Review 2: I Want to Be Naughty!

Art: 9
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
Sex: 10

Let me start off with Art by saying that I ADORE anything by Sakuraga Mei. It's not too clean-cut a style, and yet I've come to love it. The expressions are really nicely done in some parts, and the way the 'action' is drawn is quite sexy. The characters are
easily distinguishable and really attractive.

Okay, so if it didn't have such nice art (and sex, but we're getting to that), this would not be nearly as interesting a manga. The plot is pretty cookie-cutter; there's nothing terribly fascinating or shocking about it. Outcast guy with a heart of gold becomes friends with the president of the Student Council without knowing his true identity, and he later has to deal with their differences in social status upon the discovery. Big deal, right? The art, however, manages to make it a lot more intriguing than such a plot deserves. The sincere emotion of the characters transforms the plot into a more real story than it would have been otherwise.

The characters seem for a while like they might have actual personalities, so I gave it credit for trying. And they are genuinely likeable, too. Somehow, though, in the end they become mere stereotypes, so I found myself unable to give them more than a solid 8. Towa, the bad-boy-turned-timid-uke, and Mikado, the refined-student-council-president-turned-gruff-seme, would have been much more convincing if they had stuck to their personalities a little more, particularly during the sex scene.

The sex scene which, as you've noticed, I gave a 10. Well, that's not just for the one, but for all the scenes in which sexual tension plays a large role. Sakuraga Mei just draws the heated interactions so well that they steam up the computer screen, and this makes the sex, however typical, a rare treat.

This brings us to the final score of 34/40. Very nice, indeed! This is, admittedly, one of my favorites (ironically, not my #1 favorite from this artist, but that's for another time), so that's to be expected. While the story could have been better, the other components work well enough to carry it through to a high rating.

Recommendation: If you like school-themed yaoi, read it. If you like sexual tension, read it. If you like pretty boys, read it. It's pretty much an all around good yaoi.