The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
By Mizushiro Setona

Overall: Intéressante
Smex Factor: Red Lantern
Art: Different
Status: 1 Volume; Complete

Review: It...It feels like I'm being punished! Over and over! THIS MANGA IS TELLING ME THAT I AM A BAD PERSON. (But I've never cheated on anyone! Leave me alone!!)

Of course, this manga-ka seems to like writing like this. After School Nightmare was similar.

So basically, it's about a guy who consistently has affairs because he's so easily pushed around. His gay college kouhai finds him, confesses, and they get wrangled into a relationship. EXCEPT-- Kyohei (affair guy) can't seem to come to terms with sleeping with a man (if you're STRAIGHT, you DON'T sleep with men; why does nobody seem to understand this!?), so there's all this painful emotional stuff.

Betrayal.

Jealousy.

Indecision.

Hurting each other, over and over, for selfish reasons.

AND IN THE PROCESS, HURTING ME.

Maybe I'm too empathetic or something.

Not to say this is bad; this manga-ka always likes to add psychological punishment to her manga, I think. It does give you a larger perspective on things; you don't see a lot of BL dealing with affairs, so I won't put it down. Just...don't read this if you're looking for a good time. Seriously. Painful.

Fun fact: The alternate names. French and German! (I don't recall the Japanese title mentioning any cat...?) And isn't the title in general just awesome?

And I like the way she draws forward views, but her profiles (the lips in particular) piss me off.