Mangaka: Eiki Eiki

Content:

Mood: Humour

Bishounen-Alert: Hirofumi, Daigo

Know as/for: Its humour.

Most drool-worthy pairing: DaigoxHirofumi

Smut: So-so. Er. You don't exactly get to see them naked.

Sample quotes: �Don't take advantage of my confusion and do strange things.� � Hirofumi to Daigo, then proceeds to kick him. Funny as hell.

Scanlation site: Storm in Heaven

Dear Myself is the story of Hirofumi who wakes up one morning to find that he has forgotten everything in the past two years. He is approached by Daigo, who apparently knows him very well. (For Yaoi fans, you definitely know that Daigo must have been bonking Hirofumi for the past two years) Hirofumi gradually goes on to find out the past two years of his life; and of he and Daigo's past together, from a diary that he has written to himself. Hirofumi is the always angry, always twitching, bastardy, bad-tempered uke (who of course is rather shocked when he finds out he's supposedly in love with Daigo). Hirofumi loves kicking Daigo, which is really funny.

This is one of those boy's love mangas that's hard to be classified either as shounen-ai or yaoi. Granted, there are no explicit scenes, but at the rate Hirofumi and Daigo are going, it's painfully obvious that the atmosphere is supremely yaoi. Enough about that. Let's get on to the review.

I'm not sure whether it's medically possible for someone to have his current memory recompensate for his memory two years ago, but for the sake of yaoi boyxboy bonking alone, I shall not prod further. Anyways, this short story is divided into three parts: The past (how Hirofumi and Daigo meet), present (how Hirofumi learns to deal with Daigo), and future (where Daigo is already supporting Hirofumi). It's quite entertaining for a one-shot.

Hirofumi is extremely likable, with his awful tempers and constant twitching. There's a lot of humour infused into this manga, but not funny enough to have you rolling on the floor. You'd have to read Yamada Taro Monogatari for that. It's amusing, if not humourous.

The art is simple, with clean lines and moderately attractive boys for lead characters. Since this is the first of Eiki Eiki-sensei work that I've read, there's nothing to compare with, but I must say, the cover looks awfully pretty up close.

There's nothing too deep in this manga, but it makes a fun, light-hearted read.

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