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#hey guys i ain't dead #also??? i saw this on my dash and not in the tag omg #fanart

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Ok…I’m living for Sato showing genuine human emotions

#:’))) i loved his expressions in this volume #sato #manga

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Not sure if this applies to everyone (I can only vouch for the UK) but ‘His Favorite’ Volume 10 is now avaliable on Amazon (US, UK) and the Book Depository :) The PDF/Digital version is specifically avaliable to get on the kindle app/Amazon :D can’t wait to read it!!!

#Aitsu no daihonmei #his favorite #omgggg #i'm surprised suBLime hasn't updated their website/twitter with this info?? #but heyooo go wild pals #i'm so hyped!!

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Aitsu no Daihonmei Vol.10

#B OY ! ! ! ! ! !

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who did this to yoshida’s legg :’^)

#CUTE #i had a dream about them last night again lmao #manga #volume #is this like a special addition? #interestiiing

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I had a dream volume 10 came out but the stories didn’t make any sense and sato had makimura’s face I’m

#aitsu no daihonmei #his Favorite #rambles

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Aitsu no Daihonmei (His Favorite)

Published by: Libre Publishing

Volumes: 9 (2008 - ongoing)

Characters: Satou  & Yoshida

Prince Charming / Sleeping Ugly / Sleeping Princess

#*weeps softly* #i've gone full trash for this manga all over again #pls tell me vol 10 is on the way weeps #manga

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🔍👀

Should i be posting these e v e n lmao :’^)

#// spoilers ??? #if anyone can translate this hmu #manga #is this from... an extra? or volume 10??? #is volume 10 out in Japan yet? ;0

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His Favorite / Aitsu No Daihonmei ↳some of my favourite moments p1.

#// spoilers #His Favorite #aitsu no daihonmei #BL #yaoi #manga #shounen ai #manip #manga edit #I LOVE YOSHIDA!!!!! #manga manip #EVEN BEFORE HE RLY LIKED SATO HE WAS SO LIKE 'FUCK HE'S HOT!!' #AND NOW HE JUST GOES AHEAD AND TELLS HIM!!!! #Yoshida is the best 'uke' hoENSTly

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Sato calling Yoshida ‘cute and manly’ was one of the Best Things™ of Volume 9,,, I still haven’t recovered from it.

#the more sato opens up emotionally i find the more yoshida takes charge #like he wants to help sato through this inexperienced time #by showing sato he doesn't have to have the answer to everything #or he doesn't have to find it by himself #even when they are both confused and upset with each other ahHH #i need to draw these two god damn #rambles #Aitsu no daihonmei #his favorite

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pls tell me i’m not the only one who, when a new volume comes out, rereads the entire series over and over again n still gets the same reactions they did the first time they read it 

#Aitsu no daihonmei #his favorite #rambles

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#this whOLE BIT RUINED ME #manga

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Drawing these kids for the first time

#i love this style #remind me to draw these weebs one day

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okay but i rly love His Favorite because it’s the first BL I’ve read that [spoilers] has an openly out gay couple it’s just so refreshing and cute to see bystanders treat them like any other couple yet still support them with their love ahhhh

#his favorite #Aitsu no daihonmei

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VOLUME 9 OF AITSU NO DAIHONMEI / HIS FAVORITE IS NOW AVAILABLE  TO PURCHASE ON SUBLIME!

#AITSU NO DAIHONMEI #HIS FAVORITE #yaoi #bl #lmao sorry i never use this blog #shounen ai #omg im gonna read this nOW BYE FRIENDS #I SAW A PREVIEW N IT LOOKS SO CUTE FRICK #i hope we get an anime soon god damn

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Aitsu no Daihonmei: A Review

My favorite thing about this manga is the things it doesn’t do.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time looking for a good yaoi manga. I’m a lesbian myself, but personally wouldn’t care whether or not there was sex in the relationship - what I was looking for was a healthy, enjoyable male homosexual couple that could give me the same warm fuzzies my favorite het and yuri manga could.

I was… sadly disappointed. Actually, a more accurate way to say it is that I was horrified.

First off, there were the uke/seme tropes. Now I understand why they exist, and can enjoy them under certain circumstances. They’re there so the target demographic of teenage girls can more easily slip into a fantasy when there’s one character in the gay relationship who acts more ‘girly’ and another who acts more 'manly.’ However, these roles become very troubling when taken too far, with the uke being a doormat who lets the seme treat them like shit. It’s especially bad when the seme never gets called out on it (and sometimes what they did is sexual assault/domestic abuse!) or does something nice to make up for it and is completely forgiven. There’s lots of other problems with these tropes that I don’t have time to go into now.

Hand in hand with this issue are the consent issues. There are so many! Just because both participants are male does not mean it’s okay! RAPE IS NOT ROMANTIC. Don’t believe me that this sort of stuff is rife in the community? Please direct your eyes to Junjou Romantica, Honoo no Suna, and Finder. ESPECIALLY Finder. There’s about twenty more examples of this stuff I can think up off the top of my head, mostly because all but two of the twenty yaoi manga I read had non consensual sex on some level in the first few chapters. And I thought Fifty Shades of Grey was terrible…

However, this manga was like a cool breeze! It did somewhat have the uke/seme tropes, but in a refreshing way. First of all, there’s the fact that our uke, while adorable in my eyes, is not traditionally attractive in any way. Then there’s our seme, who’s kinda a sadistic, manipulative bastard but has an interesting backstory and sharp mind. And speaking of backstory, reasons are actually given for why the characters are the way they are! Glorious!

Yoshida (“uke”), is much more interesting than most bland cookie cutter protagonists. He stands up for himself and others, feels guilty when he’s hurt someone else, will actually talk about his feelings (thus cutting out a lot of stupid miscommunication tropes), calls Satou on his bullcrap, and *gasp* isn’t perfect! I also heaved a sigh of relief that he wasn’t ridiculously dependent or needy and jealous, despite the flocks of girls constantly all over his love interest.

Satou (“seme”), is probably my second favorite thing about this manga. I don’t want to give spoilers, so just believe me when I say he’s multilayered with an interesting (if absurd in places) backstory. He comes off to all the girls at school as a nice but aloof guy, but Yoshida can see that his smiles are faked and his conversation insincere. Satou is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants (for reasons actually explained!) is Yoshida.

Despite how the last sentence may have sounded, they do have a balanced relationship in the later chapters, with both parties contributing. In the beginning of the manga, it’s more in the fantasy-fulfilling realm (not that that’s necessarily a bad thing), with the popular guy relentlessly pursuing the social outcast in secret, but in the later chapters, it evens out into a realistic, adorable relationship. Sometimes, Yoshida catches Satou off guard, and it’s the most adorable thing ever~! (Inner fangirl has surfaced!)

But the most important thing about their relationship can be brought down to this: they respect one another in a healthy way. Despite Satou’s “sadistic” traits, if Yoshida told him to stop doing things (by which I mean the sex), HE WOULD STOP. And Yoshida, while initially unsure of Satou’s motives, gradually grows to care for him as person. And yes, it is gradual, the building of their relationship, and it is beautiful.

So aside from not doing things I hate, what does this manga have going for it? Well, I did already mention the main leads and their relationship, but there are some very nice side characters who get a good amount of focus. Also, this is a romantic COMEDY, so here at the end of the review I will mention that yes, there are some uproariously funny moments. Not quite Ouran levels, but up there.

But, if typical manga high school stuff, like a lack of plot and unbelievable shit going down will bother you, you may want to let this one pass you by.

Still, in conclusion, it’s well worth the read if you want a good time reading a relationship between two boys.

#YES YES YES #// rape mention #review

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#photo #oh my god #they got sato's casting perfect!