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Man, at first I was kinda iffy when I began to read this book but wow.it is pretty good.I felt so bad for Shiki and Kanon when they fell =( I liked both the sweet lovemaking and the dominant demon sex it draws you a good picture of these scenes and the artwork is okay in my eyes.if you haven't read this I suggest doing so it's worth the buy
I just read this novel and to tell the truth I loved it. This is a great read but short one. He keeps asking if Tomoki remembers him but he doesn't because he keeps his eyes closed when he is in a dream state.
Tomoki is a 15 year old student and so is his lover. When Yuugo puts marks on his body only then does his memorey comes back slowly. Knowing you can fall asleep and still be active is great.
He knows it is a man making love to him but who. The way Yuugo smiles at everyone makes him real popular with the girls but he is not interested in them. Yuugo has eyes only for Tomoki and Tomoki doesn't know why.
I thought him getting to see his brother would mean they would be together but the writer had other ideas. I didn't mind spending my hard earn money on it.
Many paragraphs repeat sentences almost word for word, yet others leave out vital information needed to move the story along. The premise is good; a young man can enter the world of dreams and affect changes through magic. Don't waste your money on this book; there are dozens of other excellent yaoi novels that are far superior. Transitions from scenes were poor or non-existent. The pairing is sweet but there were too many "déjà vues." I kept thinking of Soubi and Ritsuka in "Loveless" every time I read the actions of the older student, Yuuga Oda toward the hero, Tomoki Naruse. The syntax is poor, whether the result of translation or original work. The love scenes were clichés and moved along too rapidly. Sorry, authors and translators, this one is a dud.
I loved this book, even though I failed to notice the word "novel" when I first ordered. It didn't affect me much when I saw that it was a novel, I read it and loved it anyway. I just hope they do/have a manga versio of this book, it'd be nteresting to see it that way
Every night, he finds himself waiting for a phantom lover - whom he has never seen. The characters are attractive and stick to the somewhat typical seme/uke roles even with their looks. There were some twists and turns along the way and the storyline is different from what we usually get although the two main characters are junior high students and some of the story centers around school. The translation was well done and there are only a handful of spelling errors or missing words, although I did notice them as I was reading. With the help of Yuugo Oda, his classmate and fellow Dark Walker, Tomoki begins to harness and control the power within him. Little do they realize the sinister plans set in motion by Tomoki's appearance in the world of dreams, discovering that, sometimes, fantasy can be just as terrifying as the real world."Overall, I thought the plot was pretty good. EDIT: I meant to rate this as a 4 star but I must have accidentally hit three because that is what is showing up and I am unable to change it by editing the review.The back cover of this novel sums up the story quite nicely so I'm just going to repeat it here and add in my two cents worth after:"Tomiki Naruse has the strangest dreams. Also, in the beginning whenever she refers to the mystery lover, she always puts "he" or "him" in quotes to the point of being a bit annoying.
Overall, it was a good read. The author uses some pretty good imagery although once she seems to have given a detailed description of something, she tends to use it more than once with the exact wording, which is a little odd. Not the best I've seen but not the worst. The ending was fast paced and I think the author resolved the story nicely, if not a bit abruptly considering what the one character actually goes through. Tomoki cannot remember his dream lover's name or face when he wakes each morning, but one thing he does know: Tomoki's lover is no girl.Unraveling the mystery of Tomoki's dream lover leads him to discover the Depths of Dreams, a shadowy world hidden within the darkness, and the realization that he is one of the mythical Dark Walkers - a human born with the ability to "fall" from the real world into the Depths of Dreams with his mind and body intact. As far as the sexual content, there are a good amount of sex scenes but they are not graphically described as some novels have them.
I felt the story really started to pick up more once the antagonist is introduced into the story but that isn't until almost two-thirds of the way in. As far as the actual structure of the book, we are given the pretty typical one color page and ten black and white illustrations; all of which are nicely done. There are only two scenes that are rather graphic in their descriptions so if you like your sex scenes to be described in a more flowery way, you'll like this book. I would probably recommend renting it or borrowing from a friend before shelling out the money to see if you like it.Character Design = B+ (cute but typical)Plot = B+Book Design/Illustrations = B+Sexual Content = B (there but not very graphic)Translation = B+ (enough missing/misspelled words to be noticeable but not overly distracting)Overall Grade = B+
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