The Flavor of Melon Manga Reviews (P.14)

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今の自分と重なるものがある

There is something that overlaps with who I am now

泣きすぎて目が腫れました。笑なんとなく心が虚しく、毎日何かが足りず、決して不幸ではないのに幸せではない日々を過ごしている人って現代社会で自分だけではないと思うのですが、登場人物の話す言葉によってそのきもちを言語化してくれる。そんな作品です。とにかくめちゃめちゃ泣きました。

My eyes were swollen from crying so much. lol I don't think I'm the only person in modern society who somehow feels empty, lacks something every day, and is not happy even though they are by no means unhappy, but the words spoken by the characters verbalize that feeling. It's such a work. Anyway, I cried so much.

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穏やかな暮らし

A peaceful lifestyle

誰かと同じ部屋で呼吸する暮らし、ひとりで空間を使う暮らし。それが、自分にとって穏やかな暮らしであればどちらでもいい。正解なんてわからない

A lifestyle where you breathe in the same room as someone else, and a life where you use space alone. As long as it is a peaceful lifestyle for me, either is fine. I don't know what the correct answer is

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喪失と癒しの物語

A story of loss and healing

今までもこの作者さんのお話は好きで読んでいましたが、絵柄が変わったのも相待って、過去作とは一線を画する作品かなと思います。最初は軽いテンポで始まるので、よくあるゲイとノンケの同居物(なんやかやあってラブラブになるやつ)なのかなーと思ったのですが、物語が進むにつれて、これは喪失の話なのだと分かります。失ったものを埋める何かを持たない二人が、そうと知らず出逢い、少しずつ心を寄せて行く…そんな過程が丁寧に描かれています。セリフと共に細かく描き込まれた背景や小物、脇の人々が、彼らのキャラや生活を物語っています(ベッドサイドのラグとその上のバブーシュとか凄く好き！)。特に木内さんの心情については、彼の佇まいや彼から見える風景で、何も語らずとも伝わってきます。元々絵の上手い方ですが、さらに素晴らしくなりました。辛いテーマではありますが、最後は一歩進んだ二人の姿があります。上下巻ですが、ボリュームを感じずに一気に読み進めてしまう、重いだけでなく良い意味での抜け感もある作品。あまりBL読んだこと無い方にも是非読んで欲しい作品です。

Until now, I've liked and read stories by this author, but I think it's a work that sets it apart from past works, even though the pattern has changed. At first, it starts with a light tempo, so I was wondering if it was a common gay and non-gay person living together (the one that somehow makes them lovey-dovey), but as the story progresses, I understand that this is a story of loss. Two people who don't have anything to bury what they've lost meet unwittingly, and little by little they have their hearts together... the process is carefully depicted. The detailed backgrounds, accessories, and people beside them tell the story of their characters and lives (I really love the bedside rug and the babouche on it!). In particular, Kiuchi's feelings are conveyed through his appearance and the scenery he can see from him without saying anything. Originally, he was good at painting, but now it's even more amazing. It's a difficult subject, but at the end, there are two people who have gone one step further. It's an upper and lower volume, but it's a work that you read all at once without feeling the volume, and not only is it heavy, but it also has a sense of emptiness in a good sense. I definitely want people who haven't read BL to read this book.

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たくさんの人の側に寄り添ってくれる作品

A work that is close to the side of many people

This review contains spoilers. 大大大好きな絵津鼓先生の新刊。この作品読んで、私的好きな作家さんの順位変動して絵津鼓先生がベスト5に入りましたよ。いやー、ほんとたくさんの人、辛い思いをしている人に特に読んでもらいたい。このしばらく読んだ新作の中で、ベスト1大ヒットホームラン。先生もコメントされてましたが、絵柄が以前の作品と変わってます。人物は更にシャープに感情がくっきりと際立つようになって、細かい小物や背景もリアリティあって丁寧に描かれて、上質なドラマを観ているよう。自分の中の凹んでるところにピッタリはまるような作品でした。登場人物や背景の説明もなく突然に始まる同居話。えっ、読者も物語の中に放り込まれます。バーカウンターで店員らしき人(ナカジョーくん)が一人暮らしって尋ねられ、聞けばお客の木内くんが彼女にフラれて行くところがないので寝床を探してるって言う。同じ年頃だからって、あれよあれよとナカジョーくんのところに居候することになり。。と、冒頭の展開としてはBLあるあるかもしれないけど、私が大好きな絵津鼓先生の独特の空気感がふたりに流れていて、あっという間に目が離せなくなります。お互い隠している傷と生きづらさ、夢はと聞かれて諦めることと答えること、たぶん作者さんも今でしか描けなかっただろう感覚が見事に作品に反映されていました。何も言わずに側にいてくれるだけでいい、この言葉、シーンを作者さんの後書きを読んだあとでもう一度読むと涙溢れます。下巻には描き下ろしと後書きで9ページ収録されていて、ふたりの数年後のある大切なシーンが見られますので、雑誌連載で追いかけていた方にもぜひ単行本で読んでもらいたいです。たくさんの人の側に寄り添ってくれる素敵な作品を描いてくださって本当にありがとうございました。追記:　タイトルの「メロンの味」の意味は、上巻でメロンソーダがほんとうはメロンの味でないのにメロン色にみえることでメロンの味と認識してしまう、つまり日々を自分を騙してどうにか生きてる木内くんのことかと思っていたら、そうではなかったようです。作者さんのTwitterでネタバレとして明かされてましたが、もう一つのアイテムで出てきたメロンの香りの方。下巻の旅館のシーンでいつもと味が違うと言った、もっと直接的な「日々」の意味だそうです。深い。。。

This review contains spoilers. A new book by Ezuko sensei, whom I love very much. After reading this work, the ranking of my favorite writers changed, and Ezuko sensei was in the top 5. Well, I really want a lot of people, people who are having a hard time, to read it in particular. Best 1 blockbuster homerun among the new releases I've read in a while. The teacher also commented, but the design has changed from the previous work. The characters are even sharper and more clearly stand out, and the detailed accessories and backgrounds are carefully drawn in a realistic manner, making it seem like watching a high-quality drama. It was a work that fit perfectly into the recesses within me. A story about living together that suddenly begins with no explanation of the characters or background. Eh, readers are also thrown into the story. At the bar counter, a person (Nakayo-kun) who seems to be a clerk is asked about living alone, and when asked, the customer Kiuchi-kun is dumped by her and says he's looking for a bed because he has nowhere else to go. I ended up staying at Nakajo-kun's place just because they're around the same age... There may be BL as an opening development, but the unique atmosphere of Ezuko sensei, who I love, is flowing through them, and I can't take my eyes off them in no time. The hurt they hide from each other, the difficulty of living, and the fact that they answered that they would give up when asked about their dreams, and the feeling that the author could probably only depict now were brilliantly reflected in the work. It makes me burst into tears when I read this phrase and scene again after reading the author's afterword, all it takes is to stand by me without saying anything. The second volume contains 9 pages drawn and afterwritten, and you can see an important scene a few years after the two, so I definitely want those who have been chasing them in the magazine series to read it as a standalone book. Thank you so much for drawing such a wonderful work that is close to so many people. Additional note: The meaning of “melon flavor” in the title doesn't seem to be the case when I thought it was Kiuchi-kun who deceives himself every day and somehow lives by deceiving himself in the first volume because it looks like a melon color even though the melon soda doesn't really taste like a melon. It was revealed as a spoiler on the author's Twitter, but the melon scent that came up as another item. The taste is different from usual in the ryokan scene in the second volume, and it seems to mean a more direct meaning of “everyday life.” deep...

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良かったです。

That was great.

This review contains spoilers. 中城くんと木内さんの距離感がいい。お互いの辛さに敢えて踏み込む訳でも無関心な訳でもなく無理に励ます訳でもなく時間の流れみたいに自然に寄り添ってくれる関係。結婚後が楽しみ。

This review contains spoilers. Nakagusuku-kun and Kiuchi-san have a good sense of distance. It's a relationship where they are naturally close to the flow of time without daring to step into each other's pain, it's not about being indifferent, it's not about forcibly encouraging them. I'm looking forward to it after marriage.

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大なり小なり誰もが持つ感情

Big or small, everyone has feelings

This review contains spoilers. 恋人や親とうまくいかない、生きづらさを感じる……程度の差こそあれ、誰もが一度は感じたことのある感情なのではないでしょうか。無理をしたわけもぶつかり合ったわけでもなく、二人が自然に寄り添うことで互いが癒されていく。ジグソーパズルのピースが自然とはまりこんでいくような。そんな相手と出会えるなんてうらやましいです。

This review contains spoilers. Not getting along well with your lover or parents, feeling that it's difficult to live... I think it's an emotion that everyone has felt at least once. They didn't overdo it, they didn't bump into each other, and the two were healed by snuggling up naturally. It's like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle fit together naturally. I'm envious of meeting someone like that.

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じんわり

Slowly

作者買いです。見つけた瞬間、新刊だー！！飛び付いてすぐ見ちゃった。沁みるお話でした。涙。絵が変わったとあったけど、違和感なく、変わらずオシャレで可愛くて、そこに色気が増した感じで、もっと好きになりました。

I'm buying the author. The moment I found it, it was a new issue!! I watched it as soon as I jumped on it. It was a sobering story. tears. There was a saying that the picture had changed, but there was no sense of incongruity, it was still stylish and cute, and I felt that my sex appeal increased, and I fell in love with it even more.

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表紙に惹かれて

Attracted by the cover

とてつもなく良作でした?余韻がすごいです…眠気が吹っ飛んでしまいました?(深夜に読んでた;)一本の映画を観終わったような…心理描写が丁寧に描かれているのでこの二人だから…こうなったんだよなぁと。二人の関係素敵だなぁと。じんわり。下巻の描き下ろしで涙腺が…?

it was a ridiculously good work? The afterglow is amazing... has drowsiness blown away? (I was reading it late at night;) It was like watching one movie... the psychological depiction is carefully drawn, so since these are the two of them... this is what happened. I think the relationship between the two is wonderful. Slowly. My lacrimal glands are drawn in the second volume...?

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最高

highest

今まで読んだ漫画の中でもトップに入るリアリズム。人間らしさをとても綺麗に描写されていて、泣いてしまいました。

Realism is at the top of the comics I've read so far. The human nature was depicted so beautifully that it made me cry.

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しあわせになって

Be happy

いつもより大人びた絵のかんじで、わたしはこちらの方が好みでした。他の作者さんより会話が多いイメージがあるのですが、不思議とドラマを観ているようにすんなり入ってくるんですよね。木内くんの心のうちが顕になったあの一言には、まるで自分がその場で言われたかのように頭をガツンとやられた気持ちになり、同時にとても苦しく思いました。ダメダメ言わないでと思いながらページを捲って、「ああ…っ」と。誰しも何かを抱えながら生きているんだなあと。描き下ろしの話には救われた気持ちです。

The picture is more mature than usual, and I liked this one better. There is an image that there is more conversation than other authors, but strangely enough, they come in so easily as if they were watching a drama. The words that revealed the inside of Kiuchi-kun's heart made me feel as if I had been told on the spot, and at the same time I felt very painful. While thinking I shouldn't say no, I turned the page and said, “Oh... huh.” I wonder if everyone lives while holding something. I feel saved by the story I drew.

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よみきりました。

I read it all.

一目で表紙に引き込まれました! とても深くてしっとりとしたお話しですが、絵がホントにキレイで可愛いし、優しい雰囲気なお話しで読みやすいです!

I was drawn into the cover at first sight! It's a very deep and moist story, but the pictures are really beautiful and cute, and the story has a gentle atmosphere, so it's easy to read!

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良きです?

is that good?

先生の作品大好きです。絵柄が変わっても何しても結局好きです。心がじんわりしてきます。二人の未来に幸あれ。

I love the teacher's work. Even if the pattern changes, I like it after all, no matter what. My heart calms down. Good luck to both of them in the future.

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泣きました。

I cried.

一緒に居て心地が良いとか、落ち込んだとき傍にいて欲しいとか。そういう感情を自然とやり取りできる相手って実は多くない気がします。読み進めていくうちに色々な感情が混ざって、自然と涙が零れてしまいました。絵津鼓さんの作品はとにかく心理描写が秀逸。新しい絵柄もまた魅力的です。読み返し必死の良作です。

They feel comfortable being together, or they want them to be by their side when they feel depressed. Actually, I don't think there are many people who can naturally exchange those feelings with. As I read on, various emotions mixed in, and naturally I burst into tears. Anyway, Ezuko's works are excellent at depicting psychology. The new design is also attractive. It's a good work that I desperately reread.

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心が浄化されました

My mind has been purified

初めての作家さん。扉のコメントで絵柄を変えたとありましたが、かっこいいし可愛いしほんわかする絵柄で凄く好きです。お話もキャラクターの心情を丁寧に描かれているところに好感が持てます。主人公同士の会話の中にキーとなるワードを盛り込むのが上手だなあと思いました。キスのドキドキやベッドシーンもいい具合にあり、読後感も良くて凄く好きな作品です。

My first time as a writer. It was said that the design was changed in the comments on the door, but I really like it because it's cool, cute, and warm. I like the fact that the story also carefully depicts the characters' feelings. I thought they were good at incorporating key words into conversations between the main characters. It's a work I really like because the excitement of the kiss and the bed scene are in good condition, and the feeling after reading is good.

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最高です！！！泣

It's awesome!!! crying

大好きな作者さんなので発売を楽しみにしてました。すぐ読めなかったのですがその前にレビューを少し覗き見したら評価が良くて更に期待を大にしてから読みました！もう、期待以上でした！！！人間って本当は凄く弱くてもろい生き物。だから、ナカジョーくんと木内さんの様な魂が1つと感じれる様な相手に出会えたら、これ以上の幸せはないんだろうなと涙が勝手に溢れてきました。素晴らしい作品です！！是非読んで欲しい！！！

It's my favorite author, so I was looking forward to the release. I wasn't able to read it right away, but after peeking through the reviews a bit before that, the reviews were good, and I was even more excited to read it! It was already more than I expected!!! Humans are actually extremely weak and fragile creatures. So, when I met someone like Nakajo-kun and Kiuchi-san who felt like their souls were one, tears overflowed without permission, wondering if there was no greater happiness than this. Great work!! I definitely want you to read it!!!

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一緒にいること

Being together

わだかまりを抱えながら漂っている二人がひょんな拍子で交わって、ただ一緒に漂っている。そんなお話でした。ただゆらゆら漂っているだけなのに、見ているこっちは少し危なっかしく感じたり、でも温かい気持ちにもなりました。ラストが意外でした。とてもよかったです。

The two people who are drifting while holding a rut meet at a strange tempo, and they're just drifting together. That was the story. Even though it was just floating around, I felt a little dangerous when I looked at it, but it also made me feel warm. The last one was surprising. It was very nice.

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キュウカンバー

Kyukambur

This review contains spoilers. ボディソープはタイのお土産ですよね？最後はタイで2人で暮らしてると言うことですよね⁈とにかく素晴らしい作品です。出会えたことに感謝します。

This review contains spoilers. Body soap is a souvenir from Thailand, right? The last one is to say that the two of them live in Thailand. Anyway, it's a wonderful work. I am grateful to have met you.

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余韻に浸っています

I'm immersed in the afterglow

一本の映画を観終わったような気持ちになって余韻に浸り、久々にレビューを書きました。二人の何気ないやりとりや互いに補い合っているこの関係が素敵で、胸が熱くなりました。

I felt like I had finished watching one movie and was immersed in the afterglow, and I wrote a review for the first time in a while. The casual interaction between the two and this relationship where they complement each other was wonderful, and it made my heart warm.

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やさしい涙

gentle tears

なんて言葉にしたらいいのかなぁ‥‥、先生の作品は大好きで全部読みました。いつも温かくて可愛くてキュンもありほっこりする先生の作品ですが、今まで読んだどのストーリーともまた違って、すごく心に響きました。大切なひとが病んでいるときこんなふうに寄り添ってくれるって、すごく大切だけどすごく難しいこなんだなぁと思いました。すごく切なくもあるし、キュンともくるし、ほっこりもした、素敵な素敵なストーリーでした。今の世の中だからこそ読んでてぐっときました。

I wonder what words I should use... I loved the teacher's works, so I read them all. It's a work by a teacher who is always warm, cute, and makes me feel relaxed, but it's different from any story I've read so far, and it really touched my heart. I thought it was very important but very difficult to snuggle up to someone special like this when they are sick. It was a wonderful, wonderful story that was very sad, and made me feel relaxed. I was so excited to read it because it's in today's world.

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優しさ、について考える。

Think about kindness.

お互いがお互いを思いやる。そうやって過ごして行けばじわじわと、でも着実にかけがえのない存在になって行く。片方がぐらついた時に自然と支え合う2人の姿がとても美しかったです。

We care for each other. If you spend your time like that, slowly but steadily, you will become an irreplaceable presence. The sight of the two supporting each other naturally when one side was wobbly was so beautiful.

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