Manga title: Treat me gently, please
Manga artist: Yonezou Nekota
Manga cover picture: http://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9782351807996-us.jpg Review:
It’s a fair assessment to say that popular titles such as this get overlooked when it comes to reviews because most people know about it already... So this review goes out to those that are relatively new to the wonderful world of yaoi and should give you a “brief” idea of why this manga is a great choice!
The manga starts off in high school and revolves around Maya Hideyuki and Nemugasa Takashi. One day, Maya spots Nemugasa cheating on a test and decides that rather than outing Nemu, he will hold that information over Nemu’s head and get him to do what he says, which often results in the 2 of them doing pervy things together. This is the starting point for the relationship between Maya and Nemu which starts to evolve over time.
Now as for why you should read this manga, the reasons are many but I’ll limit it to four:
(1) Artwork – having beautiful drawings to look at whilst reading is a plus and Nekota Yonezou delivers in her characteristic “beautifully cute” art style & let’s her fetish flag fly by donning Nemu in his trademark tightie whities/Y-fronts;
(2) Characters – initially the focus lies with Maya (delinquent) and Nemu (nerd) and their polar opposite personalities but as the story progresses we meet additional characters like Maya’s cousin, Akira, and read the spin-off stories;
(3) Storyline – this manga is given the time to slowly develop the relationship between Maya and Nemu (from high school through to university), and we get to see a character changing his trademark style – something not seen in many mangas;
(4) Doujins – ‘nuff said!
An excellent read that will have you feeling the feels as both Nemu and Maya try their best to treat each other gently…