Be Thirsty of Love

What would you do if someone you love so deeply died? Would you let your heart die with that person? Or would you look for another and bury your feelings together with the dead?

This manga entitled with “Be thirsty of Love” by Honami Yukine and TAKAGUCHI Satosumi is a story of three boys who was in a relationship with one girl, Yuka. Nakano Orie, one of the three was oblivious that at the same time Yuka was dating two other boys. He likes Yuka mainly because she was his first but little did he know that he would be drawn to a twisted relationship because of her. Then he met Kuwabara Tatsumi in an unanticipated situation and found out about his lover’s affair. But it didn’t end there for Suenobu Suguru, Orie’s senpai, basketball teammate and his admired person appeared to be one of Yuka’s lovers too. In the complicated situation where they owned a part in Yuka’s heart, what would they do and what relationship would emerge as soon as another secret came known to Orie’s knowledge?

Sometimes, unpredicted things happen as unexpected people appear and affect our system. This story “Be thirsty of love” tells a story of love, pain, loss and desire mixed that one couldn’t even tell what it is anymore. But with people around you who shares the same suffering, would you feel alone or comforted with that thought? As I read this manga, I was a little bit confused of the true emotions they have inside them, as to what really one thinks and feels but then it became clear to me that they were imprisoned of one reason, the love they have for only one person. And as the story continued, I wondered who would end up together and who would end up alone. The end was also fine and reasonable in my opinion. Though the story was not completely yaoi (for there was a woman involved), it was good and I can say I came to like how it’s done. The art was also good and the reader should read carefully to be able to understand the thought and the feelings within the story. I’ll include a book summary below so to those interested to read this manga, be quenched from the bitter sweet pain and pleasure their love would brought you!

Associated Names

恋の渇き
戀愛的渴望
Be Thirsty of Love
Thirsty for Love

Author(s)

TAKAGUCHI Satosumi

 Artist(s)

HONAMI Yukine

Genre

Drama,  Psychological,  School, Life,  Tragedy,  Yaoi  

Orie Nakano's girlfriend is cheating on him with two other men! One is the mysteriously untouchable Tatsumi, and the other is the basketball-playing upperclassman that Orie idolizes. But things are far from being as simple as they seem, and now the three men are inevitably pulled towards each other and bond together by their love for Yuka, which extends much farther than just the girl herself. Love, admiration and lust intermingle around them in an inescapble spiral in this coming of age sexy romance.