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While I like that there was a plot to this manga, I thought it could have been more coherent, and I hated the way that it normalizes rape. Rape does not equal love or romance or anything but rape! The art is truly gorgeous and worth looking at just for that purpose so long as you don't mind the more explicit scenes, some of which involve rape as a part of a bigger scheme of torture. Yes, I read the 5 volumes. But I wish I hadn't. Due to the heavy themes it wasn't really all that fun to read ... and I'm not sure I could really say that I enjoyed it. My recommendation is to know your limits and be forewarned that this manga just may try to break through all of them.

In comparison with most yaoi, this series deserves 9 of 10 stars. It is heavy on story and feels quite realistic. There is NO RAPE! Issues such as prejudice against homosexuality are raised and discussed by the plot itself as much as by the characters. I found it sweet and refreshing and would gladly have read more. And I may be wrong, but the manga-ka seems to be the same as the one who calls herself Yana Toboso, the creator of Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler. There are images that could easily be leftover sketches from this manga, and one that is ... almost identical to an image in the first art book. Her heroes tend to look like Ciel and Sebastian, with a bit of Bizarre Doll mixed with Druitt and Undertaker in this one. Even the way she draws herself at the end is reminiscent of her cute little devil images. I can't prove it, but I think the manga-kas are one and the same. Just an added bonus. i would have given ten stars if the characters had been fleshed out just a teensy bit more. They are pretty good already!