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Old wounds, Renewed Pain

Advantages: complex chacters, well conceived plotline, befitting art that defies the common styles
Disadvantages: rape scene may overly upset some readers, likewise the prostitution element may offend

In volume one, mangaka Yuki Shimizu introduced us to the world of the Blue Boy "dating club" via a chance case of mistaken identity. In that volume, high school senior Izumi is in the park awaiting a date when an accident occurs and an injured young man s ...

Shroud 26.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Love Mode: v. 3 - Yuki Shimizu

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Bashful Butterflies Take Flights of Fancy

Advantages: further character and plot development within the Junjou Romantica and Egoist story arcs
Disadvantages: mature content, not for the easily embarrassed, must read two volumes before this one

It's not been quite two months since Misaki began living with Usami-san, but he and Usagi have moved quite quickly along in their relationship. Following on from his discovery (in Vol. 2) that he is indeed madly in love with Usagi, he has come to accept h ...

Shroud 09.03.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Junjo Romantica: v. 3 - Shungiku Nakamura

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Stars and Stripes

Advantages: Thought provoking
Disadvantages: Very US centric, Could be misconstrued as patriotic or anti-US, Very complex and wordy

"Do you believe in magic? Do you believe that two men could be wounded seven times by two bullets? Do you believe that eighteen witnesses could just magically up and die over the next three years? Ask not what your country's done for you. Ask what your co ...

DiazX 11.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall

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