Don't Say Anymore Darling (Yaoi)

by Fumi Yoshinaga | Graphic Novels |
ISBN: 1569707995 Global Overview for this book
Registered by spacedog of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on 8/10/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by spacedog from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, August 10, 2014
i'm a fan of fumi yoshinaga. this is a collection of 5 shorts. the first two are the longest and most entertaining, while the other three aren't as satisfying (the last two of which aren't that yaoi). a nice read, but i'll be adding it to gorydetails' yaoi bookbox.

Journal Entry 2 by HI77 at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
How long will it take

for this man to see a man,
instead of a puppy?

Journal Entry 3 by HI77 at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Released 9 yrs ago (12/9/2014 UTC) at Fort Myers, Florida USA

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This book is coming as a kind of Thank you for the Stain book series you sent! :)

You're always so gracious, so it's only right that some of that gets returned to you! ;)

Journal Entry 4 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, December 15, 2014
The box-o-books arrived safely today, and, yes, has given quite a boost to my TBR piles - many thanks! I love Yoshinaga's work, too, and look forward to this collection.

Later: From Yoshinaga's romantic artwork to her characters' often-hilarious squabbling, this was great fun. We have the odd-couple Tadashi and Kouhei, a complication in the form of a prospective arranged-marriage bride for Kouhei (she's a delightfully awkward young woman whom I liked at once, a rarity in these circumstances - usually the woman is introduced as something of a villain in a yaoi story), an amusing twist when Kouhei learns that Tadashi's not quite the impoverished waif he's been pretending to be, and - of course - some very hot scenes between our heroes. (I also liked the cute omake strips on the cover-flaps, with Tadashi trying to get Kouhei to say that he loves him.)

"My Eternal Sweetheart" is an increasingly bizarre tale that opens with a young boy isolated in a remote mansion due to illness and then escalates into more and more kinkiness as he demands a love-bot with which to while away his time. Pretty kinky stuff here, and yet it manages to be rather touching as well as creepy.

"Fairyland" is even more Twilight-Zone-ish, in that "be careful what you wish for" way.

"One May Day" - well, that one is very different, and unexpected in a yaoi collection as the only couple is a very hetero one. Its delicate depiction of a very unequal match was quite memorable.

"Pianist" does a nice take on the lovelorn-artist-with-a-dream concept, and then gives it a good strong twist; this one was quite refreshing, in a tart sort of way.

Good collection!

Journal Entry 5 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, June 27, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (6/29/2015 UTC) at Nashua, New Hampshire USA

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I'm adding this book to k00kaburra's manga bookbox, which will go in the mail on Monday. Hope someone enjoys it!

*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

Journal Entry 6 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Monday, September 7, 2015
Taken from the bookbox

Journal Entry 7 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Thursday, September 17, 2015
I really enjoyed this collection of one-shot stories. I liked the variety in tone and character designs, we get a lot of characters who aren't your average gorgeous manga waif, in fact Tadashi's looks are a bit of a running joke.

"Don't Say Any More, Darling" is light-hearted and silly romantic drama, with a love-triangle I actually found pretty fun.

"My Eternal Sweetheart" starts out with a fairly traditional sex-bot tale, and then starts taking on some darker turns, ending up in a pretty creepy place.

"Fairyland" is short, but manages to work in a few twists even with so few pages.

"One May Day" is an unusual tale in that the main character is a older man, the romance seems to be a rebound after the death of his wife. It is quite a sad story, of falling and out of love.

"Pianist" is the story of a man who was a well-known performer in his youth, but is struggling with his declining popularity, depression, and life as a middle-aged man instead of a head-turning star when he gets to know a college student living his apartment and cautiously tries to strike up something more than friendship.

Journal Entry 8 by emmejo at Trumansburg, New York USA on Thursday, September 17, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (9/17/2015 UTC) at Trumansburg, New York USA

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Journal Entry 9 by winghaahaahaa98wing at Panera Bread - Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (10/13/2015 UTC) at Panera Bread - Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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To be released at bookcrossing local meeting!

Journal Entry 10 by amyem at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Picked up at Meetup for rerelease

Journal Entry 11 by amyem at Little Free Library - 1715 Cambridge St. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (10/14/2015 UTC) at Little Free Library - 1715 Cambridge St. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Orphaned at Meetup and rereleased

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