December 31, 2022

(Review written in August 2024)

This series follows イシュカ, a young man who's just lost his grandmother, his sole remaining relative, and who has just been diagnosed with a fatal heart condition. He's sweet, kind, and air-headed, and decides that the best way to make use of the rest of his time is to go check out a local cave which is said to have a demon sealed inside. Said cave does host said demon, who's immediately nonplussed to find out that イシュカ doesn't fear death and is content to sit there and keep him company. One thing leads to another (spoilers!), and イシュカ and the demon ブラッド set off together to journey through a land filled with magic, demons, and the priests who oppose them.

This is one of my favorite series: イシュカ, while being the dictionary definition of a cinnamon roll, has a bit of a darker side hidden away relating to his illness, and the worldbuilding around the conflict between the demons and priests was surprisingly deep; there's a fairly large cast of characters the two meet, some enemies, some friends. This being one of the author's earlier series, the art's a bit rough to start out with, but does consistently improve as things go along.

I'd say this is a BL work, though the author has stated it's not. I'd say it's BL insofar as the two male leads clearly care for each other deeply, and one in particular wouldn't mind the two having a closer physical relationship. I haven't finished the series at the time of this review, so I can't say how things develop, but if her other works are any indication, this will follow the same pattern of: don't read it for the romance. The vibes are there, but they're not the main focus of the work.

Casual uses of language abound, and you've got a nice bit of fantasy vocab throughout. Nothing particularly unusual or series-specific vocab-wise so far as I remember. Grammar should mostly be standard N3 as well, with perhaps some N2 popping in every now and then.

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eefara graded
on October 9, 2024
eefara graded
on August 28, 2024
similar in difficulty toギンモクセイの仕立て屋 上L24
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on August 1, 2024
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on May 22, 2024
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on May 6, 2024
similar in difficulty to嫌いでいさせてL22
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on April 21, 2024
eefara graded
on April 13, 2024
similar in difficulty to吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 5L26
eefara graded
on December 28, 2023
eefara graded
on December 27, 2023
similar in difficulty to罠―杉浦志保短編集L25
eefara graded
on December 3, 2023
similar in difficulty to夏目友人帳 1L25
eefara graded
on October 27, 2023
eefara graded
on October 27, 2023
similar in difficulty to魔法少年なつき×らびっツ 1L24
eefara graded
on August 20, 2023
easier than幻惑の鼓動 1L29
eefara graded
on July 18, 2023
similar in difficulty to帝国兄弟 1L25
eefara graded
on July 16, 2023
harder than二重螺旋1L24
eefara graded
on April 22, 2023
similar in difficulty toファイアパンチ 1L26
eefara graded
on April 11, 2023
eefara graded
on March 21, 2023
easier than待つL30
eefara graded
on March 21, 2023
harder than赤い手袋L22
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on March 21, 2023
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on March 20, 2023
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on February 2, 2023
eefara graded
on January 26, 2023
eefara graded
on January 22, 2023
eefara graded
on January 18, 2023
similar in difficulty to宇宙の人-柿崎椋短編集-L25
eefara graded
on January 1, 2023
eefara graded
on January 1, 2023
similar in difficulty toHIGH & HIGH 1L25
eefara graded
on January 1, 2023
similar in difficulty toDEVIL SURVIVOR2 the ANIMATION 1L25
eefara graded
on January 1, 2023
eefara graded
on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty toISAGIーKOJIMAL25
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on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty toD.Gray-man 1 L25
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on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty toMOON・TRICK 1 L25
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on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty toアスタリスク 1L25
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on December 31, 2022
easier than仁獣芳烈伝 1巻L26
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on December 31, 2022
eefara graded
on December 31, 2022
eefara graded
on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty to獣の王国 1L25
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on December 31, 2022
easier thanキノの旅 1L29
eefara graded
on December 31, 2022
eefara graded
on December 31, 2022
similar in difficulty toPURE BLOOD 1L25
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on December 31, 2022
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on December 31, 2022