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Ore no Kimochi ga Wakaru ka – kyouichi
Shiro and Hiro are childhood friend. Shiro was always the one who protects Hiro. Shiro secretly like Hiro’s crying face.
It was marked as complete but the ending was WTF?! Maybe chapter 5 was suppose to be the ending?
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Samishigariya no Love Letter – Nanoka
Yuuki is a university student bored with his ordinary life. One day after returning home after class, he finds a strange chocolate tin in his bag. Inside it is a letter with “I want a friend” written on it by an unknown sender. When he writes a reply as a joke, the next morning another letter is inside it? Also included is Haru, Hinata no Koi and Koiiro Milky Way.
Adorable bundle of fluff!
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Prince Prince – Kurosawa Shii
Two years ago, Ouji Shuichi, a highschooler who is a little eccentric, found Okamoto Kazuya and announced something strange, “You are my destined prince.” However, Kazuya did not fully fall in love with Ouji.
Two years later, Ouji considers him a confindent friend.
He goes to him to confide his heartaches. Kazuya has hidden his affection behind their friendship. Knowing that Ouji is fragile without his friendship and support, he fears revealing his love.
Stupid.
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Sensei! Koi No Shitsumon Desu! – Tomoe Fumi
Sensei steals glances at me. I think it’s cute because I want to make him mine. A sweet high school love story.
For me, this is less of a love story and more of a teacher’s worst nightmare.
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Caramel Honey – Takuhei
Ayato transfers into a new school, hoping for a fresh start. Sadly for him, the school turns up to be filled with deliquents, and the most feared of them all has his eye set on him. And it doesn’t help, that whenever Ayato accidentally takes off his glasses, everyone around him suddenly becomes completely smitten by him.
I would have liked this more had Ayato been less weepy and had more backbone.
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Ouji no Kikan – Junko
Story 1 (Chapter 1-2) Satake Kou attended the wedding of his sister unknowingly that he will be reunited there with his cousin, Fumihiro, who used to be a very dumb fat guy, then transformed into a charismatic prince! Kou became undeniably self-conscious about this while he is not aware of Fumihiro’s high regards towards him since they were little. And in their reunion, Fumihiro’s admiration has turned into something complex. How would Kou respond to Fumihiro’s feelings?
Best story was the first story, the other two were more on the the dramatic side.
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Koi To Wa Yosou Ga Tsukanai Mono De – Kanda Neko
Hachi is in love with his friend Rin but is keeping a safe distance. He thinks Rin has always been charming but could it be he’s missing all the signs?!
I’m willing to bet Rin will be making Hachi make up for what he missed.
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Kimi wa Natsu no Naka – Furuya Nagisa
Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby–they love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends until one day, their relationship takes a sudden twist. What does it mean to love someone? What can you really do about it? Follow the story of their adolescence and relationship as it unfolds through a brilliant summer.
This is every bit as beautiful as the sky on a summer day. Brought tears to my eyes.
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Tensorate: The Black Tides of Heaven – J.Y. Yang
Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While his sister received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. What’s more, he saw the sickness at the heart of his mother’s Protectorate.
A rebellion is growing. The Machinists discover new levers to move the world every day, while the Tensors fight to put them down and preserve the power of the state. Unwilling to continue to play a pawn in his mother’s twisted schemes, Akeha leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels. But every step Akeha takes towards the Machinists is a step away from his sister Mokoya. Can Akeha find peace without shattering the bond he shares with his twin sister?
I read this because the cover, by Yuko Shimizu, is really cool. Also the reviews are mostly 5 or 4 stars. My reaction echoes that of those who gave fewer stars.
This is a highly original novella that presented a world that works on nature magic to power technology, where people are genderless until they confirm their chosen gender and where matriarchy is the norm. The story follows the twins, Mokoya and Akeha from childhood, teens to adulthood. The twins were sent to a monastery as bargaining chips by their mother, the Protector. They learned to use the Slack, the magic system of the Tensorate world, which is probably similar to qi. Mokoya then revealed her prophetic gift and the twins were soon returned to the Protectorate palace. When they were almost 17, Mokoya confirmed she was a girl and the issue of gender identity was explored.This is the part of the story that was interesting and well-developed.
The second half of the story follows Akeha as he struck out on his own and got entangled with the Machinists. Here, things happened but I didn’t really care much about them because they just sort of happened and not elaborated upon. Generally, I felt the story had a lot of interesting ideas and plot threads but lacked details or follow up. I love the authenticity of having an Asian author create an Asian-based world and this book could have been up there with the great ones had the entire Tensorate world been more fleshed out.
Rating
3 Stars – not exactly setting my world on fire but I liked it
Soundtrack: Star Sign
Artist: Teenage Fanclub
Album: Bandwagonesque(source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33099588-the-black-tides-of-heaven)
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Amadare no Koro – Momoko Suika
Suguru and Yoshiichi were neighbors who were always together until the day Suguru decides to move away. When they entered junior high, as promised, Suguru came back. But he was unable to transition into their high school, so he is thinking of taking exams for other schools. Yoshiichi’s image of the Suguru who’s always by his side shatters a bit. He became upset, lonely and jealous. Even when his heart swells so much and all he can think of is him…On top of Amadare no Koro, we’ve included an epilogue of their story, titled “Engage Key Holder” and a side story of Suguru’s friend’s love story titled “Haru no Iki”.
I feel like the artwork is messy and not easy on the eyes. The story is that familiar jr high school to high school (or high school to uni) separation anxiety between two people who are close.
