The Red String of Fate by Akira Yoshio

 

Keiji has the special ability to see red strings of fate...threads that connect when two people are meant to spend the rest of their lives together. One day, he looks down at his hand and sees that his string has finally connected to someone!! But when Keiji finds the person on the other end, he realizes it's... a guy!!!

My Rate: 8 (www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/140355/)

This was a sweet romance, the graphic was pretty nice and the story was sort of ordinary but nice. I like the character of Hiroki, so open on his feelings for Keiji, and so innocent and, yes, even weak. Keiji on the other hand is also overwhelmed by fate, finding himself binded to a man, when his unrequited crush is a woman. The fact that Hiroki is basically a perfect boyfriend doesn't matter, he is not interested in him. But then, little by little, Hiroki conquers Keiji without even trying, Hiroki is just clear and open, saying he is falling in love with Keiji. He doesn't plan anything strange, doesn't try to make Keiji changing his mind by force. As I said, he may seem weak, but indeed he is using the perfect strategy to conquer Hiroki.

Therapy Game by Meguru Hinohara

 

Sparks fly in this spinoff of Secret XXX featuring Shouhei’s older brother Shizuma and Mito’s younger brother Minato after a drunken fling!

Shizuma only drank that night to forget his heartbreak. He didn’t intend to also forget Minato, the one-night stand who soothed his broken heart. And since Minato’s not one to be forgotten, he hatches a plan of seduction…and revenge!

Recently dumped, and very straight, Shizuma tries to drink his sorrow away, only to wake up being spooned by a man!

When he explains to Minato, his drunken fling, that he doesn’t remember a thing about their night together, Minato secretly vows to seduce him again—and then dump him as revenge! But even the best-laid plans can go awry when Cupid has his way.

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/45gyN4b)

I love so much Therapy Game that I have both the ebook than print edition. There is so much that I love, the graphic, the story, the sassyness of Minato, the sweetness of Shizuma... it's basically the perfect yaoi romance all wrapped up in a nice package. When I found these stories, my only regret is that they japanese manga are in black and white, cause I would love to see this story in full color. BTW this is also one of those yaoi manga where the sex is good and not too much, it's explicit in details, but it's so perfect for the story that I don't mind it at all.

Royal Servant by MasterGin and Chungnyun

 

"I love you, Master." Born as a servant but falls in love with the man who hates servants.

My Rate: 7 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/royalservant)

Royal Servant has a very nice graphic, and also the storyplot is quite original, but there is something that made me crazy while reading it: it seemed like sometime the author decided to skip scenes, and we were reading about something without having being "prepared" to it. Like when Lucaon decided have sexual intercourse with Kyon, what was pushing him? what was the reason why he picked Kyon and not some other of his servants? this was probably the most ecclatant of all the events, but it happened also for smaller events thoughtout the story. Moreover the bittersweet ending was also something that made me sad. So nice story, nice graphic, but I don't think I will read it again.

My Pet Bat by Jade

 

High school senior Min-kyum has been left to his own defenses after his parents kicked him out of their lives. His new house is in a shabby neighborhood, the site of several mysterious assaults that have left victims with bite marks on their necks and blood loss symptoms. After moving in, Min-kyum heads out for a meal…then somehow wakes up at home with strange marks on his neck. He tries to shrug it off, but his deskmate at the new school looks suspiciously pale and familiar…

My Rate: 8 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/mypetbat)

I have to admit that vampire stories are an hit and miss with me, they need to be particularly original for me to like them. My Pet Bat is a mix of cute and drama, but it never edges on tragedy, so that it makes the perfect blend for me. The graphic is nice, even if at first I found disconcerting that sometime the panels were not in full color, but that was something you get used soon and then you can appreciate the story. I liked that the vampires in this story are not invincible human beings and actually they can be pretty fragile. I also liked they are not the usual solitary character who focused on their own partner like there is nothing else around. Here the vampire is a high school student, with all the insecurity of an ordinary teenager boy. Of course the best character is Min-kyum and is heart, open and naive, despite all the trauma in his life. He is still able to accept love, even if he makes some mistakes while searching for it.