Overall, Back Stage!! is like your typical BL/Yaoi Japanese story. It really shows just how much Rei has changed and how much he is willing to do for the one he loves. The second and third chapter of this goes a bit more in depth of Rei's past and how he ended up meeting the Senas. The relationship between the two is a bit complicated and while Shougo definitely loves Rei and happily admits it at every opportunity (all the songs he sings are love songs dedicated to Rei), Rei is a bit stubborn and doesn't like to admit that he likes Shougo. It goes into depth on the relationship between Rei and Shougo and how much Shougo is willing to do for Rei. The novel first starts off doing the the same time as Love Stage. Unlike Love Stage which focuses on Izumi and Ryouma's relationship, Back Stage!! focuses on Rei and Shougo's relationship. The relationship between the two is a bit complicated and while Shougo definitely loves Rei and happily admits it at every opportunity (all th Back Stage!! is a companion to the manga series, Love Stage. Back Stage!! is a companion to the manga series, Love Stage. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. I have to thank Sophie and her reviews for that because she was the reason I bought the novels despite my initial doubts.more They were entertaining and I'm glad I read them. I realise that it does sound like I didn't enjoy the books, but I did. I apologise for this negative-sounding review. I don't know whether TP Germany plans on releasing them but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Having said all this, I'm looking forward to reading the Back Stage!! manga. He seemed much bolder and surer of himself in the manga than he does in the novels. 2) was a different Rei than the one in the novels, character-wise. It also felt like the Rei in the mini-manga at the end (especially in vol. It left a bad taste in my mouth here and there. What I felt uncomfortable with was Rei's initial role in their relationship because he kind of endured Shogo's advances for a greater good. it does work in manga/anime but not in a novel, at least for me. Imagine a scene from a manga/anime were someone gets punched and gets catapulted into the sky. I'm not saying hitting him in a manga is better or funnier than hitting him in a book, but only reading it without pictures feels really odd because most of the time in manga it's more comical which doesn't come across in written form at all. There were scenes where you just knew how they'd look in a manga, but stuff that works in pictures doesn't always work in written form like when Rei gets annoyed and hits Shogo on the head. Shogo seemed a bit one-dimensional, but that's maybe because we only get Rei's POV.
I feel like the story had potential and that Rei's character and his background were initially well thought-out, but the execution, again, felt a bit sloppy so that it read rather superficial most of the time. In my opinion a shorter period of time, maybe two to five years max would've made a bit of a tighter story.
Considering the timespan though, the progress they, or rather Rei made, was really slow. I liked the novels because they show us how Rei and Shogo's relationship started and how it developed over time. Especially the erotic scenes were awkward. Most of the time the books read like quite amateurish. Well, I say better without knowing how good or bad the original is in the first place.
ANIME LOVE STAGE YAOI ENGLISH SERIES
Overall I'll give this series three stars, with volume three being the best one out of them because of a nice "conclusion" of the story and because the German translation was better in this one than the previous ones. I liked the novels because they show us how Rei and Review for the whole series (Vol. 05.2015: Overall I'll give this series three stars, with volume three being the best one out of them because of a nice "conclusion" of the story and because the German translation was better in this one than the previous ones.
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