The Dawn of Love (Yaoi Manga)
I'm torn between thinking that this release is too madcap, too silly to be tolerated and that it's absolutely brilliant. It's rare that a release makes me laugh out loud, but this one did.At the heart, it's a really silly story. Masahiro is a law student who is madly in love with fellow student, Takane. Takane is a serial dater. He's got all kinds of sex friends.At first, Masahiro only wanted one night with Takane, but after he's had him, he finds that he wants him all to himself. Now, he's just got to convince Takane that sleeping with Masahiro and only Masahiro will keep him satisfied, but that the sex and their feelings is enough to keep Takane from getting bored. When one of Takane's sex-friends proves more troublesome to shake than the others, it's a full-out war for Takane's affections with Masahiro leading the charge.This really shouldn't be as good as it is, but the things that these characters say and the lengths they will go to to achieve their goals make this one into a winner. Seriously, I thought I was going to hate this release. I'm so happy when I'm proved wrong. --Boys Next DoorAdmittedly, I wasn't terribbly impressed by Kazuho Hirokawa's art when I first flipped through it but if there's one thing I've learned through DMP's books inparticular, is that you can never judge a book's story by its art. In fact, I told myself going in that I'd probably love the story purely based on my apprehensive nature of the art. This isn't a ruling that always works of course, but in this case it seems my intuition was right on. The thin-lined style, strong character designs and hilarious nature of some of the facial expressions really won me over to the art which has a very loose, lively feel to it. The colourful cover should certainly garner it some attention from store shelves as well.Overall, The Dawn of Love is a really entertaining story about a man taming a sex-addict and achieving fluffy, sex-filled love! On that note, what's a story about a sex addict without lots of sex? So certainly expect a fair amount with this one. Masahiro stole centerstage with his over-zealous personality and Takane kept the story balanced with his more level-headed attitude and fluttery-eyelashes. Together the pair made for a really interesting yaoi, and as a nicely contained one-shot, I certainly recommend it to boys love fans for a read that's lots of fun. --Kuriousity