Manga Review: Secrecy of the Shivering Night by Muku Ogura

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: June

Release Date: 2011

Spoilers?: No.

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Goodreads Synopsis:

When Himi was a small boy, he became terrified of the dark thanks to a trauma suffered during a earthquake. His dorm mate Furuya is afraid of bright lights, so what can they do?

Featuring a gentle tale of school romance that is born when two souls reach out to comfort one another.

Review:

Just to review this book, I had to go back and look through it and practically ended up rereading it and grinning. It’s so good!

The title story is super adorable, about two boys becoming roommates, and one of them is terrified of the dark. He gets a little better with some help from his roommate of the intimate kind… Super adorable, and I really enjoyed their chemistry. And their epilogue was hot and funny.

There’s a story about a teacher and his student, and another about two classmates. There’s one about two adults that meet by chance on a bench because of one of the guys kindness. That one was really sweet, and I loved the chance encounter and how they both tried to stay on the bench as long as possible to meet again.

The artwork was really pretty here. There’s a lot of nice steamy scenes, without being too explicit, and the stories are nicely done, no rushed parts. I really enjoyed it.

Manga Review: Ninth Life Love by Lalako Kojima

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: June/DMP

Release Date: 2013

Volumes: 1.

Spoilers?: No.

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Goodreads Synopsis:

Six years ago, Koharu lost his beloved cat, Dorasuke. There is not a single day that goes by that he doesn't think of his cat. Then, out of the blue, he meets a guy...and it turns out that it's Dorasuke! God gave him a second chance to be with Koharu - and this time as a human! But there's a catch - God made him a promise that he must keep, and if he breaks it, there'll be consequences...

Review:

First of all, this is not a very explicit book. There’s only one possible sex scene in it, near the end, and nothing is shown.

But this was such a cute, warmhearted book. And the artwork is very soft and pretty to look at. If you like the cover, you’ll like it.

The main story is about a boy who lost his cat when he was young, and he was very close to it. And then his cat comes back to life as a boy years later, and he doesn’t quite know how to handle it. But his human cat loves him wholeheartedly. Their story is so cute and so sweet, and the ending is perfect. There’s also a little extra about them at the end that is so sweet.

There’s only one other one-shot in this book, and it’s about a guy who falls in love with the florist in his town. It’s a very sweet story, too.

The artwork was very nice, and then the stories were really good too. I love the development of the characters, and none of it was rushed. Exactly what I was looking for, and done very well.