Art: 8.5Plot: 8.5
Characters: 8.5
Sex: 8.5
Oooh... I really, really like the way the kid in the middle looks (in the manga, too, not just the cover). This one is an interesting trip concerning an uke caught in a guilt-relationship with a slightly abusive seme who makes him have emotionless sex to 'atone' for something he did in the past. The uke accepts this as what he deserves, but meanwhile falls for a student he's teaching at the nearby high-school. Said student is the initiator, thankfully, (?) but can such a pure-hearted love come to fruition for someone with such a dark past - and a vindictive lover?
Plot is interesting enough. Characters are very likeably, especially Shirasaka (the teacher/uke). The sex between the stone-cold seme and the guilty uke is as uninteresting as it's supposed to be, while the sex between the student and uke is much more satisfactory.
34/40. Whoaz.
Recommendation: For those of you who like more drawn-out plots and built-up sexual tension. Mmmm.
Wow, I'm kind of glad someone ever reviewed this, even if it was a while ago!
ReplyDeleteI always feel sad that Junjou Karen isn't more popular than it is. I've come to find the typical heteronormative seme/uke roles in yaoi pretty damn annoying since my teenage years, but this is one of the few yaoi manga that I still really like, mostly because it subverts that dynamic a little. I wish more people liked it, anyway!
Thanks (belatedly) for the review!