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By: You Will Drown in Love Ã‚Â» Comics Worth Reading

You Will Drown in Love Ã‚Â» Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:37:45 +0000

[...] previously seen in You Will Fall in Love, returns in this yaoi sequel. You Will Drown in Love [...]

By: there it is, plain as daylight. » All the titles I thought of sounded dirty

there it is, plain as daylight. » All the titles I thought of sounded dirty — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:42:13 +0000

[...] You Will Fall in Love, which I first became aware of thanks to Johanna Draper Carlson’s very thoughtful review at the beginning of the month. Her review is really right on, and there isn’t much I can add [...]

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:20:18 +0000

Oh, that could be right. I guess they don’t appreciate honesty. Holly over at Active Anime always gets advanced copies because she always says good things for every single title, which is misleading.

Devil’s Secret is published by 801 Media.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:54:39 +0000

I used to be on some yaoi review lists, but I don't think they liked it when I called one of them a "child rape fantasy". Who publishes Devil's Secret?

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:11:30 +0000

If you only enjoy a few Yaoi books from time to time, I recommend you should read another manga by this artist, “The Devil’s Secret”. You can really find equality with her characters, and even in her short stories, her characters stand out much more than another random short-story collection. The characters in “Devil’s Secret” resonated with me, and I remembered who they were after finishing it.

Not all Yaoi is worth your time and money, but I would say a few sweet stories by Hinako Takanaga will not turn you off Yaoi. Her stories aren’t too sweet, with just enough erotic edge.

P.S. If you sign up to get more review copies from Yaoi publishers, you won’t have to buy any books ;)

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Industry notes, gift ideas, and more

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Industry notes, gift ideas, and more — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:58:52 +0000

[...] Ed Sizemore recommends vol. 14 of Tail of the Moon Johanna Draper Carlson is pleased to discover You Will Fall in Love. Johanna also posts some brief reviews of new Viz titles. While everyone else was arguing about [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:15:35 +0000

Good reminder, Katie. I guess it seems different to me when it happened in the past than when I’m watching it play out.

Melinda: I’m glad you found it helpful. I was pleasantly surprised myself. And I didn’t even talk about how pleasing it was that people actually talked to each other about how they were feeling!

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:35:31 +0000

I’m glad you reviewed this, because it *does* sound interesting, and I have such a hard time finding yaoi titles I enjoy. I think what draws me to this especially (besides the fact that it sounds like the sex is all consensual) is that it seems like the character who is portrayed as healthy is the one who has accepted his sexuality. Something that has bothered me in some BL manga is a feeling that we’re supposed to accept that there is something essentially inferior about homosexual love (this bothered me in “Shout out Loud,” for instance), and that we as the *reader* are meant to feel more like the character here, Haru, and view love between two men as, at best, a guilty pleasure.

By: Katie Q

Katie Q — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:13:14 +0000

That kind of relationship is not only common in boys’ love, it’s pretty common in Japanese fiction/culture all around. One of my favorite manga, Maison Ikkoku, featured a woman who had married her high school teacher (and no one batted an eye).

The age of consent is strikingly low in Japan, as I recall, so I suppose it’s to be expected.