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Title: Not Enough Time
Author: Shoko Hidaka
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
Copyright: 2007
ISBN: 101569708177
Pages: 176
Price: 12.95 us
Rating: 8
Synopsis:
Yousuke suddenly shows up on the doorstep of his old classmate, Tanigawa, after losing touch from high school. While the two had a budding relationship back then, things fell aprt and they decided to part ways and search for their true love. However, it might be that their relationship in the golden days of high school was what they have been looking for all along. Can they both figure out the meaning of true love that they never knew back then?
Shoko Hidaka's collection of eye opening love stories also includes a coffee store owner that has to choose between his work or his love for an aspiring artist and a public prosecuter who must hide his personal relationship with a detective from their working peers.
Rated 16 +
Native manga, read Right to Left.
Review:
In the tradition of japanese stories, they always leave you hanging and wanting more.
"Not Enough Time" is the only short story in the novel that has two chapters to it's story.
There follows several others stories that still entice you just the same.
A few start of innocent enough with young boy's love. A glance starts it all and evolves into
a great moment of lust and passion. Any real fan girl will squeel in seat despite herself.
I even braved taking the novel to work and reading it during my breaks. This collection
is that gripping, if not a little shortlived.
The art is wispy and sketchy, but with enough details that you feel the heat and with enough
censored for the shy readers.
Most of the characters are believable and you feel the sympathy for the forbidden love aspect.
The stories are too short for you to really connect with the them, but just enough to
keep reading.
I really don't want to say too much in fear of giving away the endings, but lets just say
that the girls do get a satisfying end.
A great taste for the beginner into the yaoi world and definately a must for the ones who's
collection shame my own.
GothicApple aka Jen
