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Love Is Like a Hurricane

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Love Is Like a Hurricane
恋はいつも嵐のように
(Koi wa Itsumo Arashi no You ni)
GenreYaoi
Manga
Written byTokiya Shimazaki
Published byKousai Shobou
English publisher
Original run20012005
Volumes5

Love is Like a Hurricane (恋はいつも嵐のように, Koi wa Itsumo Arashi no You ni) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tokiya Shimazaki. It is licensed in North America by 801 Media, which released the five volumes between June 2007 and June 2008.[1]

Reception

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Jason Thompson compared Love is Like a Hurricane to World's End for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, calling the former a "frivolous “LOL rape” yaoi story".[2] Hannah Santiago later said of the manga that it had "plenty of sex, if you don’t need plot or emotion to add context to the scenes".[3] Danielle Van Gorder, writing for Mania Entertainment, describes the first volume as "BL fluff", despite the non-consensual sex set-up,[4] and appreciated the greater depth of characterisation in the second volume.[5] Van Gorder felt that the third volume was "an attempt to play up to one fetish after another",[6] and that the series as a whole felt like a "parody of the BL genre".[7] Leroy Douresseaux felt that the many sex scenes of Love is Like a Hurricane was "something worth celebrating", although that as a high school story, the manga was "silly and inconsequential".[8] Van Gorder felt that by the fifth and final volume, the formula of the series "was starting to run out of steam".[9] Leroy Douresseaux felt that the fifth volume "telegraphed its ending" and was not as lively as the fourth volume.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane. 801 Media. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  2. ^ 365 Days of Manga, Day 74: World’s End « Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games. Suvudu.com (2009-11-29). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  3. ^ 365 Days of Manga, Day 190: Love is Like a Hurricane « Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games. Suvudu.com (2010-03-24). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #01 Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  5. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #02 Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  6. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #03 Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  7. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #04 Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  8. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane: Volume 4 (Yaoi Manga). Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  9. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #05 Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  10. ^ Love is Like a Hurricane 5. Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
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