Play Boy Blues Explained

Genre:Yaoi
Type:manga
Author:Shiuko Kano
Publisher:Biblos
Libre Publishing
Magazine:Be × Boy Gold
First:2003
Last:2008
Volumes:3[1]

Play Boy Blues is a manga by Shiuko Kano. It was licensed in English by Central Park Media, which published the first volume under its Be Beautiful imprint on August 2, 2006.[2] In Spain, Ediciones La Cúpula published the first volume in 2005.[3]

Reception

Kat Avila, writing for Sequential Tart, enjoyed Kano's "inventive" layouts and noted that Kano was developing her style throughout the book, and enjoyed the "refreshingly forceful masculine energy" of the lead characters and the playful plotline.[4] Julie Rosato, for Mania Entertainment, felt that the characters weren't emotionally connected to each other and that she could not connect to the characters, as she felt the plot was largely "yeah, yeah, just skip to the sex".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: P.B.B. 3 (ビーボーイコミックス) | 鹿乃 しうこ |本 | 通販 . .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . www.bebeautifulmanga.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421182207/http://www.bebeautifulmanga.com/showSeries.cfm?seriesid=6 . 21 April 2008 . dead.
  3. Web site: Ediciones La Cúpula - Detalles del libro . www.lacupula.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061108224646/http://www.lacupula.com/web/articulo.do?idArt=742 . 2006-11-08.
  4. Web site: Sequential Tart: A Comics Industry Web Zine - the Report Card.
  5. Web site: Play Boy Blues (aka P. B. B.) Vol. #01 - Mania.com . www.mania.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321032423/http://www.mania.com/play-boy-blues-aka-p-b-b-vol-01_article_82864.html . 2009-03-21.