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Blood on the Tracks is the first manga to make me cry.
I relate to Seiichi for several reasons, he's alone, he's friends with people to keep him company and he has no actual personality.
Throughout the manga, Seiichi tries to find a sense of self. His mother has taken that away from him. His mother, Seiko, is very overprotective about Seiichi. Even telling him he can't get involved with the girl he likes, Fukiishi.
Seiichi goes on a hiking trip with his mother, father and the rest of his family but his mother pushes his cousin, Shigeru, off the mountain.
Obviously, this messes a lot ... of things up which I won't go in too much detail.
Seiichi loses everything, his mother, his lover, his aunt, his uncle, all his family except his father who stays by his side until his untimely death. This is what I cried over, because I was overwhelmed by the love the father showed his son. Even after all the years, Seiichi sees his cousin, Shigeru, stuck as a teen. He carries the guilt from when he was 13.
Overall, the manga is a beautiful work of art.

Breath of fresh air to read.
The characters can be unrealistic at times, but overall they're great.
I've seen some people say that the artwork is dull but I like the simplistic design as it allows the reader to focus on the story more.
Overall, the manga is really well written and for me, personally, the queer story is what I need at this time. I would genuinely recommend this to whoever. It explores mature themes, such at the discrimination of homosexuals within Japan.
In the end, Love My Life aims to be an inspiring novel that touches on the difficulties of queerness, self-actualization, and love ... as they coexist in an unclear universe. For the story's protagonists, everything turns out perfectly. To put it another way, as a pessimistic cynic, I don't think it's entirely practical. The beginning of Ichiko's life and her family are almost amazing. The characters never truly hurt or betray one another, or even actually dispute while handling difficult situations. But I do believe that there is a need for stories that are upbeat and neatly conclude on a positive note, and this one is perfectly suited for this purpose.

Shigahime is an interesting manga, it starts very slow and the only peak is at the very end.
The main protagonist Osamu is fairly boring, in fact all the characters are. They don't stray from the box they're set in.
Miwako is the only character that properly gets the manga going, she's the sadistic villain that has no remorse for her actions.
Also, she likes minors. Throughout the manga there are questionable scenes to do with adults and children, such as Miwako forcibly kissing Osamu or Tamaki telling Souichi to masturbate in front of her.
For the horror aspect of the manga, it isn't too ... bad.
The artwork is great but I wish it had better writing and no pedophilia involved.

This has to be worst thing I've ever watched, not even 5 minutes into the OVA and it gets weird.
The title is interesting because surely they're not incestuous, they are. The brother is so weird, he's overprotective and sexualises his sister to no limit. The title lies he doesn't love her, he wants her in a sexual way. The pair are the most boring and overdramatic main characters, they just boil down to what they are. INCEST. I don't know how either them think its good to want your sibling in a weird way let alone your twin.
Another thing is the god awful ... animation, I get it was made in 2005 and they might have not had the biggest budget but if the animation alone is not watchable don't bother making an OVA.
If you're not a degenerate, don't bother watching. It's just soft hentai with a large amount of incest.

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