don't be dull, be fannish

"Viewfinder 6" by Ayano Yamane

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣

This manga contains two loosely connected stories. One features Akihito and Asami, the other Hiyama and Mizuno.

To the main story, Akihito and Asami's, I would give 4 stars. I know that some people don't like this manga because they consider Asami too forceful and manipulative, taking Akihito against his will. I agree that Asami is forceful and manipulative. At the same time, I think he gives Akihito exactly what he wants. And this story proves it. In it, Akihito had the chance to rid himself of Asami and live a free life - yet he went back to Asami. Of his own volition. Because he craved Asami's attention, which he actually admitted, at least to himself.

To the second story, I would give only 2 stars because it was all talk and talk and talk and very little actually happend. The most interesting part was, once again, the bit with Akihito and Asami. The rest was quite boring.

I bought this manga in German under the title "Verliebter Tyrann". It's quite funny to watch Soichi relentlessly insist on not loving Morinaga - while being all pissy when someone just looks at him the wrong way. I loved the background story about Morinaga's first love, about the boy who tried to kill himself and about the secret that drove Morinaga away from his family. It's not just about Morinaga pining after Soichi anymore, the characters are becoming richer, more colorful.