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獣の妻乞い
通り魔に襲われた高校生の由原尚季は、狩野飛月という男に助けられる。その後、飛月と暮らすようになった尚季は、凶暴そうな見た目に反し、無邪気で優しい彼に徐々に惹かれていく。しかし、次第に尋常さを失い獣じみていく飛月に昼夜問わず荒々しく抱かれるようになり、さらに彼が凶悪犯罪者を抹殺する為に秘密裏に造られた「猟獣」だと知り―?
- GenresJapanese Literature
351 pages, Paperback
First published January 31, 2008
About the author
沙野 風結子
67 books7 followers沙野 風結子（さの ふゆこ）は、日本のボーイズラブ小説家。
3月18日生まれ、魚座、AB型。東京都在住。
2004年「廻り花を揺らす指」（雄飛 アイノベルズ）が初の単行本。
作品の世界観は多岐に渡り、大半の作品にシリアスで緊張感が漂う。過激なプレイ描写も特徴的。
Fuyuko Sano is Boys Love author of Japan.
Birthday: March 18, Zodiac signs: Pisces, Blood type: AB. Live in Tokyo, Japan.
First published works: 「廻り花を揺らす指」2004.
【Caution】She is not an international author. So the books on English page are considered pirated editions or or illegal browsing.
3月18日生まれ、魚座、AB型。東京都在住。
2004年「廻り花を揺らす指」（雄飛 アイノベルズ）が初の単行本。
作品の世界観は多岐に渡り、大半の作品にシリアスで緊張感が漂う。過激なプレイ描写も特徴的。
Fuyuko Sano is Boys Love author of Japan.
Birthday: March 18, Zodiac signs: Pisces, Blood type: AB. Live in Tokyo, Japan.
First published works: 「廻り花を揺らす指」2004.
【Caution】She is not an international author. So the books on English page are considered pirated editions or or illegal browsing.
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January 29, 2017
A truly satisfying BL novel. It's been a while since I've been this happy about a book, I think. With every book I read by Sano Fuyuko, I fall harder for her writing. She's that good.
As a kid, Naoki once saved a small dog that was hit by a car. Having lost his previous dog, Kurota, only a few weeks earlier to a group of violent teenagers, Naoki thinks it's fate that he finds the new Kurota on the street. But after only a few happy weeks living together, Kurota suddenly disappears, leaving behind a deeply wounded Naoki.
Several years later, Naoki is living alone despite still being just a high school student. His mother passed away when he was a kid, and his father is currently working overseas. That changes when one day he meets Hizuki - a strange young man who claims to know him, even though Naoki has no idea who he is. At first, Naoki is really bothered by Hizuki's stalkerish behaviour, but when one evening Hizuki ends up saving Naoki's life, the two of them start living together.
It's kind of difficult to talk about the plot without spoiling most of it, but since it's pretty obvious from the start that Hizuki is actually the second Kurota I don't mind telling you that. How a man can be a dog and why is part of a rather dark and disturbing setting, but one I found surprisingly convincing. The mood is reminiscent of some of her other books - I don't know whether I want to call it dystopic or depressingly realistic, but in any case I really like it.
I also like how she never moves the narrative the way I expect her to. A lesser writer would let go of the tension somewhere in the middle, but she keeps creating conflicts (both emotional and physical) without it feeling forced. Her novels always keep me guessing, and her endings are never just happy - there's always an ominous undercurrent hiding behind the happiness that makes it feel rather bittersweet, but I don't mind that.
A warning, though, her novels also tend to push the limit in terms of kinks as far as I'm concerned. So far, I always was fine with it, but others might not.
As a kid, Naoki once saved a small dog that was hit by a car. Having lost his previous dog, Kurota, only a few weeks earlier to a group of violent teenagers, Naoki thinks it's fate that he finds the new Kurota on the street. But after only a few happy weeks living together, Kurota suddenly disappears, leaving behind a deeply wounded Naoki.
Several years later, Naoki is living alone despite still being just a high school student. His mother passed away when he was a kid, and his father is currently working overseas. That changes when one day he meets Hizuki - a strange young man who claims to know him, even though Naoki has no idea who he is. At first, Naoki is really bothered by Hizuki's stalkerish behaviour, but when one evening Hizuki ends up saving Naoki's life, the two of them start living together.
It's kind of difficult to talk about the plot without spoiling most of it, but since it's pretty obvious from the start that Hizuki is actually the second Kurota I don't mind telling you that. How a man can be a dog and why is part of a rather dark and disturbing setting, but one I found surprisingly convincing. The mood is reminiscent of some of her other books - I don't know whether I want to call it dystopic or depressingly realistic, but in any case I really like it.
I also like how she never moves the narrative the way I expect her to. A lesser writer would let go of the tension somewhere in the middle, but she keeps creating conflicts (both emotional and physical) without it feeling forced. Her novels always keep me guessing, and her endings are never just happy - there's always an ominous undercurrent hiding behind the happiness that makes it feel rather bittersweet, but I don't mind that.
A warning, though, her novels also tend to push the limit in terms of kinks as far as I'm concerned. So far, I always was fine with it, but others might not.
September 6, 2020
As a romance novel, pretty nice, especially for dog lovers. Despite some clumsiness here and there, Sano did a fairly good job and the relationship appeared genuine to me. Totally within my expectation since this book was among her early works, so I don't have much to complain in this aspect.
However I honestly can't say that I enjoyed this book thoroughly, all because of one thing: Sano's naïveté in her understandings of the criminal justice system.
She repeatedly spoke about how the crime rate rose rapidly after the death sentence was abolished; and how due to budget limitation for running prisons, the judicial system ended up giving criminals shorter sentences than what they should have deserved. It was so disturbing how she wrote about psycho murderers or rapists still continuing killing and raping people after finishing their sentence so as to back up her claim. Nah man, the problem in Japan and elsewhere with ex-convicts committing crimes again is not because they're inherently evil but because of the lack of humane treatment in prisons and lack of assistance for rehabilitation from any social institution. The author by perpetuating this dangerous assumption about ex-convicts is doing none other than contributing to making the problem of recidivism even worse.
And not to mention that the whole lack of budget thing is a total bullshit since we all know running prisons is one heck of a profitable business and inmates equal "legal" slaves.
(I was so mad with Sano's naïveté I actually searched up a bit and read actual reports about Japanese prisons' conditions and treatments of inmates lol.)
Tho I do appreciate her criticism of the Japanese government pretending to be progressive and taking seriously human rights-related criticism when in reality they function in a completely different way, giving no shit about human rights nor due process or whatever, as long as they can maintain their perfect facade.
Still, if you don't have a problem with politically problematic views in a BL then the romance is pretty enjoyable.
However I honestly can't say that I enjoyed this book thoroughly, all because of one thing: Sano's naïveté in her understandings of the criminal justice system.
She repeatedly spoke about how the crime rate rose rapidly after the death sentence was abolished; and how due to budget limitation for running prisons, the judicial system ended up giving criminals shorter sentences than what they should have deserved. It was so disturbing how she wrote about psycho murderers or rapists still continuing killing and raping people after finishing their sentence so as to back up her claim. Nah man, the problem in Japan and elsewhere with ex-convicts committing crimes again is not because they're inherently evil but because of the lack of humane treatment in prisons and lack of assistance for rehabilitation from any social institution. The author by perpetuating this dangerous assumption about ex-convicts is doing none other than contributing to making the problem of recidivism even worse.
And not to mention that the whole lack of budget thing is a total bullshit since we all know running prisons is one heck of a profitable business and inmates equal "legal" slaves.
(I was so mad with Sano's naïveté I actually searched up a bit and read actual reports about Japanese prisons' conditions and treatments of inmates lol.)
Tho I do appreciate her criticism of the Japanese government pretending to be progressive and taking seriously human rights-related criticism when in reality they function in a completely different way, giving no shit about human rights nor due process or whatever, as long as they can maintain their perfect facade.
Still, if you don't have a problem with politically problematic views in a BL then the romance is pretty enjoyable.
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