Manga title: Double Mints
Manga artist: Asumiko Nakamura
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1 volume - complete - scanlated by Dangerous Pleasure
Review:
"he is a bit of closet perv, you know."
Asumiko Nakamura is a rare mangaka. She portrays very unique stories with exquisite and stylish artwork in several different categories such as shoujo, josei, shounen-ai, seinen; and has been successful in all these demographics.
Double Mints is more than just another yaoi story. The plot is complex and filled with unexpected twists. Two guys, both called Mitsuo, have a complicated relationship since high school. They can hardly be called "friends"; Mitsuo is openly cruel to Mitsuo who never seems to be resentful . They spend several years without seeing each other, until one night Mitsuo calls Mistsuo to tell him that he killed a woman and needs help to hide the body. This is just the beginning of a renewed turbulent and erotic relationship between the two men with a lot of sadistic and masochistic elements. Both characters are deeply enthralled with each other and seem to enjoy themselves all the time, even when the situation gets dangerous and confusing or when they get hurt as consequence of their own extreme actions.
It's quite refreshing to read such an original yaoi story where there is no judgment or traditional yaoi clichés - except when the mangaka plays with these clichés in a very humorous manner. Neither of the two men are worried about their sexual identities, they know exactly what they want and do all that they can to get it. Double Mints is a hot and engaging love story filled with explicit sex scenes and lots of dark humor.