Seven Days: Monday-Thursday, a story by Venio Tachibana illustrated by Rhito Takarai, is another one I got based on a recommendation by Yaoi Rose. She has good instincts.
Touji Seryou will go out with anyone who asks him on a Monday -- but he always breaks up with them on Sunday. This Monday, Yuzuru Shino runs into Seryou and, on a whim, asks him to go out with him -- Seryou is the prettiest boy in school. Seryou, as always, agrees -- even though he's only dated girls so far. Inevitably, things get more serious than either boy had counted on.
This one's a stand-out. Even though we can predict with a fair amount of certainty what's going to happen -- it's BL manga, after all -- the interplay between the two and the reverberations of Seryou's past liaisons together provide a nice tension in the story that carries us along. Shino has his own hesitations, but finds himself flying into a fit of jealousy over one of Seryou's past girlfriends.
The drawing is completely charming. The characters are adorable, and Seryou especially is appealingly gawky. Layouts are relatively sedate, but the flow is good and clear.
This is volume 1. I can hardly wait for Friday through Sunday.
From Juné.
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