “This is the first time I’ve met someone like Honjou-san” – as Takiya continues working at the ryokan, he starts to become interested in Honjou!
OMG! Beautiful art, beautiful story. So soft and subtle.
(source: http://www.mangago.me)
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MANGA: I Want To Know You
I Want To Know You – Momoiro Peko
Kujou Akito, rich-smart-scary guy who’s actually an otaku, caught by his friend, Takaya Jin, bought an anime figure and took his pictures. Takaya then asked to Akito to be with him for 5 days, and he said “I know about you more than you know about me”.
I Want To Know You: At first, Takaya’s relentless cheerfulness was off putting then the POV shifted and it was all so damn cute!
I finally caught you.
I Believe That Laughter Is The Key To Falling In Love: Oh, come on now, people. It’s not just about Jou’s good looks, Reo’s adorbs too!
(source: https://myreadingmanga.info)
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MANGA: Ezuke wa Yahan, Ano Heya De
Ezuke wa Yahan, Ano Heya de – Homerun Ken
A collection of interconnected stories ranging from cactus enthusiasts and compensated dating to vampires and zombies.
The Next Time We Meet, The Crimson Flowers Will Bloom: seemed more a friendship story than romance. I liked the seme’s blunt honesty.
Unable To Reach Neither Love Nor Friendship: they buy each other instead. That angsty search for connection and a place to belong to.
Midnight Feeding In That Room: A riff on the master-servant trope. Was going for dark but the interaction with the two couples gave it a much needed touch of levity
Zombie Cycle + Daybreak: a very poignant story of friendship and love that survived, sort of, the zombie apocalypse. Best story of the collection
(source: http://www.mangago.me)
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MANGA: Kuro Ookami to Gin Kitsune
Kuro Ookami to Gin Kitsune – Inose
Kuzunoha is a Fox, a member of the Vulpine Faction at his school for Beastlings, and while he gets along well with his kind and the Feline Faction, the Lupine Faction scares the mess out of him because they still practice the ancient rite of pelt reaping, where in traditional ceremonies they skin their fellow beasts. But when he wanders into the forest on an urgent errand and winds up stumbling into the middle of a hunt, he must rely on the help of a Wolf classmate of his to reach safety, because Kuzunoha isn’t all he appears to be at first blush!
This has so much potential! I hope the mangaka continues the story.
(source: https://mangapark.org)
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MANGA: Sunroom nite
Sunroom ni Te – Takemiya Keiko
“In December of 1970 Takemiya published a short story, “In the Sunroom” (in Bessatsu Shojo Komikku) which is possibly the first shonen-ai manga published and contains the earliest known male-male kiss in shōjo manga.
The manga volume consists of five shorter stories:
– Sunroom Nite (In the Sunroom, 1970)
– Hohoemu Shounen (The Laughing Boy, 1972)
– 20 no Hiru to Yoru (20 Days and Nights, 1973)
– Star! (1974)
– Mister no Kotori (The Mr.’s Baby Bird, 1975)”A story of happy childhood innocence and powerful, inescapable desires.
A highly emotional and dramatic historical milestone in manga.
(source: http://www.mangahome.com)
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MANGA: Escalate
Escalate – Nagabe
The school of beasts receives its first lizard student. The animals are curious…
Cat and lizard get their kink on and escalate it did.
Well, this is certainly different.
(source: https://mangadex.org)
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MANGA: Code:
Code – Takanashi Morimichi
After finding out his twin brother Kuu was sleeping with a woman, Yuu wanders around feeling dejected then collapse in the snow. He was picked up by Bruno Maddock, a man who tattooed his name on Yuu’s arm…
Features Iwase Yuutarou from Makkurayami de Kimi to.
I love Kuu from Makkurayami de Kimi to but Yuu’s story is boring. Lovely art tho
(source: http://www.mangago.me)
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MANGA: Dead White
Dead White – Billy Balibally
I can only embrace you in my happy memories…
Time to make more happy memories
(source: https://mangakakalot.com)
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MANGA: Rain Shower
Rain Shower – Jjugool
Little Geuroo was curious about him. That boy from next door who asked him a strange question. The boy, Lee Garam, who always avoided him even though all Geuroo wanted was to get close to him. But before Geuroo could even confess, Garam disappeared in thin air, leaving only clusters of blue light behind. And then, one summer, he appeared in front of Geuroo as if nothing happened…?
O que que é esse amor d’água
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor(What is this love made of water?
It must feel pretty much like this love)– Smoke City
(source: https://mangakakalot.com)
