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Don't Rush Love (Yaoi) |  | Author: Mio Tennohji
Publisher: 801 Media, Inc.
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 163589
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1934129283
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781934129289
ASIN: 1934129283
Publication Date: January 28, 2009
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| • | ISBN13: 9781934129289 | | • | Condition: NEW | | • | Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. |
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Product Description
Morino is the new arrival at an all-boys university prep school, who finds himself rooming with over-achieving honors student, Kusama. Apparently, Kusama keeps a secret that has him sneaking out late at night, barely returning in time for morning roll call. Morino becomes convinced it has to do with Kusama s feelings for their teacher, Kanzaki-sensei. Are the two carrying on an illicit affair under the cover of darkness?
To make matters worse, Morino finds his own fascination for his new roommate growing day by day. A simple kiss leads to more, and soon, exactly what Kusama is doing when he should be sleeping turns into Morino s obsession.
Featuring characters from Meeting You, creator Mio Tennohji (The Sky Over My Spectacles) argues that meaningless sex can happen in a spur of the moment, but only time builds a real relationship. When it comes to Kusama, Morino is more than willing to take things slow to find true love!
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 Great Plot? Meh... Great Sex? Mmm Hmm! January 26, 2009
The Yaoi Review
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't Rush Love is a high school drama kind of story with your typical crying uke and rather unimpressive storyline. Morino is a new transfer at the school and very quickly falls in love with another student pretty much at first sight. Since he is staying in the dorms at this school, you can guess who his roommate turns out to be. Kusama, his new roommate and crush, has his sites set on one of his teachers, who of course has no idea about these romantic feelings and is seeing someone else. To deal with these frustrations, Kusama goes on the prowl at night when he should be in his dorm sleeping. Morino wants nothing more than to stop Kusama from these nightly excursions so he offers himself up as a substitute stand-in so Kusama has some way to release his frustration. The big question is... will Kusama finally confess his true feelings to the man he loves or will Morino cause him to see things in a different light?
If you can't already tell, I was not impressed with this story's plot. I feel like I've read this type of storyline a thousand times and could easily predict where this story was going to go. I found myself even getting irritated in the beginning few chapters. It did get a little better toward the end when a few new characters were introduced into the mix. This story's one redeeming quality? There is a good deal of sex and it is VERY explicit. I've always said I can overlook a crappy plot if the sex is good and in this one, it definitely is.
The character design is one you'll recognize if you've read The Sky Over My Spectacles. The characters tend to be a bit on the tall almost lankey side. I won't say they're not sexy but they could be sexier. Personality wise, I felt they were pretty typical roles for the seme and uke; lots of tears, blushing and miscommunication. The book itself has a nice cover and one color insert. 801 fans looking for the dust cover won't find it since they stopped providing them. The illustrations are nicely done with good detail, especially the sex scenes so if you are not a fan of detail in those areas then you may want to pass. However, if that is the case then 801 Media is probably not the publisher for you since hard yaoi is their specialty. The translation was really good and I had no trouble following the speech bubbles. If anything, there were just a few times I wasn't always sure about what was being said out loud and what was only being thought.
In the end, if you are looking for a good plot, this is a definite pass. If you are looking for great sex and a hard yaoi title, this one will not disappoint.
Plot = B-
Characters = B+
Book Design/Illustrations = A-
Sexual Content = A
Translation = A-
Overall Grade = B+
 Explicit Yaoi with such sweet romances and an enjoyable plot. January 15, 2009
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Mio Tennohji's boys. There is an innocence in the uke which I find adorable. That said, the seme does come across a jerk at the beginning but soon wins your heart too. This is again so for "Don't rush Love" which has a great storyline as a newbie falls in love with his roomate, a stud. But the stud has been in love with his sensei for years. Will the newbie ever be able to make the stud "really looks at him"? Some angst filled moments here as I really feel for Morino as Souichirou Kusama takes advantage of Morino's love. As in "Meeting you", we again have the uke declaring his love for the seme first but the plot in Don't Rush Love is more engaging, the development of their love better explored.
The romance between Souichirou's twin brother, Riichi, and their uncle, Seiji, is just as enjoyable as Souichirou and Morino got entangled in this couple's not very socially acceptable romance. I guess the second romance could be caught up in moral standards if the mangaka wishes to. But I am glad she did not opt to. The couple from "Meeting You" are featured in this story too and they are of course totally besotted with each other.
I enjoy this mangaka's distinct artwork which is easily recognizable by her long limbed boys and nicely drawn hardcore sex. Another winner from 801 media :)
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