Product Description: Tomonori Ozawa has just landed a job at a large publishing firm. The only catch is, he is the new editor of a Boy's Love magazine! On top of that, he is stuck dealing with Sakurako Kakyoin, a male yaoi artist who is notorious for missing his deadlines. To become a full-fledged editor, Tomonori-kun has to start from the bottom - checking drafts, editing scripts and lettering. Now if only Kakyoin-sensei would stop sexually harassing him, he could actually get some work done!
A little too hardcore for me I've been reading a lot of shonen and shojo manga over the past few years and then I saw some listings for yaoi doujinshi on ebay when I was looking for Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I didn't want to buy those but got interested in the concept of yaoi so I checked a few books out of the library. This was one of them and I read it right after "Only the Ring Finger Knows."
That one was nice and sweet with nothing but some kissing and a lot of innuendo talk. But "Love Recipe" is disturbing to me because the main character is taken against his will repeatedly despite his protests, cries of pain and denial (though it's hard to tell if he's speaking or just thinking the protests). Finally towards the end he confesses his love to his 'sensei' and this makes it simply creepy. Yes, he's 22, but it seems awfully brainwashy. I liked the characters (and there's one drawing of the manga artist that looks just like Dr. Umeda from Hana-Kimi, which made me LOL), but I didn't like the hardcore sex stuff. Guess I'll stick with shojo stuff.
In a world where yaoi manga has gotten ridiculously popular... Yaoi has gotten way too popular for it's own good. While it won't be dying out anytime soon (thank goodness!) I have to say that once trusted publishing companies have been bringing out weak, poorly rendered, or sloppy work and proudly selling it. So, it's hard to find a good BL graphic novel these days. Love Recipe, however, was wonderful. While the character designs are a little typical, the story is pretty funny (especially for those who are artists themselves!) While the sudden love at first sight was... well, pretty fast, I didn't mind it so much. I kind of don't take it seriously. it's like when you date someone and in the first few weeks they say the same thing... I figure, over time, it will become true. Who knows, maybe in book 2? Anyway, I'm very picky about my manga, and I think this one is worth a read.
Cute... but no. If you're new to the yaoi manga world, then yes, you'd probably find this cute and enjoyable. If you're a vetran in the field, you'll find it desprite and undeveloped... as I did.
The entire book is about a very uke "straight" male hired by a Yaoi manga company, and he encounters two problems in the way of him becoming an editor: what font to use in the mangas and what "moe" is: both of course, he learns from sex with his seme artist.
Near the end the uke goes on about how there should be more emotion in the manga his seme is writing, instead of just jumping into the sex, where that is what's happening in this very book, so quickly in fact that you barely know it's happening till it's already over.
I didn't like it. I found it fairly rushed, so rushed that you could barely tell where the hotter scenes began and ended, the character development was losy, and when it did get angusty... it was over before it barly began.
It would have been cute if this was one of the first manga's I've read, but after 60+ or so... this wasn't worth it.
Exhilarating Yaoi. Very refreshing. I will keep mine short as earlier reviews are very comprehensive. This Yaoi featuring the Yaoi manga publishing world has a most original and refreshing plot. It is hilarious, engaging and just so disarmingly cute. Very lovable characters here. The male Yaoi artist, Kakyoin, is one sexy and appealing seme while Ozama is such an endearing and adorable uke as he earnestly inspires Kakyoin to meet his deadlines. Quite a few entertaining female side characters here, including one very demanding and voluptuous chief editor. The lively and cute artwork, with some outrageously funny caricartures, is a winner. I just love those bunny ears! Very glad to add this one in my collection.
THis is so MOE! I was a little hesitant about buying this title at first but I'm so glad that I did! It's been a long time since I've actually enjoyed reading a yaoi manga without rolling my eyes or yawing of boredom. Needless to say, this was very cute and funny, all the characters are very likable including the girls but Kakyoin sensei remainds as my favorite...he's just so damn funny and sexy at the same time. ^^ Everything else about the story has already been said (see below) just don't miss out on this great manga! I'm eagerly looking forward the next volumes.
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