Kaeranai Natsu


English Name:
Author:	KUROKAWA Azusa
Imprint:	Bamboo Comics Reijin Selection
Publisher:	Take Shobou
Format:	short_stories
Story Status:
No. of Volumes:	1
Original Price:	590
ISBN:	Vol. 1: 4-8124-5146-9
Reviewed by:	Nora on 2001-02-05

Genres:

Childhood Love
Domestic Life
Professional Men in Love
Younger Semes

Aspects:

Visual Explicitness	2
Setting and Timeline	Current/Modern Japan
Literary Tone	Angst Drama Gag
Plot Devices & Themes	Home life Live in guests, visitors, relatives Entertainment Movies/TV Miscellaneous Coming of age stories Gay issues Self Discovery Work life
Relationships	Multiple Sets/Couples Betrayal/Jealousy First/Childhood Love Friendship Love Triangle Obsessive Physical/Lust Romantic
Characterization	Corporate/Salaryman
Sexual Themes	Rape Romance

Plot Summaries:

Story 1 (title story): A young French man who spent time in Japan as a boy returns to find again the older boy (his tutor) he fell in love with. Some drama with a friend of the tutor who's a pilot, who gets jealous when he finds the tutor and French guy together.

Story 2: Salaryman runs into a guy he had a sort of crush on back in high school. Guy is now a whiskered go-parlor barfly, who decides to take the salaryman to a love hotel for old times' sake. It's the salaryman's first time with gay sex. Humorous.

Story 3: Two actors in a "Power Rangers"-like show---the leader of the heroic sentai team, and the villain---fall in love. Humorous. - reviewed by Nora

Remarks:

Most of these sexual interactions are sweetly romantic or even funny. One, though (in the first story), is rape, handled realistically (i.e., there's an aftermath). - reviewed by Nora

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