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Japanese

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written by

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and illustrated by

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. It was serialised in

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's manga magazine, ''Nichibun Comics''. It is licensed in North America by

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, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on August 12, 2008. Nihon Bungeisha released the manga on August 28, 2006.

Reception

ActiveAnime's Rachel Bentham commends that the manga's art as "racy, sexy and hot". Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux comments that the manga "offers the best of BL and yaoi – intense romantic love between two men and hot sex!" Mania.com's Nadia Oxford comments that the manga "remains completely entrenched in yaoi stereotypes. To begin with, Kazuma doesn't begin the story gay, but as soon as he meets Maya, he can't help himself. There's certainly a lot of mystery behind human sexuality, but it seems like Kazuma's love for Shinya/Maya blossoms out of nowhere".

References

External links

* 2006 manga Digital Manga Publishing titles Drama anime and manga Josei manga Nihon Bungeisha manga Yaoi anime and manga {{manga-stub