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Don't Say Any More, Darling
よしながふみが贈る珠玉の短編集！
毒舌家の青年医師、甘えんぼのプー太郎、性欲満開のお坊ちゃま、美貌のセクサロイド……など、いいオトコ盛りだくさん！！
傑作ロマンティック＆エロティック・ラブ・ストーリーズ５編。
収録作品：「それを言ったらおしまいよ」「私の永遠の恋人」「おとぎの国」「ある五月」「ピアニスト」
毒舌家の青年医師、甘えんぼのプー太郎、性欲満開のお坊ちゃま、美貌のセクサロイド……など、いいオトコ盛りだくさん！！
傑作ロマンティック＆エロティック・ラブ・ストーリーズ５編。
収録作品：「それを言ったらおしまいよ」「私の永遠の恋人」「おとぎの国」「ある五月」「ピアニスト」
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Fumi Yoshinaga
142 books246 followersJapanese: よしなが ふみ
Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ Yoshinaga Fumi, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works.
Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She attended the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo.
In an interview, she said that "I want to show the people who didn't win, whose dreams didn't come true. It is not possible for everybody to get first prize. I want my readers to understand the happiness that people can get from trying hard, going through the process, and getting frustrated."
Little is known about her personal life. She mentions that her favourite operas are those by Mozart in the author's note of Solfege.
She debuted in 1994 with The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Hanaoto magazine, but was previously a participant in comic markets.
Of Yoshinaga's many works, several have been licensed internationally. She was also selected and exhibited as one of the "Twenty Major Manga artist Who Contributed to the World of Shōjo Manga (World War II to Present)" for Professor Masami Toku's exhibition, "Shōjo Manga: Girl Power!" at CSU-Chico.
Outside of her work with Japanese publishers, she also self-publishes original doujinshi on a regular basis, most notably for Antique Bakery. Yoshinaga has also drawn fan parodies of Slam Dunk, Rose of Versailles, and Legend of Galactic Heroes.
Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ Yoshinaga Fumi, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works.
Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She attended the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo.
In an interview, she said that "I want to show the people who didn't win, whose dreams didn't come true. It is not possible for everybody to get first prize. I want my readers to understand the happiness that people can get from trying hard, going through the process, and getting frustrated."
Little is known about her personal life. She mentions that her favourite operas are those by Mozart in the author's note of Solfege.
She debuted in 1994 with The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Hanaoto magazine, but was previously a participant in comic markets.
Of Yoshinaga's many works, several have been licensed internationally. She was also selected and exhibited as one of the "Twenty Major Manga artist Who Contributed to the World of Shōjo Manga (World War II to Present)" for Professor Masami Toku's exhibition, "Shōjo Manga: Girl Power!" at CSU-Chico.
Outside of her work with Japanese publishers, she also self-publishes original doujinshi on a regular basis, most notably for Antique Bakery. Yoshinaga has also drawn fan parodies of Slam Dunk, Rose of Versailles, and Legend of Galactic Heroes.
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May 2, 2008
Don't Say Any More, Darling has all that you can expect from Yoshinaga and with a lot of variety. The last half of the book is not yaoi, so it can serve as a sort of sampler for readers interested in Yoshinaga but are afraid of explicit content. As has been said many times before, Yoshinaga has a way with story-telling that makes the stories stay with you hours after you finish reading.
The first story "Don't Say Any More, Darling" is about Tadashi, a "hack lyricist," and Kouhei, Tadashi's friend who has to check on Tadashi every so often so Tadashi doesn't starve. Kouhei is annoyed by the fact that Tadashi, who is gay, hits on him every time he comes around. But what can he do? Tadashi is hopeless and fails at writing lyrics and getting jobs; he would probably die without Kouhei's daily food delivery.
"My Eternal Sweetheart" is one of the unusual stories in the collection. Arthur suffers from a disease that requires him to stay locked up inside a house with an android for a servant. His body cannot immunize itself if it encounters any kind of virus or bacteria. He cannot step outside or come into contact with any other people. He develops an urge one day to have sex and begs his brother Mr. Ruffwood to build him the ideal sexaroid. Soon he becomes bored and requests another one, and another one. But he can never be satisfied with these androids, who look and age like humans, but are not.
In "Fairyland," a man wanders around the city looking for any sign of other people. He finds a boy who might be responsible for everyone's disappearance.
In "One May Day," a middle-aged man loses his wife and meets another woman completely different from her. One day, on impulse, he proposes to her.
The collection ends with "Pianist." Takayuki, a once famous pianist, is now an unknown face. Satisfied with his success in his teenage years, he practiced playing less and less, and soon his fingers couldn't remember how to produce the beautiful music that once came to him easily. So he wonders about Ryoichi, the teenage boy he sees outside every day who looks at Takayuki like he has something to say to him.
This is the second anthology I've read by Yoshinaga and it just confirms the fact that her short stories are as compelling as her longer ones. One of the things I love about Yoshinaga's style is its distinctiveness. No one pulls off facial expressions like Yoshinaga and illustrates with strokes as deft as hers. Her style is very spare, not just in her art, but also in her characters' dialogues. But despite that, the dialogues remain rich and her characters colorful. There is not a single character who conforms to a stereotype and with this anthology, every story has an unexpected ending.
Review first posted at Lincoln Heights Literary Society
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The first story "Don't Say Any More, Darling" is about Tadashi, a "hack lyricist," and Kouhei, Tadashi's friend who has to check on Tadashi every so often so Tadashi doesn't starve. Kouhei is annoyed by the fact that Tadashi, who is gay, hits on him every time he comes around. But what can he do? Tadashi is hopeless and fails at writing lyrics and getting jobs; he would probably die without Kouhei's daily food delivery.
"My Eternal Sweetheart" is one of the unusual stories in the collection. Arthur suffers from a disease that requires him to stay locked up inside a house with an android for a servant. His body cannot immunize itself if it encounters any kind of virus or bacteria. He cannot step outside or come into contact with any other people. He develops an urge one day to have sex and begs his brother Mr. Ruffwood to build him the ideal sexaroid. Soon he becomes bored and requests another one, and another one. But he can never be satisfied with these androids, who look and age like humans, but are not.
In "Fairyland," a man wanders around the city looking for any sign of other people. He finds a boy who might be responsible for everyone's disappearance.
In "One May Day," a middle-aged man loses his wife and meets another woman completely different from her. One day, on impulse, he proposes to her.
The collection ends with "Pianist." Takayuki, a once famous pianist, is now an unknown face. Satisfied with his success in his teenage years, he practiced playing less and less, and soon his fingers couldn't remember how to produce the beautiful music that once came to him easily. So he wonders about Ryoichi, the teenage boy he sees outside every day who looks at Takayuki like he has something to say to him.
This is the second anthology I've read by Yoshinaga and it just confirms the fact that her short stories are as compelling as her longer ones. One of the things I love about Yoshinaga's style is its distinctiveness. No one pulls off facial expressions like Yoshinaga and illustrates with strokes as deft as hers. Her style is very spare, not just in her art, but also in her characters' dialogues. But despite that, the dialogues remain rich and her characters colorful. There is not a single character who conforms to a stereotype and with this anthology, every story has an unexpected ending.
Review first posted at Lincoln Heights Literary Society
PURCHASE LINK
May 2, 2019
Quite frankly, I shouldn't be allowed to read. I consistently say I'm done with Yoshinaga, I'm through, the yaoi genre in general is hot garbage, this woman can't draw a human body (or, specifically, a pair of hands) to save her life, etc etc etc, and then I download a free manga app and I don't know any other mangaka names so I end up reading Yoshinaga all over again. You can see where this is going.
The first story (Don't Say Anymore, Darling) is actually really cute! That's why I kept going; I was shocked at how nice it was. Great plot, very normal, sure there is porn but the story itself is really not bad at all. It reminded me what I like about Yoshinaga, what keeps me coming back-- she does often have command of a plot so unique I can't find that kind of emotion anywhere else.
Then I read the second story and it had pedophilia and incest and I went back to hating everything I know. And the story after that was pedophilic, and the one after that was straight ("the worst of all", as my friend said) and tldr I'm going to go read My Brother's Husband because there is gay content that doesn't make me absolutely want to die. Both stars are for the first story, and I regret spending my time flipping through pages of literally everything else.
The first story (Don't Say Anymore, Darling) is actually really cute! That's why I kept going; I was shocked at how nice it was. Great plot, very normal, sure there is porn but the story itself is really not bad at all. It reminded me what I like about Yoshinaga, what keeps me coming back-- she does often have command of a plot so unique I can't find that kind of emotion anywhere else.
Then I read the second story and it had pedophilia and incest and I went back to hating everything I know. And the story after that was pedophilic, and the one after that was straight ("the worst of all", as my friend said) and tldr I'm going to go read My Brother's Husband because there is gay content that doesn't make me absolutely want to die. Both stars are for the first story, and I regret spending my time flipping through pages of literally everything else.
November 16, 2018
This book is an anthology of Yaoi stories. There are five different stories ranging in genres, and not all of them are even romantic. Overall I gave the book a 3/5 stars because I really liked the story at the end and I didn't mind the first story. The rest I didn't like and gave 2/5 stars. I wouldn't recommend this book because the short stories felt too short in some cases and too long in other cases.
January 23, 2021
hmmmm.....i’m gonna go ahead and say this is the anthology about love?? yeh, that feels right. it’s a bunch of short stories, some fantastical, some disturbing, and some depressingly wholesome. you’ll be left with confirmation that you do, in fact, have a heart.
August 25, 2017
Cute collection!
August 29, 2019
2.5 stars
I didn’t care for the title story at all, but Yoshinaga does explore a lot of interesting themes and characters in her short stories.
I didn’t care for the title story at all, but Yoshinaga does explore a lot of interesting themes and characters in her short stories.
August 11, 2024
Rating one star solely for the second story.
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January 16, 2016
This was a great selection of short stories. The second one was my favourite, followed by the last, then the first and then the third story.
The second one... I can't really describe it but the range of emotions I was going through while reading this was pretty wide and the ending was totally unpredictable for me and it hit me quite hard.
The last one was great too, the only thing I found a bit unsuitable (is that the word?) was the very last page... I think I didn't quite get it maybe?
The first and third one were good too but compared to the second and last one they stood no chance.
The second one... I can't really describe it but the range of emotions I was going through while reading this was pretty wide and the ending was totally unpredictable for me and it hit me quite hard.
The last one was great too, the only thing I found a bit unsuitable (is that the word?) was the very last page... I think I didn't quite get it maybe?
The first and third one were good too but compared to the second and last one they stood no chance.
March 22, 2008
Five stories in this book, and only one is what you'd actually call romance. Not complaining in the least, but here are the topics, from my perspective: romance, robots, the apocalypse, wives, getting old. It's smarter and weirder than I thought this yaoi kind of thing was. Manga is never what I expect it to be.
July 26, 2010
The first and last stories in this title had the most resonance for me. The middle two contained many interesting themes, although I had trouble understanding the character's motivations. I really dig Yoshinaga's drawing style, it has an air-brushed whimsy that reminds me of junior high and fits her story lines.
September 8, 2011
A collection of short stories that packed quite a punch. The first one was probably the most conventional one, but I really recommend reading this for the second which had some really unexpected twists and turns. It's the kind of story that stays with you for a while after you've finished reading it. Really loved this.
June 6, 2011
It really fed my "moe." That's all I've got to say. LOL
March 23, 2013
Haduh, jadi terus-terusan baca manga Fumi Yoshinaga gara-gara Antique Bakery.
But artworknya memang baguuus. Storyline juga, even the explicit ones!
But artworknya memang baguuus. Storyline juga, even the explicit ones!
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