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Love Recipe Volume 1 (Yaoi) (Love Recipe) | 
| Author: Kirico Higashizato
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 26802
Media: Paperback
Pages: 180
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1569708258
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781569708255
ASIN: 1569708258
Publication Date: July 4, 2007
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Product Description
Tomonori Ozawa has just landed a job at a large publishing firm. The only catch is, he is the new editor of a Boy's Love magazine! On top of that, he is stuck dealing with Sakurako Kakyoin, a male yaoi artist who is notorious for missing his deadlines. To become a full-fledged editor, Tomonori-kun has to start from the bottom - checking drafts, editing scripts and lettering. Now if only Kakyoin-sensei would stop sexually harassing him, he could actually get some work done!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 In a world where yaoi manga has gotten ridiculously popular... January 24, 2008
Courtney Parks (Santa Ana, CA)
Yaoi has gotten way too popular for it's own good. While it won't be dying out anytime soon (thank goodness!) I have to say that once trusted publishing companies have been bringing out weak, poorly rendered, or sloppy work and proudly selling it. So, it's hard to find a good BL graphic novel these days.
Love Recipe, however, was wonderful. While the character designs are a little typical, the story is pretty funny (especially for those who are artists themselves!)
While the sudden love at first sight was... well, pretty fast, I didn't mind it so much. I kind of don't take it seriously. it's like when you date someone and in the first few weeks they say the same thing... I figure, over time, it will become true. Who knows, maybe in book 2?
Anyway, I'm very picky about my manga, and I think this one is worth a read.
 Cute... but no. October 20, 2007
Christina M. Philbrick (Machester, NH USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you're new to the yaoi manga world, then yes, you'd probably find this cute and enjoyable. If you're a vetran in the field, you'll find it desprite and undeveloped... as I did.
The entire book is about a very uke "straight" male hired by a Yaoi manga company, and he encounters two problems in the way of him becoming an editor: what font to use in the mangas and what "moe" is: both of course, he learns from sex with his seme artist.
Near the end the uke goes on about how there should be more emotion in the manga his seme is writing, instead of just jumping into the sex, where that is what's happening in this very book, so quickly in fact that you barely know it's happening till it's already over.
I didn't like it. I found it fairly rushed, so rushed that you could barely tell where the hotter scenes began and ended, the character development was losy, and when it did get angusty... it was over before it barly began.
It would have been cute if this was one of the first manga's I've read, but after 60+ or so... this wasn't worth it.
 Exhilarating Yaoi. Very refreshing. August 25, 2007
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I will keep mine short as earlier reviews are very comprehensive. This Yaoi featuring the Yaoi manga publishing world has a most original and refreshing plot. It is hilarious, engaging and just so disarmingly cute. Very lovable characters here. The male Yaoi artist, Kakyoin, is one sexy and appealing seme while Ozama is such an endearing and adorable uke as he earnestly inspires Kakyoin to meet his deadlines. Quite a few entertaining female side characters here, including one very demanding and voluptuous chief editor.
The lively and cute artwork, with some outrageously funny caricartures, is a winner. I just love those bunny ears! Very glad to add this one in my collection.
THis is so MOE! August 22, 2007
kirika (NJ, USA)
I was a little hesitant about buying this title at first but I'm so glad that I did! It's been a long time since I've actually enjoyed reading a yaoi manga without rolling my eyes or yawing of boredom. Needless to say, this was very cute and funny, all the characters are very likable including the girls but Kakyoin sensei remainds as my favorite...he's just so damn funny and sexy at the same time. ^^ Everything else about the story has already been said (see below) just don't miss out on this great manga! I'm eagerly looking forward the next volumes.
bunny-eared ukes, oh my! July 21, 2007
straitjacket (columbia, MO)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
a manga about making manga, is not quite a novel idea in the history of manga; in fact, i've read, maybe 3-4 such yaoi mangas. however, higashizato-sensei's take on this idea succeeds on many levels. it is hilarious, insightful, entertaining and dare i say it, gratifies the needs of readers who craves some insider perspective of the manga industry, and yaoi in particular. as the blurb states, ozawa is a new editor who realizes on the first day of work that he is employed by the BL arm of the publishing company. despite being understandably freaked out, he continues working, and on the first day dispatched to take care of kakyoin sakurako, a mangaka with a rushing deadline, as a replacement for an ill co-worker and editor.
what follows is a thrill ride as readers learn the intricacies of the industry alongside the protagonist as he experiences them. not surprisingly, one of the reasons he was employed is because he is the perfect moe fodder for the mangakas contracted by the publishing company. so potent is his moe-ness that even the considerably worldly kakyoin-sensei is not immune to ozawa's charms.
while the art is not as refined nor as realistic as some other manga in the market, the characters are aesthetically pleasing and well-rendered, with the panels are not too lacking in backgrounds. surprisingly, the manga is not as raunchy as the other works higashizato-sensei has produced. in fact, it is rather tame in comparison. despite that, this volume is by no means lacking in sex-scenes, albeit being somewhat non-explicit. perhaps it is due to the fact that this manga is light and cheeky in nature, and thus operates on a different level than her darker and angstier works.
ozawa is very appealing, both physically and in personality. the author has truly imbued his character with enough moe to make a horde of fangirls go "kyaaa!" numerous times (which happens quite a bit in the manga too) especially the floppy bunny ears he sports in chibi form. his internal monologues are hilarious as well. while possessing many of the stereotypical uke characteristics, ozawa does not scream femininity, a fault that befalls too many an uke. in a stroke of genius, higashizato molds ozawa into the really cute category (at least in my opinion) that makes the story more interesting. kakyoin sakurako-sensei (penname), on the other hand, has two modes, -- one, typical scruffy, bearded and ink-stained crazy mangaka and two, gorgeous, out-of-the-world bishounen, with and impressive wardrobe to boot. the supporting characters are funny and pretty fleshed out, especially kakyoin's three assistants and ozawa's chief editor.
that aside, what really drew me into the manga is how higashizato delves a bit into what exactly constitutes moe and how the otakus fan the flames of their obsession through cosplay, conventions and of course doujinshis. for fun, those in the know might find it as entertaining as i did trying to figure out which manga/anime she had depicted on the doujinshis (so far i figured out several... fma, prince of tennis, saiyuki, detective conan, hikaru no go and i think hunterxhunter. yeah, i'm a nerd). these little touches are the reason why i find this manga to be extremely entertaining.
however, it is also true that this manga has some shortcomings, some of it was even mentioned in the manga itself (how's that for self-parody?), namely the cop-out reason of love at first sight. the relationship existing between ozawa and kakyoin feels a little rush, considering they jumped into bed early in the book, and the development of the relationship seems somewhat disjointed. on the other hand, since this seems like the first volume in this series, i have high expectations that this minor setback will be dealt with in later installments.
all in all, for a high-energy romp through the intricacies of editorial work with temperamental yaoi mangakas, this is one of the best offerings out there, at least that i know of. it is a comical and light reading that will appeal to the otaku and those who wishes to deepen their knowledge of the industry, even by a little bit.
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