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Seven (Yaoi) | 
| Author: Momoko Tenzen
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 839112
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1569708495
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781569708491
ASIN: 1569708495
Publication Date: February 7, 2007
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Product Description
Nana has no memory of his childhood earlier than age 12 when a store owner took him in and gave him a name that meant "no-name" in Japanese. Mitsuha is on a quest to find a missing childhood friend. The two meet when Mitsuha ends up crashing at Nana's place at the insistence of a mutual friend. At first Nana loathes the very existence of Mitsuha. However, he gradually warms up to his sincerity and kindness and finds happiness in awakening beside him.
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| Customer Reviews:
 one of the better yaoi i've read lately July 17, 2008
spacedog (boston, ma United States)
i prefer yaoi that have more emotion and characterization, so i enjoyed this one. the plots for the most part aren't just a retread of the usual formula, and the first story, which is about two people who are looking for something and find each other, is touching. the second story about two brothers is a bit more typical, but still has some nice moments and a nice plot twist. and the third story is a nice postscript to the first story. overall the story was novel enough and written well enough to keep me interested. the artwork is fine: it won't blow you away, but i enjoyed it. not much sex though, so if you're looking for that you should look elsewhere.
 Shows Potential. June 23, 2007
Karnation (Queens, NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Two separate but interconnected stories. Both center around former inmates of an orphanage which burned down, destroying all of its adoption records, and leaving a lot of dispossessed people with no traceable history.
FIRST STORY: (three stars) I found it pretty confusing at first, but it made an impression so I had to come back and try it again on a fresh brain, at which point I understood it just fine. Mitsuha is an author who travels about looking for his lost little brother, Nanao. When he stops in to visit an old friend, he finds a boy named "Nana" tending bar. Nana is a former inmate of the same orphanage where Mitsuha's brother was, and carries serious emotional and physical scars from when it burnt down. Full of hints, implications, unresolved mysteries, and a sense of lingering sadness. The ending was rushed and wrong for a couple of reasons, but the characters got to me.
SECOND STORY: (one star) A little boy who always worried he might be adopted, grows up to fall in love with his big brother "Nanao". What ensues is angst and guilt for him, boredom and eye-rolling for me. Only the connection to the first story generates suspense.
This is rated 16 + for implied (under-aged, pseudo-incestuous) clinching. In the first story, the characters are both interesting enough that one would like a long-term relationship with them. Instead we have an unfinished quality that might seem haunting to some, obnoxious to others. I would have preferred that the first story had been the beginning of a longer coming-of-age road-trip type story which allowed the younger character to mature, but I also think the fragmentary approach was fascinating. What ruins it that while the author sadistically leaves important stuff dangling, she must provide obligatory romantic closure, even when it is very premature (first story) or just stupid (second story).
Bottom line, I don't really recommend it, but I think the mangaka might be worth keeping an eye on. The art doesn't seem like anything special at first, but I think her main strength is as a storyteller, and the art is well used for that purpose.
Heartwarming BL May 26, 2007
D. Ellis (Washington, DC)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this manga. The art is simple, but the emotions of the characters shine through beautifully, and the writing makes Nana, Mitsuha, and the others come alive. I didn't find it confusing at all, and I loved the way the story ties together. So many mangas have one title story, with as much as half the book consisting of fillers. "Seven" isn't like that. Different stories, yes, but all related to strengthen the whole.
 Low rating...obvious. February 26, 2007
Carolyn (NSW, Australia)
4 out of 16 found this review helpful
I can't see how the first reviewer got any plot or story whatsoever from this Manga, I read it and got a dull and absoltely plotless read. It's damned ebay material. There's no love. No emotion. Nothing to keep you WANTING to read it.
Why am I giving this such a low rating? If you'd have read it, you'd know why. It doesn't make any sense, the characters change appearances and things go completely odd. It's hard to keep up with what's going on or keep interested.
The art REALLY isn't great. I hate the artists that make the boys look like they have big pouty lips cos then they just look like chicks in the face and that screams `non-Yaoi' to me!
I'm sort of getting sick of DMP's horrible choices at so called `Yaoi' it's slight BL if that. So make sure you read up on all of DMP's Manga before buying them, don't trust their site, get someone's opinion who's read the damn books first.
 Well written BL! February 3, 2007
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Two stories here which are told in 3 chapters. They are separate stories yet are connected in a special way.
The first story of the same title features 2 lonely characters, Mitsuha and Nana who are orphans. Mitsuha is a vagabond writer searching for his sole younger brother who has been adopted by another family more than 15 years ago. Mitsuha is afraid to commit to or devote himself to anyone. Nana works in a bar and has no memory of his childhood, not even his real age and his name means "no name". Nana is insecure and vulnerable and has one fling after another just to avoid being lonely at night. One could not help but feel for this sad young man. There is a bitter sweetness to their love story and the ending at the end of Chapter 1 does leave me wanting more. Fortunately the mangaka does provide us with an update on their relationship in the last chapter, which is a closure for "sappy" old me.
The second story, "within plain view" is love between 2 brothers with a nice twist. The mangaka did a good job with the emotions build up here, from mere brotherly love to acknowledgement that their love is so much more and the courage to embrace it.
Both stories are told with a sensitivity which prompts me to reread it a second time.
This mangaka's words are simple but emotionally effective. Her artwork may not be the best out there but her story telling skill more than make up for it.
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