insaneneko

Kemono ai no shikku, written by Nijyou Akio and illustrated by Uemura Hatoshi, is an absolutely ridiculous novel that I can't help but go back to. I bought it a while back and thought it was completely worthless (except for the very pretty art), but I recently dug it up and reread it. It's still worthless, but this time I found it entertaining despite all of its flaws instead of just plain stupid. It's a cross between Initial D and a sold-into-sexual-slavery story featuring (relatively) innocent college kid Yuu whose friend Eita gets hooked on driving fast on the mountain roads and racks up huge debt by tricking a good racing car out of yakuza and getting a very good mechanic to mod the car into something spectacular. Yuu ends up being offered as payment (betrayal!) and is taught the art of being a good fuck by the mechanic (who is not only good at making cars go fast but also turning an otherwise normal person into an amazing lay that everyone wants a piece of). There's more, of course. Mainly a bit of a history between the main yakuza (who happens to be the best driver in the area) and the mechanic, but also the typical eye-roll-enducing "fall in love with the asshole who is fucking you" angst. A decent writer could possibly pull this story off, but this writer is most definitely not a decent writer. The characters are inconsistent and completely unrelatable (and mostly unlikable). The story and the characters lurch from one situation (or emotion) to another, probably to satisfy some checklist the writer had to fulfill. The only things that kept me engaged were the art and my affection towards driving on mountain roads from Initial D. So...naturally I wanted to share the badness.


( NSFW FTW )