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I started this series a few years ago, but never got past the first volume. After reading something about how it was one of the "best BL titles" out there, I decided to pick it up again and give it a read. I've read 6 volumes of the series so far, so I feel comfortable giving my opinion on it.

Pros
-Graphic sex scenes
-Good looking characters
-Some humor
-Art (apart from the occasional yaoi hands) (7)

Cons
-Story is pretty bland (5)
Is action but is more like Asami saving Takaba 90% of the time from situations he gets himself into. While I really enjoy action yaoi, my big beef ... with this series is that the action part has pretty much no backing plot. It's just a bunch of almost random gangster scenes, etc. I feel like if it was more fleshed out, then I'd like it a lot more, but the lack of background makes it just fairly boring for me.

-Character development. (6)
While the series at least gives a bit of a feel for the characters and what their beliefs and goals are, like the story, it's not very fleshed out. 6 volumes in I would have liked to have a bit of a background of how the characters got to where they are today, or at least something more than the readers just knowing Takaba likes photography. Right off the bat it was one of those stories where guy 1 wants guy 2, guy 2 doesn't want him but always ends up banging him while still "hating" him and playing hard to get. I just wish there was more development between the two of them.

-Sex scenes everywhere
This is half an awesome thing and half a "ugh again" thing. Being a yaoi reader I obviously enjoy sex scenes, but there are so many in this series it's almost boring. There is no real build up, just everyone and their mother (father??) trying to rape Takaba because he is cute & has a mystery relationship with Asami.

Overall I think i'm being a bit harsh on this series, since a) it is praised so much and b) i'm a seasoned 23 year old yaoi reader. I think if I was 16-18 and read this I would have thought this series was amazing, but now after reading hundreds of yaoi series, this series is almost forgettable apart from the sex scenes.

The series is worth reading I think in terms of it's yaoi scenes, but stay away from this if you are looking for realistic situations & cute fluff, etc and hate rape. I plan to keep reading this series to see if it develops at all, in which I will alter my review. This series isn't bad, but I also wouldn't say it's that great either.