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The Paradise On The Hill (Yaoi) | 
| Author: Momoko Tenzen
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
List Price: $12.95
Buy New: $3.22
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 602436
Media: Paperback
Edition: English Ed., 1st Ed
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 0.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1569708355
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5952
EAN: 9781569708354
ASIN: 1569708355
Publication Date: June 13, 2007
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Product Description
Kijima teaches at an all girl's school. While all his friends think his job is pretty "sweet," dealing with the daily confessions of his adoring students is actually rather annoying. Luckily the new P.E. teacher, Ono, has taken the brunt of the girl's attention away. When Ono approaches Kijima for advice on how to deal with the bold advances and confessions from his students, Kijima finds himself intrigued by the shy, timid teacher.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Nice Change! September 29, 2007
Karnation (Queens, NY USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This involves two male teachers at an all-girl high school, each of whom thinks that his romantic feelings for the other are unrequited. The angst all comes from this true-to-life premise, rather than from tragic pasts or uber-melodrama. The art seemed a bit lame when I looked at the cover, but it didn't bother me at all once I started reading - because it conveyed the characters and their emotions very well.
It only gets three stars mainly because it is very slight, and we don't get the impression that the characters have lives beyond each other. The setting is sketchily realized, and the effect is a bit like a three-character stage play. The only substantive conversation the guys have doesn't make either of them look good. (Neither wants to date students, but neither has any principled objections to doing so if they should ever feel like it.) A female teacher is pure plot device, and the students are just vague faceless beings who are all presumed to be crushing on one of our heroes.
That said I really enjoyed it, and often had a smile on my face when I read it. It is about a caring, consensual relationship between grown-ups. It's affecting and upbeat, and made a nice change. But it is not fleshed out enough to tempt me to purchase it. Try E. Hae if you want something similar, but with a lot more dimension to it.
 A simple but convincing love story. May 31, 2007
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This BL story has a relatively simple plot but the slowly evolving love between Kijima and Ono is heartwarming and meaningfully expressed in simple but effective words. Both are teachers in an all girls school and it all started with Ono developing a crush on the cool and older Kijima. Their progress from mere colleagues to good friends to awkward lovers is not rushed but convincingly told. Those of you looking for explicit Yaoi should look elsewhere. However if you wish for a sensitive and sweet love story this is for you. There is a second story on love lost and regrets which is well told even if it is short and this one does remind me of Loveholic.
On this mangaka's artwork, it is very pretty and graceful.
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