boy love...OH MY!

Do you love the whole rich spoiled seme and his oblivious clusmy uke boy love stories? with great connected side stories to help break the monotony of just one story line?  well if so then Junjo Romantica is most definitely for you!

Junjo Romantica is the story of a student named Misaki Takahashi. Misaki needs a tutor for his college entrance exams, so enter boy love novelist and best friend of his older brother, Akihiko Usami. Akihiko was secretly in love with Misaki's older brother and makes it rather obvious, due to one of the main characters in his popular boy novels being named after him. Akihiko isn't really impressed with Misaki until he realizes that he is going to college to honor his older brother sacrificing his own education to raise him after their parents died.

The two grow closer as Akihiko tutors Misaki. Misaki is totally in denile of his homosexuality and Akhiko takes great pleasure in teasing him. Their relationship evolves when Misaki's brother announces his engagement to a woman. Misaki cries over Akihiko unrequited love, while Akihiko confesses to Misaki that its him he loves not his older brother.

This series is the story of these two lovers and the people around them. It's a typical Seme and Uke relationship of the main characters with two side stories with the same themes but just enough difference to change it up. It also helps its cute, funny and full of YUMMY food.

The manga series was orginally an ongoing story written by Shungiku Nakamura  published in Asuka Ciel in 2002. The story was adapted into a manga series by the artist Kadokawa Shoten starting in 2003 and currently has 13 published volumes. The anime series was produced by Studio Deen, who is also involed in the production of Vampire Knight, Fruits Basket, Gravitation, and several other popular series. It premiered on japanese television in 2008 for two seasons and was liscenced in 2010 for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA. 

I love this series. Its got a great story line and doesn't leave you falling asleep or wanting to strangle the production team for screwing up your favorite boy love manga. The soundtrack isn't AMAZING, but at least its not HORRIBLE like some boy love series *COUGH* gravitation *COUGH* but hey you can't have everything.

It makes my inner fan girl squeal. It makes me laugh, cry, and wanna go jump someone all at the same time.  definitely a must read and a must watch.