Manga 57791 Canis Series

I don't often re-read manga, but I found myself thinking about this story again yesterday, and decided to crack it back open. As a bonus, there were three new chapters since the last time I gave it a go!

The first few volumes, containing Dear Mr. Rain and Dear Hatter focus primarily on the relationship between Satoru, a hatter, and Ryou, a young man who came to Japan to die after being involved with a seedy organization in America. The former rescues the latter, and their relationship blossoms beautifully in a unique setting that I'm not used to seeing in Manga. This was enough to make ... it a favorite for me, and this readthrough, I even changed my score from a 9 to a 10.

Now, the latter volumes, 4 and 5 so far, cover a much darker and more explicit prequel about the men Ryou worked for in America. I haven't seen a review discuss these yet, other than a brief mention, so I wanted to review the Dear Speaker series so far. At the start, we are introduced to younger versions of three men we had caught glimpses of throughout the earlier volumes; Harold, Samuel, and Tadanobu. They were raised in an orphanage together, and were forcefully separated when they started discovering the dark secrets behind the disappearances of some of their fellow orphans. So far, this arc details the struggles they each go through as they find their way back to each other over the years, and presumably, how they came to form the organization that Ryou came to join.

While these two stories are very different. I think they contrast each other beautifully. I would recommend stopping at the Dear Mr. Rain and Dear Hatter series if you are not wanting to see abuse, non-con, etc.

Okay so my score might look too high, but this manga truly deserves it.
First, it's a boy's love but has none of the usual stupid clichés yaois often have.
The two main characters are both interesting and don't have that Seme/uke dynamic, and beyond the romance is a dark story involving human trafficking, the mafia and a very interesting polyamorus relationship.
The art is very specific and looks kind of wester, which might not be liked by everyone but I personally find it gorgeous.
The characters a believable and their dynamics are great !
This manga definitely is worth checking out !

Problems with the mafia, love at first sight, an unnecessary female character (in other words, just another generic girl with no personality that serves to fulfill screen time). Maybe I read too many manga, because everything went so exhaustively and predictably that I couldn't finish it. They said the characters have depth... I wonder where?

The idea of ​​stroking the heads of those who are "broken" is indeed an interesting one, but here's a question for you: if you find out that your parents died, no matter how stupid they were, you would just smile and go on with your life? And why would you suddenly ... be fascinated by a stranger you met two days ago at the most? Being attracted is acceptable, but we know that passion and love are different things.

Kutsuna with his life as a craftsman proved to be much more interesting than Ryou, but unfortunately he didn't have any kind of development, or even screen time except - for the most part - thoughts about the protagonist.

Art is indeed cool, but comedy is dull. It boils down to pissed off characters yelling at each other. About the mafia: it's an incredibly generic aspect in bl manga, and the way events were narrated was a little confusing. I also don't like the idea of polyamory, although this in particular is just my taste.