Owaranai Fukou ni Tsuite no Hanashi
The Story of Never Ending Unhappiness

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I really enjoyed Gosan no Heart, so I expected to like this. Instead it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.

It has the Ogawa Chise charm (beautiful art, a deep emotional narrative from the narrator character, some fun attitude from the art and some snarky dialogue), but overall I'd label this as an average yaoi. I couldn't really enjoy this self-pity narrative of silent obsession, rape (somnophilia warning), sudden and frankly unrealistic forgiveness/reciprocation, guilt + pushing-away, and reconciliation. It wasn't romantic to me, and the sex appeal was dulled by my dislike of the main character.

The love interest is endearing, though, earnest and ... refreshing. The writing for the main character feels both realistic and meaningful as emotional prose, I just didn't like him. The overall art, story flow, etc is solid, better than a 'bad' yaoi, but I find this a weak spot of Ogawa Chise's catalouge. You can also find other yaoi who write this story arc (jealousy-inspired bully -> loss of control -> getting together) more appealingly.

TRIGGER WARNING

I was really interested in the story. It's about a man named Udou who is in love with Takeuchi but instead of telling him this he steals his girlfriend and makes him hate him. Later they meet again at a reunion and their love story begins.
BUT in the first chapter Takeuchi get's drunk and Udou helps him get home. He falls a sleep drunk in his car and Udou r*p*s him in his sleep.
The story makes it seem like it's a tragic unrequited love and Udou is suffering and can't control himself around Takeuchi. Fact is though. This is sexual assault and ... it's not romantic.
When someone is asleep they cannot consent to anything. It is not cute. it's not tragic for Udou because he has an unrequited love for Takeuchi. it's just not okay. I couldn't continue reading. There is nothing the story can do to somehow make up for sexual assault and justify them ending up together.