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reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2008-01-04 12:36 am
reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2008-01-04 12:36 am
Dog Style by Modoru Motoni
I have to read this manga two times one soon after the other to decide if I like it and i have to say yes, I like it.Miki and Teru go to the same high school but Miki his older (and taller) of Teru. First time Teru sees Miki he is kissing a guy, who happens to be the older brother of Teru's best friend. And maybe also Teru is a bit in love with his best friend, or maybe he is only jelaous of his time with him, time that, since his best friend has a girlfriend, is very short. And when Teru discovers that also Miki has trouble with his best friend (the guy he was kissing) it seems natural and easy to hung out together. And from a joke and a stroke, the step to sex is short. But Teru has very few experience and the first (and second and third) time together is not very satisfying for Miki.
It's very strange, the story is not a continuum, and so you happen to finish a chapter thinking to continue the scene in the next one, and instead the setting is changed and the time elapses is wide. In this first manga (cause I hope this is only the first one and we will see more of this story), Teru and Miki has only the chance to meet and connect, but they haven't yet build a strong relationship...
The story, even if setting in an high school and with teen characters, a mix that usually led to a light and funny development, is instead pretty angst. For what we know, Teru and Miki don't have "real" problems, if not being young and uncertain of their future. And they are also having their first sexual experience, and maybe they are questioning what they really like in a partner. It's that time in life where you stop to go out with your best friend to see a girl/boy friend, but if it's you best friend you want as a boy friend, it could be a problem...
The art is good, linear and "pure", quite hard, but never cold. The sex is good, but not too much graphic.
I will see forward for the next volume in this series, also to know if Teru becomes a little more a "pet" instead of a "stray dog" and if he learns to kiss instead of bite...
http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Style-Modoru-Motoni/dp/1598831259
Waiting Reading List:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=waiting+reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
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I love her art (eyes!) and stories (despite being somewhat weird). She has the best-ever kiss in yaoi manga - in "Detective Bluecat" vol.5 - a kiss that lasts 6 pages.
And vol.2 and 3 of "Dog's Style" are so great. In vol.3 there is what I consider the best smex scence in yaoi manga - one complete chapter (#13, smth like 20 pages) is smut, but done so stunningly beautiful. It starts as silly fooling around and then develops into full-blown passion [oh, I'm drooling ::)]
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'Dog Style' is still ongoing in Japan [vol.2 is published and vol.3 is still in serialization in a magazine (so far 17 chapters) and vol.3 should be out in 2008, I believe]. And of what I've seen from the recent chapters it is not yet complete, but then again Modoru Motoni has an evil record of leaving the series hanging in the air and not finishing them o__o - hopefully, it will not be the case here.
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