HIDOKU SHINAIDE/ TREAT ME GENTLY PLEASE
Yonezou
Nekota
BBC/ Be x
Boy Comics
Hidoku
Shinaide is about a scholar named Nemugasa Takashi and the popular, easy going
Maya Hideyuki.
One
time, Nemugasa received a verbal warning from his advisor that if he failed to
be part of the top 5 students in the upcoming exam, his scholarship will be
voided. In order to score high and keep his scholarship, he resorted to one
thing, cheating.
Too bad
Maya saw and threatened him. The price of keeping his mouth shut? It’s no other
that Nemugasa’s body.
[STORY]
“The
plot is common but the pacing is not rushed and not too slow which gave an
impression that Nemugasa and Maya fell in love to each other naturally.”
Hidoku
Shinaide’s story is pretty cliché. It has the common “delinquent x bookworm”
pairing that most stories, from shoujo to shounen ai, has.
What
I like in the story in spite of having such common plot is the thrill of
discovering who will fall in love first. Will it be Maya or Nemugasa? The two
are literally the “two sides of a coin”. They are not much alike and are very
incompatible. “Will they fall in love for each other?” “Will their relationship
work out?” These questions will run into your mind and will force you to read
the next chapter and the next, and the next. Well, if you read the story till
the recent update, you’ll know the answer. (My fangirl self is screaming
internally right now)
The
story never ran into circles. It’s not all about lover’s quarrel, but not all
part is about s*x. Each chapter has a story to tell about the two. (Somehow it’s
like a shoujo manga)
Hidoku
Shinaide has a nice pacing and organized flow of events. It started from the
not – so – serious, immature high school love to intense, passionate college students’
relationship. It allowed each character’s feeling to develop slowly and
naturally. Thumbs up to this.
[ART]
“Don’t judge it yet after reading the first
volume. Maya is so hot you’ll wish you’re Nemugasa.”
First is character design.
You can see in the picture above
how the character design change over time. The picture on the left is from the
first chapter while on the right is from chapter 17. (Actually I’m not really
sure if its 17 or what lol. There are errors while I’m downloading some
chapters using my PC”s software, thus it was not properly arranged. I managed
to fix it though, but not too sure.)
The character design is quite
ordinary (stereotype lol). Nerdy Nemugasa is wearing glasses, has a “coconut
shell” hair style and always wears plain shirt and cardigan (He reminds me of
Kaneki from is good old ‘normal’ days). On the other hand Maya has spiky blonde
hair, piercings and wears flashy clothes. (But I like his new black hair hohoho
Still he looks like the common “I’m a popular ikemen say kyaa to me”
character.)
To
be honest, while reading the first few chapters, I was kind of reluctant
whether I’ll continue reading it with such art style. (I dunno why but I’m
picky when it comes to this matter haha) But I continued anyway because the
story is good.
As an artist myself, I pretty much understand
that it’s hard to find the most comfortable art style especially if one will
draw a manga. It must be consistent and must be something that an artist can
draw within a limited time frame (since they have to deal with like hundred
pages of BLOODY drafting, editing etc.)
I
liked how it improved overtime. It looks cleaner, less edgy and more
proportioned. Good work Nekota – sensei.
Second
point: Background
I
do not have any complains to this. The manga has little to no white background
and for that I’m giving two thumbs up. (White background turns me off haha)
[CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT]
“It
is by the every situation both of them encounter as a couple that their
characteristics change and develop overtime.”
It
there’s any major character development it the series, that’ll be Maya’s. But
for the mean time, let me describe each character as presented in the first few
chapters. (and everyone is welcome to add more if you want HAHAHA)
Nemugasa Takashi:
- ·
Polite
- ·
Calm
- ·
Well Mannered
- ·
Loves to study (more like he needs to study
hard to keep his scholarship)
- ·
Poor (not really important info though)
- ·
Simple minded and very slow
- ·
Submissive
- ·
Definitely a masochist
Maya Hideyuki:
- ·
Aggressive
- ·
Easy going
- ·
Gets angry easily, very hot headed
- ·
Easily gets jealous
- ·
Possessive (?)
- ·
Not patient
- ·
Rich and famous
- ·
Ultimate pervert and has weird fetishes
Not
even close to being compatible. But their love story gave me immeasurable gay
happiness. (lol).
After
the two become lovers, Nemugasa continues to be simple minded and slow to catch
up even in serious situations (that can even risk their relationship lol),
however, it is noticeable that he starts to be more honest with his feelings to
Maya and opens up when ever needed. (“Opens up” kukuku).
On
the other hand Maya becomes a little bit more patient to Nemugasa and somehow
becomes more understanding when it comes to different matters (especially when
it’s about studies). He even changed his outer appearance just to look more
decent (refer to 3rd pic). However Maya still gets easily jealous and
acts like a protective mother. He also gets fuzzy over little things that concern
their relationship. You can ruin everything in this world but not their lovey
dovey relationship or else you’re doomed to death. (Exaggerated but true)
To
sum this review up I’m giving this yaoi series a rate of 8.5 out of 10. I Hope
this review will convince you to read Hidoku Shinaide and support other Nekota
– sensei’s work!
P.S. Uke with glasses is good but Seme
characters with glasses makes me ‘kyaa’ more haha. If only Maya with black hair
has glasses~~
