By Bellu
Overall: Crap
Smex Factor: Sexy Sexy
Art: Ugly
Status: 1 Volume; Complete
Review: This is another manga where the manga-ka didn't quite know what she was doing.
First off, I was originally confused by the manga's origins. It's got a typical manhwa style (although poorly executed), but it read right to left instead of the other way around. Either the manga-ka is Korean and moved to Japan or something, or she studied Korean art and picked up all the bad quirks (like SUPER bony boys and scratchy eyes), and none of the good ones. (...I could think of some if you gave me enough time. ....I'm just not very partial to the over-detailed Korean style, okay!?)
Then I couldn't figure out what Toshiya was thinking. Okay, he doesn't like gay people, now he's fucking a man-- Wait what? And he's always had a crush on Tetsu's creepy old dad? (Who is TOTALLY a child molester, might I add. Seriously, the manga-ka totally blows it off like it's not a big deal or anything. IF HE TOUCHES YOUR SPECIAL PLACE, YOU DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM. IT'S PEDOPHILIA. Or ephebophilia. Whatever. It's not okay.) Seriously, what WAS that!?
Meanwhile, Toshiya's love interest, Tetsu, is running around like an idiot, being a general nuisance, and having sex with strangers on Toshiya's bed. Mind you, it's mind numbingly obvious at this point that to Toshiya, Tetsu is more nuisance than human being, while Tetsu just wants Toshiya to LOOOOOOVE him. (Hint: This is not achieved by sleeping with other people in your love interest's bed or general vicinity.)
All while this is going on, Toshiya's boss (who, now that I think about it, is never actually named) homes in on Toshiya while destroying his own restaurant in his efforts to attain Toshiya and drive a spike between him and Tetsu. (Not that that's even necessary. Look at how annoying the guy is!) The boss starts off as a fairly decent guy, preventing Tetsu from randomly raping Toshiya, and then inexplicably becomes a total dick. If this character isn't the most one-dimensional person I've ever seen, I don't know who could possibly be. Come on, he goes from saying, "depend on me for anything!" to "I OWN YOU." This, in the span of one chapter.
And all the while, Toshiya's discovering that he has daddy issues, and that's why he likes it when old men touch him. This is apparently because his mother was a host or a whore (I couldn't say which because the story doesn't bother to clarify), and her neglect forced him into street violence.
Needless to say, this is the best story potential this whole manga has, yet spends the least amount of time on. Should we delve into Toshiya's daddy issues? No let's just mention it in one line at the very end. Should we explore his past as a ferocious delinquent? Naaaaaah, that's just an excuse as for why Tetsu likes him.
I think she was also trying to turn Toshiya's glasses into a symbol for something, but never quite got around to it. I mean, she mentions them a couple of time, but they don't really fit into the story anywhere. Not really.
WHAT IS THIS??!
I'll tell you what this is. This is Toshiya's bony ass getting fucked on a desk in the middle of work hours by an equally bony man, as the guy who likes him calmly expresses his disapproval from the doorway.
I'll tell you what this is. This is stupid.
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