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HATE TO LOVE YOU (Makoto Tateno)

I came across this title fairly recently and remember being surprised when I saw the author – first, I didn’t know Double Penetration Deux Press licensed any of Makoto Tateno’s work, and second, I thought I owned all of her English-licensed BL titles (that even includes Happy Boys) because I love her stuff – while not always draw-droppingly amazing, her work is consistent, and seems to be always to my taste. But somehow this one fell through the cracks on my list – her first BL title too! So of course I was curious how well she spread her wings when jumping from the safe warm nest of shojo into the vast, cloudy expanse of butt sex. And jump she did!

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THE COLOR OF LOVE (Kiyo Ueda)

This was an early title in my collection and I remembered it was one of the first BLs I thought was good. My copy looks like shit however and I wanted to re-read it now as an more wizened and cynical fujoshi to see if it’s as good as I remembered it was, so that I can replace it with one without a yellow cover that doesn’t look like a raccoon chewed on it.

Happily on the second re-read, I did still think it was good. It’s a nice collection of BL stories, and it does a mostly decent job of establishing and developing characters for being a one-shot compilation. It’s easy to read and enjoy and definitely a good title for anyone easing into the world of fantasy gay Japanese comics for women and isn’t sure how far they want to go yet. Maybe just the tip and you’ll see how it feels?

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