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I was thoroughly interested in the story, the characters, the art, and the technical aspect of Love Recipe volume 1. As one of his first assignments,Ozawa is asked to pick up a manuscript from the popular mangaka Sakurako Kakyoin. I give it a 5 out of 5 and implore you to go buy this immediately if you want to call yourself a yaoi fan. The characters are totally relatable, especially Ozawa as he humorously stumbles his way through the insanity that is yaoi publication.
Love Recipe volume 1 is the tale of Tomonori Ozawa, a brand new editor for a boy's love publication. I liked the manga so much, however, that I bought it for myself the first chance I got. In the second section of the manga, Ozawa is attempting to learn how to match fonts to a scene in a manga. but also some very good technical information on background pictures in manga.The final section show Ozawa making his next few attempts at being an editor to Kakyoin.
Add on a more emotional, yet equally steamy sex scene and Love Recipe vol1 ends with a bang.I was thoroughly impressed with Love Recipe Volume 1. He arrives at the artist's apartment only to find that the mangaka is not only male but needs physical inspiration to have his manuscript done before the deadline. Kayoing gladly obliges to teach him through a particularly steamy sex scene. Later, impressed by Ozawa's diligence and enamored with the young man's determination, Kakyoin arranges for Ozawa to be his full time editor.The third section of Love Recipe begins with Ozawa thoroughly bungling his first attempt as a new editor. I first read Love Recipe in high school by borrowing it from a friend.
While in an outdoor meeting to discuss the manga, Ozawa asks Kakyoin to redo what he's already done. Afraid that he has angered Kakyoin enough that the artist will quit the publishing company, Ozawa goes to Kakyoin's apartment to help complete the drafts in any way he can. The art is superb and possibly the best consistently and stylistically that I've seen.The sex scenes are certainly steamy, but they are also believable and emotionally compelling (Not to mention they are totally the right amount of graphic :) ). The plot is interesting and intricate. The fourth section of Love Recipe deals with a research trip to Kyoto that Kakyoin plans more for sex than for research. Initially shocked by the things he sees in his new job, Ozawa sets out to be the best manga editor that he can be. Love Recipe is a manga about MAKING MANGA, so built into the storyline, the readers get totally interesting technical information as well.
Given the assignment to learn the meaning of "Moe", Ozawa finds himself holed up in Kakyoin's library with an extensive yaoi collection. While in Kyoto readers not only get a very hot couple of sex scenes,. Overall I can't really say anything bad about this manga.
Umeda from Hana-Kimi, which made me LOL), but I didn't like the hardcore sex stuff. Yes, he's 22, but it seems awfully brainwashy.
I didn't want to buy those but got interested in the concept of yaoi so I checked a few books out of the library. I've been reading a lot of shonen and shojo manga over the past few years and then I saw some listings for yaoi doujinshi on ebay when I was looking for Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
Finally towards the end he confesses his love to his 'sensei' and this makes it simply creepy. This was one of them and I read it right after "Only the Ring Finger Knows." That one was nice and sweet with nothing but some kissing and a lot of innuendo talk.
But "Love Recipe" is disturbing to me because the main character is taken against his will repeatedly despite his protests, cries of pain and denial (though it's hard to tell if he's speaking or just thinking the protests). I liked the characters (and there's one drawing of the manga artist that looks just like Dr.
Guess I'll stick with shojo stuff.
Yaoi has gotten way too popular for it's own good. I figure, over time, it will become true. While the sudden love at first sight was.
I have to say that once trusted publishing companies have been bringing out weak, poorly rendered, or sloppy work and proudly selling it. I kind of don't take it seriously. While it won't be dying out anytime soon (thank goodness).
well, pretty fast, I didn't mind it so much. So, it's hard to find a good BL graphic novel these days.Love Recipe, however, was wonderful. While the character designs are a little typical, the story is pretty funny (especially for those who are artists themselves).
it's like when you date someone and in the first few weeks they say the same thing. Who knows, maybe in book 2.Anyway, I'm very picky about my manga, and I think this one is worth a read.
It would have been cute if this was one of the first manga's I've read, but after 60+ or so. I found it fairly rushed, so rushed that you could barely tell where the hotter scenes began and ended, the character development was losy, and when it did get angusty.
If you're a vetran in the field, you'll find it desprite and undeveloped. as I did.
If you're new to the yaoi manga world, then yes, you'd probably find this cute and enjoyable. I didn't like it.
The entire book is about a very uke "straight" male hired by a Yaoi manga company, and he encounters two problems in the way of him becoming an editor: what font to use in the mangas and what "moe" is: both of course, he learns from sex with his seme artist. Near the end the uke goes on about how there should be more emotion in the manga his seme is writing, instead of just jumping into the sex, where that is what's happening in this very book, so quickly in fact that you barely know it's happening till it's already over.
it was over before it barly began. this wasn't worth it.
The male Yaoi artist, Kakyoin, is one sexy and appealing seme while Ozama is such an endearing and adorable uke as he earnestly inspires Kakyoin to meet his deadlines. This Yaoi featuring the Yaoi manga publishing world has a most original and refreshing plot. I will keep mine short as earlier reviews are very comprehensive. Quite a few entertaining female side characters here, including one very demanding and voluptuous chief editor.The lively and cute artwork, with some outrageously funny caricartures, is a winner. It is hilarious, engaging and just so disarmingly cute. Very lovable characters here. I just love those bunny ears. Very glad to add this one in my collection.
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