Esta antología recoge obras independientes de Chise, como la de los abusos de hermanos y el de los abusos del padre, pero también tesoros como el de mi principito nadador y los dos relatillos del desierto que dan portada a esta obra.
A este tomo le doy dos estrellas por las buenas historias que contiene (en la ficha independiente estos relatos tienen su nota real, por ejemplo la del nadador es 10/10) pero los de los abusos son un claro NO para mi y son un -10000000000.
One shot. Drama. Yaoi. Psychological. This is tragic story in my mind. Both of the main characters could be normal(?)(well, I guess noone is really normal) if not for the things that happened to mess them up. Well, it's more like... normal boy --> bad things --> no more normal --> makes someone else not normal --> the end! The charaters are not really likeable, but they aren't supposed to be. This oneshot shows that there are consequences and what is the result of the consequences. It's like a spiral. A rotten spiral. The victim becomes the bully, the victim of the bully becomes a bully to another victim, who turns into bully to the bully who once was a victim etc. Everyone has been atleast once a bully and a victim and sometimes it happens without realization, unconsciously. And people usually hurt the people who they care about the most. And this story is about all of these things in a messed up way.
Hmm... well, it will be difficult for me to rate this whole manga as a tankoubon. So, my rating will be divided by each story.
1. Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru **** Really like this. The story is so heartwarming and the couple are sweet. Really love the camel~ (what was its name? xD)
2. Oboreru Sakana ***** I fell in love for Ogawa Chise because of this manga. Its story was really gloomy, bitter, dark; yet it was so beautiful. (Well, yeah, I do like bittersweet story >///A///<)
3-5 ** Hmm... well, after I read some other Ogawa-Sensei's work, I think she has a wide-range genre of work. One of her genre is like these three stories. Honestly, I don't like this kind of love story. Yet, I can't deny that this kind of love is also beautiful in its way. And, of course, aside the story, I do still love her artwork in these stories. But, well, I can't force myself to like the story, so... two stars for these three.
A collection of shorts that begin with light and fluffy tales and quickly escalate to dark and twisted incestuous romances (ha! I don't know if I should call them that...) Honestly? I was impressed at the level of psychological fuckery the last stories threw at me and am looking forward to more.
Yet, even so, my favourite story was Drowning Fish, followed by Rotten Spiral. Two VERY different stories that still left quite the impression on me. Would recommend to any looking for something a bit sadistic in their reading repertoire, or if you want light and fluffy and shounen-ai/bl, just read the first three chapters. They won't disappoint.
Mate, the first story I read from this author was Laundry so I was like, "Cool, this author's work is wholesome and nice" Imagine my surprise when most of her work is psychological/dark LMAO
1. Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru (Night of the Cameleer and the Prince) *****
3. Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish) ****
4. Ibitsu na Kakera (Broken Pieces) ****
The story was so twisted yet so sad that I cried a bit when I saw the ending. I really hoped both of them will have a HEA ending. In the prequel, the author told how the younger brother falls in lust for the first time with his big brother. I think the prequel isn't translated yet (CMIIW), but you can read the Chinese version in this link.
5. Kusatta Rasen (Rotten Spiral) ***
The story was really disturbing and sickening but the psychological aspect was quite interesting.
Bagus!! astagaa meski komik yaoi ini cuma one-shot tapi baguss! 4 dari 5 bintang! huweee makasii mbak Anne Freya buat recommendationnya.. sumpahh ini aku mewek baca endingnya! manis banget cerita si Alphard dan kamel! *paling suka sama cerita pertama..
ada sih komik yaoi yang ambil tema di padang pasir begini.. lupa nama komiknya apa yang jelas tertukar tubuh si cowok A jadi pangeran si Cowok B jadi turis dari jepang.. gak berkesan sii makanya cuma numpang lewat =__=a..
sekali lagi tengkiu mbaak Ann rekomendasinya! sukaaa bangeet! *___*
I guess this is why you always should look up what other titles the author has written before you choose a book. I really hated カーストヘヴン 1 but because of all of the violence but didn't realize that this was the same author. Also, I'm not a fan of short stories which this manga is a collection of so... Title story was boring, the others not my kind of thing. Only the first one named 溺れる魚 was something I liked.
Okay, so I don't really know what to say about this Manga. There are four different stories, two of the four stories are very sweet,and cute. Then all of a sudden the stories complete switch, to very messed up. I really enjoyed the first two stories, although I can't say the same for the last two.
This is a collection of stories so I will review all of the separately. As always, the artwork is some of the best I've seen lately and the mangaka is twisted which I love, but I just didn't really love any of the stories. The stand out here was "Drowning Fish". Be warned: incest in the last 3 chapters.
Night of the Cameleer and the Prince: What the fuck dude?! Why was this so sad? My feelings came out a little bit in this one. Cute story and I like the relationship build, though I wouldn't mind more of course. 3/5 The Morning That the Cameleer Was Gone: Short afterword to the first story. Way too short, but appreciated. 2/5 Drowning Fish: Sooooo cuteeee! I liked this one a lot. It was a nice character build and gave me FREE! feelsssss. 4/5 Broken Pieces: Ok...what the fuck? This was the most messed up one in the bunch. I don't know how to feel about it...stupid uke, messed up situation and incest. 2/5 Rotten Spiral: I lied...THIS is the most fucked up of the bunch. The artwork is BEAUTIFUL but fuck these stories are brutal. 3/5 Fragile Play: Meh. I just can't get into these last few stories. Too fucked up and not enough smut. 1/5