We don't mate like beasts in heat

I was planning to write about seinen comics but I think I have to revise some more before writing down about such heavy stuff.

For now I can give you my brief overview on yaoi and yuri stuff. Please feel free to skip this post if you do not like gay stuff, I know that tolerance is a must nowadays but not in the privacy of ones home and computer.

Yuri (girlxgirl) and yaoi (boyxboy) comics are directed mostly towards women. There's no equality rights on this market. Actually, thats no wonder as there is a big lack of good comics for women.

There are tons of yaoi mangas around. What I mostly find troublesome is their basic and shallow plot and the fact that most likely on the last seven pages of a chapter main characters land in bed and .... The stories are full of relationships like step siblings and old school mates discovering their mutual feelings, cliche dramas and even through I'm not gay I know it can't work this way.

The ones that do work and I think are very good are Love mode and Ze Yuki Shimizu, Love Pistols by Tarako Kotobuki. The stories make good use of the applied structure, plot revolves around main character wwhich introduce reader to side stories. This way it is easier to keep the interest and it doesn't become to eye-blinding lovely-lovely.

Good author to look at is also Takashima Kazusa, her Wild rock is somewhat a classic now. Her drawing are better than the story sometimes. Another classic is Boys next door from Kaori Yuuki. For a school life I would say Kawaii hito (Konno Keiko) is good, at least there are no overwhelmingly dramatic monologues. 

I didn't read another classic Zetsuai so no comments here.

From all of this I like Mirai no kioku and Kaze no yukue (by Kunieda Saika). This is just a perfect everyday life comedy. And it is perfect. There are no exaggerations and no illogical twists. Anyway one of better love stories I read so far in manga.

yuri next time...