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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-rmthunter Recent reviews written by member rmthunter en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492282089092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - The first volume of Togainu no Chi by Suguro Chayamachi and Nitro+ CHiRAL looks like the beginning to a very good action/adventure series with BL overtones, set in a near-future dystopia that provides an appropriate background to the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492282089092 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:55:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492282089092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491754786436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Shouko Hidaka's Restart takes us to the world of modeling with the story of Tadashi and Aki, two models who work for the same agency.  In fact, Tadashi was something of a mentor to Aki when the younger man was just getting started.  Now... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491754786436 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:18:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491754786436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491521216132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - The second volume of Makoto Tateno's Steal Moon picks up three weeks after the first volume ended and continues a story that gets more complex and more rewarding as it goes on.The city of Akatsuki is being watched by the moon, the direct... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491521216132 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491521216132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491051716228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Temari Matsumoto's The Loudest Whisper is actually a story collection, of which the title series makes up about a third.One would think that by now Japanese high-schoolers would have learned:  when you decide to pretend to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491051716228 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:06:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491051716228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488166231684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - I was ambivalent about reviewing Toby Barlow's Sharp Teeth, which came to me thanks to the good graces of our Category Leads, in this case, panguitch.  My last experience with a fantasy in verse was not... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488166231684 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:14:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488166231684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487910641284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Hyouta Fujiyam's Tale of the Waning Moon is a radical departure from the yaoi by her I've seen to date:  those have been largely "school-boy romances" with a couple of forays into stories about grown men.  This one is a cockeyed fantasy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487910641284 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:24:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487910641284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487581716100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - You Higashino's Sense and Sexuality is not on my list of greatest BL manga ever, but it does have its points.  Set in the Taisho Era (1912-1926), a time of rapidly growing economic prosperity for Japan, it follows the adventures of two young... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487581716100 Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:09:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487581716100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485083221636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Mad Love Chase begins a new series by Kazusa Takashima (Man's Best Friend, Wild Rock) that seems to incorporate all... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485083221636 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:36:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485083221636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483992702596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Yamimaru Enjin's The Way to Heaven is one of the stranger yaoi I've run across, and also one of the most powerful.  Enjin provides a basis for the story that allows her to play with time and character in ways that, so far in my experience,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483992702596 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 15:06:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483992702596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480522440324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - I first ran across Kazusa Takashima's Man's Best Friend when yaoi was new and there was so much to pick from, and went with another title that day.  (This was before Borders started reducing inventory in its brick-and-mortar outlets.)  I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480522440324 Sat, 8 Aug 2009 20:32:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480522440324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479787454084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - White Brand is a collection of stories by one of yaoi's legends, Youka Nitta.  They are, one and all, odd, cryptic stories centered on characters with somewhat extreme quirks.The first two stories, "White Brand" parts 1 and 2, center... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479787454084 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:37:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479787454084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479613980292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - There are a number of manga, both individual volumes and series, that veer close to the BL subgenre without ever quite getting there.  One of the most notable is Kazuya Minekura's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479613980292 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:17:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479613980292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479354916484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Sakuya Kurekoshi's From Up Above is another comic yaoi with a supernatural tinge and some interesting borrowings from Japanese folklore.  There are dragons, and young men who transform themselves into other creatures, and an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479354916484 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:08:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479354916484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478960127620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Another one I don't quite believe I never reviewed here.  For a long time, Love Song for the Miserable was one of my favorite BL manga, and it still has a lot to recommend it.Itsuki Asada is losing it.  He requested a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478960127620 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:13:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478960127620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478773481092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - I'll review this collection if you promise me one thing:  please don't ask me to explain the title, because I can't.  I'm afraid in the case of Suggestive Eyes, Momoko Tenzen, whose elliptical quality I have admired before, has gone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478773481092 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:35:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478773481092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478460415620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - King of Hell is manhwa from Korea, a medium that, along with Chinese man hua, fits within the overall manga model. It's what I've taken to calling a supernatural adventure, based on the exploits of one Majeh, an envoy for the King of Hell... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478460415620 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:24:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478460415620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478455565956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Ginko is a mushishi -- a mushi master.  Mushi are forms of life that arose before those we know -- plants, animals, fungi and their single-celled progenitors.  They are what mangaka Yuki Urushibara calls "magical... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478455565956 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:25:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478455565956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477605629572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Vampires are a staple of manga, and it might surprise some to discover the number of writers of gay-oriented fiction who rely on vampires as subjects.  Given those choice facts and the erotic potential, it's no surprise to find them in yaoi. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477605629572 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:13:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477605629572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476918091396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Gakuen Heaven:  Nakajima is the second volume of the manga series developed from the game Gakuen Heaven Boy's Love Scramble.  The series seems so far to pair Keita with the other students at Bell Liberty -- in the first volume, he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476918091396 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:44:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476918091396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476508229252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Loveliness is a spin-off from I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone, and quite a good one.  Therre are three groups of stories in this collection, the first... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476508229252 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:03:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476508229252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476039908996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - R. M. Meluch's The Tour of the Merrimack is turning into a wonderful space opera series.  It's being billed as "military sf," but it's not military sf in the vein of David Drake or David Weber -- think more of a cross between E. E. "Doc"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476039908996 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:27:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476039908996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475688111748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Shiuko Kano is another very popular mangaka doing yaoi.  Her stories tend to be a little tough, at least in part because she doesn't seem to focus on middle-class schoolboys -- and when they do make appearances, they're not all that innocent. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475688111748 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:06:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475688111748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475044417156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - Given the bizarre premise, the unlikely situations, and the weird characters, I find it hard to believe I enjoyed Tarako Kotobuki's Love Pistols as much as I did.  I'm going to try to stick to the content of Volume 1 here -- but it's hard,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475044417156 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:35:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475044417156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474477006468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - First, a note:  I'm reviewing the entire series of Gakuen Heaven here because, although the complete set shows up in a search of the Eps database, it's as a "Featured Product" and you can't write a review.  Please don't ask.That... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474477006468 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:05:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474477006468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474105613956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmthunter - The first installment of Hirotaki Kisaragi's Innocent Bird sets up a series (which seems at this point to be finite) with some very interesting takes on angels, demons, and God.Karasu is an agent of the angelic immigration service, which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474105613956 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:31:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474105613956?linkin_id=8003929