New York, New York Manga Reviews (P.2)

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Feb 26, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

なつかしい

nostalgic

中学二年の時に読んだもので、20年以上前になりますがとても印象に残っていました！今読んでも素晴らしい作品です！

I read it when I was in the second year of middle school, and even though it was over 20 years ago, it left a great impression on me! It's a great work even if I read it now!

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Feb 23, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

1番泣いた

I cried the most

This review contains spoilers. や〜〜〜これは泣いた。苦しいほど泣いた。今まで読んできたBL作品の中で1番泣いた。なぜもっと早く出会わなかったのか後悔した。もっと色んな人に読まれるべき。レビューを書くのに上手く言葉に出来ないほど重く辛いストーリーですが、2人の幸せを願わずにはいられません。何故メルがこんなにも辛い目に遭わなければならないのか…このストーリーを考えた作者さん凄いなと思いました。1巻ではケインの軽さ？というか価値観の違い？というんでしょうか、それに対してメルも読者である私も戸惑いましたが、だんだんとメルを大切に大事に想うようになり安心しました。(メルの元カレと寝た時は流石に言葉を失いましたが…)ケインが「結婚しよう」と言った時には、うおーーー！！！！と言ってました(え)いやもう本当に2人には幸せになって欲しくて…親に対する問題とかメルの過去とかそれを乗り越えたからこそより強く絆が結ばれて良かったと思ったのに…2巻では驚きの展開で辛くて辛くて…途中2人が崖から落ちた時は死んでしまったのでは無いかと思いました。メルとケインだけではなく登場人物のほとんどの人に辛い事がありマージでしんどいです。けどハッピーエンドなのかな？すごく納得のいく終わり方でしたが、その頃には泣きすぎて顔がやばかったです。今の時代ではLGBTに対する考え方も寛容になっていますが、私の知らない時代の時にはこの作品のように厳しい現実だったのかなと苦しくなりました。今もまだまだ超えていかなければならない事もありますが、多くの人が自由に生きられる世の中になって欲しいです。現実味のある作品だからこそ多くの人の心に残り高評価になっているだと実感しました。

This review contains spoilers. Yah~~~ this made me cry. I cried painfully. It made me cry the most among the BL works I've read so far. I regret why I didn't meet him sooner. More people should read it. It's such a heavy and painful story that I can't put it into words to write a review, but I can't help but wish for the happiness of the two of them. Why does Mel have to go through such a difficult situation... I thought the author who thought about this story was amazing. Is Kane light in volume 1? Or rather a difference in values? I mean, both Mel and I, who are readers, were puzzled by that, but I was relieved that I gradually began to cherish Mel. (As a matter of fact, I was speechless when I slept with Mel's ex-boyfriend...) When Kane said “let's get married,” wow!!! I was saying (eh) no, I really wanted them to be happy already... I thought it was good that they had a stronger bond because they had overcome issues with their parents and Mel's past... it was painful and painful with surprising developments in volume 2... I thought they might have died when the two fell off a cliff along the way. Merge is tough because not only Mel and Kane, but most of the characters have a hard time. But I wonder if it's a happy ending? It was a very satisfying way to end, but by that time I cried so much that my face was crazy. In this day and age, ways of thinking about LGBT are also tolerated, but at a time when I didn't know it, it became painful to wonder if it was a harsh reality like this work. Even now, there are things we still need to surpass, but I want it to become a world where many people can live freely. I realized that because it was a realistic work, it stuck in the hearts of many people and received high praise.

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深く沁みる出会えたことに感謝

I am grateful that I was able to have a deep and deep encounter

電子での総ページ数が、358pと382p！！小説並の読み応え。内容も決してサラーッと流れるでもなく、しっかり最後まで書き上げられている。メルの不幸すぎる展開が盛りすぎではと思わなくもないが、アメリカで“金髪碧眼”であることは、想像以上にこういうことなのかもしれない。メルがいい奴過ぎて…なんかもう少し穏やかな日々をみていたかった。ハッピエンドなんだけど、読後感は切なさでいっぱい。でも、こんな素敵な2人の物語に出会えて、気持ちは満たされた。

The total number of electronic pages is 358p and 382p!! As good a read as a novel. The content is by no means flowing smoothly, and it is clearly written down to the end. I can't help but think that Mel's unfortunate developments are too exciting, but being “blond and blue eyed” in America may be more like this than you can imagine. Mel is such a nice guy... I just wanted to see the days were a little more peaceful. It's a happy ending, but the feeling after reading it is full of sadness. But being able to encounter such a wonderful story of these two people made me feel satisfied.

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Dec 07, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

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作者さん買いです。BLなんだけど、この作者さんの持ち味というか何というか・・・やっぱり泣かせられた。心情とかの表現やっぱり凄い。

The author is buying it. It's BL, but this author's specialty or something... it made me cry after all. After all, expressions such as feelings are amazing.

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超重量級

super heavyweight

島でオススメされていた作品。いや～、重量感がすごかった。スーパーヘビー級。１巻後半くらいまで、攻めのケインがかなりひどい奴です。あまりにもケインがひどいので、途中で読むのを断念しそうになるほど…。だけどメルを愛することで、天然自己中が大きく変わっていく。1990年代のアメリカ…ドラッグは蔓延し、エイズも不治の病として恐れられ、同性愛者への偏見もすさまじく。警察官のケインもゲイであることを周囲にひた隠しにしていたのですが、二人の幸せのためにそのスタンスも大きく変わっていく。次から次へと二人に試練が降りかかり、読んでいてかなり辛いけれど、続きが気になって止まれない。読み終わったあとは大きくため息をつきました。なんかもう、いろいろ凄すぎて…真夜中だったけど眠れなくなりました。胸にズシィィィッとくる作品。読んでいてかなり辛いけど、読後感はいいです。読んでよかった。でも、しばらく読み返せないなと思った。読み終わったあと、Ben E. Kingの「Stand by Me」を聴いていたら泣けてきた。痛く、深く、胸に残る作品。

This work was recommended on the island. Well, the weight was amazing. Super heavyweight. Up until about the latter half of volume 1, Kane's attacking guy was pretty bad. Kane was so bad that I almost gave up reading it halfway through... However, by loving Mel, my natural self changes drastically. America in the 1990s... drugs spread, AIDS was feared as an incurable disease, and prejudice against homosexuals was also tremendous. Police Officer Kane was also hiding from others that he was gay, but that stance changed drastically for the sake of their happiness. Trials befell the two of them one after the other, and it was quite painful to read, but I couldn't stop because I was worried about the continuation. I let out a big sigh after I finished reading it. Something was already so amazing... it was midnight, but I couldn't sleep. It's a work that makes me feel so excited. It's pretty painful to read, but it feels good after reading it. I'm glad I read it. But I thought I wouldn't be able to read it again for a while. After I finished reading it, listening to “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King made me cry. Painful, deep, and memorable work.

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１巻以上に

To volume 1 or more

２巻はドキドキしたけれど、ケインはメルの事を何があっても大事にしてずっとメルだけの事を想う素敵な関係でした。

Volume 2 was exciting, but it was a wonderful relationship where Kane cherished Mel no matter what happened and always thought only about Mel.

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学生時代がよみがえる

The school days come back to life

思えば学生時代は男性と男性が恋愛する作品はニューヨーク・ニューヨークとbronzeしか読んだことなかったなぁ、などとしみじみしました。今は電子のおかげで誰に気兼ねすることなくばんばん買えてありがたいです。辛すぎる人生を送ってきたのに、美しい心をもつメルに、幸せになって〜これ以上辛いことなんてありませんように〜と当時も思ってたのになぁ。2巻はまだ買ってないのですが、ラストシーンは今でも覚えていて、とてもすてきで印象的でした。そこだけ読み返すためにも買いたいなぁと思ってます。

If you think about it, when I was a student, I only read New York/New York and Bronze works where men fall in love, etc. Thanks to electronics now, I'm thankful that I can buy it without worrying about who. Even though I had a life that was too hard, I thought back then that Mel, who has a beautiful heart, would be happy ~ I hope nothing will be more difficult. I haven't bought volume 2 yet, but I still remember the last scene, and it was so nice and impressive. I want to buy it just so I can reread it.

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途中何度も…

many times along the way...

何度もページをめくる手がとまりました。あまりにも過酷なメルの人生に心が痛くて…。でも、結局最後まで読みました。こころの中に色々な感情が渦巻いて苦しかった。でも、最後には二人の幸せを祈りました。マンガなんですけどね。

I stopped turning the pages over and over again. My heart aches over Mel's life, which has been so hard... But in the end, I read it to the end. There were so many emotions swirling through my heart that it was painful. But in the end, I prayed for both of them to be happy. It's a manga, though.

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色あせない作品

Works that won't fade

This review contains spoilers. 昔に読んだことのある作品で、なつかしく電子でも読んでみたくなりました。記憶違いで、最後が悲恋で終わったと勘違いしてましたが、とても素敵な終わり方でした。大切にしたい作品の一つです。

This review contains spoilers. It's a work I've read a long time ago, and it was nostalgic and made me want to read it electronically. I misunderstood that the end ended with sad love due to a misunderstanding in my memory, but it was a very nice way to end. It's one of the works I want to cherish.

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ノンフィクション！？涙なくして読めない

non-fiction!? Can't read without tears

ゲイについて勉強になった。ほんの30年くらい前は、こんなことが実際あったんだろうな、って想像してしまい、フィクションとノンフィクションが入り混じってる感じ。まず、1巻で二人がようやく結ばれて、2巻はいい感じになるのかなーと思ったら！いやいや、こんな事件起きちゃうの？？って、もう心がついていけなくなりました。。。悲しくて悲しくて。。。あまりに波乱万丈な人生で途中読めなくなってしまったけど、きっちり最後まで読みました。幸せな時間が少なかったんじゃないかなとか想像しちゃうと、もう涙が止まらないん。そして、最後に、メルとの出会いを振り返ったケイン。もう涙腺崩壊。2巻とも300ページを超える大作で本当にいい作品です！おすすめです！

I learned about gays. Just about 30 years ago, I imagined that something like this actually happened, and it feels like fiction and non-fiction are mixed together. First, I thought volume 1 would finally bring the two together, and volume 2 would feel good! no no, is an incident like this going to happen?? I can't keep up with it anymore... so sad and sad... It was such an eventful life that I couldn't read it halfway through, but I read it exactly to the end. I can't stop crying when I imagine that there might not be many happy times. And, finally, Kane looked back on his encounter with Mel. The lacrimal gland has already collapsed. Both volumes are great works that are over 300 pages long and are really good works! I recommend it!

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懐かしい！

I miss it!

コミックスで昔持っていたものを買い直しました。BLと呼ぶには重く、読む人を選ぶ作品だなぁとは思いますが、よくここまで描いたなーと感心させられます。本当に洋画を見ている気分です。当然実力のある漫画家さんなので話も絵も(古さはありますがもう何年も前の作品なので……)素晴らしいです。

I bought a new one from comics that I used to have. It's heavy to call it BL, and I think it's a work where people choose to read it, but I'm impressed that it's often drawn up to this point. I really feel like I'm watching a Western-style movie. Naturally, he is a talented manga artist, so the story and pictures (it's old, but it's already a work from many years ago...) are amazing.

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昔から好きです

I've always liked it

紙媒体の時から大好きで、何回も何回も読み返していました。電子書籍でも読めてとても嬉しいです。本作はNYを舞台にケインとメルの人生が描かれています。大河ドラマを見るような壮大な物語で、恋愛にキュンとするし、事件にハラハラするし、人との関わりに温かさを感じます。この話はBLというよりは、人間ドラマだなと思います。終始アメリカ臭いのがすごく良いし、登場人物が多いのにそれぞれの描き込みが深くて誰もが生き生きとしています。BL漫画って主役2人以外はそんなに出てこないことが多いですが（それが悪いのではなくて、それはそれで2人の関係を深く描くので好きです）この漫画は主役2人だけでなく、全員が生きてるんです。すごいなと思います。長くなってすみません、大好きすぎる作品です、多くの人に読まれたら良いなと思います。

I've loved it since it was on paper, and I've been rereading it over and over again. I'm very happy to be able to read it as an e-book. This film is set in NY and depicts the lives of Kane and Mel. It's an epic story like watching a taiga drama, and I'm excited about love, I'm disturbed by the incident, and I feel the warmth of my relationships with people. I think this story is a human drama rather than a BL. The American smell is really good from beginning to end, and even though there are a lot of characters, the depiction of each one is deep and everyone is lively. BL comics often don't show up that many people other than the 2 leading actors (it's not that bad, I like it because it deeply depicts the relationship between the two), and not only the 2 main actors, but everyone is alive in this comic. I think it's amazing. I'm sorry it's been so long, I love this work too much, and I think it would be nice if many people read it.

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心にしみる作品です

It's a work that sticks to my heart

読むと暖かい気持ちがわいてくる作品です。終わり方も申し分無し。欲をいえば、もっと二人で過ごす時間を長くしてあげて欲しかったけどなあ。

It's a work that gives me a warm feeling when I read it. The way it ended was perfect. Speaking of greed, I wish the two of them would spend more time together.

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ゲイにしっかり向き合っている漫画です

It's a comic that deals well with gays

しっかりと軸のあるストーリーと魅力的なキャラクター、まるで一本の映画を見たような気持ちにさせてくれます。アメリカのニューヨークが舞台の、ゲイが主人公の作品なのですが、連載当時は親が買っていた花とゆめに新連載として登場し、当時小学生だった私でも、他の作品とは明らかに毛色の違う本作に「花ゆめにこんな作品載せていいの？」と、衝撃だったのを覚えています。周りからの差別や偏見を恐れてゲイであることを隠しているケイン、息子がゲイである事に強い拒否感を示すケインの母親。今自分も人の親になり、我が子が同性愛者であったら、この母親のようになるのだろうか、葛藤したのち受け入れられるのだろうかと色々と考えさせられました。BLカテゴリに入れるしかないんだと思いますが、同性愛やLGBTをテーマにしたヒューマンドラマだと思っています。

The well-centered story and charming characters make me feel like I've watched a single movie. It is a work set in New York in the United States where gay characters are the main characters, but at the time of serialization, it appeared as a new series in Hana to Yume, and even I, who was an elementary school student at the time, clearly had a different coat color from the other works, “Can I put a work like this on Hana Yume?” I remember being shocked. Kane is hiding that she is gay for fear of discrimination and prejudice from those around her, and Kane's mother showing a strong sense of rejection that her son is gay. Now I'm also a parent, and it made me think a lot about whether my child would be like this mother if they were homosexual, and whether they would be accepted after conflict. I think there is no choice but to put it in the BL category, but I think it's a human drama with the theme of homosexuality and LGBT.

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性的マイノリティへの拒絶と理解

Rejection and understanding of sexual minorities

This review contains spoilers. 偶然読んだ記事で見つけた、ケインとメイの出会いから死までを駆け抜けるお話。初版は1995年とかなり古い作品。80年代のニューヨーク。まだ今よりもずっと同性愛者に対して厳しい時代。家族や友人の拒絶、母親の涙。自身への葛藤。ひた隠しにしなくてはならないという言動から愛する人を傷つけてしまう現実。つきまとうAIDSへの恐怖。とてもリアルに、生活の一部を切り取ったお話で、BLというよりはヒューマンドラマかな。凶悪な事件に何度も巻き込まれたり（特に2巻はページ取りすぎな気も）メイの辛すぎる過去に胸が痛くなりますが、最後は私が見たかった2人の姿を見ることが出来て、読んで良かったなと思いました。1巻途中、読むのをやめようかと思うほどケインにイラつく事もありましたがメイの幸せな姿を見るまでは！！と頑張りました。ケインも変わります。メイが過去の話をするときに、声を振り絞って「お腹がすいていたんだ」と言うシーン・・。涙が出ました。恵まれた時代で子育てをさせてもらっているな、と痛感。カムアウトされたケインの母親が受け入れられずに苦悩する様子も丁寧に描かれています。女の人の母性ってすごく深くて温かい。我が家の長男も9歳の時に男の子が好きと言いました。私は、いいよ、相手が男の子でも女の子でも応援するよ。と返事をしました。学校の先生の雑談で、「男同士でも結婚できるらしいよ」と聞いてきていたから、本当に世の中の理解が進んでいるんだろうな、と思いました。この本の母親を見て、もし長男のお相手の子のご両親がこんな風に悩まれていたら・・もう家族ごと幸せにする覚悟で行けって言うしかないな、なんて未来の事を思い浮かべてました。同性でも異性でも、幸せになるための努力は同じ。自分の大切な人を笑顔で連れて帰ってこられる、そんな家にしたいと思っている自分の気持ちを再認識させてくれた作品でした。

This review contains spoilers. A story that runs through Kane and May's encounter until death, which I found in an article I read by chance. The first edition was in 1995, which is quite old. New York in the 80s. It's still a much tougher time for homosexuals than it is now. Rejection by family and friends, mother's tears. conflict with oneself. It is a reality where people hurt their loved ones from words and actions that must be kept hidden. Fear of AIDS persists. It's a very realistic story that cuts out a part of life, and it's probably a human drama rather than a BL. My heart hurts from being involved in heinous incidents over and over again (volume 2 in particular, I feel like volume 2 takes too many pages), but at the end I was able to see the two people I wanted to see, and I thought it was great to read it. Halfway through volume 1, I was sometimes so frustrated with Kane that I thought I'd stop reading it, but until I saw Mei's happy appearance!! I did my best. Kane also changes. A scene where Mei talks about her past, shakes up her voice and says, “I was hungry”... I burst into tears. I am keenly aware that I was able to raise children in a blessed time. It also carefully depicts how Kane's mother, who has come out, suffers from not being accepted. A woman's motherhood is so deep and warm. My eldest son also said he liked boys when he was 9 years old. I'm fine, I'll cheer for both boys and girls. I replied. I was asking in chat with my school teacher, “It seems that even men can get married,” so I was wondering if understanding of the world is really progressing. Looking at the mother in this book, I was thinking about the future where if the parents of my eldest son's partner's child were troubled like this... I had no choice but to say go prepared to make the whole family happy. Whether you are of the same sex or of the opposite sex, the effort to be happy is the same. It was a work that made me reaffirm my desire to have a home where I can bring back my loved ones with a smile.

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フィクションですが、ファンタジーではない

Fiction, but not fantasy

このところ、肌触りの良く、ササクレやトゲのない、登場人物は理解者だらけという優しいBL作品に当たることが多くなっていました。もちろん、そんな世の中であってほしいし、作品として良い悪い、正しい間違っているとかいうことではないのですが、本作を読むと、まだまだ、それらの作品世界は、ファンタジーなんだと思い知らされます。初版から20年以上が経っています。でもまだ、まだ、「現実はコッチだ」と思わされるシーンがある。しんどい場面も多く、読了後はしばらく使い物にならないくらい腑抜けてしまいますが、それでもいつかは、一度は、読んでほしい作品です。

Recently, it has often been a gentle BL work that feels good against the skin, has no crackles or thorns, and the characters are full of understanding people. Of course, I want the world to be like that, and it's not about good or bad, right or wrong as a work, but when I read this work, I'm reminded that the world of those works is still fantasy. More than 20 years have passed since the first edition. But there are still scenes that make me think “reality is Kotch.” There are also a lot of tough scenes, and after reading it, I get lost so much that it's useless for a while, but even so, it's a work I want you to read at least once.

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本当に素晴らしい作品

A really great piece

２冊と思えないほどのとても素晴らしい作品です。涙なしでは読めません…。何度でも読み返したくなる、そんなお話です。

It's such a wonderful work that I don't think it's two books. I can't read without tears... It's such a story that I want to reread over and over again.

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この作者様の作品大好き

I love this author's work

赤ちゃんと僕もですが、愛情が土台にあるこの作者様の作品が大好きです。とても幸せなラストで涙涙でした。

My baby and I love this artist's work, which is based on love. It was a very happy end and I was in tears.

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連載当時よりゲイへの理解が進んだが・・

My understanding of gays has progressed since it was serialized, but...

重い過去を持つメルと、ゲイを隠していたケイン。メルの純粋さは救われる思いがします。当時よりも性的マイノリティに対する理解は進んだとはいえ、まだまだ差別があるんでしょうね。私には性的マイノリティの親しい友達もいるので、苦しさを聞くときもあります。ケインのお母さんが激しい拒絶から、次第に理解をし始めるところが、嘘臭くなくていいです。２巻目は、あまりにと痛々しくて読みづらかった。。。

Mel, who has a heavy past, and Kane, who hid his homosexuality. I feel that Mel's purity can be saved. Even though understanding of sexual minorities is more advanced than it was back then, I guess there is still discrimination. I also have close friends who are sexual minorities, so there are times when I hear about pain. The fact that Kane's mom gradually begins to understand from intense rejection doesn't have to smell like a lie. The second volume was so painful that it was hard to read...

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May 15, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

実は

Actually

This review contains spoilers. BLが苦手なんですけど、これは話が引き込まれるから大丈夫でした。ゲイである事に苦悩する事もあるでしょうが、2人で少しずつ分かってもらえるようになるのはジンときます。

This review contains spoilers. I'm not good at BL, but this drew me in, so it was fine. There may be times when you are distressed by being gay, but it is exciting for the two of you to be able to understand it little by little.

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