Dining Bar Akira Explained
Ja Kanji: | くいもの処 明楽 |
Ja Romaji: | Kuimonodokoro Akira |
Genre: | Yaoi |
Type: | manga |
Author: | Tomoko Yamashita |
Publisher: | Tokyomangasha |
Demographic: | Josei |
Published: | March 15, 2007 |
Volumes: | 1 |
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tomoko Yamashita. It was published in Japan by Tokyomangasha[1] and in North America by Netcomics.[2] A drama CD was released in Japan by Momogre on September 26, 2007.[3]
Reception
Michelle Smith of Pop Culture Shock appreciates the need to earn trust in the relationship and the depiction of the men as being mature but hurt in the past, and felt vaguely dissatisfied by the open ending. Smith compares Yamashita's art to est em's.[4] Kinukitty, writing for The Comics Journal-hosted blog Hooded Utilitarian, praised the artwork, and said of the story that "if you like your yaoi touchy, ill-tempered, and cross, with a twist of twisty, I think you’ll be into it."[5] Dining Bar Akira made About.com writer Deb Aoki's reader's choice of yaoi manga list.[6] Johanna Draper Carlson from Manga Worth Reading liked that it was about "a guy coming to terms with his feelings" and the acknowledgement that "relationships don't exist in a vacuum."[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: くいもの処 明楽/ヤマシタトモコ . https://web.archive.org/web/20080822053944/http://www.tokyomangasha.com/marble_c1.html . August 22, 2008 . Tokyomangasha . Japanese.
- Web site: Dining Bar Akira . Netcomics . November 20, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121093226/http://www.netcomics.com/comic/dining-bar-akira . November 21, 2015 .
- Web site: くいもの処 明楽 . Momogre . November 20, 2015 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234518/http://www.momogre.com/list/list.cgi?MODE=0&DEF=list&FILE=2007&CLASS=all&SEARCH=BJCA-0074 . March 3, 2016 . dead .
- Smith, Michelle. . Pop Culture Shock. August 28, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- Web site: Gluey Tart: Dining Bar Akira . January 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100116053302/http://www.tcj.com/hoodedutilitarian/2010/01/gluey-tart-dining-bar-akira/ . January 16, 2010.
- Web site: Readers' Choice for Best Yaoi Manga - Essential Yaoi and Boys Love Manga - Fans Pick Boys Love Manga via Twitter . January 17, 2011 . May 18, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518150443/http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/ReadersYaoiManga.02.htm . dead .
- Web site: Dining Bar Akira . Manga Worth Reading . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202658/http://comicsworthreading.com/2010/06/19/dining-bar-akira/ . July 14, 2014.