Apr 8, 2024
I was suggested this after reading Nana to Kaoru and will compare it through out. I would recommend it and have picked up all the published volumes.
The story is a nice psychological study on the human mind how it copes with stress and sexuality. The story moves steadily and has a rushed feel in the last volumes that the author knew it was being axed. Compared to NtK the relationship moves forward quickly compared to the three series it took to get Nana and Kaoru to admit their feelings. The MC Zen and FMC Ayame immediately get
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the story rolling and set up the Dom and Sub relationship. Through out the story we see them moving closer. The other side characters add to the story as each person has a broken/weakness that is explored. While this is sometimes light it still adds flavor to the story. The story is mostly from Zen's POV until the final volume where we get Ayame's backstory. This wasn't done well and if the story had more time to breath I would have liked to see it intasparsed through additional volumes. The last story arc involves an attempted SA which I hated as a trope in Nana to Kaoru and hated it here.
The art work is good for the
The BDSM is portrayed well for the main couple and the mangaka explains the sub culture in the bonus materials in the physical book and took time to portray it as well as a non-practioner could. The key being passing the feelings of both partners in the binding. They even mention the misuse of BDSM as not BDSM but abuse in the final volume. Safewords are once again sadly missing but even NtK missed this and ignored them in the third series. Overall the story portrays BDSM in a positive light.
Characters are driven by the circumstances and once again the miscommunication trope is used to the main villains benefit. MC develops across the series well and stands up for himself in the end. FMC changes very little until the final volume.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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