Manga: Cry for the Sun

The 3rd story of  "Ake Nure Goyou ni Furu Yuki wa"  by Hori Tomoki is also a one-shot.  It is the 5th Chapter of the manga that centers on a very young man and an older adult man. I can say it is my least favorite out of the 3 stories but the character faces show detailed emotion that it pains me reading the story at thesame time loving the beautiful faces. ^_^

Oliver (Uke)

He is a former University lover of Ethan's father. He wasn't chosen to be his lover for life because Ethan's dad wanted to have a family. He still became the family's friend and that's how he got acquainted with Ethan. During Ethan's dad funeral, he came late and that's when Ethan found him - in tears. When Ethan was a kid, he was his caretaker. He really loves Ethan and at some point he strangled him then he fled and never showed his face to Ethan again until the funeral, which was years later where the boy is already grown up. 

Age:  

30 +

Citizenship:

unknown

Height/Weight:

Unknown, but he's the tall type

Hair:

 Black

Birthday: 

Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality: 

Kind face, a massochist, keeps his unrequited love for Ethan's dad and ended up loving the kid in the end

Activities/Hobbies:

 He used to babysit Ethan and loves to visit the family regularly. But after they met at the funeral, sensei did not tell about his current profession.

Ethan (Seme)

During his dad's funeral he met again with Oliver. He collapsed after running after him then he learned later on that his memory of Oliver was forced to be erased due to a childhood incident. He figured out that Oliver is his dad's lover before and hates him for making Oliver suffer. He's in-love with him and always want to be with him so after the 2nd time that they got together he did not let him go. 

Age:  

 between 16-18 (?)

Citizenship:

Unknown

Height/Weight:

Unknown, but he's quite tall and nice built

Hair/Color:

Curly , short / Brown

Birthday: 

Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality: 

Quite cute, has an amnesia because a part of his memory about Oliver was erased forcibly, energetic, madly in-love with Oliver, hates his dad cos of Oliver

Activities/Hobbies:

Student. Waiting for Oliver all his youthful life. ^_^

Well finally the 3rd couple in "Ake Nure Goyou n Furu Yuki wa"  is exposed to you! Don't forget to check the Yaoi Quotes Page for quotes that I like or love from the manga. I thank Attractive Fascinante scanlation group for scanlating the manga to english. Without you, I wouldn't be able to read it. Muwahs!

Yaoi Madness!!!

Manga: At First Sight

This is a one-shot that was included in the manga "Ake Nure Goyou ni Furu Yuki wa" by Hori Tomoki. It is in the 4th chapter.

Liam Brink (Uke)

 He is a young University student that one day had an accident breaking his eyeglasses. He cannot see clearly without it. The person that helped him was Maddox.  They both went to Liam's Latin class. Later on, Liam insist on repaying Maddox for his help. This is where the confession happened. ^_^

Age:  

unknown, to me he's around 17 - 18 y.o.

Citizenship:

I can't guess...

Height/Weight:

Unknown, but he's a shortie with average body shape

Hair:

 Brown

Birthday: 

Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality: 

He's not very tall, always wearing glasses,  shy,  stalker of Maddox but he's kawaii!

Activities/Hobbies:

 Stalking Maddox! He's always looking for him. He takes Latin classes and hangs out alot with his Uni friends. They all know that his hobby is observing Maddox.

Maddox Sands (Seme)

He studies in thesame University as Liam. They have been looking at each other for a long time but never been acquainted. He's quite popular with girls and boys but from afar he's not easy to approach, that's why when he approached Liam, the latter was caught in surprise. He insisted on guiding Liam until he reached his Latin class after his glasses got destroyed on the way to his classroom. He seems to know about Liam's weakness, I wonder why? *fufu* When Liam insisted on repaying him from helping him  go to his class and taking down notes as well, he asked if Liam could kiss him. Guess if it was given. ^___^

*he's a super-crush to me!!!*

Age:  

unknown, maybe between 18-20

Citizenship:

same here, I can't guess, sensei did not write it down

Height/Weight:

Unknown, but he's a very nice, tall body built

Hair:

Long, bit wavy / Black

Birthday: 

Unknown

Physical Attributes and Personality:

Quite tall, from afar he's unapproachable, although quite handsome you rarely see him smile, his expression remains the same when alone and he doesn't show that much expression when he's talking to his friends in the Uni

Activities/Hobbies:

Stalking Liam. He found out that Liam has been observing him alot but he can't be so sure so he did not confess to him earlier. He actually fell in love at first sight at Liam.

So here we go with the 2nd set of lovers! One more to go.  ^_^

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!