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I am in love with this HARADA manga, which is a comedy yaoi about two Totally Straight guys who love anal so much they decide to start dicking down as fuck buddies while constantly arguing over who gets to bottom. It is most definitely not for everyone, it's a trigger minefield like most of HARADAs books, but it is very Real in a way I deeply appreciate and I enjoy the way HARADA writes male characters.

I like it so much, I read all the fan translations, I buy ("rent" "forever") the digital on Renta! (which is unfortunately censored), and I also purchase the official translated books from Kuma (which are uncensored, thank you Lord) as they trickle out. Kuma is always pushing the preorder dates back, so the third volume is now currently set to June 25.

The fan translations and Renta! translations are fairly similar, and the Renta! translation is a real pleasure to read. The official Kuma translation is unfortunately kinda eh. The dialogue doesn't flow as well, there are typos, and sometimes jokes are missed. But in the most recent volume (2), the Kuma version makes a translation change that is driving me slightly insane.

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