Saturday, February 6, 2010

can't get SEVEN DAYS out of my head!


              I've read a lot of yaoi manga for the past month and this is definitely the first shonen ai manga that I have ever read in my almost a decade of being an otaku.
              This manga really surprised me in a very good way. I've encountered this title at recommendation forums in manga fox but I never expected it to be really good. First of all, the cover art is not that attractive although it was kinda unique in its own way. I read the synopsis at myanimelist.com and it got me really interested to push through reading this manga. I thank all those yaoi fans for introducing me to such an interesting and emotional manga. It's just so unfortunate because scanlations were dropped due to this manga being licensed but I won't hesitate buying the published works and I so support the artist/author of this manga!
              To start off, this manga is basically about 2 straight popular guys who just unexpectedly started dating in the most weird way. I never really appreciated shonen ai because I loved the intense sexual scenes that only in yaoi that one can see but Seven Days was mellow but deep. First of all, we are introduced to this popular guy named Shino who has a polar opposite personality from his handsome looks. In short, his personality is so bad which is totally opposite to him being so good-looking – the root cause of him being dumped by the girls who go out with him. The other guy is Shino's underclassman, Seryou,  who is also really popular. He is also known for going out with the first person who confesses to him on Monday but by the end of the week he breaks up with them with a  I- can't-fall-inlove-with-you- excuse. Although they both are in the same archery club, they totally don't exist in each other's world... that is before the story starts rolling anyways. Their first encounter was when Shino was waiting for a pizza delivery outside school and at the same time, while he was waiting, Seryou arrived late for school in a car that was driven by a woman who looks older than both of them. At this time, Shino just knew about Seryou's dating antics and he was interested to know how he would react if he would ask him out. So during their brief converstaion outside school, Shino suddenly blurted out, “Why don't you go out with me?” Shino who was only interested to know Seryou's reaction didn't expect that Seryou would actually take it seriously. Now their interesting story full of emotions will about to start.
              I loved this manga and for the first shonen ai that I have read. This would totally be the best I bet and that this would become a benchmark for those other shonen ai manga that I might read in the future! I love this manga! I bet you would too (--only applicable for those who are comfortable with BL stuff...).

1 comment:

  1. I finished reading this manga like 3 months ago!!! :-)

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