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Freefall Romance (Yaoi) | 
| Author: Hyouta Fujiyama
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 418222
Media: Paperback
Pages: 180
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 1569708037
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781569708033
ASIN: 1569708037
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Reni and Youichi were nothing more than drinking buddies. But when a night of imbibing goes a little too far, they find themselves drinking buddies with "benefits!" What begins as a drunken lark soon becomes a passionate affair. But Renji and Youichi aren't really gay... or are they?
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| Customer Reviews:
 Another good one from Hyouta Fujiyama April 28, 2008
robbie (MD)
Freefall Romance is a story that deals with Nanase older brother from Ordinary Crush 1 & 2. Though you don't exactly need to read them to understand the story in Freefall Romance it is helpful in regards to the back-story of why the older brother is talking with Tsutsumi and some of older brother's issues. The book description is a little off (mostly the order of events), but it does give a hint of what you'll read. There are several intimate scenes. They are graphic but not explicit, mostly outlines and shadowing.
 nice surprise March 12, 2008
spacedog (boston, ma United States)
i was surprised at how good this book was. the setup, two co-workers who get drunk together and suddenly find themselves w/ feelings they've never had before, isn't new, but the story is deftly told and the artwork matches well. there are some nice new touches, inc. one of the worker's somewhat unique take on homophobia in that he doesn't mind it in other people but he can't accept that he could be gay. the awkwardness b/t the two is nicely captured, and the slow development to the inevitable conclusion is well-paced and very believable, although i can see how a casual reader not paying attention to or enjoying the details might find it to be too slow and repetitive. would be even better w/ more sex scenes, a bit more characterization, and a longer ending, but all in all this is def. one of the better yaoi i've read in a while and a must-have for anyone who likes salarymen yaoi.
One of the Best for Non-Traditional Yaoi Fans March 6, 2008
J. Shukar
I absolutely loved this one; the big brooding semes and small cute ukes have their place, but they've never really worked for me. This a graphic novel featuring two actual men, instead of one man and a man playing a woman's part in the romance. Such a thing is very rare in the world of yaoi.
The relationship itself is far more realistic than any other I've read in a yaoi, with none of those moments where you're left to wonder what the hell is going on.
The sex is actually pretty explicit, a little more so than FAKE and certainly enough to satisfy.
 Finishes Weak October 22, 2007
T. Bailey (The Edge of this World)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I picked this up just yesterday from Waldenbooks and I would have to say that I'm sort of disappointed.
The story starts out strong, two guys, one's sort of a homophobe and the other is pretty confident in himself and is ok with coming out of the closet. There was so much that could be done with this, but instead the story feels chaotic (sort of like the situation, but the reader should feel that the characters have to deal with chaos, not themselves) and tense and the release from the tension isn't a release at all. It's more like "OK, you can have me now."
To add to all of this, the yaoi isn't even all that good. Sure the very first time they get close, it's pretty nice, but after that it seems almost repetitive, reaching and almost getting, but missing the target in the very end. Once the target has finally been hit, the reader finds himself still holding his breath, waiting for the action before realizing that that WAS the action. Over all, it could have been so much better. Be warned, if you are looking for a mind blowing yaoi funfest, this is not the place to look. If you are looking for some moderately softcore yaoi with a simple plot and doesn't require much thought, then this might be for you.
A believable romance. This mangaka explores her guys' feelings so well. October 1, 2007
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Tsutsumi works for a public relations company and Nanase a beer company. They have known each other for a year. They are so called business partners as they have been appointed by their firms to work on projects together and are also drinking buddies.
One night Nanase has a bit too much to drink while mopping over his younger brother who has found a male lover while attending an all boys high school, whose majority students are gays. Nanase of course attended the same school years ago. The difference is that he managed to avoid all the advances and attention. Their relationship changes on that very night when Tsutsumi finds a drunken Nanase most sexy and alluring. Thereon their story is engaging, heartwarming, credible, bittersweet and amusing as Tsutsumi tries his best to convince Nanase of his love.
Both Tsutsumi and Nanase are appealing and believable characters. They are your ordinary Joes who have their worlds turn upside down when they realize their attraction towards the other. While the confident and cool Tsutsumi readily accepts his "out-of-the closet" status, it is not so easy for Nanase who is stiff and unyielding on certain principles long entrenched.
This mangaka's story telling skill is remarkable and I find myself reading most of the scenes again. Their "feeling each other out" in the men's toilet in a park and their one night rendezvous in a hotel room are sexy yet bitter sweet. Finally Nanase yielding to Tsutsume is as romantic as we wish in our Yaoi.
This gay romance is realistically potrayed. I like this mangaka's artwork and her guys with their tall and more manly physique. This is my 3rd Yaoi from this mangaka and I have not been disappointed so far.
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