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Shima gives Hikaru his cellphone number with the promise that if Hikaru gets good grades, he can have dates and phone calls with Shima. Passion ( 熱情, Netsujyou) is a Japanese yaoi manga series written by Shinbou Gotoh and illustrated by Shoko Takaku. Originally published by Tokuma Shoten Publishing in Japan, the series is licensed and published in English in North America by Digital Manga Publishing. I'm just very disappointed because i thought this manhwa will be different. It really seemed to be kind of realistic, the characters had personalities and i don't know it seemed decent storywise also it was quite funny. Ah... What a shame. Why ruin such a good premise?
Book Two [4] opens just prior to the second semester. Shima has bought a car and Hikaru and Shima go on a number of dates, including a trek to a mountain temple to make their New Year's prayers, where Hikaru fears it will be the last time he is able to be with Shima. Because he has to study for entrance exams, Shima refuses to see him for fear of disrupting his studying. Without ever going on another date with Shima, Hikaru graduates. The "play acting" quietly comes to an end. Hikaru asks Shima for his favorite watch as a graduation present, which Shima gives him, and after that they separate. Both become depressed. The story then skips to the high school festival, where Mami prepares to plainly confess her feelings to Hikaru. However, she runs into Nagisa first, who is also looking for Hikaru. Nagisa flirts with Mami, but she tells him they are rivals. Shima interrupts this, and Nagisa, unaware of Shima's identity as Hikaru's "Madonna", flirts with him and invites him to tea. Shima, curious about his rival, agrees.Compared to his genius older twin brother Jeong Jaeui, ex-soldier Jeong Taeui thought he was average. Thanks to his Uncle Jeong Chang-in's( biological father) forceful request, he ends up working at the United Nations Human Resources Development Organization (UNHRDO) for half a year where he meets the crazy guy with white hair, Ilay Riegrow. As their lives become entwined, Taeui's life starts to go down a path that he never expected. Shima admits that he loved Hikaru for a long time, so he manipulated him by teasing and flirting and encouraging him with physical actions until Hikaru became overwhelmed and "forced" himself on Shima. He tells Hikaru that it wasn't rape because it was what Shima wanted, and that his scratches came from Shima 'holding on', not fighting him. Shima also admits that he felt guilty, and as penance, severed their play-acting so that Hikaru could have a good love life in the future, without being burdened by a serious relationship. However, Shima's plan did not work, as Hikaru's love life is dysfunctional. Hikaru proposes that they act as pretend lovers until he graduates from university, with the agreement that if either one finds someone better, they can leave the relationship. Shima agrees, and the two lovers reunite. Amamiya announces himself completely over Shima, and begins an affair with the school nurse, Ms. Morikawa. that laughter It was very similar to that smile. When our eyes met for the first time in Rahman's villa.
Kris at ManicAboutManga.com, describes Passion as "a gorgeous release" and gives the first two books a grade of A−, [8] however Johanna Draper Carlson at Manga Worth Reading, derided Passion as "everything bad about the yaoi genre". [9] Meanwhile, Shima continuously flirts with Hikaru, then, after finding him lurking around outside, invites him in and initiates sex with him, telling Hikaru that he can atone for the earlier rape by being pretend lovers until Hikaru graduates, but they can only play lovers if Hikaru's grades are good; therefore, Hikaru must earn good exam scores if he wants to go on dates with Shima.Actually i'm quite disappointed, because i really enjoyed reading it at first. It seemed like it had common sense and i really liked the MC. But the love interest is a crazy psycho and nothing justifies his behaviour and i just don't understand how can the MC forgive him. They don't really explain it either. If they would make this into a psychological story, and explored the MC and ML psyche more and made it clear that it is not normal to fall in love with someone who SA-d you, maybe i would keep reading. But they don't really care so i can't trust the author anymore. I read the spoilers about the rest of the story and i think i made the right decision. about it for more than half the time, so that I could kill you and swallow you up so that you could never run away again." http://activeanime.com/html/2008/03/19/digital-manga-inc-announces-five-new-yaoi-novls-for-fall-2008/ Active Anime New Releases Book Three [5] begins a year after the events of Book Two, and Hikaru and Shima are still "playing lovers". Hikaru now works at a cafe part-time and Shima is the chairperson of the school festival. Because they are both so busy, it's been a long time since they've seen each other, but Hikaru calls Shima everyday when he takes a break at the cafe. During one call, they make plans to meet at the high school festival, and afterwards spend the night together. http://www.liheliso.org/2009/02/09/yaoi-novel-review-passion-forbidden-lovers/ Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society
A month or so later, Shima, Morikawa, and Amamiya come to visit Hikaru at his cafe to take him out to lunch. His coworkers, seeing him so flustered, all assume that Ms. Morikawa is the object of his affections, but she is clearly with Amamiya. They tell Hikaru that he doesn't have a chance with his "Madonna" because Amamiya is much better-looking. Hikaru believes they are talking about Amamiya and Shima, because they are ex-lovers. Nagisa also tells Hikaru that his "Madonna" is probably using him because he is so young and inexperienced, and that they are "ill matched". Hikaru's self-confidence suffers and he begins to wonder if Shima actually loves him, since he never shows any jealousy. June Manga/DMP Yaoi 3: Our Kingdom, Desire, Passion» Manga Worth Reading". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14 . Retrieved 2015-10-25. Manga Worth Reading Shinobu Gotoh released an illustrated novelization of the first two books in the Passion series, which was published by June, Digital Manga's yaoi publisher, in 2008, [7] titled Passion: Forbidden Lovers. Although the novelization follows the same plot as the manga, and re-uses some of Shoko Takaku's illustrations, it does give the reader some additional information, such as the full names of all of the characters, as well as slightly more in-depth character history. However, much of the dialogue is lifted directly from the manga, and the novelization is often simply referred to as "Passion" as well. Jung Tae-eui stared at him without realizing it. That unfamiliar expression hung on Ilay's face now.
During school the next day, Shima, who is becoming run down due to his committee position, takes a nap in the curtained bed in the nurse's office. A while later, Mami comes in to talk to Ms. Morikawa, who knows about her crush on Hikaru. Mami complains about the older Nagisa shamelessly flirting and touching Hikaru at the cafe. Morikawa is unsure whether Shima, on the bed behind the curtain, has heard. However, Shima later sends Hikaru a text message saying that Hikaru does not need to come to the festival. After Taeui says he does not want to go, Chang-in brings up how he helped have him discharged from his military service after hearing of his condition from Jaeui. When Taeui feels it would be like the army, Chang-in replies it is not that. While they do push people to work their hardest when it comes to physical training, aspects like the ranking system and the internal atmosphere are different that the military. Having had a look at Taeui's records from the day he was in the military academy, Chang-in affirms he has the most important qualities that are necessary to safely get out of this alive. Having gone through training, Taeui says he has never been through a life or death situation, unlike Chang-in. LeBlanc, Jennifer (January 30, 2009). "The Yaoi Review:: YAOI NOVEL REVIEW: Passion: Forbidden Lovers ~ Shinobu Gotoh". The Yaoi Review. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21 . Retrieved 2012-02-16. The Yaoi Review
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