tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456977340694855535.post111659004710103674..comments2009-05-14T03:56:39.797-06:00Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755449043816862001[email protected]Blogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456977340694855535.post-47892622066939265602009-05-14T03:56:39.797-06:002009-05-14T03:56:39.797-06:00I actually thought twin brother Ten showed ominous signs of devolving into a rather cliched stock yaoi character in this volume. In volume one Ten initially struck me as a superficial, "no emotions involved"-type sex friend with even less depth than the often unsympathetically self-absorbed Yanagi. But when his connection to the uptight Arata was revealed, Ten's more substantive one-on-one interactions with his brother, and his tender concern for Arata's well-being, made him seem much more three-dimensional.<br /><br />(potential spoilers ahead)<br /><br />Unfortunately, in volume two Ten's reaction to the evidence suggesting that Arata may be secretly having a sexual relationship with a guy, and the penchant for psychologically abusing his more vulnerable brother he displays in the flashback story about their childhood, make it look as if his feelings toward Arata are less apt to involve genuine affection and concern than incestuous brother-complex jealousy and possessiveness. In the grade school flashback, Ten seemed infuriated at the idea of Arata's hanging out alone with another boy even for the innocuous purpose of looking at the other kid's new puppy. I really hope that this volume's ominous hints of evil seme tendencies on Ten's part (complete with a cryptic transaction that looks alarmingly as if he might have just picked up a packet of roofies) don't lead to Ten, in turn, trying to coerce his previously apparently asexual twin into paying for "betraying" him by sleeping with Yanagi by having sex with his own brother as well.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16424608674577208124[email protected]