Seventeen Drops by Sunahara Touko

Seventeen Drops by Sunahara Touko (illustrated by Sakura Haiji) is about high school students Eriguchi Yuu and Okumura Hirohisa. Yuu is tall, good looking, social, perceptive, and popular, while Hirohisa is compact, serious, a bit dense, responsible, and sensible. They don't have anything in common, but strangely enough they get to know each other and become closer...

And it's pretty damn obvious where the story goes. The novel is in many ways a very typical high school BL story. What makes it different, and VERY appealing, is Hirohisa's personality. Several people give him the backhanded compliment that he's small but manly, and it's so true. He is very manly, and not in a macho or proud way. He is manly in that he has his own way of thinking, his sense of right and wrong, and he follows through in action and in words. I suppose one could use the word "principled?" But at the same time that dead serious manliness is adorable, especially coupled with the mismatch of his rather cute and small outward appearance. I could totally see how Yuu would find him both very admirable and incredibly adorable. Yuu is more of the typical teenager, with lots of good points but still immature. He's pretty well rounded out as a character, as well. Their interactions and misunderstandings just tickle me to death. XD

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Sorry if the summary really meandered this time. I had to fight not to write about every little thing in the book. ^^; One last comment because I'm just kind of tired now...Seriously equating sex with having one's wisdeom teeth pulled out WINS.