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[Read all▲▼] Boys Love (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼] 
Don't be fooled by the generic sounding title, this is not a generic boy's love manga. For one, it's a tragedy. You don't see too many of those published here, among the fluffy schoolboy romances. It's also emotional and the romance is well written. The story is this: there were once three very close childhood friends, until one dies from leukemia. The boys are scarred by this. Years later, one eventually begins to move on and falls in love again, but the other is unable to. Both boys are a little unhinged, but Naoru shows signs of healing. The other boy is completely unbalanced. The third character, Mamiya, was the only normal one and served as the catalyst for Naoru's recovery and the other boy's self destruction. I liked how Tachibana was able to flesh out these three characters in so short a page count. The book is very streamlined and narrow in it's focus, therefore more time could be spent on the central cast and the conflict. I liked the book and I'm curious to read more from this mangaka.
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