Sleeping Moon Vol. 1 & 2 or Nemureru
Tsuki by mangaka Kano Miyamoto is supernatural mystery that involves three men
all from the same family, one from the distant past and two living in the
present.
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In order to solve the mystery of a rumored
curse that brings early death to the male descendants in his lineage, Akihiko
Odagawa goes back to stay in his family's ancestral home. One night, he
experiences a time slip that lands him 100 years in the past! There he meets
Eitarou, a student from the Meiji Period who is also trying to solve the same
mystery. Bridging the gap between the past and the present, the two men
traverse time and space as they work together to unravel the family's secret.
Intelligent and reserved by nature, Akihiko
arrives at the family’s home where his aunt and her children live. His cousin
Ren, a strange character who can see things most people can’t, may have the
answers he seeks. While delving into the family’s past, he and Ren, much to his
initial distaste, wind up in a relationship due solely to Ren’s perseverance.
Akihiko is persistent in his quest, and Ren is leery for understandable reasons,
considering how the men in their family always die young.
The drawings are quite intricate, the
characters quite beautiful, and the sex, not explicit, but romantically hot.
Akihiko is adorable and sensitive, while Ren is anxious for his affection, but
also protective, and Eitarou is mature with old school charm. All three men are
equally attractive and I found myself rooting for all of them. I don’t think it
would’ve mattered who Akihiko went with in the end until I read Sleeping Moon
Vol. 2 through a second time (it’s always the second run when I really notice
the smaller details). And that’s when I realized how much Ren loves Akihiko,
and I was happy that they remained together. One part I didn’t like is how the
author left Eitarou’s life somewhat hanging. But, if you search online there is
an extra chapter to the story not included in Volume 2 that is about Eitarou.
Sleeping Moon is unique because it has two
distinct plot lines: the family’s curse and the love story, both of which make
this supernatural yaoi a treat to read. And what makes it distinctive is that
the love story plays secondary to the curse, even though both are almost
perfectly entwined. In most yaoi the love story is the main theme. I enjoyed
Sleeping Moon; the mangaka’s style is different and her ability to weave an
interesting yarn, excellent. However, I wish the ending were different. Four stars!
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