Hello, pornies! How was your weekend? You already know it is my time to rest from social media and disconnect a bit from the world, and also to write a bit and schedule entries for the next week, hehe. Today I want to tell you about a book I was so sure I reviewed that it was almost a trauma when I realized I didn't. It is Don't Call Me Daddy, by Gorou Kanbe. Thanks to the publisher for sending me a review copy!
- Series: Don't Call Me Dirty #2
- Print Length: 176 pages.
- Publisher: Tokyo Pop (June 1, 2020).
- Publication Date: June 1, 2020.
- Genres: Drama, Gay, Manga, Romance, Yaoi
- Rating: 4,5 / 5.
Long before the events of Don't Call Me Dirty, Hanao Kaji and Ryuuji Mita were close friends...When Ryuuji is left to raise his son Shouji as a single father, Hanao steps up to help him out. At first, their family life is happy and content, but Hanao's true feelings for Ryuuji become more and more difficult for him to ignore. The pressure of staying closeted eventually becomes too much to bear; Hanao leaves, choosing to run from his feelings and his fears of somehow "messing up" Shouji's life when he starts getting teased at school for having two dads.Years later, when he comes home to care for his aging father and ends up advising Shouji on his blossoming relationship with Hama, Hanao realizes it's time to face his own past... and his future.
I have pretty much the same opinion about this book as with the first one, with the difference that I love how different the pairing is. I love young and adult men in love and in action, that's a given for anyone who reads this blog regularly, but older men deserve much more representation. We usually think about hunk, muscled guys when we speak about gay people, but what about those sexy daddies out there? Don't Call Me Daddy is a good first step to fill the void.
The relationship between Ryuuji and Hanao is similar to that of Shouji and Hama because they are both unconventional and complicated because of that. Meeting with they guy you liked as a young man after more than 20 years of no contact? That's an interesting setting for sure, which leads to several funny and sexy scenes, because even old men can be sexy and make you horny.
That would be my only complain, having no sexual content in this volume, although I know it is just as in the previous one, with only suggestive and high-voltage dialogues, but I hoped Gorou Kanbe would take the chance to present sex between these characters as something arousing, the way it should, but it was more a comic, humoristic take on it than anything else.
I can only say that Don't Call Me Daddy is a story that deserves way much more attention and respect. It is mature, yet dynamic, fast, appealing, and with nice art as well. Gorou Kanbe knew how to tell this story in a good way so it would entertain and prove a point at the same time. We need more mangas with gay, sexy seniors, that's for sure!
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