A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane

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Ranmaru is the son of a yakuza boss; he married an older woman (5 years older) to please his father and the family, but he is not attracted by her and the thing is mutual. During their honeymoon, with all the family around, Ranmaru avoids to be near the woman, and he persists on wearing the traditional Japanese kimono even if his wife despised it. On the Italian cruise ship where they are, Ranmaru gets noticed by an handsome Italian man, Al, who has a deeply interested for all Japanese things, included Japanese men! The first night they meet, Al seduces Ranmaru, and the Japanese guy discovers only the morning after that Al is the captain. On the course of his honeymoon in Italy, Ranmaru ends in even deeply trouble and Al is always there to help him, only "pretending" as reward to ravish Ranmaru, a thing that the Japanese guy is beginning to appreciate...

As always the graphic is gorgeous and very sexy. Poor Ranmaru finds himself in very badly situation, and everyone around him seem to want to ravish him. But all in all this manga has a funny side and in the end Ranmaru always escapes from bad trouble almost unarmed, if not for what does to him the handsome Al.

At first Ranmaru's character is not very "feminine", and in fact it's strange that a very handsome man like Al finds him interesting. But after their first night together, Ranmaru changes, and he becomes more and more cute and pretty, both in behavior than in look.

The manga ends at the second volume, and the English version doesn't give an hint if there is a continue. I hope so, since there is still a lot more that can be said on these two characters.

http://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Love-Affair-Yaoi/dp/1934129186/

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Comments

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Ayano Yamane Sensei. She's probably my favorite mangaka. (Can you tell I just came back from Anime Expo?) I think her artwork in Crimson Spell is some of THE best yaoi has to offer. I read this and found it okay but not very compelling. I thought her Target the Finder series and Crimson Spell were better, but her artwork is so good if she drew the supermarket ads I'd read and reread them just to gaze at it.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Same here. Finder series is wonderful and Crimson Spell too. This one is lighter, funny and relaxing. Elisa