Cover Image: Your Treacle Affects At Night (Chapter 1)

Your Treacle Affects At Night (Chapter 1)

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Okay, this was my favorite of the three by a wide margin.
It hit all the right spots of a bunch of traditional and cute Yaoi tropes, and I can't wait to pick up the full volume!

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First volume introduction to the story and characters. I love that character profiles are included before the story starts. It introduces Minami and Kijima and gives you a look at their relationship. Minami struggles with self confidence and trust, and Kijima loves to tease him but also ensures he feels appreciated and loved. This was so cute, I’m excited to read the next one and I will also be checking out the other manga that the characters are from!

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This was an excellent first chapter as you get to know the protagonists fairly well. You get to see how their relationship starts and the conflict gets solved. If you like a bold-shy kind of dynamic, you will like this cute couple. This chapter did not have explicit sex scenes.

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-Disclaimer: I received this book for free through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.-

Loved it!

The dynamic between Minami and Kijima was interesting. It was an opposites collide situation. The plot was fast-paced & not predictable. The art fit great with the story and was well done. Overall, the chapter showed a promising start. Will be checking out the authors' other works.

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At the very beginning, we see two bois having a deep convo which I thought I saw a potential but then went downhill when it got so confusing af….

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The first chapter sample had an interesting premise. I enjoyed the love story that was building between the two men and would li,e to see how their story evolves, Thanks to @netgalley, Sachin Murakami, Kodansha BL Comic Series for the chance to read this sample.

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Definitely easier to read than previous Manga books I have reviewed - I could at least work out which order the speech bubbles were in with this!
I have established these really aren't my sort of thing, so won't reapply want to be reading the whole book.

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Woof! Started off strong right off the bat with some casual, mid-coitus introspection. Then it got a little confusing, but it got the spirit.

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The art was pretty poor and the story was a little confusing, but it was interesting to read and I would consider reading more to understand what was happening.

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This was kinda bad. The art itself is typical bad bl style. I expected it to not be the greatest but the twin thing weirded me out. The plot is pretty standard for the genre and I am just not interested.

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Minami and Kijima start a relationship after meeting in a gay bar. According to the book description, they are coworkers, although we didn’t get any of that in this chapter. They have opposite personalities, where Kijima is happy go lucky and confident, Minami is reserved and lacks confidence. This is a trope I’ve seen many times in BL manga, and it’s done well here. This chapter has me intrigued and I’d like to read more about this couple..

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This was an interesting read! I can definitely see where the author was intending for it to go. I think the translation were a little rough on this one which took away from the enjoyment of the story. It is a simple office romance about two colleagues that get into a sexual relationship. It’s a little underdeveloped but that probably has to do with this only being chapter one, I thought the inclusive of the brother was interesting and am curious to see where that will go as well. Not often that twins are also made gay in these stories!

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The art was poorer than I was expecting from the cover; the designs lack detail and originality. The main characters were written to be basically inoffensive, which is fine, but I found them flat and a little boring. The brother, Miyuki, was more a narrative tool than a character in his own right, If either of the main characters were more memorable (or even likable) instead of luke warm in both affection and personability, I'd probably have liked this more.

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This was interesting. I was kind of lost at the beginning with how these two got together as it was a random situation what we first know them and they seem to be so different from each other, but later on they talk about it, so now I'm curious about where this relationship is going. I don't know if the twin brother is going to appear more, though.
The drawing style remembers me of old Bl, which more like a classic style.

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Thank you to the publisher and author for allowing me to read a preview.

The story opens with the main characters already being a couple, and then later reveals flashbacks that show the early stages of their budding relationship. I found this a bit strange at first. Overall, the plot was average and cliche for BL but I did enjoy some of the teasing banter. However, the flow and pacing were the downsides. And due to that I found myself confused at times and never truly invested with the story.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for giving me this eArc to review.

The art isn't the best and the plot is a little confusing so I wouldn't read more than the initial chapter.

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Art work was really nice

Plot seemed really difficult to follow. I was advised this was a chapter one preview but the characters go instantly from meeting to unconsented sexual harassment to ending up saying I love you. Didn't really understand it and wont be reading further.

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I wish there was more! This one chapter was good enough to get a feel of our two main characters personalities and their relationship. It's a regular slice of life story with a shy character and a more bold character but I enjoyed them both and look forward to reading more of this once it's actually released. I can tell that the story has a lot of directions to go in and can even predict a possible spinoff with the cousin who was the bartender in this chapter.

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For a first chapter, I got a sense of the main characters. The reader is able to feel Minami and Kijima's personalities quite well and see how their dynamics worked. However, the chapter goes back and forth with flashbacks and time-lapses which makes the flow of the story kind of choppy. It needed a better distinction between the timeline.

Still, I found Minami's character to be quite endearing. I'd love to see him grow and see how that affects his budding relationship with Kijima.

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Thank you to the publisher for the preview!

Though only one chapter, I can tell this would be something I’d like to finish. We start off with our two leads already in a relationship and get a look at how they ended up that way. I enjoy stories that begin with the relationship established because now that they’ve gotten the ‘I like/love/want to be with yous’ out of the way, what happens next?

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