Thursday, July 29, 2010

Manga: Ake Nure Goyou ni Furu Yuki wa

Its English title is: "Staining the White Pine with Crimson Frosted Snow". It is a beautifully drawn manga that makes me want to go back to each pages to look at the characters faces and emotions - all over again. It is one of my fave works by Tomoki Hori sensei.

Aside from the fact that I love the characters making out/love in traditional clothes...it just makes the blood reach 110 degrees Celsius plus unstoppable nosebleed *fufufufu!* In this manga, I focus more on the 1st story because I like VERY bad guy with VERY good guy relation. ^_^ Anyhuuuu... I will also post character biographies from the other stories. It couldn't be helped since I'm doing this whole manga Bio - thingy.

I have to warn that if you're looking for hardcore stuff, this is not it. I recommend this to those who long for Yaoi "gentleness" and cannot hold back their tears. *quick emote mode* 
The best thing about this manga is that, I think for the 1st story characters, it has good development and all throughout the stories, the beautiful artwork is maintained by sensei.

My gratitude goes to Attractive Fascinante scanlation. I won't be able to read this if not for their outstanding work!  Efcharisto Para Poli ("thank you very much" in Greek), for without you - who will feed my Yaoi-Madness?

This 1st story covers the first 3 chapters and the 6th chapter of the whole volume.



Shibata Yukihiro (Uke)
 He is the son of a famous grand Master of the Tea Ceremony but was born in an out of marriage love. His mother died when he was young and he was left in his own residence with his two caretakers; one of them is a former gang member whom his father took in. Yukihiro kun's father is still alive but he lives with his wife in another residence. He is waiting for the right time or right call (?) to be the "Master" of the family from his father. He longed for his dad and one time that he did not call that he's not coming to see him as planned, he did not eat his dinner and Kazuma kun had to follow him to his bedroom in outrage and insisted on him to give his dad a call to express his feelings and thoughts. Later on, they ended up both lying on his bed. *smirks*

Age:  
unknown to me, but in my estimation he is between 16-22 y.o. (?)
Citizenship:
Japanese
Height/Weight:
Unknown,  he's a slender lad
Hair:
semi-long. straight / Black
Birthday: 
Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality: 
Again on my top 5 "Gentlest Ukes"! , calm, kind, an introvert, naive at most times, wears japanese clothing most of the time because of his Tea Ceremony activity, and very "kawaii" in nature!

Activities/Hobbies: 
  Tea Ceremony. He mentioned at one time to Kazuma kun that he never liked it before because he could never understand it but he learned to love it through his father. 
He helps clean his residence. He easily get swayed by nature; loves to observe it. ^^



Kazuma (Seme)
 Kazuma kun, (sorry as I have no idea what is his 2nd name here), when he was a boy was scouted by a leader of a gang to be its member. He grew up and learned life through the "gang life". But when the "boss" died, he went out to find the killer and killed him , but also got himself shot. He run away after that and was found drenched in blood, on a winter night , by Yukihiro kun. The story about them is poetic because Sensei relates the meeting in a Winter scene with the color of blood. Yukihiro kun took him in and covered him from the Police. Kazuma kun met Miya san , who's also a former gang member and was taken in by the father of Yukihiro kun. 

He is very helpful in the kitchen, to Fukumi san, the old lady caretaker of the house. When he started living with Yukihiro kun, he was overwhelmed of the lifestyle in his household. He lived for a long time not acknowledging his own family so he hadn't imagined a  life outside the "gang". He respects  his "boss" strongly that he also considers him as his "father". With Yukihiro kun, he never imagined a life of "peace" could exist. 

Age:  
unknown, probably between 25-30 (?)
Citizenship:
Japanese
Height/Weight:
Unknown, he's a well-built man
Hair:
A bit long / Brown
later in chapter 6 he's found to have cut it GI Joe style
Birthday: 
Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality: 
according to Yukihiro kun: ..."complicated, straight-forward in some ways, but he couldn't survive in that way." Alot of contradictions, in pain, even so he never lies. The way he talks, he's always honest." 
*need mine , more?*
He's got a sexy body. Reminds me of "Dexter Morgan" ^_^

Activities/Hobbies: 
Before he met Yukihiro kun he was a member of a gang. But after his boss died, he became a fugitive and while healing at Yukihiro's residence, he helps clean and prepare food. He likes looking after Yukihiro kun. He gets to spend tea with him and able to see how he makes them. After he left the scene in chapter 3, it is not known what kind of job he found, even after he returned in chapter 6.




Well these are the major characters of the main story ! Look forward for the bio of the other 2 stories ^_^

singing love song!

 

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