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Sighing Kiss (Yaoi) (Yaoi Manga) |  | Author: Riyu Yamakami
Artist: Riyu Yamakami
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1011650
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1569705798
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781569705797
ASIN: 1569705798
Publication Date: November 12, 2008
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Product Description
The classic love triangle gets a new twist in this school-age love story. Tanabe likes Akira. Akira likes Tatsuya. And really no one knows who Tatsuya is lusting after! But when Akira decides that unrequited love isn't all that noble and responds to Tanabe's advances, Tatsuya confesses!? Akira isn't sure which way is up let alone which way lies love!
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 Great romantic and hot yaoi manga (M/M) about adolescent love March 1, 2009
Brooklyner (NYC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
All the fans of Riyu Yamakami, the author of "Vanilla", won't be disappointed. I liked this story even much more than "Vanilla", which was just OK for me. "Sighing Kiss" is at least as involving and deep as "Vanilla" was, but the sex scene is more explicit. Also, it's a self-contained volume, so it's more action-packed. The sex scene actually surprised me: there's only one in this book, but - for June - it's surprisingly explicit and quite lengthy (only partial frontal nudity, but little else is concealed).
This mangaka seems to be really good in depicting the pains and passion of first love. A cute 17-year-old boy (Akira) from a disrupted family falls in love with his supposedly straight classmate. He thinks that it's all unrequited love, feels very lonely and suffers a lot. Another classmate, a mysterious, cynical, quite mature and experienced for his age Tanabe, "comforts" him. Now, the question is: was Akira's love truly unrequited? It's unclear up to the very last page whom Akira will choose.
This may sound as a typical plot to some, but what makes Riyu Yamakami' story unique is her story telling abilities. All her characters are fully developed and three-dimensional; she really explains why they do what they do, and shows their inner thoughts and emotions really well. And the sex scene is really hot, with all that maximalist youthful desperation shown very well. All those who experienced adolescent unrequited love with all its bitterness and "end-of-the-world" attitude are likely to sympathize with the main character and like this story.
Riyu Yamakami's art is pleasing and cute (if you hate cute-looking big-eye ukes - this is not for you).
By the way, another Riyu Yamakami's work, "Then Comes Love", which, as I heard from those who read the original, is really good and steamy, was scheduled to be published this month by June, but the publisher canceled it as Riyu Yamakami's works do not sell well. It's a pity, and I think this mangaka definitely deserves much better.
 A not-completely-obvious love triangle March 1, 2009
lore (Neverwhere)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Let's face it, "school-life love triangle" is all you really need to know about the plot of this story. The characters are all serious young men with much on their minds and the stubborn cluelessness that comes with not yet knowing their own preferences.
Overall, I liked the story, which does take up the entire book (huzzah!). The main teen's emotions develop and change over time somewhat, and all the characters' thoughts and actions make sense and carry the story forward. I was left guessing as to how things might work out until the final third of the book.
The art is serviceable, with a mix between detailed and spare backgrounds. The main characters are all distinctly different from one another, and while their looks are a little less filled-in, they are still pretty BL boys. There is an adult scene or two of typical June quality.
I would have rated this book a bit higher if everything about it didn't feet like it was lacking a step. I wished the art had a little more depth and the story a bit more complexity. Don't get me wrong, compared to many June titles, this one is a solid read, but I have the impression that greatness is just around the corner for this mangaka. I look forward to the publication of more recent works from her, as this one was released in Japan in 2003.
----->Happily, a click on the mangaka's name will let you know that there is a more recent book on the way from her.<------ As the reviewer pointed out above, it's possible we might not see more work from this mangaka anytime soon. Be sure to buy this book to let June know you're interested in this mangaka's work.
Still, "Sighing Kiss" makes a good appetizer to read while waiting for more.
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