Dec 29, 2019
I personally believe that there is a very small chance that you will read a shounen-ai/yaoi manga quite as unique as this one. The creativity of the plot and characters was outstanding and the lack of sex to fill the void and plot holes was greatly appreciated.
Let's start with the story:
The story is about an Amish boy- let's stop there. Who said "Lets make a shounen-ai manga about an Amish boy."? Like who takes two VASTLY different subjects and make not only a good manga but a heartfelt, beautiful, and touching manga? Kaya Azuma that's who. Now the story is about an Amish boy who
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is on what Amish people call a Rumspringa where basically for a period of time once someone reaches around 16 years old where they don't have to follow all of the Amish rules for a specific amount of time. Now Theodore Sullivan - the main character - did his a little later than most but he was doing it nonetheless and decided to visit the city where he met our other main character Oswald Carter who showed him the ropes of the city life. The two formed a strong relationship and soul searched and eventually Theo's Rumspringa was over. And because this review is 'supposed' to be as spoiler free as possible, all I can say now is that the story progresses and stuff happens. Now I know my summary was ended on a short note but doesn't what I've already told you just draw you in? The story isn't too short but it isn't too long and at the end I was very fulfilled. I was happy and touched and overall just flooding with emotions.
Next, the art.
The art was beautiful to say the least. Now I won't say it's the most unique art style I've ever seen because I've seen many other do it as well such as Banana Fish but I was able to appreciate it for, if nothing else, it's ability to convey such a powerful message so beautifully to me. In manga the only means to tell the story the author has is the words and the art and sometimes the words can't tell the story quite sufficiently enough so the art has to do what the words can't, and I believe when the words wouldn't suffice the art took over and instead showed me the story.
The characters.
The characters were most creative aspect of the story to me. You have the stereotypical bad-boy prostitute with a fairly dark past and then you have the innocent child who you practically can't call a man until the last 1-2 chapters. I know it sounds cliche but if you dive further into the characters and their stories you will see that they are anything but. But, again this is supposed to be spoiler free so I cannot say much more.
Overall I think that the story is one of the most unique I've ever read. It explores themes you would never expect in a shounen-ai and it's about two such diverse people yet it's still a beautiful story about overcoming their different lives and cultures to come to the beautiful conclusions of love.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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