Dining Bar Akira

Dining Bar Akira
Japanese cover
くいもの処 明楽
(Kuimonodokoro Akira)
GenreYaoi
Manga
Written byTomoko Yamashita
Published byTokyomangasha
English publisher
DemographicJosei
PublishedMarch 15, 2007
Volumes1

Dining Bar Akira (Japanese: くいもの処明楽, Hepburn: Kuimonodokoro Akira) 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]

References

  1. ^ "くいもの処 明楽／ヤマシタトモコ" (in Japanese). Tokyomangasha. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008.
  2. ^ "Dining Bar Akira". Netcomics. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "くいもの処 明楽" (in Japanese). Momogre. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Smith, Michelle. "Dining Bar Akira"[usurped]. Pop Culture Shock. August 28, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Gluey Tart: Dining Bar Akira". January 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010.
  6. ^ "Readers' Choice for Best Yaoi Manga - Essential Yaoi and Boys Love Manga - Fans Pick Boys Love Manga via Twitter". Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Dining Bar Akira". Manga Worth Reading. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.