to begin . I hate to say it, but this time I found myself quite literally stumped how do I write a review when the book I've just read is decidedly strange.
I mean close encounters of the fifth kind strange, Sweet Pool Volume, written and drawn by Mayu Kurumazaki and NitroChiral is without a doubt at first glance an interesting yaoi, The synopsis and somewhat attractive characters are a lure, but once you get past the lust, you'll soon discover Sweet Pool is a slow read with a plot that doesn't make much sense.
Yoji Sakiyama returns to school after a long absence due to poor health, Once in class, he's reunited with a fellow classmate and friend Makoto, They talk then the morning assembly starts, and while the teacher brings everyone uptospeed another student, Tetsuo Shironuma stares at Yoji, making him feel uncomfortable, The assembly ends and the pair pass one another, leaving the room, From that point on the plot transgresses into the realm of just plain freakin' strange, Yoji notices a weird smell, he meets another student, Zenya Okinaga who rambles on about nonsensical things, and he becomes almost delusional and starts to see what appears to be blood and blood clots.
Then, Yoji finds himself attracted to Tetsuo in yet repulsed he experiences uncontrolled sexual urges whenever the guy's around,
By this point, you'll be scratching your head, Then you find out someone else is pulling the strings, A group of peoplepossible aliens or scientistshave done something to him, and call him the female host, Host of what exactly who knows, but there is some type of alien life form inside his body, and that is why he finds himself sexually attracted to Tetsuo, who is also a host, but the male counterpart.
From there the story goes on and on, leaving the reader baffled and asking a lot of questions,
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after reading Sweet Pool VolumeI'm no further ahead in understanding the plot, The characters are appealing, but the sex is gruesome and quite the turn off with the blood, Sweet Pool has the potential to be a decent yaoi, but that's it, I give it.for the art.
While I found the story extremely confusing, I liked the art enough for it to be three total, Although I have to say that I always complain about the boys looking too young, but in this case the opposite is true these guys do not look like high school students to me.
But well, it doesn't exactly hurt to have hot men to look at, so, This was very strange, very hard to figure out and very slow, Yet it still nudges at your curiosity enough to read the next volume, Art is also great. This manga is based off of a PC Visual Novel game by the same name, and while it skims over some things and adds new scenes, it's still an amazing read.
For being what it is yaoi it has a lot of story, I immediately fell in love with the characters all over again, It's worth the time to read, Yoji's missed a semester of school due to his poor health, but now that he's back he cant help but notice classmate Tetsuos piercing gaze, The boys hardtoread expressions and seeming lack of emotions give Yoji the creeps, Yet, when Tetsuo suddenly touches his neck, feelings of unbridled lust well up inside of him! Whats behind these ever intensifying urges making Yoji writhe like a cat in heat whenever Tetsuos around It's the manga version of the popular boys love game, sweet pool, complete with neverbeforeserialized pages! Dont miss out on this dark and twisted tale of mystery!.
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