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AWAKEN FOREST (ADVANCE REVIEW) |
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Sunday, 26 April 2009 |
 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | YUNA AOI | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | JAPANESE / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 176 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | M | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 04/28/2009 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 05/06/2009 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | RACHEL BENTHAM |
Its sordid secrets, a taboo love, and a dangerous seduction in Awaken Forest! A young and earnest editorial staff named Yoshi immediately falls in love with the brother of legendary writer Orito. But Orito’s older brother Masato seems to have eyes only for his crippled and beautiful Orito! How can Yoshi hope to scale that impenetrable wall between them and reach Masato’s guarded heart? A trip to their mansion out in the middle of nowhere will see Yoshi trapped, tempted and tested in this riveting story! The highly risqué tale from the creator of Jazz is a titillating offer of torrid mysteries and forbidden loves. When Yoshi discovers Orito’s destructive and cruel intentions he puts himself in the line of fire and indirectly into the aggressive arms of Masato! More than one man is trapped in this three-way of love, but can gentle Yoshi escape in time while saving the brothers from a terrible fate compounded by the tragedy in their past that keeps them locked together in sin? The breathless story is the main one in the manga but not the only one. In the bonus tale Loose Bonds, Aki is having a tough time in his life with a fiancée that dumps him and stresses that follow him. He keeps turning to his best friend Ren since elementary school. But his buddy Ren has more in store for Aki than mere comforting words. He tells him he loves him and soon Aki finds himself in a torrential web of twisted desire and possessive obsession that goes too far. It is an unsettling story that you won’t be able to tear yourself away from! The final story isn’t so dark. A rich man uses and abuses the pretty servant in his care. When push comes to shove, just who is using who? Can the master realize his love over his lusts before he goes too far and drives his precious man away forever? Each of the three stories deals with forbidden desires and men who push that envelope of love over the edge into obsession, even terrible deeds. The art work has the mangaka’s distinct and utterly gorgeous style filled with smoldering gazes and windswept good looks with each alluring man.
IN SUMMARY:
Awaken Forest is a journey into the dark woods of forbidden desire! |
