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Let's start with a little plot outline. Ei is depressed because he ex dumps him on Christmas to get married. He returns home and sees a man covered in snow with a cat outside his apartment building. He takes pity on the cat, and the man as well :P, and takes them in and cares for them. The young man is Junpei and he and the cat Yakinori end up staying with Ei. Junpei refuses to fall in love again due to a past tragedy. Ei is really happy with Junpei and Yakinori until one day his ex returns. Jump past spoilers to the next ... two volumes which deal with Ei and Junpei interactions with Sagan and Kitaka, two people who are its complicated ex? lovers.

Right! Now to the review! At first when I started reading this only the first volume was out and really it didn't distinguish itself for the mountains of other yaoi I read, so much so that I promptly forgot its name. The plot seems like many romantic plots pick up the stray->fall in love with the stray. But after reading from beginning to end, my opinion of this story changed. There is a lot of depth to the characters and after the ex is dealt with things get interesting! There are misunderstandings and these cause drama but unlike other plots these seem to help the plot rather then make you feel like you hit a roadblock on your way to happyville. I think the best part is how the feelings play out. Junpei is straight and unlike most yaoi he seems to develop feelings for Ei before Ei does for him (very rare in the gay/straight men pair up). The friends Sagan and Kitaka too provide the right amount of depth for side character don't fit into the category of the added in sideplot or the cartoonish friends. The side story doesn't feel too much and you could have another chapter just for them but you may not need it. Also the thing that got me about this story was the lesson learned. People make mistakes and it doesn't mean people are bad, they are just lonely or sad and longing for comfort and connection. Hope you like it too! (Didn't realize I wrote this much :D)

Right! So this is my first time writing a review, be nice.

I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this manga. Having read quite a few yaoi I don't tend to get the shoujo giggles as I like to call them that often anymore but this one surprised me.

The story is quite basic. Kensuke meets Michiru-san through a dating site and after they meet he falls in love. It is supposed to be a fling and he knows they both lied about their ages but he still wants to turn it into a real relationship. Of course, Michiru-san ends up being a ... teacher at his school. When they both reveal the truth about feelings and age, they decide to put a hold on the relationship until he graduates.

Now the reason I liked this yaoi particularly is because of the characters. Both are attracted to each other and both are obvious about it. It is refreshing to see characters feeling the same thing instead of one being a closed book with the other being insecure. Both of them want to be together but realize they have to be smart. Often they give in to desire but then remember themselves. This quality brings a dimension of life the characters that makes the story so enjoyable. It is the push and pull on both sides compared with many one stories where there is only one person who is rational and the other doesn't think.