S.S.SP by Yuuki Kazumi and illustrated by Norikazu Akira

S.S.SP by Yuuki Kazumi and illustrated by Norikazu Akira, as I've mentioned before, is totally in my strike zone. It's about one of those detectives who is dogged, driven by instinct and impulse, and slightly dopey in the "I'm a new uke" way. He is saved from a really bad spot by a random hot guy and ends up learning the joys of ghei sex. He tries to forget that encounter when he is "volunteered" for a program to train SPs. He somehow manages to get selected to join the SPs (he totally thought he wouldn't make it, as did his co-workers and boss) and is shocked to find that his totally awesome, man-crush-worthy boss reminds him of that dude he'd been trying to forget about. He spends the rest of the novel being an SP, being in denial, helping his boss solve an old case, and being somewhat like a puppy in demeanor (eager and unintentionally adorable). While the "is he the same guy or just a doppelganger (or possibly a relative)?" trope can be tiresome if done badly (and oh have I read some done BADLY), this totally worked for me. The author did a good job of creating a character with flaws that allowed for the various tropes but did not grate on me. In fact, he was endearing.

The art is fairly nice but as I don't have a working scanner and my attempts to take photos from the book utterly failed, I won't be sharing any. Sorry!

( the summary )

After proofing the summary I think I've pinned down the biggest reason I like this book: Dopey sweetness between seme and uke! No meanness! Reminds me of how I felt reading Niizuma Deka. It's nice getting silly happy fun with a huge dollop of sweetness. The police case was actually interesting in this book, too. Half the time with police BL the case is stupid or totally incidental.

I'm a bit dissatisfied with this summary. First off, no pics. Second, I don't think I gushed enough. I really, really liked this book. But I'm so tired of working on this (I've been hampered by internet connection and computer problems as well as problems focusing for long enough to finish it up), I just want to post it and not hold onto it and rework it some more. Just imagine a ♥ (or two!) after every sentence because I do love it so. ♥♥