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アイツの大本命 / His Favorite #2
His Favorite, Vol. 2 (Yaoi Manga) by Suzuki Tanaka
不細工軍団の一人…チビでツリ目で全くモテない吉田と、校内一のモテ男・佐藤。他人に言えない過去を持つ佐藤は、もうずっと一途に吉田に片想い中。その執着振りに、純情な吉田はほだされて…!? 『ブサカワ』キュート人気で大爆発の2巻、遂に登場!! 単行本おまけショートもばっちり収録！
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First published February 10, 2009
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Suzuki Tanaka
55 books51 followersName (in native language) : 田中 鈴木 (たなかすずき)
Zodiac : Pisces
Blood type : B
She enjoys watching TV and eating delicious foods.
Zodiac : Pisces
Blood type : B
She enjoys watching TV and eating delicious foods.
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April 3, 2020
Not as good as the first volume, but still funny and cute! The two bonus stories were really good.
March 9, 2019
Reread. Healthy relationships? Boring. This is much more fun.
Sato continues to torment Yoshida.
Yamanaka and Torachin?
And 60+ pages of unrelated story: Shiro Kazama of the school discipline committee x lone wolf Masami Kaito.
All humor, no sex.
Sato continues to torment Yoshida.
Yamanaka and Torachin?
And 60+ pages of unrelated story: Shiro Kazama of the school discipline committee x lone wolf Masami Kaito.
All humor, no sex.
December 6, 2012
Your classic "Must go after the popular handsome guy" yaoi story, this volume is about Yoshida (the normal bratty guy) and Sado (the popular handsome guy). Yoshida doesn't want to admit how he feels about Sado, but the words often slip out. Sado, however, wants everyone to know he loves Yoshida...but, mostly to get the girls to stop chasing him.
There's also a couple stories about a Discipline Committee member falling in love with a delinquent.
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This book is a pretty quick read. The plot is not deep, but it is extremely enjoyable to read. We all need to read some fluff every once in awhile.
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This volume was provided to me by SuBLime, a division of VIZ Media, via Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are my own.
There's also a couple stories about a Discipline Committee member falling in love with a delinquent.
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This book is a pretty quick read. The plot is not deep, but it is extremely enjoyable to read. We all need to read some fluff every once in awhile.
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This volume was provided to me by SuBLime, a division of VIZ Media, via Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are my own.
April 20, 2021
Not as many chapters involving Sato and Yoshida in this one, but I loved the inclusion of the side-story with Torachin and Yamanaka. Yoshida is a Good Boy.
I forgot how silly manga can be and I miss it. I need to read more cute, slice of life, romance manga. Life is too harsh not to enjoy the nice, sweet things in life.
I forgot how silly manga can be and I miss it. I need to read more cute, slice of life, romance manga. Life is too harsh not to enjoy the nice, sweet things in life.
February 7, 2017
So good. Even better than the first one. I love how we get little bonus stories at the end of each manga, I also love the new characters.
April 24, 2022
I love this series, it's a cute bully romance. Some of the language is a little dated. This volume in particular has a trans character, and I can't speak for the representation, but it wasn't horrible. This series is sweet and I'm enjoying my re-read of it.
April 7, 2021
3.5/5
May 20, 2016
The story about Satou and Yoshida was fun, but those other 2 chapters were just crap. I hope we get more stories from our main couple.
See my combined review for Volume 2 and Volume 3 here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
See my combined review for Volume 2 and Volume 3 here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
August 3, 2017
I don't understand how this manga has an average of 4 stars??? These volumes are just progressively getting more and more awful. Maybe I'm taking the "plot" too seriously but...borderline rape and emotional abuse just aren't that funny to me??
May 7, 2021
This has to be one of the funniest manga series ever! A pure delight from cover to cover, creator Suzuki Tanaka has perfect comedic and visual timing. What's more, words and imagery are interdependent; the humor arises out of their mutual and equal interaction, rather than the drawings merely illustrating the words or the words simply narrating the art.
Yoshida protected Sato from bullies years ago, but while Sato grew up to be a high school hottie, Yoshida grew into a socially awkward, skinny geek. That hasn't stopped Sato from falling in love with Yoshida, and Sato is protective of his man. Since their relationship is new and fragile, no one yet knows about it, especially not the gaggle of girls who've transformed into a like-minded pack of lionesses where Sato is concerned. Many of the laughs come from the reactions of these girls; I've worried a bit about whether there isn't some misogyny and gender stereotyping at work above and beyond the comedy. But for me, as an older guy who started looking at yaoi as part of teaching a new university course, the girls’ reactions remind me of my friends reactions once upon a time when we were all young guys who were totally boy crazy. Our behaviorism might not have been the same as girls, but we were no less enthralled by a handsome face or cute butt. I see the same kind of thing in some of the young LGBTIQA+ students I work with. We all have to explore the world and in so doing explore who we are. My take, then, on the “girl zombies” following Sato around is more that it is an absurdist exaggeration of a common trait more than a specifically misogynistic portrayal.
That said, this is becoming one of my favorite series. We'll see where it goes and how long the author can keep Sato and Yoshida’s story going. BTW, this volume features two short, unconnected stories about high school BL that are fairly entertaining.
Yoshida protected Sato from bullies years ago, but while Sato grew up to be a high school hottie, Yoshida grew into a socially awkward, skinny geek. That hasn't stopped Sato from falling in love with Yoshida, and Sato is protective of his man. Since their relationship is new and fragile, no one yet knows about it, especially not the gaggle of girls who've transformed into a like-minded pack of lionesses where Sato is concerned. Many of the laughs come from the reactions of these girls; I've worried a bit about whether there isn't some misogyny and gender stereotyping at work above and beyond the comedy. But for me, as an older guy who started looking at yaoi as part of teaching a new university course, the girls’ reactions remind me of my friends reactions once upon a time when we were all young guys who were totally boy crazy. Our behaviorism might not have been the same as girls, but we were no less enthralled by a handsome face or cute butt. I see the same kind of thing in some of the young LGBTIQA+ students I work with. We all have to explore the world and in so doing explore who we are. My take, then, on the “girl zombies” following Sato around is more that it is an absurdist exaggeration of a common trait more than a specifically misogynistic portrayal.
That said, this is becoming one of my favorite series. We'll see where it goes and how long the author can keep Sato and Yoshida’s story going. BTW, this volume features two short, unconnected stories about high school BL that are fairly entertaining.
February 8, 2018
Series review
According to wiktionary, this is on-point for yaoi: from Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし), "no climax, no point, no meaning".
I got sucked in and spent way too much time and money on this series of boys-love scenarios. Because that’s all it really is, a series of tropes strung together with a mean pretty boy and an “ugly” tough guy who is really short.
This series contains: badly proportioned hands and bodies (though I've seen much worse), mean girls, asshole love interest, non-consensual or dubiously-consensual sexual interactions, and a total disregard to boundaries or desires.
While it has its moments, there's already enough explosive boys-love stories out there. We didn't really need another. Me saying “it's not as bad as others" isn't saying much. I know it's good that things are getting better but they're still not good enough, and I can’t really believe I read nine volumes of this before I gave up.
Pages: 1,676
Year: 2012 to present
Publisher: SuBLime, an imprint of VIZ Media
Read: 10 October 2017 to 11 October 2017
Stars: 2.5 (curious enough, foolishly hopeful)
Awkward Yoshida is hated by all the girls in school for his perceived closeness with hot guy Sato, who uses hanging out with Yoshida as an excuse to turn them all down. If Yoshida is merely an excuse, why does Sato taunt him in private about “his favorite”? Is it possible Sato’s feelings run deeper than friendship? And what could he possibly see in the funny-looking Yoshida? Watch Yoshida’s life turn upside down with hilarious results!
According to wiktionary, this is on-point for yaoi: from Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし), "no climax, no point, no meaning".
I got sucked in and spent way too much time and money on this series of boys-love scenarios. Because that’s all it really is, a series of tropes strung together with a mean pretty boy and an “ugly” tough guy who is really short.
This series contains: badly proportioned hands and bodies (though I've seen much worse), mean girls, asshole love interest, non-consensual or dubiously-consensual sexual interactions, and a total disregard to boundaries or desires.
While it has its moments, there's already enough explosive boys-love stories out there. We didn't really need another. Me saying “it's not as bad as others" isn't saying much. I know it's good that things are getting better but they're still not good enough, and I can’t really believe I read nine volumes of this before I gave up.
Pages: 1,676
Year: 2012 to present
Publisher: SuBLime, an imprint of VIZ Media
Read: 10 October 2017 to 11 October 2017
Stars: 2.5 (curious enough, foolishly hopeful)
February 7, 2025
I felt this was a better volume. People weren’t so pushy and let things happen. Yoshida has realized that he does like Sato in this volume. This is a Japanese high school romance. This got better.
At the end, they started a whole new story with new characters for some reason. I don’t know why they do that. I know it’s to get people interested in a new story, but it’s so annoying. I just don’t care about the new story.
There are several new pairing in this story happening. The story is growing nicely. It’s funny too. The girls in this story are going crazy over Sato. It’s so bad that other girls schools are into him and waiting at the gate for him. The girls are practicing martial arts to have this huge rumble over Sato. He hates it.
The class votes to put Yoshida and some other awkward boys in cheerleading uniforms for a game. That a bit of funny. There were some funny moments here.
My library doesn’t have vol. 3 any longer, so I will have to pick the story up in Vol. 4.
At the end, they started a whole new story with new characters for some reason. I don’t know why they do that. I know it’s to get people interested in a new story, but it’s so annoying. I just don’t care about the new story.
There are several new pairing in this story happening. The story is growing nicely. It’s funny too. The girls in this story are going crazy over Sato. It’s so bad that other girls schools are into him and waiting at the gate for him. The girls are practicing martial arts to have this huge rumble over Sato. He hates it.
The class votes to put Yoshida and some other awkward boys in cheerleading uniforms for a game. That a bit of funny. There were some funny moments here.
My library doesn’t have vol. 3 any longer, so I will have to pick the story up in Vol. 4.
June 12, 2021
Volume 2 wasn't as good as the first one. Of the three acts involving Sato and Yoshida, Act 6 was my favorite. Sato really shows his jealous side in that one and I'm glad that Yoshida stood his ground and did what he wanted to do....despite how scary Sato was being.
I was a little confused about the events that took place in Act 7. Is Yamanaka bi? I didn't get that impression in the first book... but I guess so? Either way, I'm glad that he and Torachin are getting along. He may have been a narcissistic player (does anyone say player anymore, lol) but he definitely didn't deserve to be ostracized the way he was.
I wasn't a fan of the two extra stories at the end. The main characters were very attractive though. And they looked really cute together. I just thought the stories themselves were a little boring. I didn't even finish the second one because it got too ridiculous for me. I'm glad the book ended in a oneshot involving Sato and Yoshida. Those two are adorable together.
I was a little confused about the events that took place in Act 7. Is Yamanaka bi? I didn't get that impression in the first book... but I guess so? Either way, I'm glad that he and Torachin are getting along. He may have been a narcissistic player (does anyone say player anymore, lol) but he definitely didn't deserve to be ostracized the way he was.
I wasn't a fan of the two extra stories at the end. The main characters were very attractive though. And they looked really cute together. I just thought the stories themselves were a little boring. I didn't even finish the second one because it got too ridiculous for me. I'm glad the book ended in a oneshot involving Sato and Yoshida. Those two are adorable together.
August 19, 2025
TORACHIN AND YAMANAKA ARE SOOOO CUTE !!
You know it's bad when two side characters come into view and immediately, completely pull my focus away from the main characters XD
I thought the side stories at the end were a little silly, but I gotta say, this mangaka's art style is a huge allure for me. I thought that the main couple in the side story were very cutely designed, but I thought that the character in all black with the pet snake, Honjo, was SUPER cute! I wouldn't mind reading a whole manga about the disciplinary committee from this side story.
You know it's bad when two side characters come into view and immediately, completely pull my focus away from the main characters XD
I thought the side stories at the end were a little silly, but I gotta say, this mangaka's art style is a huge allure for me. I thought that the main couple in the side story were very cutely designed, but I thought that the character in all black with the pet snake, Honjo, was SUPER cute! I wouldn't mind reading a whole manga about the disciplinary committee from this side story.
January 14, 2018
I LOVE THIS SERIES!
I love that it's all about the relationship between the two!
There aren't many good yaoi books that I know of that is about the actual relationship between the two of them!
I can't stop reading this series.
I waited a whole year to read the latest series and I cannot wait for the next one!
I love that it's all about the relationship between the two!
There aren't many good yaoi books that I know of that is about the actual relationship between the two of them!
I can't stop reading this series.
I waited a whole year to read the latest series and I cannot wait for the next one!
August 2, 2022
2.37!
how dare they call him ugly >:((( yoshido is such a cutie TT. i like his charac and as a MC too imo. the side characs are pretty fun as well esp torachin :>. i don’t particularly care for sato though :/. bc of the nature of this type of manga, i didn’t take it too seriously otherwise i probably would’ve stopped reading at the first volume lolol
how dare they call him ugly >:((( yoshido is such a cutie TT. i like his charac and as a MC too imo. the side characs are pretty fun as well esp torachin :>. i don’t particularly care for sato though :/. bc of the nature of this type of manga, i didn’t take it too seriously otherwise i probably would’ve stopped reading at the first volume lolol
September 13, 2019
5Star's....
Another good read. I'm really enjoying this series from start to finish and I love the illustrations as well. Very well written no noticeable editing issues and very entertaining.
Another good read. I'm really enjoying this series from start to finish and I love the illustrations as well. Very well written no noticeable editing issues and very entertaining.
May 24, 2017
*aún sigue riéndose*
December 2, 2018
Love this!!!! Is so funny but also sweet!!!
February 13, 2019
I really like the additional characters introduced in this volume -- and I love the reaction when one of them catches the MCs in a classroom together!
June 2, 2019
I'm not going to read beyond this book. It just...wasn't anything special, and not worth the big bucks to keep buying the series.
February 18, 2020
A very cute entry in the series, I'm really enjoying their dynamic and the side characters as well. It's a bit of a slower book but the dialogue is well written so it's not too much of an issue.
November 26, 2020
3.o stars
January 17, 2021
I love where the plot is going! The contrast between the 2 main characters components each other in my opinion. Would definitely recommend this to my friends😊😊😊.
February 19, 2021
Torachin is so cute!! I love characters with scary faces that are actually soft. I want more of his and Yamanaka's relationship!!!
The bonus story at the end was a bit weird, but I liked it.
The bonus story at the end was a bit weird, but I liked it.
February 24, 2022
meant to read these in order. we're not doing that i guess.
March 16, 2022
Infinitely improved by the addition of Torachin
May 22, 2022
Rating: 4.00/5.00 Stars
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