insaneneko

Yoake ni wa yasashii kiss wo by Nagira Yuu and illustrated by Takashina Yuh is about a guy who is haunted by something in his past and how he learns to live. It is cliched and is problematic, but it avoids my big pet peeves of the magical healing cock and the "sex=intimacy" fallacy. In fact, it shows how using sex as shorthand for intimacy can be a very bad thing. It also doesn't have any truly abhorrent characters. I liked and felt sorry for all the important people, despite of and because of their flaws and their mistakes. They have to make connections with each other that aren't based on the lame-ass shortcut of the passion of sex. There is a nice mix of "sweeping" romance and the little everyday details of true intimacy. I was very satisfied by the time I got to the end. Also, the art is very nice.


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