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Digital Manga Publishing
Not yet published 『Straight and macho Taki partners with feminine and gay Goh to form an expert team of bandits hired by the police to steal from the mafia.』
price:$5.10
801 Media, Inc.
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Give Me MORE!) 『I really enjoyed the third volume in the Ze series. It is seriously threatening to surpass Love Mode, which is one of my favorites of all time. The story is very touching and beautiful, although sad at the end. The sex was definitely much more explicit. I think the other reviewers went over the storyline well, so I won't. However, I was a little sad that there wasn't much expansion on Raizou and Kon. I loved the second manga SO much because it explored Shoui/Asari and Raizou/Kon.
It was interesting to learn about Genma and Himi but...I didn't really feel like I cared about these two characters as much. I've felt more for the characters in some of her shorts in Love Mode. Rather then having a couple of mangas to build up their relationship or to get to know the characters, they meet, hook up (for lack of a better word), and then one of them dies! I just felt like it needed more character development somehow.
It was beautifully written and drawn etc. But..I don't know, maybe it's just me. I feel like she did this at the end of Love Mode as well. I mean, I wanted to know about their past, but I wish she could have given us the present as well. Rather then ending with the past, and a rather depressing past at that. Maybe I'm just too much of a sucker for happy endings. However, that's the only reason I'm giving four stars rather then five.』
(One of Yuki Shimizu's best titles!) 『I just finished reading volume 3 of ZE and I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot, though the last page left me sad. It was such a touching scene between the two main characters of this volume.
This volume contains lots of sex scenes and nudity compared to the previous two. I loved both Genma and Himi and I think they are going to be my second favorite couple after Shoui and Asari.
I admit that I found the first volume of the series a bit confusing with all the kami-sama and kotodama-sama stuff but I finally got to understand the difference between the two and the relationship.
I will be anticipating the next volume as there is still hope that Genma and Himi might still be together. Actually, I had a feeling that it will not just end like this, so let's keep our fingers crossed.
Yuki Shimizu has done an excellent job on this work and I can see it surpassing her previous work "Love Mode" which is a favorite of mine too.』
(The best volume in this yaoi (m/m) series so far, and the sexiest!!) 『Finally, my favorite volume in this series arrived, and of course, with my favorite Ze's couple! Volume 3 introduces a new couple, Genma and Himi (both are shown on this book's cover). Genma inherits the "paper doll" (kami), Himi, from his estranged father. He's described as a "dishonest realtor", tough, quick to act, passionate and somewhat cruel. As father threw his mom and him in early childhood from their home, he hated his father, and at first it seems that this hatred was passed also to his "inheritance", Himi, whom he quite cruelly subdues at first. Frequent non-con situations / rapes, and quite graphic. But as their relationship progresses.... Fans of yaoi with mild SM themes will probably really like this volume. It's not "over the top" though, the story is well-developed, and sex scenes are very tastefully drawn. The volume ends with troubling cliffhanger...but read on! Volume 4 will bring us hope :)
The manga-ka notices in the afterword that volume 3 was serialized in a different, more "adult" magazine, and hence "the content is a little more adult with more sex scenes". It shows. It's not as graphic as Shiuko Kano's Steppin' Series, for instance, but more explicit than Ze's previous volumes or Love Mode, with hints of frontal nudity (but hints only!), sexy "licking", "dripping fluids" (from all the "interesting" spots), and numerous sex scenes throughout the book.
As the action moves out from the Waki's (doll-maker's) house, with its numerous (and somewhat easy-to-get-confused-with) inhabitants, the plot becomes linear and very easy to follow in this book. If you were disappointed by the lack of yaoi action or over-complexity of the first two volumes, my advice is to try this volume. It can be read pretty much as a "stand-alone", with the minimum (if any) knowledge of Ze's universe. The whole kami/kotodama power/magic relationship is clearly explained and demonstrated throughout this volume, so I even think that this volume can be fully understood and enjoyed without prior reading of the first two. I believe that most of hardcore yaoi fans will find this book enjoyable: it might not be the most hardcore out there, but it's passionate, angsty and very sexy. I can highly recommend Ze 3 to all yaoi fans who like their yaoi "really yaoi" and sexy to the core, and are OK with non-con situations.』 『From the time they met, it was always the same: Genma commanded Himi with a beautiful voice dripping with arrogance. Himi trembled with humiliation and desire, but had no means to oppose him. According to a note left by Genma's late father, who expelled Genma during his son's youth, from the first night that Genma took over Himi, Genma's lewd, forceful training is only just beginning.』
price:$5.10
801 Media, Inc.
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (So I was hoping for a different outcome..) 『Read both Love Skit and DogXCat in the same day. Found myself enjoying the deligtful and sexy DogXCat more. Don't get me wrong. Love Skit is a fine release from 801 media. There is a decent plot with a bit of angst, clean artwork and explicit sex to satisfy. But guess I just want a different outcome and a bit more punch to the love triangle here. Young Aoto has been in love with his brother-in-law, Takashi, for a long time. But it is unrequited love as Takashi still could not get over his wife's death which he blames himself. And maybe because of this and the fact that Aoto reminds him of his dead wife, he continues to care for and keep Aoto with him. Enters Takashi's close friend Masayuki who apparently have feelings for Aoto ever since he saw Aoto at his sister's funeral. So we have the persistent Masayuki pursuing Aoto. Takashi does later questions his feelings for Aoto after a confrontation with Masayuki. Here I was wishing for the twist that did not happen. Oh well.. There is a spin-off little romance on Akira, Aoto's close friend which is cute but tame. Still, Love Skit is an enjoyable read. The explicit sex is well drawn! And 801-chan's panel is cute.』 『After his sister's death, high school student Aoto lives with his brother-in-law Takashi, whom he is secretly in love with. Takashi has to go on a business trip and asks his friend Masayuki, a devilishly handsome older guy, to keep an eye on Aoto. Aoto doesn't know how to take the flirty Masayuki, and wonders if the portion of his heart he has closed will ever be open again?』