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Story: It's a story about youth, first love and friendship. It has a simple storyline, but the characters give it a refreshing feel.

Art: I find Takanaga's art to be beautiful. It's very unique and one just knows it's her art from the first glance. In this manga the art is excellent as usual.

Characters: At first glance, both main characters seem pretty stereotypical: Kojima is cheerful, kind and outgoing, while Nakahara is gloomy, silent and reserved. But they're both much more than that.

Kojima's the kind of person who is not afraid to show his emotions, loves helping people and is very hard working. Though ... he is innocent, he is in no way naive or stupid as many characters with his 'character type' tend to be in BL manga.

Nakahara, who has a difficult family life, is gloomy and silent because he's afraid of letting people in, but once he does, his caring side is revealed.

In my opinion, the character development is what makes this title this good. You can see how Nakahara changes and opens up more, and how Kojima learns to let go of his insecurities and just *be* in love.

Enjoyment: I loved the manga and thoroughly enjoyed reading. It's one of the few outstanding titles in the BL genre, and I *really* recommend it to anyone who enjoys BL.

It was the cover that made me read this manga. Because seriously, how beautiful is that cover? It's amazingly drawn and the blue colour is very beautiful. *sigh* I can stare at it forever.

And the story doesn't disappoint. I loved the characters and the plot is something I've never seen in a manga before. The fact that the two guys' relationship progresses slowly makes the manga believable and interesting. Very highly recommended, even to those who have never tried the shounen-ai genre, but want to!

This was a very great story. I liked how the main character, Nakata, slowly revealed more and more about Naruse. The most outstanding part of this story was, in my opinion, the characterisation: the characters were very believable; flawed, but still unique and strong (I especially loved Azuma Reiko in this story).

The ending was shocking and unexpected, but very suitable for the story - bitter-sweet and realistic.

I recommend this story to anyone who wants a realistic portrayal of the cruel and cold show-biz world.